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Chain Chomp
I finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3 after 130 hours or so and so I finally decided to give Live a Live a shot and... that was kind of a mistake.
I don't know if it is because XC3 is a very streamlined experience but I can't help but find LaL overly-clunky, very obtuse about where you actually need to go next to the point that you waste a lot of time trying to figure it out and with a battle system that shows potential but ultimately is just another way to waste time. I know that this is a remake of a SNES game but I remember other Square games from that era to be much more direct and clear. There are things to appreciate about it though, particularly the presentation since this was a very ambitious game from a story perspective for the time and the HD-2D look makes it shine even more but I think is funny how when Octopath Traveler was released some people commented how Live a Live did its core ideas better and yeah, that's not the case at all, from a variety of scenarios Live a Live is no doubt better (and the scene direction shows how better the developers have gotten with this style) but from every other aspect, Octopath Traveler is simply a better experience.
I actually couldn't go on too much with the game, I just said "Yeah, I might continue the Diofield Chronicle demo instead". It makes me wonder why some reviewers scored this higher than XC3 of all games.
I don't know if it is because XC3 is a very streamlined experience but I can't help but find LaL overly-clunky, very obtuse about where you actually need to go next to the point that you waste a lot of time trying to figure it out and with a battle system that shows potential but ultimately is just another way to waste time. I know that this is a remake of a SNES game but I remember other Square games from that era to be much more direct and clear. There are things to appreciate about it though, particularly the presentation since this was a very ambitious game from a story perspective for the time and the HD-2D look makes it shine even more but I think is funny how when Octopath Traveler was released some people commented how Live a Live did its core ideas better and yeah, that's not the case at all, from a variety of scenarios Live a Live is no doubt better (and the scene direction shows how better the developers have gotten with this style) but from every other aspect, Octopath Traveler is simply a better experience.
I actually couldn't go on too much with the game, I just said "Yeah, I might continue the Diofield Chronicle demo instead". It makes me wonder why some reviewers scored this higher than XC3 of all games.