First, urgently, this is Tactics. The negative reviews below were written by gamers for whom Trillion is likely their first exposure to this sweet, turn-based, chess-like, story-heavy, brain-intensive, tactical-logistical strategy-role playing genre. Not a dating sim, dungeon crawler, combat action, or RTS. Aside from the Spectral games, T:GoD is a mild departure for IF away from JRTS intoFirst, urgently, this is Tactics. The negative reviews below were written by gamers for whom Trillion is likely their first exposure to this sweet, turn-based, chess-like, story-heavy, brain-intensive, tactical-logistical strategy-role playing genre. Not a dating sim, dungeon crawler, combat action, or RTS. Aside from the Spectral games, T:GoD is a mild departure for IF away from JRTS into a true TacticsTeam Grid+Chess style. It creates a varied atmosphere that suggest other genres by being damn well made. :)
But it's ok, everyone tries things for the first tim once & the rest of us ought not poke fun or take incomplete feedback seriously. We've all heard the quote about repeating a strategy and expecting different results.Theory in action! Tthe rest of the complaints focus on required features of the genre, like reading & taking turns.
The primary reason Trillion requires an experience hand is Trillion's awesome perspective. What we have here is the world's first OTC japanese tactical strategy game..
And it's fan-freaking-tastic.
However, if you can't extrapolate the entire game board and execute tactics and strategy from the quarterback position, you'll run into amusing trouble. Amusing for bystanders.
The moral is, if you're also unfamiliar with the genre, it's probably a good idea to familiarize yourself before buying Trillion. While it is an innovative, even intimate approach to my favorite genre, it does expect you to have a familiarity with Tactics games.
(Thankfully, not to the extent of Natural Doctrine, who's tutorial STARTS w/turn-jumping and linked attacks. Great game, but...hard. :)
Trillion's compact & fully-featured tutorial begins w/movement and combat, w/o explaining how the genre works at it's rudiments. But, contrary to complaints, you probably won't often die on your 1st turn.
There's is somewhat more emphasis placed on Logistics in Trillion as compared to FFT (tho less than the first two Generations of Chaos pop games. In trillion, your logistics & tactics must work together towards supporting a strategic approach, effectively extending the battle into a sort of meta pre-engagement wherein, well before the fight, you're already acting in support of the moves you plan to make, the way a football coach or chess player will plan out the first set of downs or the first 20 moves to the 3rd or 4th cognitive layer. If you like playing invisible chess (chess with no pieces. U just remember the game. It's easier than it sounds) you'll find this a pleasantly easy going, but still thrilling alternative.It's endlessly satisfying to watch a plan come to fruition.
A good rule of thumb for Trillion? You must know and work the difference between a tactic and a strategy. If your strategy and tactics are the same thing, and decided during the battle, perhaps start with a less demanding Tactics game.
Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea are both great entry points into the genre for people who are interested in "Chess Pieces with Personalities" but are intimidated by Trillion's quirk and 'zen brutality' (there's a certain sand painting vibe, which is often found in games with branching paths that demand you sacrifice allies, like Tactics Ogre or Ragnarok Tactics or-- every Bioware game ever).
But unlike trillion, FFT and TO will actually hold your hand for the 2 or 3 hours required to understand what's happening behind the scenes when you press "attack", and how to create an effective strategy and wisely cull a character from the many different skills, characteristics, classes, and stats that are common in any strategy rpg.
Looking at the actual, official score distribution (which is currently 2/3rds positive, specifically 15 positive, 3 mixed, and 4 negative, which is actually pretty similar the Fallout 4's ratio) it would just be funny that people bought this game, played, and wrote a review before figuring out how to win.......if we weren't reading them as though they had a relationship w/reality. It's reminiscent of the way people will give slightly below average games a 0 or slightly above average games a 10 to make some kind of point, rather than to actually rate the game.
The reminiscence arrives astride my considered opinion that this Metacritic Thing is ostensibly an incredible resource as a gamer sourced experience/review wiki, but it only works when we all act responsibly.
In pursuant effort towards this glorious future, 8 is where i rate this game based on it's features and relative to other games in the genre. It is fantastically innovative, just a step from perfect, damn charming, w/surprising depth.
For a scoring reference, the Tactics Ogres & the PSP FFT are flawless. 10s, IMO. For 15yrs, my favourite game and #1 on my otaku-kami list was FF Tactics. (2day, WItcher3.
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