MagnaCarta 2 Official thread... [Mobile/Archive]

10-06-2009, 12:19 AM

I just ordered this on Amazon since it was in my gold box quick picks. Why is it that I've heard nothing about this game? I'm worried there are no advance reviews. I'm using ECA + one of my $30 trade-in codes on it so I hope it turns out decent. I've been burned buying 360 RPGs at full price before in that they tend to drop so quickly (Blue Dragon most notably).

I'm actually kind of disappointed if it comes out earlier because I may want to swap it to something else and was hoping to have till the 13th to decide. Amazon still says the 13th anyway.

Are there any previews and such that are encouraging on this game?

10-06-2009, 02:52 AM

Derrick1979

10-06-2009, 09:55 AM

Your guess is as good as mine on this title, im still trying to figure out a way to get the money to buy this thing ;)

Galego23

10-06-2009, 10:01 AM

OK, so apparently this game has been out since August in Japan. And yet I can find nothing on the Internet in the way of Japanese reviews or impressions or anything. I just want to get a general feel for it - is it decent or garbage? I have no idea now but the utter lack of reviews or impressions past some spotty E3 coverage has me worried. I might end up flipping this preorder over to Resonance of Fate (not that I know anything about that either ;)) if it shows up in my Amazon gold box quick picks.

here you go

- MagnaCarta II (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170878) (8/8/7/7, 30 points): "There's a lot of terms and gameplay controls to remember at the beginning, but once you get used to the seamlessly-unfolding battles, you get a completely stressless sense of fun," one reviewer said. Others praised the title as "much more accessible" to a wider range of users than the previous game, but "since combos play such a huge role, you tend to use the same attack pattern over and over again, which is boring."

Edit: That's from 1UP, and I believe that review is from the Japanese mag Famitsu(?). I would take it with a grain of salt though as I've heard Japanese reviewers usually overrate RPG games, so I would guess this is an average RPG, but I'm probably getting it regardless at the TrU B2G1 sale.

erectiontown

10-06-2009, 11:30 AM

picked up the artbook yesterday (the GS by my work always gives them out if they have them). I hope this game is good as well.

erectiontown

10-11-2009, 01:02 PM

has anyone played this yet?

Derrick1979

10-11-2009, 03:00 PM

has anyone played this yet?

Yes I got about an hour under my belt and all I can so so far is that this is a hidden gem on the 360.

The battle system is nice and they did a great job with the Unreal Engine, not like coughs** Last Remnant**...

I wont say to much but if you have been hesitant on playing it dont be put it in and enjoy the game...

10-11-2009, 04:36 PM

I almost forgot about this. I guess I'll keep my preorder intact from Amazon, but I don't see myself playing it any time soon with Demon's Souls consuming all my attention :lol:.

Poor2More

10-11-2009, 04:44 PM

picked it up today at gamestop /w artbook, and FINALLY Males look like Males and Females look like Females, definite plus over the original, I will try it out later tonight but as IO said, Demon Soul is also consuming my time.

erectiontown

10-11-2009, 04:50 PM

cool, glad to see some positive input on this, as i was considering actually following through on my pre-order

Rodimus

10-11-2009, 05:13 PM

I'd like to see more input on this as well.

I played the Japanese demo about a month ago and didn't think too much of it, however I'm keeping an open mind. If I see more positive remarks I'll consider it.

BigPopov

10-11-2009, 05:28 PM

the demo is decent. If you like hack and slash stuff you'll get into this game.

Derrick1979

10-11-2009, 05:42 PM

the demo is decent. If you like hack and slash stuff you'll get into this game.

This game is hardly just going at it hack n slash style..

PLAY magazine featured this game on the cover (which is in stores now) and they had a few pages on it and gave a pretty good overview and had some postive things to say about it.

Poor2More

10-12-2009, 12:01 AM

^Yep this is one of the games that are doomed from the start due to word of mouth of the first one being lackluster, I gave this game a chance, story is pretty good, battle system is deep & Nice mixture of Active/Strategy, but never does the battle system over whelm you though. I put in almost 3 hours so far, I will give more impressions as I get futher along.

MSUHitman

10-12-2009, 02:49 AM

Edit: Yeah I should read before replying as Derrick1979 beat me to it. Find a copy of Play Magazine or go to their site I guess? for the feature.

Galego23

10-12-2009, 09:23 AM

is it one disc? or is it more than one disc?

Derrick1979

10-12-2009, 09:39 AM

is it one disc? or is it more than one disc?

It is a 2 disc game.

