Trinity Universe

[Mitera Nikkou]

Did anyone else pick this game up? To those that did: what do you think?

[MisplacedIdea]

Totally saw it on the shelf at GameStop today but didn't get a chance to give it a look. My finances are a little...limited at the moment. =/

[Mitera Nikkou]

So are mine, but I got lucky.

Anyway, I give it a "bleh" rating. It's alright if you're a fan of the characters within, but the story's both short and weak (and the humor falls short of making that any more enjoyable for me), and you spend most of your time trying to collect various items from dungeons and monsters. The battle system's alright, I guess, but the various "special attacks" are by and large woefully uninspired and unimpressive.

[MisplacedIdea]

Not surprising. These crossover games live and die by the relationship the player has with the cast. If the characters don't resonate with the player, the entire thing falls apart. That's probably why I haven't been kicking doors down to play it; I really don't like Flonne or Etna at all, and it seems like they're the only Disgaea characters Nippon Ichi bothers to ever use in crossovers.

Oh well.

[Mitera Nikkou]

I was more interested in the Atelier Iris portion, since Pamela is playable and because there was a character from a game that I don't think ever made it to these shores. I was mostly banking on at least a decent-sized and mediocre plot, but alas.