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Game Debate to the Death! LocoRoco VS Crisis Core: FFVII photo

The last debate was the DS odd debate finals bracket between two games that had no problem making their way to the third round riding the hands of fan support. Despite a strong start by both sides, here are the results:

  • Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (20 votes) -- "Good Show!"
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (48 votes) -- "Objection!" Winner!

This week we enter the PSP round of odd debates and start off with two drastically different games. One has great graphics for its handheld, while the other strives for cartoon visuals. LocoRoco's controls are completely unique compared to almost any game, and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is no exception. The moods, settings, stories and gameplay goals are all going to be hard to analyze against each other, but that's exactly the goal of this week's debate. Figure out what exactly it is you loved and hated about each game, and decide why one game does or doesn't deserve a win over the other.

Which game do you think is better, and why? Give it some serious thought, get some PSP friends to share their opinions as well, and check back next week for the winner.

Bonus Question: What was one thing you didn't like about the game you voted for?


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Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 05/05/2009 22:56
I'm pretty sure that I'd like LocoRoco a lot more, but since I'm not a PSP guy and haven't played either of these, I'm not voting this week.

Thanks to all who cast PSP suggestions last week -- I used the top 4 most suggested titles. I just made sure not to have rounds one and two be similar titles compared against each other to keep these as odd debates :)

After the PSP rounds we'll move on to PC odd debates and then finally be back to anything goes!
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Shin Oni at 05/05/2009 23:02
Loco Roco. Easy.

Crisis Core was a big pile of missions and "meh" gameplay. for a game that was in development for so long, I expected better sidequests. The only real redeeming factor for me was Zack and I just think Zack is a cool character. more than Sephy and Cloud.
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Chocobo Knight at 05/05/2009 23:05
I really liked Loco Roco for its simple charm and odd music, but it was over pretty quickly. The controls were ok, but it felt a bit wishy-washy sometimes if I was trying to go in a certain direction.

Crisis Core wasn't perfect despite it having a pretty good setup from the get-go and slightly tarnishing it with the Loveless crap along with shoehorning Dirge of Cerberus elements really rankled me. When it focused purely on Zack, I really enjoyed the story and the ending was much more than I was expecting beyond the obvious.

Short version: Crisis Core.
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Doomsday Forte at 05/05/2009 23:05
I wish I could really give a fair vote, as I only really played Crisis Core. But I will agree, it was a lot of missions and you could be God-powerful if you knew what you were doing in Materia fusion. And being able to defeat the hard secret boss without getting hit...yeah, I dunno about that.

At least LocoRoco looks fun and is insanely cute-looking.

Null vote. :(
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gamadaya at 05/05/2009 23:08
I haven't played either. I'd probably like Loco Roco more, although Crisis Core is one of the few FF games who's gameplay looks fun to me. Of course, this is not a vote for either.
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XL1ska at 05/05/2009 23:16
VOTE: LocoRoco

I got a lot more hours out of Crisis Core...I really liked the missions, as repetitive as they were, because they were a great way to kill some time. The story was really good and very well done, and wasn't too ridiculous with the typical Final Fantasy insanity. As someone who enjoyed but does not cum over FFVII, I really enjoyed Crisis Core and had a fantastic time with it.

But LocoRoco is just awesome. Classic platforming, tons of shit to collect, loads of replay value, awesome music, and outstanding graphics. It's just the better game overall and a lot more fun. Plus, my girlfriend is super into it, so we will often bounce back and forth between levels trying to outdo each other.

BONUS: I don't like how frustrating LocoRoco gets towards the end. Spikes and death and lots of cheap shit in the last couple of levels.
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comtruise at 05/05/2009 23:19
Locoroco. By a landslide.

Crisis Core looked amazing, but was undone by its brain-dead button-mash gameplay and unnecessary slot-machine mechanic.
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squad at 05/05/2009 23:21
Crisis Core hands down...
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Mystic Violet at 05/05/2009 23:23
There was something about Crisis Core that made the game very boring for me when I was half way done with it. Also, the story seemed like it was ripped straight out of a fanfic.

I vote for LocoRoco.
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ArcticFox at 05/05/2009 23:23
My Vote for best PSP game: Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast

My vote for this match: LocoRoco, but only cause I havent played Crisis Core.
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riomccarthy at 05/05/2009 23:39
I LOVED Crisis Core :D I stayed up 3 or 4 days in a row with no sleep to play it all the way through. I also did it in Stickam which made for many lulz to be had.
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PrinnyMedic at 05/05/2009 23:41
Crisis Core, Loco Roco is not for me...cute though

I really hate english voice acting it really ruins a lot of moments
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Grimspoon at 05/06/2009 00:00
I vote Crisis Core. Both are good games, CC is just better.

One thing I didn't like about it though, it wasn't a remake of FF7.

Everything else was great.
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JynxShot at 05/06/2009 00:03
Crisis Core.

