Solatorobo: Red the Hunter

[LordDarkrai]

What happens if you have anthropomorphic dogs/cats living in floating islands in the sky with mechs and a adventure feel from Grandia? You have this charming game. Back in 1998, CyberConnect2(behind the Naruto games and .Hack) made a PS1 game called Tail Concerto, a game that didn't do well sales wise. Despite that CyberConnect2 wanted to make a game similar to it, but they were rejected for a whole decade until finally getting that okay to make something.

I will try my best not to reveal too much, but despite the game's weakest aspect being the combat and the difficulty. There's a lot of positive aspects to it that balances out the negative. The art style is gorgeous, the world itself is brilliant and it really shows that the people behind it put a lot of heart to it. The story while having cliches works really well. I loved the lighthearted feel of the game, you don't see games like that these days.

I'm going to stop here and let these images and song speak for itself.

Spoiler: Art

Spoiler: Cover

The game's opening song.

 

[exball]

Hi Hunter.

 

[The Hunter]

I swear to god I didn't do it

 

[Coster]

I love CC2 with all my heart, but holy balls I'd wish they'd change up their composer from time to time. I listened to 5 seconds of that that theme and knew instantly it was Chikayo Fukuda. I mean, yeah, it's nice, but it sounds like basically every other CC2 game.

My composer sperging aside, I've wanted to try Solatorobo for a while. I'm blinded by CC2's overall excellence (.hack, Asura's Wrath, Jojo: All-Star Battle, almost every Naruto fighting game, etc.), so what are some general complaints about the game? CC2 is amazing, but every thing they do/make has some sort of fault/quirk.

 

[The Hunter]

I love CC2 with all my heart, but holy balls I'd wish they'd change up their composer from time to time. I listened to 5 seconds of that that theme and knew instantly it was Chikayo Fukuda. I mean, yeah, it's nice, but it sounds like basically every other CC2 game.

My composer sperging aside, I've wanted to try Solatorobo for a while. I'm blinded by CC2's overall excellence (.hack, Asura's Wrath, Jojo: All-Star Battle, almost every Naruto fighting game, etc.), so what are some general complaints about the game? CC2 is amazing, but every thing they do/make has some sort of fault/quirk.

Well, 1: Furries

Aside from that, the gameplay is really simplistic. A four year old could beat it with his hands tied behind his back. I loooooooooooooved the game when I played it (mostly because I played Tail Concerto as a kid and I loved that as well), but it was really the storyline that I was following. It's been a long time since I played a .hack game, but I know it definitely doesn't play the same as it. As much as I love the game, I still wind up convincing people not to play it because the gameplay is so dull sometimes.