2010-03-07, 01:26 PM
The questline was absolute rubbish, even more so than Haunted Mansion II. The story was so disconnected because it was like a repetitive chain of "Fetch me so and so", "Kill X monsters", and "Kill a boss"; but there's no actual plot going on aside from guys giving you instructions about what you have to do in a certain time period without any "why"s for the reasons behind what's going on and what happened. So basically, you just traipsed around in a future apocalyptic wasteland without any real understanding about what you're doing and helping people along the way.
Some nasty plot points as for actual "plot":
2215- May and Bao's quests. So you're told to look for survivors and bring them to her right? When I walked by Bao and saw the lightbulb above his head, I knew immediately to click it. The first thing I see? "May is polite, but she can be pretty cold." And after that, "I'm so relieved that there is another survivor!", which makes it obvious he hadn't actually met May which is a total fart in the story considering he claims to know who May is from his first dialogue before you start the quest and then when I start it, he tells me that he hadn't seen any other survivors. Then he asks me to go kill some Iruvatas to make things less dangerous. Then, he asks me if both me and him are the only survivors left; and then I tell him about May. He realizes that there's another survivor named "May" out there then thanks me. Goddamn.
Oh, and how about "Ken"? Dumb idiot stands in front of a bunch of Overlords in the open, and there's another reason I don't like him in Neo City...
Actually, I did have a bit of fun fighting the bosses. Not too bad; but the rest was rubbish.
Some nasty plot points as for actual "plot":
2215- May and Bao's quests. So you're told to look for survivors and bring them to her right? When I walked by Bao and saw the lightbulb above his head, I knew immediately to click it. The first thing I see? "May is polite, but she can be pretty cold." And after that, "I'm so relieved that there is another survivor!", which makes it obvious he hadn't actually met May which is a total fart in the story considering he claims to know who May is from his first dialogue before you start the quest and then when I start it, he tells me that he hadn't seen any other survivors. Then he asks me to go kill some Iruvatas to make things less dangerous. Then, he asks me if both me and him are the only survivors left; and then I tell him about May. He realizes that there's another survivor named "May" out there then thanks me. Goddamn.
Oh, and how about "Ken"? Dumb idiot stands in front of a bunch of Overlords in the open, and there's another reason I don't like him in Neo City...
Actually, I did have a bit of fun fighting the bosses. Not too bad; but the rest was rubbish.