Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell. (Destructoid is often looked down upon by people - I quite like their reviews though).

People look down on it because the Destructoid folk have a habit of criticising their favourite games. I like them because they articulate their position well, and they tend to look at games beyond just the surface.

Destructiod is the only major publication that seemed to get that Lollipop Chainsaw was criticising sexism in games, not being sexist itself. Destructoid slams games that are completely unoriginal (Mario Kart 7), and Destructiod is the only major publication that seems to get that the reason Warriors games "never change" is because they're actually well made games and Tecmo Koei is producing them for their sizable fan base, and not the Call of Duty fans. Destructioid is the only major publication that seems to realise how derivative The Last Story really is.

I don't always agree with Destructoid, but I appreciate what they're trying to do and the message that they're taking out there.

I like their reviews, as you say, because they do point out the reasoning for their opinion quite well. I don't usually worry about the score (in fact I think Jim Sterling often puts unwarranted scores up, even if the review is reasonable, simply to piss people off who put too much stock in the number at the end) but I do think they're not afraid of calling things as they see them. Usually.

Jim Sterling manages to be both an idiot and genius at the same time.

The guy knows how to analyse a game like no one else, but his commentaries on the actual games industry is just embarrassing.

I still boot up this game just for the atmosphere in the main town. It's such a lively, buzzing place with an overhead feeling of despair injected by the music. Reminds me of Clock Town in Majora's Mask.

Yeah I love the atmosphere in the main town as well. This and the music throughout the game.
The gameplay was even good enough for me to play it again on NEWGAME+. I loved collecting items and weapons for a while and finding quests and secrets I missed on my first try.
I gave it a 10 because it's simply my favourite RPG on Wii. Don't need to repeat myself about the things I loved.

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn on 2nd place, (Heroic and superbly designed, but you need to play the Gamecube prequel first)
Super Paper Mario on 3rd, (I'm one of the few who loved the change from turnbased to realtime combat)
Monster Hunter Tri on 4th, (Very fun to play online, and extremely good graphics and atmosphere)
Xenoblade Chronicles on 5th, (The biggest most epic RPG on the system with the best soundtrack)
The Crystal Bearers on 6th, (Quite exciting and full of variety, but plagued by some weird decisions like some controls or the map)
and Tales of Symphonia 2 on 7th (Gameplay is not much different from the first game, but the new characters are crybabies).

I can't rank Pandora's Tower, Eldar Saga, Baroque, Chocobo's Dungeon, Echoes of Time and Opoona as I haven't finished them yet, and Arc Rise Fantasia isn't out here.

This guy,know what he's talking about.
Well done,sir.

@SKTTR

It seems to me that you would really love Arc Rise, the weapons upgrade system is much more interesting and combat is challanging (unlike Last Story) story is nice to with some cliche, but effective plot twists =)

I wish we could have ARF here in Europe, along with Earth Seeker and maybe Zangeki. Now we're talking RPGs.
When I'm done with Pandora's Tower I want to go back to Eldar Saga. The gameplay is very much like Monster Hunter just with more real RPG elements and plenty interesting skills and jobs.
I also want to go back to Opoona. I think it's worth it to make progress there just to hear more of the unique quality soundtrack.

Is there a reason this game is PEGI 16?

i finnaly decided i like last story better then xenoblade

The strong language (No F words,mind),and sexual references.

@mieu-fire You're an awesome person for saying that.

yesh i know

I'm playing this now. It's possibly the best RPG I've ever played, barring Chrono Trigger. I'm at the ship portion of the game, and am really starting to get attached to these characters, thanks in no small part to the wonderful storytelling and often-brilliant writing. It's one of those games that, when I'm not playing it, I'm thinking about playing it.

This guy knows his onions,from his Garlic.

Yay! I finally beat this game. I was on the final boss for about a month (although due to limited time I only actually fought him like 3 or 4 times in that month). I find it funny that most of the opinions I've read on this game, they either don't like it at all or think it's even better than Xenoblade. There are surprisingly few who think it's a great game just not as good as XC. I found it really odd that after all you go through with Calista and Jirall and everything, SPOILER it's only in an optional side mission that you miss if you just follow people's directions that you actually get to marry her. END SPOILER Still a great game, though.

Anyone playing Last Story online, or want to play online? I'm going to host co-op games on Tuesday Nights and i'm running it out of the online thread so come join us http://www.nintendolife.com/forums/online_gaming/last_story_t...

Oh Cant wait to play on there. Honestly though this game is insanely addictive, I had a great time playing it. The characters are great, really an amusing lot.I'd like to see more diversity in weaponry and more enemies in a sequel. For me the combat is where it shines( I'd definitely appreciate more attacks though, but this was a game about character and placing management). But I prefer Xenoblade overall because I like the pacing set in it.