Okay a few notes
- I feel the english are pretenious
- English accents annoy me
- not a fan of the whole cobblestone , forrest and whole whismical fantastical setting
- i do not like games that are for toddlers aka most wii games
- Im not a huge RPG guy
so with that said.
I am really loving this game, the spells are easy to use both direct and multiple attacks, they are upgradeable, as well you have abilities that are also upgradeable as well. So its fable you know what to expect - core storyline, side missions and life your life activities.
The Animations in this game are really the standout above everything followed by the Musical Score / Sound Effects and the absolute gripping and entertaining story. The story is without a doubt on level with fantasy stories like lord of the rings and harry potter.
Gameplay is very good, lots of situational attacks 1 button combat, but it feels fresh all the time because of the dramatic animations but both the weilder of the sword and the person being attacked. Everything is pretty Simple you got a button for your Ranged weapon, a button for your melee weapon, a button for your spells and the rest of the buttons are modifiers for your 3 core buttons x,b,y.
The game is very satisfying for many reasons, think god of war and star wars force unleashed, every strike, every fire of a weapon and every time you use a spell on youre enemy the outcome of the animations, look and animate very well. So in most games in actuality you have to press many more buttons in this on you do less in gameplay that most standard movie games require.
Even though this game does a lot, it does not do enough for me to overlook the theme and setting, so chances are i'll exchange this game with a friend for another, however if you don't mind the settng then there is no better RPG to on Xbox in 2008.