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"Otogi?"

What?

I played it in a shop yesterday and, er. Muh? It seemed like a hyperactive video of Devil May Cry. I heard people ranting about it and wondered what all the fuss was about.

All I did was hammer the two attack buttons and jump.

Mutant_guy:) wrote:
> Maverick42 wrote:
> Well I hate games that frustrate me. I could only just about stand
> Enter the Matrix on normal.
>
> Wow, you obviously enjoy a challenge

If you stick at it, it's not too tough - just far too short. Very frustrating at points, though.

I can't get through level 19 (I think it is), the one with the purple prawn demon at the end. Tried about 20 times. Can't do it.

Maverick42 wrote:
> Well I hate games that frustrate me. I could only just about stand
> Enter the Matrix on normal.

Wow, you obviously enjoy a challenge

Otogis good

Well I hate games that frustrate me. I could only just about stand Enter the Matrix on normal.

It's an ACTION RPG.

'Nuff said.

Maverick42 wrote:
> Bah, sounds like something of a missed oppurtunity then - I was always
> quite wary with it.

It is, but I still like it. It's just not as great as I thought it would be.
It's one of those games that on the first play through can be frustrating, but I suspect that once completed, and once I have most of the special items and weapons, it will be more enjoyable.

I can't fault the actual gameplay - it's meaty as hell. It's just damned hard. There's a lot of dying/retrying involved.

Buy if you like challenging games that need to be "beaten".
Avoid if you're easily frustrtated.

Rosalind wrote:
> It annoys me that every other game coming out these days has RPG
> elements written on the back of the box, even if that just means
> leveling up your character in some way. I did notice that OTOGI had
> RPG elements on the box, which, of course, made me want it. So how
> is the "RPG element" of the game?

Strictly speaking, in this "Role Playing Game", you played the "Role" of a "hacker and slasher"!

I think that this was what the first RPG's were like back in the mid-eighties. Even the first Zelda was mostly like that, with a bit more exploration involved.

I suppose RPG's are normally associated with FF style, story/adventure games.

Calling a game like this an RPG is probably like calling somebody happy "gay"...




...unless ofcourse they're happy for a certain reason! ;-)

Bah, sounds like something of a missed oppurtunity then - I was always quite wary with it. Nevertheless, I'll still keep an open mind; at least until GamesTM's verdict.

Apart from the early levels, Otogi main problem is the level design: too small and not enjoyable. The gameplay is excellent, but the levels don't fulfil the early promise.