This should cover everything I think. :lol:
[quote name='Dead of Knight']Ok, when the
does this game start to pick up? And when the
do I get another party member? This game is moving slower than molasses, both story and gameplay-wise. I've been willing to give it more of a chance due to CAG impressions but this is getting absurd. I am still in the prologue but I'm doing all of the quests as well. My clock is at over 10 hours but only because I've been leaving it on when I step away.[/QUOTE]
The prologue is used for introducing everything more or less. While the story events there aren't big or particularly interesting, they do have their place in the overall story. Nothing is really done without some explained reason down the road. At the end of the prologue is more or less the beginning of the actual story.
As for the slowness, yep, it's slow in the prologue as it's an introduction and first two chapters as those two are more about investigation than action. This will be especially true if you take on bracer guilds quests as they aren't really main story material, which holds true for any side stuff. I still recommend doing them until you get the Information & Eagle Vision Orbments to help make the game less frustrating when it comes to battles. Beyond that the rewards are nice, but not really as helpful as those two.
Though you've had the game in your PSP on for 10 hours (Sleep mode doesn't progress the clock), I have to wonder what you've actually done that you haven't finished the prologue personally. I read a few other people saying they spent 12 hours on the prologue and I have absolutely no
ing clue how the hell they can spend so much time on it. It took me 4 hours and I did everything I could in the prologue. Granted I did play through this part before and had an idea of what I needed to do, but I still don't see how someone is going to clock more than double that without letting their PSP sit for hours.
You get your next party member at the end of the prologue. The way the game uses party members outside of Joshua and Estelle are quite different than other games. So don't be surprised if you're down to 2 people again for a little bit.
Sometimes I have to wonder how you can enjoy Dragon Quest so much when the beginning of those games are so incredible slow and boring too. This was one of my most anticipate games of 2011 behind The Witcher 2 and for me it did not disappoint. It's not 9 or 10 material in terms of ranking as it has its faults, but it left me fulfilled in the end.
[quote name='EverNight']I'm trying to think of a game I've played that takes hours to get "interesting" that was actually any good in the first place. Thinking back on my favorite RPGs I believe I was hooked easily within the 1st hour.
Sometimes say two-thirds of the way thru the game there may have been some tedious area but that's about it.
I don't understand how people can defend a game that is (let's be honest) bad for huge portions of it just because eventually it gets OK.
Haven't played this one so I can't say if it's the case here or not but I think a lot of RPGs are actually just bad and try to compensate by being longer than they should be, stretching a fairly weak idea out even more and making things worse.[/QUOTE]
I actually really like how the story is more believable in this one because of how it's more down to earth than other stories. Yeah the story is slow at the beginning, I won't deny the fact. However I don't see how it makes the game bad. I found the story blurbs pretty interesting thanks to the detailed writing and little nuances they put in. Half the reason why it's slow though is because of Bracer Guild quests since you're not furthering the story.
I'm also fairly certain I can say this is one of the better stories I've seen in quite a while. Everything in the game is pretty much done for a reason as you'd see if you played it through. Plus it sets up the next game so you can be thrown into the story of the next one pretty quickly.
