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Another game Ruined by lazy ATLUS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 23
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ATLUS having ruined stella deus, now turn their attention to publishing Magna Carta a game with a huge number of irritations and flaws. Lets take a look at how the game is ruined.

1)There is a horrible BEEP at the end of every dialogue press and every time you move the cursor on the screen. It's absolutely horrible and serves no purpose at all. So many people have complained about these silly beeps (they were in Stella deus, DDS etc) yet arrogant ATLUS did nothing to change this before the american release..

2) If you want to turn the sound effects off you get rid of that sound, but you also get rid of all the voices and all effect sounds in the game. Sound effects and voice are stupidly listed under one setting.

3)There is HORRIBLE subtitles spread over 30% of the screen in EVERY in game dialogue sequence. It ruins them and it can't be turned off. You can turn them off in all other RPGs why not this one??

4) The battle system is awful and very badly designed. 3 people take part in combat across a free moving terrain, yet there is no AI you must control all 3 characters. Imagine playing Star Ocean while all the other players stood still as one character moved. Laughable and frankly embarrasing.

5)After EVERY kill the charcter repeats a stock phrase like "It was over before it started" again and again and again. You can't stop this. Awful

6)Hitting the opponent requires you to have perfect reflexes and perform a 3 button combo, any miss and you will fail the attack, It's very awkward to learn and makes combat unenjoyable and dull. Think of shadow hearts with a faster ring and the need to be 100% perfect.

7)No widescreen, no prog scan, only stereo sound. Banpresto are way behind the pace nowdays.

8) The graphics are below par, and some characters are blocky and don't resemble the anime portrait that is in the dialogue boxes. It feels like a game, not a living breathing world.

Atlus used to make great games like SMT:Nocturne, and now they publish this. Their flagging sales surely signal the end of their foolish publishing decisions. And it was all going so well.

I won't even grade this one.

Square is not the only great RPG maker!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: June 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is just remarkable from the story to the graphics. The story is almost as good as a Final Fantasy game. The graphics are great if not better than a Final Fantasy game. The gameplay is different but is not hard like everyone complains it is. It took me only five minutes at the most to learn how to play it and I find it much easier than a Final Fantasy game. Some people are just to lazy to adjust to different things. Different doesn't mean something is bad. This is at the top of my list of my favorite RPGS. This a must buy game. This is the best RPG since FFX.

BUY IT NOW!!!! IT WON'T DISSAPPOINT!!!

I wanted to love it... really i did...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

But I can't seem to play this game without being extremely alert and sitting up *just* right. The battle system has this timing element to it that nearly incapacitates me if i'm not really "on" when i'm playing. So if your an idiot savant when it comes to hitting the right button at the exact right time, maybe this game is for you. Alas, it is not for me. But it is VERY pretty.

Magna Carta: A Solid, Excellent RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Magna Carta has some flaws (as with all games), but most of the flaws are very dependent on the person playing, not the actual game.

I recently began playing the game, and ran into many different aspects of the game that have been troubling to some: confusing battle system (the big one), graphics, and slow loading times.

The battle system is highly dependant on the user. I found this system very rewarding and challenging since it is so involved and requires a lot of strategy and technique. There are many RPGs that would be great games if the battle system was more than just pushing a couple of buttons in a combination and that was the end of the fight. In Magna Carta, placement of characters (since its not turn-based), proper usage of Chi (knowing which characters should be put into play), and hitting the combinations for attacks at the right time make the game more challenging and invokes some thinking. Final Fantasy Tactics is QUITE more difficult than Magna Carta, and they are both fun and rewarding games if one is interested in putting forth that kind of effort. A game shouldn't be so easy that it is just a stroll. It would just be boring.

The graphics are on par if not better than Final Fantasy X, and considering the fact this game was way overdue for its release, they are beutiful. There is no choppiness in the way the graphics are displayed and characters move very smoothly across the map/screen.

The slow loading times are something I felt irked by. I don't know the story behind the reason this is so, but since the screen always takes about 20 seconds or so to load between maps/story scenes, it is my guess that the loading times are due to too much information on the disk itself, not poor coding of the disk. Either way, its not something most people like to wait on, and it would be nice if ATLUS would fix this issue.

Overall,

Pros:
-Excellent Plot - very involved
-Excellent Graphics
-Fun interaction between characters
-A challenging and involved battle system
-Incredible music

Cons:
-Slow loading times between some scenes
-Slightly overdramatic voicing of characters

Heavily flawed, and it didn't need to be....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the flaws the previous reviewer has pointed out they destroy any enjoyment the game might offer. It's so frustrating that ATLUS has done this, because it could have been a great game. The artwork is beautiful, but the fighting menu beeps and technical flaws render it flawed.

Atlus has really gone downhill lately, a sthey insist on putting horrible irritations in their latest games. Their sales will continue to suffer if they do this.

Best RPG out for the PS2!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 28
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the most unique RPG out. They are using the same battle system that FFXII is going to come out with. This game seems to be even better than Final Fantasy!! And I am a big Final Fantasy Fan!!! You have to buy this game!

big disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While the big-breasted women didn't offend me, it didn't excite me either. I still found the game to be a rather big disappointment.

Having only one character fight at a time was a big disaster. It makes the game feel old and unappealing.

