I LOVE the art style of the game, but when i finally went to play it, there was a SUUUUPER long intro. After cramming X for half an hour i finally just decided it wasn't worth it

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Yeah it takes a while to get in the game. But it's really worth it. You can compare it to Zelda in many aspects. (which probably is why I like it so much - and of course Cel-Shading ftw!!! ) Spent 60hours+ playing through it, with all the sidequests and stuff. And if I had the time I'd start all over again.

I'm not a big zelda fan (mario all the way!). Though if you wanna talk games you spend a hell of a lot of time playing, every series of pokemon games (even the remakes) i spend 100+ hours with

I just thought of one... Square Soft's The Bouncer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apo3lj8Z5FE

I remember there being a ninja-like character with a robotic exoskeleton type of skin suit. The next time I saw that was in Metal Gear Solid Son's of Liberty. There were also bad ass cinematic cut scene's like in every squaresoft/square enix game.