I didn't dig LocoRoco as a portable puzzle game. For PSP, I'd rather stick with games like Crisis Core that show off some graphics and have good gameplay and work as a "home" videogame experience than play puzzle games, which I reserve the DS for, which is more of a "10 seconds to play don't care what just go go go" type of system.
Besides, no puzzle game yet can beat Meteos.
The ending to Crisis Core was incredibly well done. Everyone knows what's coming, but I didn't expect it to actually... work so goddamn well.
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garison at 05/06/2009 00:04
LocoRoco.
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Monodi at 05/06/2009 00:09
I have played FFVII:CC and It is not much my style. LocoRoco on the other hand is a whole ride of awesomeness.

What i didn't like about LocoRoco... uhhh I think... I think its that it sometimes becomes a chore to gain altitude to jump in certain places.
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Chronic Logic at 05/06/2009 00:16
LocoRoco all the way baby. Enough with Final Fantasy 7! Just let it die and move on!
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tkyy at 05/06/2009 00:19
LCRCOOOO.
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pascuz46 at 05/06/2009 00:59
As much as I really dislike all other iterations of the Final Fantasy series (yes, even 7). Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core is a great game. I enjoy the combat and I love how they went away from turn bases. God I hate turn based combat. But yeah, FF7:CC gets my vote this week. Sorry, those cute little Rocco's!
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DinnertimeNinja at 05/06/2009 01:09
LocoRoco wins by a mile.

Crisis Core was great, production value wise, but it was nothing more than a button masher. You could seriously do nothing but button mash the ENTIRE GAME and win.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 05/06/2009 01:17
LocoRoco
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Noah at 05/06/2009 01:24
Loco Roco is amazing....it's up there with Katamari inregards to cuteness and easy to learn, hard to master gameplay

The soundtrack is the cutest thing in the world

Loco Roco
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YoctoYotta at 05/06/2009 02:06
Vote: LocoRoco

I loved both games, and actually didn't finish LocoRoco (borrowed permanently by a friend that moved away), but I have to give it to LocoRoco based solely on the uniqueness of the gameplay mechanic and the catchy if not obnoxious soundtrack.

Crisis Core did what all the other FFVII spinoffs failed at though and actually added positively to the cannon of the game. I mean, it's all pretty much rehashed from stuff already covered in VII-proper, but very smartly fleshed out. The battle system was also a enjoyable and not necessarily a buttonmasher if you didn't want it to be, and the mission setup was perfect for a handheld. Hard choice.
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Jack Maverick at 05/06/2009 02:34
I have to say LocoRoco. Crisis Core was alright in terms of looks and production value, but like with many things with the Square Enix name on it recently, the amount of angst was too much for me to handle. Ugh. I hate that stuff.

As for the bonus question, what I didn't like about it...the longetivity of it? I don't remember it being that long.
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munkee at 05/06/2009 03:13
LocoRoco no doubt
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Sexualchocolate at 05/06/2009 03:29
I loved both, but Monster Hunter kicks both of their asses.

My PSP is solely for Monster Hunting, which I put at least an hour a day into.

My vote - Crisis Core - FF fanboy I'm afraid.

Bonus - I didn't like the repetitive slot machine shit.
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laska at 05/06/2009 03:35
Crisis Core ;)
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Syn at 05/06/2009 04:04
Vote: Crisis Core

Bonus: level design sucked balls.

I haven't played Loco Roco, but CC had good story and filled in some gaps for another story that I happen to like.
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faultymoose at 05/06/2009 04:09
Vote: Locoroco

Bonus: Lost interest pretty quick, but still go back for mindless happy sunshine.
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Los255 at 05/06/2009 04:30
Crisis Core. Good remixes and rock style music, answers a couple more questions from the FF7 world, and interesting gameplay.

Bonus: I gotta go with two things, the absolutely confusing as shit Materia fusion system and the massive amounts of unecessary "side missions" you get to do to get the strongest equipment.
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ttocs at 05/06/2009 05:04
gotta go with Crisis Core.
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masterninja at 05/06/2009 05:28
Crisis core...replayed It three timees..best game I got for the psp!
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Uber Mashu at 05/06/2009 05:46
My Vote: Loco Roco.

@Mystic Violet: "Also, the story seemed like it was ripped straight out of a fanfic."
I completely agree and not a very good one either.

FFCC would have been my vote had the escape from Nibleheim mansion not panned out the way it did.
The game play itself was fine, it was just a bad case of lousy story telling. This happened far too often in that game for my liking, but this was the most offensive to me!

Troops coming from all angles trying to prevent your escape from Nibleheim. A constant epic stream of battles ensue with them. A slow painful process. Must... protect.. cloud and escape this place! We're free, the exit out of town is right there. Man I'm tired. Let's go rest back at the mansion. You know, where we came from.

And as a side note: I don't give a rats ass about Genesis. Why add and make a new character integral to a plot that shouldn't have really needed him in the first place? (Yes, I know he was from DoC but I didn't care much for that game either).
Genesis was a cheap Spinosaurus to Sephiroth's Tyrannosaurus Rex. The whole plot was basically Jurassic park 3 but with better haircuts.
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Boatz at 05/06/2009 05:58
Crisis Core - because Zack is HAWT. And that blob from LocoRoco isn't really.

