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Most. Annoying. Combat. System. Ever.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My mother taught me that if I didn't have anything nice to say, then I shouldn't say anything. Consequently, I don't generally trouble myself to write negative reviews.

However, to have a product make such an inspiring promise, and then not keep it is annoying beyond measure. I had high hopes for this title, and I generally don't plunk money down on rubbish games. This time, I was fooled.

The booklet that comes with the game is a neat touch, and obviates the need to go and buy one of the "How To" guides from Brady Games or whoever, and also contains a nice selection of gorgeous artwork.

The story of the game itself (the central reason to buy an RPG) is pretty standard. I was really hoping for more originality there.

But what did my interest in this game in was the exceedingly clunky combat system, which requires you to position characters and attack using a complicated timing/button mashing graphic that appears on screen. One mistake, and you not only fluff your attack, causing you to sit there in harm's way in a slightly foolish manner, but you burn up your initiative, eventually compelling you to sit through an enemy beating the snot out of you while you wait to make a move again. If not for this feature, then it may possibly have been a more engaging product. As it was, I gave up in disgust after a while.

Gorgeous graphics, but gorgeous graphics alone do not make a good game.

Visually arresting and unique

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am almost finished with this game, and am finding it a bit difficult as I near its end. What I love about this game would be its visually arresting style, as well as the character designs and the storyline. I like the technical aspect of the game interesting as well, especially the different elements that come into play, and how each character corresponds to the different elements. There is something unique and different about this game that sets it apart from everything else out there.

disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First the good points about this game it is visually stunning for the most part. I think the female caracters could use a down size is the breast department other then that the scenery was stunning.
I started playing this game and got frustrated about 4 hours into it the battle system pretty much sucks along with a few flaws with the camera system and not being able to see the enemys at all times. However I decided to try the game again and was actually kind of getting the hang of it until about 20 hours into it I hit a fatal bug, in order to advance the game you have to fight the invisible boss on the water isle and thats where the flaw comes into place the only thing I could do was walk right thru him and continue on to the other islands which needless to say your not suppose to be able to do. Which put an end to the game rather quickly. If you are thinking of getting the game keep this bug in mind because if it happens the only thing the game will leave you with is extremley frustated and out 50 bucks.

Took awile to get into it just to get let down.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had to restart this game twice. the first time it just had trouble holding my interest. While I really liked the characters, I could read what was going to happen and nothing was very enjoyable. I also HATE games where a Main character dies that had you invested into the story to begin with. I felt that after all the game play spent the ending was a real let down. Did not match the story you watched unfold in my opinion. While the background story was great, they lost it 3/4 through.
The fighting style was new and I did enjoy getting into the groove of it. Problem was I didn't even know what Counter Mode was until the end of the game and by then it was difficult to get the flow when I needed it NOW. This could have been a great game but too many different flaws were found that brought it dowm.

Different!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a major fan of RPG's. I was looking for something different to keep me occupied while waiting for Kingdom Hearts 2. I checked this out from gamefly and I love it. It is fun to get into and really makes you think ahead durning battles. The only things I would've liked to be changed is the camera angle, respawning enemies for leveling up and more sidequests. There are a few, but not really in-depth.
Overall, this title is really worth some time to check out.

Worst RPG of the year.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 14
Date: December 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is easily the worst rpg of the year. There is almost nothing to make it even remotely decent. Utterly appaling.

Published by ATLUS, I agree with the other reviewers that it's horribly made with the worst combat system ever in an rpg. It has horrible subtitles over the screen, poor graphics that look very blocky and there is little fun factor in it.

What's wrong.

1)Poor graphics - Looking like ps1 they are a disgrace.
2)Idiotic beeps which are common to some Atlus games but they are unbearable here.
3) Dull presentation and storyline.
4)Absolutely awful combat system that is the worst ever made.
5)Horrible set dialogue after every kill which would drive you mad.

A bad mess from start to finish.

If you want high quality then look at Shadow hearts/SMT:Nocturne/Dragon quest 8/DDS 1 etc

ugh

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: May 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

ive heard the battle system was innovative. ok lets get one thing straight. for something to be innovative in an rpg it both has to be new and adds to the gameplay. Magna Carta's needlessly complicated battle system doesnt add to the game it makes it tedious. If you can stomach through it i give you all props. Dull soundtrack, bad voice overs, and the half assed FFX wannabe visuals. The one shining moment is probablly the team interaction is interesting curve....even though its nothing new (that dates back to Vanguard Bandits)

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

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

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

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