Monsta Mack

10-12-2009, 09:45 AM

Most more impressions.

Also in before the "This will be ported a year later with PS3 extras!" post. :P

Derrick1979

10-12-2009, 10:06 AM

Most more impressions.

Also in before the "This will be ported a year later with PS3 extras!" post. :P

Haha thats fine they cant wait another year or so to play this game I get to play it now.
One of the reasons I went back to the 360 was that I was tired of waiting for titles to come out that were multi-platform (RPG) or the big exclusives that no matter what seem to have a few mandatory delays..that just keep you waiting and waiting......

DaddyBoJangles

10-12-2009, 03:09 PM

Im really interested in this game, can anyone offer anymore detailed impressions on this game? Im stuck between getting this or Brutal Legend as part of my B2G1F

chubbyninja1319

10-12-2009, 05:02 PM

Yeah, it's this or Brutal Legend for me. I'm going to read up on this one tonight. Read gamefaq's, metacritic, ign....whatever I can.

chubbyninja1319

10-14-2009, 10:09 PM

I still can't get over how little hype or interest there appears to be for this game. Anyway, there is a demo of this in the latest issue of Xbox Magazine, with Assassin's Creed II on the cover.

Its actually the japanese demo. It's all in Japanese except for "press start" and "now loading" so it's more than difficult to figure out what's going on. But, I will say this....It's pretty, controls well, character models are well done, and the combat system is fun. My first, albeit limited, impression is very positive. I'd plunk down $60 on this.

nightmare452

10-15-2009, 09:57 AM

Played the game yesterday for 2+ hours. Its ok if you are an JRPG fan (I am not, but I want to give them more of a try, since its the gaming type that started my gaming 20 years ago). You have two "modes", Movement and Combat. You switch between them with one button and seamlessly. The game is your super typical JRPG, story is more of the same you have seen for years, weird creatures, magic, giant monsters/weapons, and evil overlord and you secretly have power and must stop him, if you consider this a spoiler, here is another, we use tvs to play games. Its generic, but I kinda got into the world at the end. Still haven't used any magic. When you attack, it has an overheat system that makes you "tired" and unable to move for 2-3 seconds (long on this game), but since combat is in real-time (as slow as real-time in an JRPG can get), it works and feels almost like the developers wanted a hybrid between real real-time combat and the stand-still style of old JRPGs.

If you enjoyed and would pay $60 for games such as Vesperia, Infinite Undescovery, Last Remnant, Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, etc... to name a few on Xbox, this is right up the same ally. If I buy every FPS cause I am an FPS fan and you are the same on the JRPG side, get it. Its 2 discs and it seems quite long and that it will get a lot better, but I am no veteran of recent RPGs (Demon's Souls & Mass Effect are my kind of RPGs)

Derrick1979

10-15-2009, 02:04 PM

Title updated as well as first post just stating making this the genreal discussion thread for this game.

Thanks

sleepy180

10-15-2009, 04:11 PM

is this Recommended for someone who:

Loved Lost Odyssey
Loved Last Remnant

Hated Infinite Undiscovery
Hated Eternal Sonata
Hated Tales of Vesperia

Was interested in Blue Dragon and Star Ocean 4 but was so turned off by their art direction that I never got around to trying them out? Blue dragon not so much but star oceans 3d people that look like dolls was so retarded that I couldn't bring myself to rent it.

Would you recommend it based on that?

mis0

10-15-2009, 04:33 PM

Waiting on a price drop. I always kick myself when I pay release date price.. even if I really want it.

Get this game if you like tig ol' bitties.

10-15-2009, 04:39 PM

Well, mine is supposedly getting delivered today. I will also probably regret paying full price for it, though I didn't really (thanks to gold box + a few ECA codes ;)). Still, though, if this ends up like Blue Dragon I'll be pissed. I paid full price for that and thought it was well worth it (I loved that game) but seeing it so cheap so quickly after release kind of pissed me off. On the flip side, I paid full price for Lost Odyssey and that never really got too cheap, so it's kind of hard to tell with these types of games. It may not have a huge print run.

In any case, since I'm absorbed with Demon's Souls right now I don't know when I'll get to this, but maybe I'll queue it up to play next.

Kisses

10-15-2009, 04:51 PM

Got through the first disk and its relly good game! gameplay is interesting (without encounters that takes you to battle zone BUT not as haotic as it was in infinite undiscovery) Story is normal not good but not bad. i LOVED the design of weapons alot! And it very very hard to get lost in this game the marker is always pointing out next story event and even if you wandered off in to different location(side quests) it's easy to continue story because of that marker. i liked that. and it's not very challenging i beat all bosses on first disk without any problems at all unlike the recent one i played. >.>(yes yes im looking at you last remnant bastard). BTW my character of choice (that i control all the time is Rue (with daggers)) she is so cool!

