I love completing games.
Its a great feeling of accomplishment when I complete an older game. I usually find these some of the harder ones to get through. This tends to be because they have sat for so long in my collection I tend to file them always in that "They are already there and I will eventually get to them" part of my brain. Yet when I do finish playing them it does provide me with a great moment of checking them off.
Add the element of being on the handheld platform and that is even better. I tend to have more difficulty getting through handheld (however that might be changing with my current playing trends) that completing each one is fantastic to me.
So I had talked about Wild Arms in an earlier post when I was about a quarter of the way through the game. That was about a month ago, so I think I did pretty well, considering I completed the game in ~39 hours. That includes overleveling (as always) and taking care of all the side quests and optional bosses.
I like the Wild Arms series. I know I have mentioned that in the past, but its a good series. Its nice to get away from the big mainstream RPG games to see what things are like. There are a lot of gems out there that tend to have more depth and emotion to them than the big AAA games that are just
Its nice when the idea of making sure hair is perfect, and boob physics are perfect, is placed second to a story that flows.
Wild Arms brings story to the game. Yes, I will admit it. The translation can be a bitch. I expect that due to when the game was made and the fact that localization has gotten better over the recent years. Sometimes there are weird parts of the story that just make it a little chuggy with how it reads out, but it still for the most part ties things together. This is more than what I can say with FFXIII. I had problems with the flow of that cause it seemed things were just thrown in suddenly near the end. Alas, that is different.
Sometimes an RPG can try to show multiple characters all being the main protagonist, however ends up focusing on a single or pair of persons. You see this a lot of with Final Fantasy games. Its something that can be hard because people tend to like a certain character for elements that are out of the control of the developers. Its ok. Wild Arms though makes you think that Rudy is the main character. Then you work with Jack a lot and his quest for "Absolute Power". Then to Cecelia and her overcoming her royalty pains. You find that in the end of the game, there really is not one main character. They went into this thing as a team, and you see that in the end. Switching between characters to use the different tools that they have helps to keep this feeling. Sometimes I would like to have Rudy on the screen. Other times I liked to have Jack on there. I never found myself sticking with one character all the time. Hell I tried to keep Rudy as the highest level character, but in the end they ended up only being a couple 1000 xp away from each other (which isn't bad when I finished the game at level 58ish). The fact that Rudy really does not speak at all throughout the game, however you discover his story and the importance of him being a dream chaser; all of this really draws you in.
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| One of my favorite images from the game |
Wild Arms has lead me to want to discover other RPG games, like the "Tales of" series (I have one already in the my collection). I want to break free from just FF and Kingdom Hearts. Experience something new. I want to play Wild Arms 2. This is something important in a game. You should enjoy a medium in a way that makes you want to explore new things about your tastes and what you like. If we only stick to what we know and enjoy, what the big companies say we should like, then we will all be on the same route without ever enjoying the beauty that is off the beaten path. I am going to talk more about this later I think. It deserves its own posting.
Wild Arms. Definitely a great game to play. Having it on the PSP or Vita cranks up the enjoyment in my book. Its easy to start up anywhere, play a little, and then do stand by. Plus it doesn't kill your battery.
So go and get it.
Now.
I am watching you!!!
You are not going to get it!!
Here is the link to the PSN page
Use it. And then tell me what you think
Total time: ~39.5 hours
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