STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

Jack is one of the funniest characters out there, but honestly his game kinda sucks. If you know anything at all about this game, you are already expecting Jack's game story to be bad. But the problem is, when you launch Jack's game, you're reminded of something awful... This is a Square Enix game. So not only is the plot bad, the writing and voice acting are SE's signature kind of awful. To be fair, I don't think anyone really plays these types of games for the story, so it really shouldn't matter. Just bear in mind that while Jack's game cutscenes might be funny sometimes, they also carry a high risk of causing brain damage. When it comes to gameplay, Jack's game is kinda boring. I played Jack's game on Hard, and it was too easy. I could just kill most enemies in a single combo. I could kill most bosses by just spamming the same attack over and over. At first I thought I was just using a broken and unbalanced weapon/job combination, so I changed it. It kept happening, so I did it again. In the end, I beat every level with a different weapon/job combination and was still one-shotting everything. Some people might say the fun comes from the fact that every build is viable, but honestly that sounds like a big cope. The combat consists of killing enemies normally to gain max MP. Once you max out your MP, you can just spam abilities and one-shot everything. No thinking at all is required, even in Hard mode. I knew Jack was strong, and this is his game, but balancing is also important, even if that would make Jack look weaker. Fun is more important than realism. Now for level design, this game has more in common with the NES Final Fantasy games than with actual video games. If you liked the dungeons in Final Fantasy I/II/III, you will love this, but I honestly don't think you liked them. So what I want to say is Jack is extremely competent on his own, so he doesn't really need help beating his game. You can save your money.