BEST ONE SO FAR.
I had issues with the difficulties with the first and second due to the lack of saving and the very linear battles.
In this one you allowed us to walk around get some items from quests, and really get a chance to explore the environment. This made the game more believable and enjoayble isntead of having plane backgrounds like in the previous games.
Overall this has great artwork, enemy/character/npc/environment/map designs. The music is fitting and enjable. The story...who needs a story anyways. The humour is dead on, along with the other video game references. I love the powerup system and the new collectable clothing and weapons. So what I'm trying to say is, you hit the bulleye deadon. If you happen to ever make another one, I would suggest leaving all the elements you added in to the series in this one.
BUT, ofcourse no game can be perfect and there are multiple things that bother me, quite alot, and in my opinion needs some rethinking. And that is why it's not a perfect 10. Also honestly getting a ten doesn't really improve your skills does it. I also wanna apologise if this is too long but I want to give an honest opinion on this game so that you can create an even better one next time.
Anyways, on with the problems.
1. Nice and simple, we should be able to get a map. something we can hold and that fills itself in when we enter a room. And it can even tell you where you have spotted a chest. This would make opening those chest, finding the right quest ppl, and navigating alot better.
2. Hit system: Man this is annoying. One thing i really don't understand is how I can fire small fireballs and it will hit my target more often than if I cast a huge wall of fire spell. I literally casted that fire sword thing 2 times and both times missed? how? It would make more sense if the target was small, that would add to the "miss" chance. But I was aiming at the huge trojan horse building thing with the cat on top. Also I survived 4 turns with one character with 3/4 life against 4 enemies. Then I revive one of my team member with half health and then those 4 enemies kill us right away? how can they hit more at certain times. I dunno something needs to be done here.
3. Difficulty: I don't know if it's just me but normal seems hard and hard seems insane. And...you get the point. I clicked normal to get a normal difficulty that allows me to get through the game at a normal pace. I dont want to spend 1 hour on one group of enemies.
4. THE DEATH SCREEN: it just takes too long to load the option to return to the main menu. The ads to the walkthrough are clickable right away and the menu option isn't. I just find that frusterating. Imagine spending 15-20mins on a group of enemies and a boss. Every second counts when i want to get back into the game. I (we) don't need a dramatic fadeout that last 10 seconds. So maybe the game should be programed to slowly fade out the frist time you die. But then it should only last 5 seconds. YOU ARE DEAD. fade out. try again?
So I think I wrote everything I wanted to say. Once again I apologise if this is too long. But reviews are for letting you know how well you did and how it could have been better. Thanks for reading this, Matt and anyone else. Please don't vote this down just because of the length. -.-
Thank you, now let me continue playing ;D
9.5/10