![]() Not only is it bad for these aspects, but the models here look atrocious.ĭespite all these problems, the story doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is. Yes, a few are different, but it honestly doesn’t matter. In “talk,” you are treated to an NPC saying something pointless on a static shot in front of the same fountain with it all amounting to time wasted. You can literally take this option out, and absolutely nothing, yes, I mean absolutely nothing would be changed. If I wasn’t writing about the game, I never would have watched these. However, this option is literally pointless. Instead of walking around on a map and talking to NPCs on SoP, you go to an option in the menu and listen to NPCs talk. More on that Quality of Life (QoL) aspect later.Īnother huge letdown is a menu that the game calls “Talk”. Reading this expands a lot of the story while keeping some info out that should’ve been told elsewhere instead of a menu that’s annoying to use, making it feel like Team Ninja doesn’t want you to read them. The latter two are notes about specific places or story information. ![]() When collecting these, you either get a new Side Mission, piece of equipment, or Fool’s Missives/Lufenian Reports. Throughout each mission, you will find Orbs scattered about. However, some story aspects don’t work well. Plus, how it comes together makes sense, especially the abrupt beginning people were clowning on. Instead, it gives you the story in fractured parts that helps keep your attention. Be that as you may, SoP would feel boring if it was structured normally. With the game involving a “time-loop,” some people may be confused, or just plain dislike it. Yet, the first aspect that many may not like is the story structure. Most times, I knew what was going to happen, but when we got a few twists, they were nice and helped the story play out. Even knowing what was going to transpire, the story of what led up to the famous first game was a blast to play through. However, some fans easily figured out what was going on with the story, especially when Jack’s last name was dropped. Luckily if you’ve never played Final Fantasy 1, you wouldn’t be missing out on anything. When first announced, SoP was touted as the prequel to Final Fantasy 1. However, as it goes on, Jack and the story become less of a one-note character. Instead, you have a game that doesn’t take itself seriously and feels like an old edgy PS2 game in the best way possible. It feels nice to have a game that doesn’t try to be the next epic, the next huge saga, or the next award-winning drama. It’s like someone saw the long cutscenes normally in Final Fantasy and said, “No, these cutscenes are too long.” so they cut them down. At times Jack is the type of person to skip a cutscene he just doesn’t give a shit if you aren’t chaos, but stand in his way, and he’ll kill you. Here you have a Main Character who seriously doesn’t care and seems to only have one driving force kill chaos. Without going too far into spoiler territory, SoP’s story and characters are very refreshing. ![]() ![]() But what if I were to say that that’s one of the fun parts? Sadly, this meant a lot of people just wrote it off as cringe-worthy and stupid, especially with how much the word chaos was shouted in the first trailer. So for many, this will be the first and probably the only thing they think of unless you saw the clip of Jack shouting “Bullshit.” while playing music and walking away. When the first trailer for Koei Tecmo Team Ninja’s newest action game was dropped during Square Enix’s E3 2021, everyone meme’d the hell out of it. Release Date: March 18th, 2022 What a badass / Final Fantasy Origins: Stranger of Paradise / Square Enix, Team Ninja So why are we killing chaos? Systems: Playstation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC On Epic Games Storeĭeveloper: Team Ninja. Hands down, no argument, Jack is one of the best Main Characters in years. Memorable Quote: “I don’t give a fuck who you are!” – Jack. All except two Side Missions completed on hard difficulty, still tracking down the final Side-Missions. How much completed: All Main Missions completed on hard difficulty and a couple of Main Missions beat on Chaos difficulty (think New Game Plus). Or how much blood, sweat, and tears I spent in-game. But before we get into the review, let’s look at my: Stats. Never have I loved a game so much and stayed up until 2 am playing, yet had numerous problems with it. Final Fantasy Origin: Stranger of Paradise ( SoP) is the most conflicted I’ve felt about a video game in quite a while, and I mean that with the most sincerity.
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