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/30376/1128710-mc2_rue_large.jpg

BLUEMANRULE

10-15-2009, 05:02 PM

@Kisses,

I finished the 1st disc of Last Remnant and stopped. I put in about 30 hours already.

On Magna Carta II, it is developed by Namco Bandai. Let's hope it doesn't end up in limited supply like Tales of Vesperia. I'm excited about this game now though.

Kisses

10-15-2009, 05:08 PM

@Kisses,

I finished the 1st disc of Last Remnant and stopped. I put in about 30 hours already.

Last Remnant is frustrating i nearly broke my controller on the beginning of disk 2 then i said fuck it and sold it( BTW Magna carta 2 is not MMORPGish at all at least i didn't get that feeling out of it. (i belive Shipwreck said it was i don't remember when =) )

chubbyninja1319

10-15-2009, 08:41 PM

@Kisses,
On Magna Carta II, it is developed by Namco Bandai. Let's hope it doesn't end up in limited supply like Tales of Vesperia. I'm excited about this game now though.

That's what I'm worried about, the limited supply thing. Then again, I've seen ToV on clearance more than once and paid $30 for it new a couple months ago.

Derrick1979

10-15-2009, 11:36 PM

I would say just bit the bullet and spend the money on this title, Bestbuys got a small supply of them and the Gamestops mostly got 1-2 so this one will be hard to find especially with the somewhat warm reviews its getting.

gameguy1001

08-29-2010, 01:54 PM

Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place, if not mods move it to the right spot please :)

I currently started playing magna carta 2, i got about 10 hours into it now. I'm doing the navyblue marsh/cote mara quests and i was doing all the side quest. I had most of the all done except fighting the soldiers to get the orders. I went and saved my game before i went to fight them. After saving when i went to fight them, i realized one of my guys was gone, zephie. I switched to her and the screen was all black, i tried to move her and do anything at all with her and nothing, untill my xbox froze completely. I restarted my xbox and tried again, this time switching to argo. Still the same thing, just argo went in her place. I went a bit further, beat the guys, went to cote mare and finished my quest and went out to start going to dunan hill and still nothing. I only got 2 guys, 1 guy is stuck in limbo or something and i can't get them out. Am i completely screwed??? Will i have to restart my game from beginning, which i really do not want to do. I know its only 10 hours, but thats still 10 hours of crap i got done. Or is there some way to fix this?? any help is greatly appreciated. thanks guys!

nnthomas

08-29-2010, 02:50 PM

Wish I could help. I still have this game sealed from a recent pickup so I have to sit down with it.

gameguy1001

08-29-2010, 03:02 PM

So far i love it, i really do enjoy it. but this glitch got me completely screwed up. I can't figure out how to fix it! only thing i can see is starting a new game, and lsoing those 10 hours, which kills me.

Allnatural

08-30-2010, 10:50 AM

After a quick search is seems you're not the only one. Looks like there's at least one fix (http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/930253-magna-carta-2/55936660).

2DMention

12-05-2010, 06:50 PM

Bump.

Started playing this and I think the battle system is kinda weird, but I'm digging it so far.

Right now I'm at the part where the north is attacking the island and I'm getting wasted by the guy with the mask. Melissa got killed and I got her sword. You're way underpowered at that part and they throw you into that battle. Am I supposed to just avoid fighting or what?

2DMention

12-21-2010, 06:27 PM

Still playing this. I find the overheat kind of weird (what are your characters? Engines?)

chankk

12-21-2010, 08:48 PM

I actually seen this game in the stores being demo'd in Honk Kong two summers ago. Ever since I've seen it I've wanted to purchase it but not for retail. Maybe now that its price has went down I'll probably trade a couple of games for it.

nnthomas

12-22-2010, 09:02 AM

Simple answer: Just buy the Bonus DLC and be overpowered the entire game

Hell Monkey

12-22-2010, 09:07 AM

2D did you get past that part you were stuck at? (also FYI there is at least 2 parts like that later that are very very hard. Where you are doing virtually no damage to the enemy and expected to win where he can kill you in two attacks)

Amblix

12-23-2010, 08:05 PM

I'm really lovin' the game.

Just headed back to the canyon.

I'm hoping I don't miss any of the quests.

Other then that the only thing I'm worrying about is the chain breaks. Now that Celes is in instead of Zephie, it's become alot easier.

