Uneven graphics and choppy combat against a great art style and intriguing story - this game's caught between sticking to what it knows and the temptation to go out and be a real revolutionary.

Unfortunately, Infinite Undiscovery never really figures itself out, leaving it an inconsistent game that’s awkward and shallow, but still intriguing. Like its hero Capell, the game’s caught between sticking to what it knows and the temptation to go out and be a real revolutionary. When it tries to be innovative, however, its unsatisfying combat, superfluous subsystems and wasted ensemble cast make the whole experience feel half-hearted. When it’s acting like a run-of-the-mill JRPG, it feels clichéd, but reasonably enjoyable. We spoke with Hiroshi Ogawa, Director at tri-Ace to get the low-down on how Infinite Undiscovery's combat works and. Taken as a whole, Infinite Undiscovery’s a game with a bit of an identity crisis. Infinite Undiscovery, from developer tri-Ace, brings us full real-time combat. But there’s also the slowdown, a few notably ugly textures and plenty of bland settings and repetitive environments. There’s also some breathtaking architecture in the towns, plenty of eye-popping color and spell effects, and nicely detailed and animated characters. That Square-Enix veneer of super-high production values shows in the game’s beautiful vistas, filled with ruins and monsters that conjure thoughts of what a next-gen Zelda could look like. And that’s disappointing, considering tri-Ace has made some of the deepest battle systems in RPG history.Īs for the visuals, well, they’re spotty. Between the broken blocking and the flashy-but-shallow Connect system, hack and slash ultimately becomes the order of the day. The Connect system feels like it’s built for stringing combos together between Capell’s attacks and whoever’s connected to him, but no matter how you time them, the moves never really flow into each other, and it just feels like a circus of random sword swings and people shouting silly things like “Diminuendo Dive!” Occasionally you’ll have to defend yourself, but the horribly awkward parry system requires some telepathic timing to block any hits, meaning that high-tailing it will be your number one defensive strategy. It’s a good system on paper, but it falls flat in execution.

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