THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: magus on December 14, 2010, 06:13:23 PM

Title: Opoona
Post by: magus on December 14, 2010, 06:13:23 PM

so...... back when i was still posting on gaf i was basicaly the only guy who ever had even a small interess in this game,even tough ultimately the game wasn't that good,i can't help but think it still deserves a mention for it's somewhat unique premise,instead of featuring yet another generic fantasy plot with a run-off the mill sword wielding kid,opoona features an alien with a pom-pon on his head who ends up emergencing landing on earth,since he's a jobless bum who needs money to repair his ship,the government sets him up with a job as a guardian (which basicaly just involves beating the shit out of monster,giving the game an excuse for having battles and stuff to begin with) but you can also take other side-job,for example you can work as a waiter which involve taking order from NPC (you start working at a MC Donald like fast food and end up working in a hotel) or you can work as a fortune teller which involve trying to guess from vague hints if your client wants yo hear a positive reply or a negative reply,tough there aren't many of these,they provide an amusing variant...

but what i tought was really impressive was the world,at a certain point you see a painting of a desert and there is really nothing particular about it... then you do visit that desert and you can enter the cabin where the artist painted the picture and you can see the same view from the painting,that's a really cool touch,at another point you can enter a museum where you can see various sculpture and painting and each sculpture and painting follows a fictional art movement for example there is revolvism which is about sculpture that rotate,then on each part of the planet you can watch tv and you can see different program,one of them has a man talking about his life,another is a story done in a "book for kid" style about a cat trying to find his life purpouse,considering all this stuff is optional and it's there just for kicks it's really well done.....

so anyway... TL;DR i'm the only guy who has ever played this game?

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: demi on December 14, 2010, 06:15:30 PM

Stop playing crappy Wii thanks

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: cool breeze on December 14, 2010, 06:19:04 PM

I own it and haven't played it

It sits next to my Halo 3 helmet and Final Fantasy Advent Children import blu-ray + FFXIII demo as embarrassing shit I own (btw, I haven't and don't intend to play FFXIII)

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 14, 2010, 06:20:23 PM

Thought about playing it for a long time, but never did.

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: magus on December 14, 2010, 06:23:35 PM

i forgot to add,the game apparently was developed by artepiazza which worked on several of the DQ remakes
there is also this really weird gimmick... this is the only wii game that's played with the nunchuck only,you never use the wiimote

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: Diunx on December 14, 2010, 07:15:01 PM

I remember making fun of this game.

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: Bebpo on December 14, 2010, 09:43:10 PM

I heard it was a good rpg.

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 14, 2010, 10:35:54 PM

haha, you play wii games

what a chumpo

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: Corporal on December 15, 2010, 04:29:02 AM

It's still sitting in my backlog. I love the art direction and I will play this one day.

However, I've bitten off way more than I can chew in the gog sale and am currently heads over heels in Rune Factory 3, so there's simply no time for waggling around.

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: tiesto on December 15, 2010, 09:18:36 AM

Have this game (bought it for under $10) but never played. It actually sounds pretty interesting though I hear it's really grindy.

Title: Re: Opoona
Post by: magus on December 15, 2010, 09:56:36 AM

mmm i wouldn't call it grindy but the pace of it is slow,most place are huge but empty so you end up being like an idiot wandering into the desert

the most grindy part of the game is probably about an optional quest

spoiler (click to show/hide)

you enter this place with super-hard battle and you get a small reward if you can survive 100 battles

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