But if you want I real reason...I didn't really care for LocoRoco. Got boring after the first few levels. I was pretty disappointed.
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Magnalon at 05/06/2009 06:24
Loco

Bonus: It was too short.

Fronz, I like these, but when are you going to get back to writing real features? It's been like 5 months.
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zod000 at 05/06/2009 06:42
Vote:Crisis Core

Locoroco is pretty fun, but its not the epic satifying game that Crisis Core was.
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Discarded Couch Sandwich at 05/06/2009 06:43
I'm not a big PSP guy, but I know that Crisis Core is the only game on that console to have garnered my full attention to finish it from start to end, so it gets my vote. Most PSP games i'll play for a bit, lose interest, and not come back to for ages, but CC had me glued to it for a solid week!

I'm not a fan of LocoRoco. I felt that after you'd seen one of its levels, youd seen them all, and the game felt like a chore for me to finish, rather than something I enjoyed. It was a shame, I was looking forward to the concept too..

Bonus question: I hate the way Crisis Core doesn't save the missions you'd done on a New Game+, and its the one reason I haven't replayed it yet. I swore i'd do all the missions, but after doing about 33% I managed to finish the game, and lost them all.

The missions were fun, if repetitive, but I wouldn't ever slog my way through the bulk of them with no narrative in between. And I certainly don't want to finish the ones i've already cleared again..
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Mar Vell at 05/06/2009 07:08
Locco Rocco without a doubt.

And square, give us a real FF VII remake, please.
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Takeshi at 05/06/2009 07:38
Dammit. It gets harder every time. I like both games a lot. I didn't expect to like FF: Crisis Core but I love it. On the other hand I can't imagine anyone to dislike LocoRoco. Both games got an excellent soundtrack too.

I'm gonna flip a coin. Heads is LocoRoco...

*flips coin*

OK, LocoRoco it is.

Bonusquestion:
Those Loco eating plants are fucked up. I hate it when you've got 100% on a level and right before you finish it you get eaten or hit a spike or something. Really frustrating.

Oh snap, we're talking LocoRoco 1 here right? Forget everything I said. I was thinking about LocoRoco 2.

Vote goes to: Crisis Core
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Kia at 05/06/2009 09:06
wahhh, CRISIS CORE, easily. It's one of the prettiest games on the handheld, and it added enough characterization to the utterly bland FFVII cast that I actually -liked- them. Not to mention the *spoilers* One Winged Angel scene arly on *End spoilers* was one of the best moments in a game in recent memory. And, of course, missions or no it was -fun-. Hell, the missions made it even easier to enjoy as a portable--which was kind of the point.

I really didn't like Loco Roco at all, honestly. I could never get the hang of jumping well enough (I know, I know), but even then while I like the style, it's still just 'meh.' Nothing against casual games, but against a great RPG it's no contest.
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Mikular at 05/06/2009 10:14
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Mikular at 05/06/2009 10:28
VOTE: Crisis Core
Sorry for blank comment. Also, Bonus Q, I didn't like Genesis' pansy-ish demeanour, it just bugged me a little.
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Edarios at 05/06/2009 10:50
LocoRoco!
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TJF588 at 05/06/2009 12:13
Never played LocoRoco, so if my exclusivism towards CRISIS CORE doesn't qualify me, then vhatnevah. However, I'm charmed with CC-FFVII-, and how its ending was executioned what neat (I'd read someone claiming the ending was great, so I went in thinking final-FMV-ish, but I mean the final leg of gameplay). Also, seeing Sephiroth before he became teh villin, back when he was what others admired and strived for (in FFVII's world, not ours), is one of many enamouring traits.

However, what I haven't liked is the carpal strain it puts on my right hand, especially since I'm using a PSP-1001. Very much a press-X game (haven't played Hard Mode cold-start yet, and don't plan to, as I've still been getting my ass handed to me in the final battles (I was doing so well that last time, then I got combo'd without any PDs left to use; however, I now have Genji Armor, so after I cobble up an HP+999% Curaga, I can go in with so much gun-blazin').
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shadowrep at 05/06/2009 13:27
Crisis Core HANDS down!

I just found locoroco, not my cup of tea! Sorry LOL!
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kinneas123 at 05/06/2009 16:16
Loco Roco, by a mile.

I loathed Crisis Core's story, character additions, and ridiculous minigames (missile-slashing, anyone?). While Loco Roco is not my favorite game, it is original and innovative and fun to play.
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Rhyno at 05/06/2009 16:49
My vote goes to Crisis Core.
Aside from the voice acting being awful, I had a lot of fun with Crisis Core. I haven't played Loco Roco, so I don't know how well I'd like it. Maybe I'll gamefly it.
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Video Cognito at 05/06/2009 17:53
Crisis Core was a portable Kingdom Hearts with a coat of FFVII. And I loved almost every second of it.
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Naim Master at 05/06/2009 18:09
Locoroco , shortness .
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ciccio13 at 05/06/2009 22:32
Crisis Core,
to all the people that think this game is a button mashing try to play it the first time at hard.......then it's a really hardcore game and really hard, i did it it was a great experience...zack is one of the best character i ever seen in a JRPG....
Loco roco is cute and everything but there is not so much happening at the end..........
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