Man this game is awesome. Finished it today and i got to say i am very impressed. Well done Capcom. I liked every aspect of it, the battle system, the lvl up system, the music, overall graphics, the cut scenes and the plot.
I thought it was very cool that they threw in alot more weapons, items and such this time around. Although some of the weapons were utter crap it didn't hurt the overall impression. In addition to all this new stuff they could have maybe included the same thing for armour, but that would mean a hell of alot more modeling jobs to be done at Capcom. Anyway, maybe something to think about the next time around.
The plot was very enjoyable, with some minor twist here and there, nothing big though. The plot had a very nice flow in it. There were never any major stops in it. There were new additions to it all the time.
The cut scenes were pretty good. I especially liked the second part of the intro and the last one before the final fight. And yes i am talking about the FMV's, prerendered, not ingame.
I gotta hand it down to Hideyuki Fukasawa and Jamie Christopherson, they have done an incredible good job on the soundtrack. There are some tracks that are more enjoyable than others, but overall very good. Soki and Tenkai's themes are amazing.
As for the Dark Realm, i finished it with Soki, all 100 lvls. Got bored after finishing it with him so i ended up not clearing the realm with the other characters. Getting the game over screen with Jubei on lvl 36 didn't help on the motivation either
Overall a very good game and i would recommend it. Let's hope Capcom is in the process of cooking up number 5 now
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