01 July 2008

The best game whose title is a sentence that I've ever played

Just picked up The World Ends With You over the weekend, and it's already blown my mind. I've never played a more atmospheric game. I've always said that substance is more important than style for games, but when a game can pull both off as skillfully as Jupiter and Squeenix have here, it's all the better for it. On top of the detailed sprite-based graphics and the perfectly fitting music, TWEWY delivers with an intriguing story, a kick-awesome battle system that's both deep and accessible, and plenty of fresh takes on the RPG genre. Those who like doing low-level games, for instance, ought to love it -- all non-essential battles are avoidable, for one, but it doesn't even matter, since you can play at any level lower than your current one at any time (Normal players will do this to increase drop rates).

Meanwhile, Sonic Rush Adventure is nice, too. The story segments are as stupid as ever, but also easily skippable, and the actual game parts that punctuate the story continue to prove that Sonic Team never lost their touch, they've just always been horrible at full 3D games; sidescrollers are still their forte. On top of that, the inbetween sailing segments are actually a lot of fun. In particular, the sea combat while using the second boat could practically be a game in its own right.

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