star ocean.... my main problem with it is the battle system, it always has been. but i wouldnt trust metascores that much. some of the, in my opinion, best games ive played have low scores.

Agree 110% with Nier.
With all the praise Automata gets. Nier does everything better EXCEPT combat & graphics.
The story is better
Nier/Kaine/Emil > 2B/9S/A2
Humans/Shades > Androids/Machines

Disagree heavily with Zesteria being on the list at all, let alone #2. It was rUINED by massive input lag even on PS4, even though it was originally a PS3 game just ported to PS4. So it’s a 30FPS Tales game with major input lag? Nah, it ruined the combat.

The importance of a metascore is blown way out of proportion. It’s an ok guidepost for those who want to get an idea of what the critical reception is for a game at a glance, but let’s not forget that it’s an arithmetic mean, which is a number that can be easily influenced by outliers. The mode (most common score) is, IMHO a much more useful figure if you care so much about scores in general (which in itself is a figure with highly inflated importance).

All the Xenoblade games should be .5 higher than they are.

Those are all weak games.

Infinite Undiscovery need to remain that way. Tedious, tedious, horrible achievements, tedious. Easily my least favorite RPG I completed on the 360.

Infinite Undiscovery is one of the worst RPGs I have ever played with one of the worst opening acts to a game.

Lost Odyssey

The Last Remnant is very 6.5/10. The only reason I'd score it higher is because the music rocks. Star Ocean is amazing but the AI is really, really bad -- like the healer prioritizing attack buffs on a dying team.

Nier is amazing. The soundtrack alone fits the atmosphere so well. Deserves at least an 8.

Didn't realise Star Ocean was so low - bought it on release and platinumed it after about 200 hours or so. I enjoyed it but I'd only really played SO 4 briefly before that and none of the previous games. Obv since then I've played others but I still recall it being a fun game.

The Last Remnant you can't really judge based on its score last gen. The PC version and subsequently the PS4 and Switch enhanced remasters are much better. They've sped up the combat, fixed the vast majority of the issues and the game is in a much better state than the previous gen release. As such, the launch 360 version deserved the lower score (although again, I had 100% it) but the remaster deserves much more (which I think it got).

I've played Infinite Undiscovery and FF Type-0 but I can't really remember much of those but they were pretty average from what I do remember.

Lost Odyssey got a 78 which, although being quite high, seems low as the game was great. It's a game I wish had come to other platforms via the way of a remaster this generation, or even a sequel if MS were invested in their own JRPG IPs. Another is

Resonance of Fate is another game which got mid-70s yet is worth a look, especially the PC and PS4 4k remaster from a few years back. Meta doens't seem to have scores for the updated version, only the original, but I really enjoyed the bump in quality in the latest release.

Ni No Kuni 2 was way better than the Metascore.

Ehhh, idk, most of these are frankly pretty fitting.

R.I.P. Side note but why are there multiple comments calling her a man. Did I miss something?🤔

What a loss. Tales of Graces and Berseria had some terrific character design

Damn, and not long after Akira Toriyama’s passing. RIP to two legends.

That’s unfortunate. Really liked Maxwells’s design from tales of xillia.

Jeez first Yoshitaka Murayama died in Feb, then Akira Toriyama in early March, and now Mitsumi Inomata. Surely we're done with the depressing news for the rest of 2024, don't know if I can take any more.

Edit: shit I forgot about Yuji Nunokawa in December. Enough already!!! Those peoples' work combined is like my entire childhood!

Two great talented and memorable people are gone now. I always loved her style Xillia and Berseria are two of my favorite Tales games next to Arise. And Akira Toriyama passing is another great talent we have lost.

I love the Tales of series. Really sad for her passing. Thank You for your beautiful art ! RIP Mutsumi Inomata.

We lost too many good creators this year. I loved her art especially in Destiny and Berseria. R.I.P Inomata :(

When it rains, it pours. As the loss of Toriyama is still fresh, now Inomata.

She was a damn good designer with a very distinct style that really goes beyond Tales and had been involved with many projects over her career. The cause of death is unknown at this time, but it is not uncommon for people to pass when they lose someone important in their lives. I have to wonder how Toriyama-san's passing affected her. The creative community in Japan seems very inspired by each other, noted most recently by the Dragonball tributes.

May she rest well.

R.I.P. to a legendary artist

Wow, she's actually worked on a lot of things I enjoyed (Gundam, City Hunter, Urusei Yatsura, The Tales Of games, etc...), her art is also really beautiful and unique (like a shoujo manga).