The Last Remnant Review

Troll post is trolllllllllllllll post.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I wouldn't be so annoyed if they were actually humorous, but when it's 10 times worse than the largest troll shit seen on 4chan it starts to get annoying.

Also what he's saying is you very easily could not give a shit about the story and be playing the thing for the gameplay mechanics alone, since it's certainly engaging enough. I know I absolutely HATE the main character and couldn't give two shits about the story in TLR, but I'm playing it because I enjoy the combat system's intricacies enough to continue through it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Perhaps with all the time you spend on 4chan you could teach me something about quality posting.

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This is where I become more concerned about the "meta-game." What's the point in playing a single-player game with endlessly repetitive battles that take on average 20-50 minutes to complete when there's no reward other than leveling up characters you hate (and yes I know you just "level up" stats) and getting digital items which you can't show off to friends?

Last I checked, I played for...well, fun. Seems like a decent reward to me. Not really needing to show off my phat loots or any of that. I enjoy the union system, the general combat flow, and learning how to create the most efficient damage dealing team. I found the combat in this relatively refreshing all things considered, and I just flat out play it because I derive enjoyment from it.

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The only thing intricate about the combat system seems to be its scale. Mostly you just set general commands and wait for maybe the special move that never comes when you want it, then sit back for 5 minutes while all your individual npcs do their poses before performing moves before the individual npcs of the enemy do their poses before doing their moves and your next turn comes around. I'm getting bored just thinking about it.

The main problem with the game is that it really lacks any sort of proper tutorial, and I assume you and your friend had the same problem many reviewers did. There are ways of knowing what moves will come out, influence what command sets you get, and the order things are done in. The game just gives you no information on how to do these things and you mostly pick it up from either forums or FAQs.

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The tactical overlay map and flanking/lockdowns seem interesting but I just don't see how you could play 50-100 hours of that unless you were seriously hurting for a time sink. If you want to play a game that's tactically engaging with a story you don't have to care about there's a ton of strategy games I know you haven't played that I could recommend which would keep you busy for months coming to terms with all their intricacies.

I can think of tonnes that would keep me interested too, but the point is I'm not going to watch someone else play it for a number of hours and draw judgment when I'm not entirely sure if there's nothing there in the first place.

Please no TL;DR dog pic horseshit bombs please, I'm rather fond of a back and forth like this.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah, that's me. Making up excuses to convince myself and other people I like the game, trying to hide my huge shame in purchasing it. STAY OUT OF MY HEAD CHARLES.

You're certainly not trolling, right?

why the hell am I taking the bait?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

On that note, I'd just LOVE to see Mo0's facial expression when he fires up Europa Universalis II and subsequently has a brain aneurysm.

I was speaking idiomatically.