The Awakened Fate: Ultimatum (PlayStation 3) review"Fated to suffer a bit in its more interesting and complicated predecessor's shadow, but the streamlined approach taken here does occasionally pay dividends." |
I quite enjoyed The Guided Fate: Paradox, in spite of a number of flaws I noted in my review at the time, so I was pleased when Nippon Ichi Software announced plans to follow up with The Awakened Fate: Ultimatum. Now that I've spent a lot of time with the result of that effort, though, I must say it didn't quite live up to my expectations.
The Awakened Fate is a sequel only indirectly. You're once again introduced to the Netherworld and Celestia, two regions engaged in a longstanding conflict. The Guided Fate offered the same setup, but in this case the heroes and villains you meet are completely different. There are multiple versions of Celestia and the Netherworld, you soon discover, even if there is only one Earth.
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Staff review by Jason Venter (March 10, 2015)
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