THE BOX LIED!!

[Siyama]

Originally Posted by Fallen Emanuel

Okay this has happened before to some of you I'm sure. Do you ever read the back of your RPG game boxes? you know how they go, about 4-6 pictures and some comments on what you will get from the game. well some time they lie, and that is just disapointing. Who's with me?


So lets see...

Rogue galaxy: The box sais over 100 hours of gameplay. Oh yeah right, I went through every dingeon including the secret ones and I got up to about 40 hours of gameplay. LIAR!!!!

That's all that comes to mind so far :P.

I'll hunt for more lies tomorow.

That depends on how you play the game and what you do in the game.

The 100 hours could include everything like the Insect matches, Special Hunts, customizing your characters and their abilities, getting all the special weapons and armour and such.

I'm very sure you cannot finish everything in 40 hours. That is impossible, unless you're using cheat codes to jump ahead (like getting the weapons and armour and such).

When I was playing Front Mission 4, I have been so damn frustrated by the lack of money. So I used gameshark code to get 999,999 worth of money. Did buy everything and the game went very smoothly. What supposed to be 10 hours have suddenly become 1 hour because I was shooting everything with the lastest armour, gear parts and weapons I could get my hands on.

[Raidou]

Now that you remind me about the Insect thingy, is shitty coz you need to constantly feed them and hunt for them. What were the developers thinking huh? Tamagochi in RPG? STUPID!

[Indigo]

I never bothered with the insect matches. and I think the box said main storyline up to 100.

[Siyama]

Originally Posted by Fallen Emanuel

I never bothered with the insect matches. and I think the box said main storyline up to 100.

Nope, it says Playtime is up to 100 hours. If you pick up game box for FFX International for example, it could say the same thing on it (I remember it well).

Playtime here could means everything from best weapons and armour, to the itsy bitsy things like smallest sidequests. I don't remember a single game which had labelled stating "Main storyline up to 100 hours".

[Priest4hire]

Most box text is written to make the game sound as good as possible and so they almost always lie to an extent; whether by excessive enthusiasm, hyperbole, or omission. One example that stands out in my memory is from the otherwise excellent Wizardry VII. The box proclaimed that NPCs would compete with you for the various prizes but as implemented it seemed as little more than an invisible timer and thus a real letdown for me.

I'm sorry. I referred to a game outside the zone. I should have spent 2 posts, 5 pictures and a video (amounting to over 2000 lines) on my dislike for a TV host. That would have been interesting and relevant.

[Phakiel]

Aw, its ok Priest, I am sure I represent a minority when I say I dont care about your posts anymore. These guys still like you and all.

[Siyama]

Wizardry VII? sorry, never heard of it.

[Priest4hire]

Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant. That should tell you all you need or want to know. It was ported to the Playstation and Saturn in Japan. It still amazes me how popular Wizardry is over there.

Checking some of the boxes in my collection I see words like 'intense' and 'epic' being bandied around. Shadow Hearts laughably claims to have 'action packed turn-based combat'. Even Super Hydlide sounds like an amazing RPG experience based on the back of the box. That's a lie if there's ever been one.

[Siyama]

Originally Posted by Priest4hire

Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant. That should tell you all you need or want to know. It was ported to the Playstation and Saturn in Japan. It still amazes me how popular Wizardry is over there.

Checking some of the boxes in my collection I see words like 'intense' and 'epic' being bandied around. Shadow Hearts laughably claims to have 'action packed turn-based combat'. Even Super Hydlide sounds like an amazing RPG experience based on the back of the box. That's a lie if there's ever been one.

It's only a Lie to a mind which have accepted it as a Lie.

[Jarrid]

Originally Posted by Priest4hire

Checking some of the boxes in my collection I see words like 'intense' and 'epic' being bandied around. Shadow Hearts laughably claims to have 'action packed turn-based combat'. Even Super Hydlide sounds like an amazing RPG experience based on the back of the box. That's a lie if there's ever been one.

Heh, I really should just sit down one day and take break to read what is all on the back of all of the boxes and cases I still have for my games. That sounds like it would actually be entertaining. I wish I knew where my Sega Genesis and original GameBoy boxes were at, though. There is no telling.

[Sushi_b]

Originally Posted by Priest4hire

Even Super Hydlide sounds like an amazing RPG experience based on the back of the box. That's a lie if there's ever been one.

HAHAHA, I can't agree enough. I haven't seen the actual box for the game but I own it and it's just terrible. One of the worst games I've ever played.

Can you ever trust a box? No. As already been stated before, no one makes a decision to buy a game based on the box only. If you do, you haven't done your homework and are taking a big risk at being disappointed.



Although here is a box that doesn't lie...



Hard to beat...that's the truth.