2DMention

12-23-2010, 10:04 PM

Well, see the general RPG thread. Short answer: I had to quit. Got stuck. But then I think about it, I could have just bought the DLC and would have been ok. It was my fault I didn't prepare. I'll come back to this game again though.

Hell Monkey

12-24-2010, 08:08 AM

I sent you a PM if you want to give it another go. I didn't really grind at all going through and didn't get stuck so should be doable.

chubbyninja1319

12-24-2010, 10:57 AM

I'm glad to see this thread getting a little more life. I didn't get into MC2, but I want to get the game and I've been watching it since it came out. I'm just kind of waiting for a break in my gaming schedule to jump into it....unfortunately, I don't see one so I may just carve out a month in the Winter to play this game.

Amblix

12-24-2010, 03:53 PM

Made it to the Darkblade fortress, man this shit is rough! They gank the shit out of me. Using revive capsules every few minutes. Maybe I'll buy the weapons packs and have them sent to me on the usb.

2DMention

12-24-2010, 11:06 PM

Made it to the Darkblade fortress, man this shit is rough! They gank the shit out of me. Using revive capsules every few minutes. Maybe I'll buy the weapons packs and have them sent to me on the usb.

That's around where I was and I had to give up.

Amblix

12-25-2010, 07:16 PM

Haha, made it passed that and on to disc two!

Finally decided to upgrade my weapons, most of them had their beggining weapons or stuff I had found.

What a major difference!

Lokki

02-22-2011, 08:15 AM

Just started this over the weekend. I haven't put a whole lot of time into it yet, but I'm enjoying it so far. I got up to the part where I opened the Wailing Gate. It has been sitting in my backlog for a while now. I'm glad to finally play it.

Luxuria

02-22-2011, 06:18 PM

2DMention

02-24-2011, 09:45 AM

I've been disappointed with most Current Gen RPGs and have quit most of them, but have been very happy with all the RPGs on portables.

Hell Monkey

02-24-2011, 10:02 AM

It still seems to be out there to be found so get it whenever. It was a decent game, I'd give it a 3 or 3.5 out of 5. I will say playing it after Tales of Vesperia and Lost Odyssey was a mistake as it doesn't hold up to either of those.

Lokki

02-24-2011, 10:58 AM

I've been looking at this game and it seems interesting but having read mixed reviews, I'm not sure about whether or not this is my kind of game. I've heard that it's similar to Infinite Undiscovery. Is this true? I honestly hated that game and am into RPGs, which sucks. I have quite a big backlog but don't know if it's worth buying now in the off-chance that it becomes rare, or just wait till later on.

I haven't played Infinite Undiscovery yet, so I can't compare it to that. However, I'm really enjoying it so far. It has little solo MMORPG to it, since you pick up optional side quests that you can do to earn extra exp and money. They are the typical Kill x number of y, or collect x number of plant B, etc. They are fairly easy to complete and you can typically complete them without going out of your way of the main story line.

I had wanted to play it for a while and recently picked it up at Gamestop. It was complete and almost mint. I don't think the original owner touched it much at all. Considering how cheap it is at GS if you can find it there, it is worth it for the amount of hours you can sink into it.

mike.m

02-24-2011, 11:07 AM

I thought Infinite Undiscovery was pretty bad. I don't know that I have the desire to play it again, even though I'm sitting on 1 achievement obtained from it, blech.

Magna Carta 2 looks interesting and I've just been waiting for my Gamefly queue to clear up for it.

Lokki

03-03-2011, 08:32 AM

Simple answer: Just buy the Bonus DLC and be overpowered the entire game

Is this really the case? I'm not struggling at all with the game so far. Most of my characters are lvl 27 atm and I'm in the Dunnon Hill area. I beat the Snake-like boss with the poison with very little trouble. I want the DLC for the achievements and such, but I don't want to make the game easy-mode either. Of course I don't have to use the weapons, but the temptation will be there.

danh920

03-03-2011, 09:20 AM

not crazy far into this, about 6 or 7 hours but its plenty of fun and definitely a top 5 next gen rpg, much better than infinite undiscovery or last remnant

Hell Monkey

03-03-2011, 09:24 AM

not crazy far into this, about 6 or 7 hours but its plenty of fun and definitely a top 5 next gen rpg, much better than infinite undiscovery or last remnant

I enjoyed early Magna Carta 2 more, but late Infinite Undiscovery more, may have just been in MC2 I was hoarding my skill points so I could get the achievement for maxing out both paths, so little frustrating late game.