The Last Story

[Crabmaster2000]

What's the game plan for the chat? I'll be free tomorrow before 4pm or after 10:30pm EST. The latter would be best for me because I won't be preoccupied with anything else.

I think that 10:30 for you is 7:30 my time, which would work for me. I'm gonna probably play it a bit earlier than that. If you want to meet up at that time and try out the multiplayer I'd be game.

[techwizard]

i'll be playing starting around 7-7:30ish same time zone as crabby. what kind of multiplayer does this have, is it co-op story or something else? co-op might be neat to do if everyone wanted to form groups to work on it.

[Fleach]

Will we be playing the main story individually while chatting about what we're playing? My only concern is that this might be a fair bit of multitasking. The game's an RPG so we'll already be busy micromanaging our teams while coming up with battle strategies (apparently battles occur in realtime).

I'm leaning towards playing to predetermined plot points, then meeting up on Skype, Teamspeak, or a chat room and discussing how we did, what we liked, etc.

[techwizard]

i'm fairly comfortable voice chatting while playing at the same time, but it does tend to be a bit more difficult with story focused games when you want to hear the cutscenes. we could always set a specific time to meet to chat, but then anyone who wants to chat while playing can go ahead and do that too.

[Fleach]

I guess I'm the odd one who can't have a conversation while playing a game. But then again, growing up as an only child, I never had to talk while playing a game.

I'm fine with whatever is decided upon.

[Crabmaster2000]

I thought we would just enjoy the single player stuff on our own and then discuss it here in the forums (or in the chat if people are interested). And then use the Skype/Teamspeak stuff when we play the multiplayer together since I dont think there is any sort of voice chat within the game.

Gonna go pop it in right now and get started!

[Silent Scythe]

Just got home from work and I have to jump straight to homework. Looks like The Last Story will be my lunch date for today.

[Addicted]

Just looked this game up in the database. No pictures. I'll have to fix that.

[Crabmaster2000]

So I woke up very early today (one of the joys of working nights I suppose :/) so I had some alone time to give it a try. I'm saved at the very beginning of Chapter 5 and just over 3 hours of play time. I spent probably about half of that exploring the city and doing little side quests, some of which were quite amusing and others were just your standard fetch quests. I did all the side quests that I could find except I wasn't able to find 2 more Frogs to catch for the one boy by the docks, only 1. Anyone know if the other two are around or maybe its something that I wont be able to do until a bit later?

I did two bouts in the Arena and I have to say its pretty interesting. I'm usually much more of a fan of turn based RPGs, but I think this might be an interesting battle system. Looking forward to putting some more time into it. I'm also assuming that the online multi-player is going to use the Arena format. I believe there is both a co-op and competitive option for it too. If you guys want to post of PM me your friend codes for the game I can edit the first post in this thread with everyone's code.

Even on the 5th Chapter there isn't much to spoil story wise yet. They are still kind of just exploring Zael's character and havn't gotten to the meaty stuff yet. The music is pretty good so far and I'm liking the english voice cast. The character models all look king of odd to me though. Almost like they are wearing creepy masks.

I was using my Classic Controller to play and it worked well, but it dawned on me that the Crossbow stuff would probably be better with the Wii Remote/Nunchuck so I switched over....... only to find out that you don't use the Wii Remote as a pointer for the Crossbow anyway. That seems like an odd thing. Oh well, I swapped back to my Classic Controller.

[GrayGhost81]

I used the classic through the whole game.

Are you doing the standard battle type or manual? There is a big difference and I must recommend manual.

[Fleach]

So, no gamepad compatibility? I'm not expecting the screen portion to work, but will it function as a controller?

I'll give it a go using the remote/nunchuk and see how it goes.

Nintendo must be laughing all the way to bank when people who never owned a Wii are trying to play these games.

[Crabmaster2000]

So, no gamepad compatibility? I'm not expecting the screen portion to work, but will it function as a controller?

I'll give it a go using the remote/nunchuk and see how it goes.

Nintendo must be laughing all the way to bank when people who never owned a Wii are trying to play these games.

The Gamepad turned off when I entered Wii Mode on my Wii U.

I forgot that it mentioned Manual Mode GreyGhost. Thanks for reminding me. I'll give that a try too for sure.

[Fleach]

After an hour and 45 minutes of playing I got up to the beginning of Chapter 5. I'm enjoying the game so far and think it's got some good things going for it. The story is interesting, although very little has been revealed so far. I can pick up on the Final Fantasy stylistic elements within the story telling which is nice because I absolutely love that series.

The character design is interesting, but I'm going to question the use of English accents. The main characters are mercenaries, but they speak the well educated upper-middle class. It's no deal breaker, I'm just nitpicking.

I've been playing the the remote/nunchuk combination. It's a little tricky to grasp the controls, so I might just head out and buy a Wii Classic Controller. Please tell me that works on Wii U as I've spent a good chunk of money to get this game up and running.

Considering that I have never played Wii games, and am not accustomed to the remote/nunchuk set up I left the battle mode on auto. There were a couple instances where I had trouble turning off gather because of my unfamiliarity with the weird placement of the C button. I'd say it's just a matter of spending more time with the game to get used to the button placement and set up.

My overall impression is that this is going to be a fun game. I get the feeling it's an old school RPG in design with a contemporary execution.

If anyone wants to dabble in the co-op multiplayer tonight I'm free after 10:30pm EST.

[Crabmaster2000]

I should be around for some co-op tonight. I'll post me friend code and Skype name when I get home later.

[Silent Scythe]

Towards the end of Chapter 4 I think. Not bad so far, but I can't quite tell if it's really gonna grab me or not. I also can't quit thinking about Xenoblade Chronicles as I play it (My GF and I were cracking Manado jokes during chapter 1). I'll have to make sometime between homework this week to really sink my teeth in it.