Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Undiscovering

After dodging the game for quite a while, I finally caved in and bought Infinite Undiscovery. I avoided this game at first, just like I did with The Last Remnant, because I honestly didn't think either one of these games looked all that good.

A few months back I rented The Last Remnant and my thoughts were affirmed. I thought the game was pretty bland and outright boring and so that was the end of that.

Besides, this was made with the same guys that made the last few Star Ocean games. Now a lot of people might be able to pick up and play the games in that series.

I am not one of them.

Anyway, now fast forward to a few days ago and I see Infinite Undiscovery just sitting there on a shelf at a local department store. I didn't give into buying this when it was released and I held off from ever renting it. And yet here it was right before my eyes and I was tempted to get it.

What helped convince me in giving this game a try had a lot to do the with fact that this game selling for a mere $20. How could I possibly go wrong? If it is the worse game ever made, at least I didn't have to pay full price to suffer such inhumanity.

And I admit that I was pleasantly surprised at how much I am actually enjoying this. Surely it isn't a Final Fantasy and it isn't the nicest or best game ever made, but it is fun. It actually has feeling to me, unlike a lot of games that just feel so bland. Honest truth, this is probably the most fun I've had with an RPG in many, many long years.

Hell, I think the last time I actually got hooked into a RPG was back with Final Fantasy XII...

Anyway, 14 hours in and somewhere on the second disk, I'll surely be back sooner rather then later with my final verdict. But as far as with what I've seen and played of this game thus far, I like it. I ever dare dispute the many negative reviews that this game has garnered.

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