Nippon Ichi’s newly released PS3 RPG “Last Rebellion” has already been awarded the dubious honour of “Worst Game of 2010” candidacy.
Even just looking at its gorgeous PSP-level graphics probably does do the game justice:
The entire game is dubbed exclusively in English (the Japanese version is subtitled in Japanese), as Nippon Ichi intends to unleash the game on the rest of the world in February and March.
Possibly the game is intended to do well overseas as an “anime RPG,” explaining the reliance on English dubbing (which Japanese users complained was unnatural, coupled with the Japanese dialogue at least).
Players report poor acting, bad graphics, usability problems, bad map design, a substandard battle system and a lack of balance. Just about everything, in fact.
A Nippon Ichi employee reportedly bragged that the game could sell a million copies.
For the sake of Japan’s gaming industry, it would probably be best if no further games vied for the title this year.
OMG… I’ve just witnessed the epic processing power that is PS2!!
Oh wait…
Eh, Hitmaker were responsible for the shitterrifying PSP RPG ‘Blade Dancer’ so I’m not all that surprised.
English voice only? Bad idea. Wrong direction. If they were targting North American market, N1S core demographic likes Japanese voices.
The graphics do look like they don’t meet ps3 standards but that’s not my main concern. Gameplay getting dinged in reviews is a big worry.
NIS….You fucking up.Make a game the everyone wants to play please.You can’t just rely on your early 2000’s establish fans and 500,000 units per game ship outs to MAKE THE GAME SELL OUT.New concepts that don’t call for 70 hr repetitive exploits of a revisitable portions of the game might be a good idea.They are so used to not every really have to design a game from the ground up that they once again said,”f♥♥k this,we don’t have to try hard on presentation.”
Well at least there is White Knight Chronicles International. Just got my copy today and I’m really happy with it so far.