Many times the enemies appear to be hidden when you're inside a dungeon. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. The run button practically doesn't exist because the second you run, an enemy will find and kill you.

You might want to look for another RPG because this one didn't work for me.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: March 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game as a gift for my boyfriend, and he loves it. The game is just beautiful to look at and set up very well. Amazing game! :D

magna carta...better than most may think...i gaurantee it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

magna carta is an amazing RPG, there are flaws... yet the great things about this game greatly outweigh the flaws, i myself as of now am playing this game and enjoying it an insane amount, but i digress... on with magna carta tears of blood!

okay first off let me speak about the graphics...the cutscenes are nothing short of unbelievable...they are on the lines of let us say FFX?...maybe not that FFX but close. The other game graphics arent usually as good... kind of choppy but deff. good nonetheless. I find the backgrounds in this game great, the citys have deep design but it is the wilderness that you must fight through that surprises me, i enjoyed this very much. You get the feel of where you are and can see yourself there with calintz, (the lead character), running around and beating on odd little creatures. Speaking of creatures the monster designs are very creative, you will see cactus monsters....lizards with wings...and tigers with spines going down there back. Over all i will give the graphics a 3.7/5...very good sometimes...but other times not so good. Now on to the sound.

Okay something bad. The voice overs arent that well done... there are these random pauses in the sentences that seem to make the characters seem to have downsyndrome...it also takes away from the main story, suffocating most personality and deepness within the characters. This is the biggest flaw in the game if you ask me. On the other hand the music for this game is great...it is very soothing and puts you in the mood for whatever event is going on at the time it is playing. Overall i give the sound a 3/5..the voice acting comes up very short of good but the soundtrack is outstanding.

Now we will talk about gameplay...this game is set up very differently from other RPG's...i think that is what attracts me to it. In areas where battles with monsters are you have different modes of walking...when you alk slow you can sneak up on enemies and your point of view is far out so you can see the creatures from a distance...when you run your point of view is very very limited and the monsters can attack you easily if you accidently get close enough...this means they get the first attack wich you do not want, trust me, but when running there is a lot more speed. There is also an ability that lets you rest while on the battlefield. This regains every characters health varily rapidly...i found this awesome and very helpful...but if you are attacked while in this state the creautres get first strike. The fighting on this game is very very wweird. You can have 3 people in your attack groups at a time but during battle you can only control one at a time...the other 2 will just stand there. It is also sort of a turn based fighting...your meter charges when you stand still and when it reaches certain points then you can attack. You have a range of motion on the battlefield so you must move toards the enemys if they do not move toward you. Also chi is a big part in the fighting on this game. Chi is almost the same as elemental aspects in other RPG games. you get different styles of fighting during the game and every style has a different chi (element), each area has different chi and so does each style, creature, etc. If you are in an area with lts say lighting only...and you have water style on...you prolly wont get that many attacks. This is something that can be a problem. So you must be conscience of the areas and the chi all around you. Or you could really mess up. Overall with the fighting, at first it is hard to understand... but after a while it gets easy and very fun. This is a very linear game and often you cannot go to places that do not involve the story line at that point in time...most have a problem with this...but the thing is if they would have opened it all up you would never finish the game. The missions and certain things you must do arent really explained out too much so you kind of rely on randomly guessing where to go. I think that it being so linear makes this game 100% better than it would be if it was all open and expanded...noone likes mindless running around. Another problem people seem to have is that monsters do not respond aftr killed...this i semi true. See when you go to an area and kill the monster if you com back without continueing with the story they do not respawn...but later in the game when you must go through this area again they are back. Most say you cant level up to be much stronger than enemies so it seems you are always at the right level to fight enemies...but if people would just try to explore because usually there are certain areas not associated with the story line that you can fight creatures on... and gain a lot of experience from. I myself have leveled up above par...so it is possible.Another very cool thing about this game is you may talk to your party members at save spots to make them either like you more...or hate your guts. You can give them gifts and pick between options to talk to them about. I love this feautre...because if you arent careful they will hate you and not fight that great when you battle. You need leadership when battling or your teammates will fight poorly and things of the sort...i love it, it brings the point of actually thinking to a game! Not just random butting mashing or guessing on what you can do. You must actuallyt have things planned out and fight with your mind...not your muscles. This is what i have always wanted very badily in an RPG. overall i give the gameplay a 4.5/5 i find this game very very fun, and very very addictive.

okay last but not least is fun factor...this game is very fun if you actuall give yourself a chance to get into it. Just give it a chance...it gets so damned addicting it is all you will want to do. It is all i want to do as of now HAHA i give the fun factor a 4.6/5.....very very fun

i hope this review help you out...and with a price tag of 55$ i am sorry to say... THIS GAME IS TOTALLY WORTH IT, also you get a poster and an amazing 100 page booklet...complte with profiles and a stategy guide...killer deal...seriously fi you are an rpg fan buy this game...dont just rent it...BUY it. i did and i love it sooooooo much. So what are you doing?...stop reading this! go buy the game already!
thanx a lot i hope i helped ya out

AVOID

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: December 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the most horrible RPG I have ever played. And it's very exspensive too. Very slow, and tedious. Poor battle simualations, as well. SAve your money

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