) I finally beat Mutation! Well I absolutely loved it. Unlike Infection, we finally get some progress in story, with some pretty shocking turnouts in the end. The AI was improved a bit (if you say first aid your teammates will heal until your in top condition now), and to beat monsters you always need to use strategy, since straight up hacking away at themwon't work for most. The have stayed the same, good looking characters but bad looking dungeons, though there are some new colored dungeons for those who notice.
Another most ppl will probably love is the fact that we see more Balmung (you even get to see him fly!). Oh and you can get Balmung's sword (it's called Siegfried) for one of your Blademasters just by trading (I think a girl wavemaster has it when you first enter carmina gadelica, can't remember her name though). Oh and you get more characters to help you along in your journey (though I kept using the old ones most of the time, since some of the new ones are pretty annoying).
One thing that I really, really like was the boss battles, which are pretty hard and have a sort of epic feel to them. Overall, as an avid gamer I give it an 8 out of 10, but as a .hack fan I'm giving it a 8.5! Keep on hacking, baby!
Here're some tips for all o y'all:
[spoiler]Well to beat the Grunty flag races, I recommend using a good handling grunty (like poison grunty in dun loireag) to get a feel for the course. Now the trick for better handling is NOT to move the grunty with the joystick, instead do it with the camera for better control and speed. How you ask? Just use the L1 or R1 buttons when a turn comes, and that way you won't lose that much speed (this is especially useful in Carmina Gadelica since Bony Grunty is very hard to control, but by using the shoulder buttons I was able to get first place. If you win first in any of the races you'll get a golden grunty and and an image for your desktop featuring Elk and a Grunty.[/spoiler]
More to come in a couple of minutes...
I hate that evil girl!
