User Reviews

Patapon 1 I can safely say that it is... One of the most innovative video games in history, combining the genre of rhythm and RPG, being able to customize the troops, while you lead them to the end of the level with commands that requires good rhythm and knowing when to use each one, also strategically. Basically, that's what the game is about. A very addictive formula, combined with a good story that makes progression satisfying, perhaps not quite polished. And for last good point the music and artstyle... Did i really have to say more? Just look at the boxart. Is the definition of an unique experience.

Shamefully due to being practically the inventor of rhythmic RPG has a lot of flaws that makes the game far from perfect and it can really ruin the experience, especially for new players. First of all, the tutorial is one of the worst i ever seen in a game. Patapon practically created a new game genre and new game mechanics, so why they give you a tutorial that has no mercy on the players inputs? If you know the timing on a second playthrough then it wouldnt be a problem, but many new people get stuck on this part because of the timing. And talking about the timing itself, is so excessively strict. Even if you heard perfectly the drums in the same way, the game sometimes counts as a perfect hit and other times no. The game also lacks any type of options besides sound, so in accesibility this game turns off. The levels are also very hard but not always for the good reasons, demanding the player always being in fever. This wouldnt be bad in the lastest levels (that is also the case), but again, you create a formula and you dont explain it properly? The fact that im a good player and i dont have problems with the difficult now doesnt excuse the game for having difficult spikes and teaching the mechanics from a terrible way. Backtracking and grinding are also serious issues that makes the game a bit padded sometimes. Levels like the castle zigoton are a good example of this. But the worst aspect of all has to be the permanent death of units... Like if the game wasnt punishing enough. What is the point of this? I get that some people may like it, but doesnt change the fact that is unfair and only wastes time from the player (the game doesnt even autosave). Bosses and zigotons levels only gives a minuscule amount of materials compared to what cost normal-good rarepons, so just load the game, dont even bother replacing units since it would be a waste of time. And after beating the game, you have a bit of extra content to do, which i have to admit that is a bit addicting but in this entry wasnt very well made, and the problems of permadeath units and difficult are even more noticeable here, and some bosses (like shoshookle) became literally impossible after beating it a couple of times.

Patapon overall is... a good game... one of the most flawest RPG i ever played for sure, probably due to the fact that the team didnt even know how to make this type of formula working perfectly. But i still apreciate this entry for what it is, just ignore the postgame. Trust me, you would have much more fun without it.

First off, I only played the remastered version on the PS4 and have never played the PSP version, at first I thought I wasn't going to like the game but after playing it I got so immersed by it's charm and rhythm based combat with some lite RPG mechanics when it comes to weapon crafting and battle preparations, as I played more and more of the game's story mode I did notice some problems tho, things that should have been fixed especially in the "remastered" version of the game, like the lack of auto saves during the entire game and some of the soldiers won't pick up items when they walk past them after the battle has been won, I lost countless hours losing progress due to a blackout and some of my best soldiers and items during my playthrough and quest to platinum the game but it didn't affect my enjoyment of the game and I highly recommend people to give this classic a try.

P.S Why was this just a remastered of one paragon game and not the whole trilogy? This game is only 400+ MB and if the other games were included, i bet it won't even reach 4GB and I played the physical edition, it's just baffling that they didn't include the whole trilogy in one disc

I thought I would have loved this because it does seem like my type of game. On PS4 it is labelled the remastered version however nothing was really "remastered" except a resolution bump. With it being a great rhythm game, you'd think they they would remaster at least the audio, but no it still sounds the same as the PSP version. The cutscenes are in, what seems like, 240p and at 1080p on the base PS4 it doesn't look great.

The gameplay for the first quarter was really fun and I was addicted to play more. However, I think it got old pretty fast. For the rest of what I played I'm just hitting square, square, square, circle (makes the army move), and then circle, circle, square, circle (makes them attack). When you start to lose battles you need to go and grind hunting to get more money (which you spend on more troops). You then repeat this process and slowly push your way through each boss.

In a way I understand why people call this series their favourite, it's very unique and I bet is great to pull out on a PSP while on a lunch break. So maybe the game isn't the best for long sessions, but more aimed at short sessions. That way it still stays fresh.

Really the fans of the series deserved a much better remaster, I only hope Patapon 2 got better. treatment.