, ▁Fam its u ▁called ▁The ▁Last ▁Story ▁" very ▁classical ▁R PG ". ▁Euro g amer ' s ▁Martin ▁Robinson ▁found ▁the ▁characters ▁the ▁most ▁appe aling ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁an ▁opinion ▁shared ▁by ▁Francesco ▁D ag ost ino ▁of ▁ 1 UP . com , ▁who ▁particularly ▁c ited ▁Sy ren ne ' s ▁port ray al . ▁Game Sp ot ' s ▁Mark ▁Wal ton ▁shared ▁this ▁opinion ▁while ▁also ▁pra ising ▁the ▁story ' s ▁ep ic ▁scale . ▁I GN ' s ▁Ke za ▁Mac Donald ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁presented ▁a ▁good ▁story ▁and ▁characters ▁within ▁familiar ▁them es ▁and ▁settings . ▁Edge ▁Magazine ▁found ▁the ▁story ▁fairly ▁traditional ▁despite ▁a ▁strong ▁cast ▁and ▁emot ional ▁power , ▁while ▁Matthew ▁Castle ▁of ▁Computer ▁and ▁Video ▁Games ▁pra ised ▁the ▁effort ▁made ▁to ▁flesh ▁out ▁the ▁party ▁members ▁in ▁side - m issions ▁despite ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁narr ative ▁as ▁" ted ious ". ▁Game Tra ilers , ▁while ▁not ing ▁the ▁familiar ▁plot lines ▁the ▁game ▁expl ored , ▁said ▁that ▁The ▁Last ▁Story ▁handled ▁its ▁plot ▁better ▁than ▁others ▁of ▁its ▁kind , ▁pra ising ▁its ▁character ▁development . ▁Game ▁Inform ers ▁Joe ▁J uba ▁was ▁fairly ▁critical , ▁finding ▁the ▁story ▁over ly ▁predict able ▁and ▁the ▁characters ▁shall ow . ▁Jason ▁W ish nov ▁of ▁G 4 ▁was ▁also ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁and ▁plot , ▁calling ▁the ▁former ▁" one - note " ▁despite ▁convin cing ▁cam ar ader ie ▁and