GameLog: The Last Story

*Contains spoilers

Here is my very first GameLog of the awesome game, The Last Story! (Yes, I'm using that as my starter sentence. It works.)

As I said in the review for the game, by the way, once I beat the game I'll give an overall review. Anyway, you start off by being put straight into a mission. This is nice, because it isn't started in some cliché way, and it's also interesting because you have to learn everything about your character. Your character is Zael, this really awesome dude who has feathers in his hair, and he's a mercenary. A mercenary is, as I see it, a step down from Knights. Knights are looked at with great respect, and mercenaries aren't. They are given jobs and mission, mostly to go kill these lizard creatures in dungeons, (Really fun, right?) but people just don't like mercenaries...For some reason. Now that I think about it, it could be because they aren't good enough to become knights, they're somewhat wannabe's, and because ordinary mercenaries aren't nice. This group, however, is!

So, you start out right in the middle of a mission, you have to learn controls, which are awkward but you sort of get used to them, and you meet your team. They are the bomb. Syrenne is my favorite, because she looks like any video game should, hardcore, and has really awesome hair. Plus, she has a snarky attitude, so I quite like her. And the leader of the group, Dagran, (Spelling may be wrong) who's awesome and says he's going to make everyone a knight one day. There are others, too, but they're regular little awesome-looking people. You can glide right through this mission, and then you go into town. The town is really huge, and you get to do some exploring, meet people, people will ask you to do things for them, like find them parts to make something and they'll give you something useful. But that's where you meet...Lisa!

The relationship between Lisa and Zael isn't hidden at all. Their likings for each other is obvious. So that adds on to the plot, as well. Now you have a group of mercenaries wanting to become knights, and there's a girl wrapped in there. You have to run her from the guards, which was actually really fun, running and escaping was awesome because this huge city has tons of alleyways and streets...It's fun.

All fun things must come to an end, however. I had to go on a mission to get medicine, and when I came back it was time to take Lisa home. (She was a runaway.) But first, time to make a romantic trip to the gazing tower and check out some stars! After you do that, Lisa takes herself home and you return to your place of sleeping.

I woke up the next morning and jumped into a mission, guarding at a party in the castle! That was so boring. All you did was walk around and listen to tons of people talk. But, things quickly changed when Lady Calista comes into the picture. Long story short, the enemy kingdom, Guracks (I can't remember their name, but it's something along those lines) which are basically a bunch of weird evil creatures and Ganandorf (Legend of Zelda) people walking around. So, you're thrown into action! You must protect Lady Calista, don't you know.

Now, I'm going through multiple fight scenes to get to the ship where they have milady captured. I'm just as strong as I should be (And I bought the Feather Armor for Zael, since he has feathers in his hair) and I'm gliding through it. I saved right before the ship, and I'll let you know what happens next.

Thanks for reading!

Review: The Last Story

I'm back! And here to stay. I'm sorry for the delay, I hope this makes your taste-buds tingle with happiness.

The Last Story looked like a Final Fantasy game because of it's amazingly beautiful artwork, take a peak:

See? Gorgeous! (My deepest apologies if it's grainy)

Anyhow, it is not a Final Fantasy produced game. It may have the same artwork designer (Dang, I need to know this stuff.), though I'm not sure. Okay...So let's get to the actual review!

You start out right in the middle of a 'mission,' and that was pleasantly different from some stories--Err, I mean games. (Example: Ocarina of Time. You start out by...Wait for it...Waking up) But, even thought it was a nice change, it was hard to get a grasp of what exactly was going on.

Learning the controls was pretty awful, too. When tutorials came on they were hard to understand, and, at least on my television (I chose the crappiest television in my home to play it on, so that may have been my problem, but that's somewhat doubtful.) it was blurry and had crappy graphics. The controls are just odd. I used the regular Wii remote, I strongly suggest using the other compatible remote, the handheld one with joysticks and such.

When you have to fight, the controls are extra difficult. You actually don't have to do much but approach an opponent, and it'll do the fighting for you. This is...Awkward. I like controls that X in punch, O is kick, XO is a combo, and Triangle is your Special Attack. But that's just me.

Going back to graphics. Again, I played on a crappy TV, so disregard some of what I have to say. Okay, keep in mind this is a Wii game, so lovely HD cannot be used. The graphics on the beginning scenes were awful. Blurry, grainy, you couldn't read the words on the screen, yadda yadda. When you finish your mission and go back into town, the graphics magically get better, however, so that's not a very big deal.

The town is awesome. I love these kinds of games where they have an actual constructed town with back roads, alleyways, everything. That was spectacular. Unfortunately, it made it hard to get around town. You got lost a lot and forgot where you were going. The map IS your friend!

Now going on to characters...
The main characters are really intriguing. I can't wait to learn more about them! And for spoilers sake, I won't talk any more about them. Just know: They're amazing.

Now going on to story-line...
OH EM GEE. I'm so pumped about this story-line! It's beautiful. (For lack of a better word) Not only are a large mixture of characters involved, you're put in this confusing, yet wonderfully messed up world, where everyone dresses like Anime characters...YEAH.

And I should say...

The game's rated T, but there's a bit of language, alcohol use, and sexual...Ness. They definitely stay in the boundaries of T, but if you're uncomfortable with that sort of thing, this game isn't the one for you. I also don't support any of that...So...*Cough*

All in all, this is a pretty good game. If you can get through the awkward controls, possibly bad graphics, Rated T-ness, then this is worth playing.

Expect to see GameLogs of The Last Story soon!