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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Patapon 2 just got released in the English version a few days ago. To be honest, I just came across the game, and did not actually look out for it. Anyway, since I get to play the sequel just a few weeks after I completed Patapon 1, of course I'll get it.

Interestingly, you get to load the save game file from Patapon 1 into Patapon 2, so most of the things that you have in Patapon 1 is transferred. That allowed me to have a great boost in the early game, and so I completed 21 missions out of 45 missions in just two days.

So, I'm sure you want to know whats the differences between the two, and which one I think is better. Well, Patapon 2 adds in more commands, more mini-games, more materials, more Patapon evolutions, as well as a hero mode. There's also a few minor improvements here and there, such as a better menu, music, pictures, blah blah.

With the introduction of hero mode, I believe the game's difficulty has been increased slightly. Basically hero mode is a superpower that will be activated for one or two sets of beats if you manage to get a perfect combo for one set. All this is going to sound rather technical, especially if you have only a vague idea of how the game is played, so too bad. Meh.

Anyway, what I think is that Patapon 2 isn't as fun as before. Maybe its because pressing beats for too long made me somewhat sick of it? It might be a reason, but I came up with another logical reason. Patapon 1 was rather simple, yet it was fun and enjoyable. It was straightforward, understandable, and tactics when fighting could be employed more successfully.

Patapon 2 added quite a lot of things, and I feel that it made the game relatively bloated. There were a bit too many combinations of Patapons to evolve, too many materials to keep track of, and I realised that I actually missed out many commands that I should already have. 20 missions into the game, I should have 2 more commands and 1 more miracle. Basically, it added a level of exploration, where you will not be led to the things you need to progress. You have to find it. I don't think that level of difficulty fits Patapon.

Anyway, despite all that, its a game worth playing.

posted @ 6:26 pm
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