To clarify, my intention here is not to write a review of this game. This is a summary of the game, if anything. I've looked all over Discord for players to play this game online, to no avail - and this game is an absolute gem for anyone interested in action games, RPG games or story-driven games. The game's 6-player versus and co-op functionality both work online via modern-day Wiimmfi; however despite my best attempts throughout this week, I have found nobody who's able to play.
Why am I writing this then? To cut a long story short, since you didn't click on this for a review, The Last Story is a good game. It's actually very good. After playing it through, I would say that the game has its flaws but what it does right, it does so well that it overpowers its drawbacks. In some respects, The Last Story still has not been emulated by any other game and remains a unique mix of RPG and modern, real-time combat with a story that forges bonds between the characters which make the player feel a true connection with them, woven into some really nice hand-crafted environments from castle to caverns. But while I recommend everyone with a Wii at least gives this game a try, that's not exactly why I'm writing this blog post.
This blog post is, honestly, a bit of a last resort to see if I can find anyone interested in playing The Last Story online with me. If you're on the fence, practically any reviews online will tell you that this game is good. It was made by the creator of the original Final Fantasy with the composer from that game as well, and focuses on throwing himself back into that mindset when he created FF - but with experience, new tools and new ideas. So as you can tell, this game is at least worth looking into if you have a sliver of interest. You can play the game online using an easy-to-use Wiimmfi patcher of your choice, whether that's patching an ISO or using an on-the-fly disc patcher.
So to summarise, if you have even a small interest in this game, I recommend you give it a try. It's worth dusting out the Wii (or Wii U!) for, and I'd love to be able to play with more people online in a game which, after I decided to try it (as someone who is usually not a fan of RPGs) I got hooked until the end, and I'm sure there are more people out there who will have a similar experience if they give it a try. It would be really nice to play this game online, even once, and I'm sure it would be fun for everyone involved. Let me know below if you're interested!
EDIT: Here's a link to the Discord server I have created for the game: https://discord.gg/n4ybGcJ
Why am I writing this then? To cut a long story short, since you didn't click on this for a review, The Last Story is a good game. It's actually very good. After playing it through, I would say that the game has its flaws but what it does right, it does so well that it overpowers its drawbacks. In some respects, The Last Story still has not been emulated by any other game and remains a unique mix of RPG and modern, real-time combat with a story that forges bonds between the characters which make the player feel a true connection with them, woven into some really nice hand-crafted environments from castle to caverns. But while I recommend everyone with a Wii at least gives this game a try, that's not exactly why I'm writing this blog post.
This blog post is, honestly, a bit of a last resort to see if I can find anyone interested in playing The Last Story online with me. If you're on the fence, practically any reviews online will tell you that this game is good. It was made by the creator of the original Final Fantasy with the composer from that game as well, and focuses on throwing himself back into that mindset when he created FF - but with experience, new tools and new ideas. So as you can tell, this game is at least worth looking into if you have a sliver of interest. You can play the game online using an easy-to-use Wiimmfi patcher of your choice, whether that's patching an ISO or using an on-the-fly disc patcher.
So to summarise, if you have even a small interest in this game, I recommend you give it a try. It's worth dusting out the Wii (or Wii U!) for, and I'd love to be able to play with more people online in a game which, after I decided to try it (as someone who is usually not a fan of RPGs) I got hooked until the end, and I'm sure there are more people out there who will have a similar experience if they give it a try. It would be really nice to play this game online, even once, and I'm sure it would be fun for everyone involved. Let me know below if you're interested!
EDIT: Here's a link to the Discord server I have created for the game: https://discord.gg/n4ybGcJ
