GS REVIEW SCORE: 6.5
NOTE: I don't think there are any SPOILERS in here, but if there are, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! ;)
Gravity Rush did a good job entertaining me, and it was fun while the short time it lasted. The game is a 7-12 hour game. :| Really short for our $35-$40 we spent on it. I enjoyed the combat and comic-style cutscenes but I dispised their mission system, which ultimately led to its disappointment in the end.
The combat in this game can be fustrating (yet I enjoyed it.) You will never spend too much time on one enemy; if you do, good, you're getting a longer experience than I did. :roll: Using the Vita's tilt features combined with the right analog perfects the aiming, but is held back by the camera; so the enemies might get a few hits off of you while you are turning around. The enemies also havgot a sudden difficulty spike at the half-way point of the game and they DO get cheap. Shooting endless rounds of energy balls gets old quick...
Imagine this, upside-down, flipped, and mirrored--and the camera not coming along for the ride
I expected the story to be a bit more organized. There is no clear antagonist in this game, the climax is really near the ending chapters of the game, and Kat tries to find a love and they disbanded that goal of hers in the middle of the story! Just dropped, Kat seems to have just forgotten about it. Secondly, there is no protagonistic bond to Kat. Normally in well written stories, the player is attacted to the protagonist, and can relate to the emotions the writer is trying to portray. In this game, minus everything, there is no bond, no emotions. Just a little girl that most guys think is cute when she smiles. Sigh....................... :(
Sigh... You deserve a better story; or one more focused on you.
Lastly, the post-game portion of this game is dispicable. :x You cannot play already completed missions, or even replay your DLC missions after you beat them! That is very disappointing! Take that back, you can only repeat 3 areas of the entire game WITHOUT the cutscenes. So if you got replayability in this game, you're gonna have to start a brand new game. And to put salt-on-the-wound, those missions last about 5-10 minutes. Seriously. :|
The only thing to do after you beat the game is to... Buy more of the game! ...Literally:x
So, it seems that Gravity Rush has a lot of flaws from my last impressions, amirite? :P Well it is a "good" game and I think it deserves a solid...
My Score: 7.5
Yeah, I think it could've been MUCH better and it seems that it was veryRushed (get it? :P ). The story could've used some work, the mission system needed to be revamped, and it could have been just plain LONGER!!!!!sigh...