Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

First of all, if you want a incredibly serious story and no fooling around, you are clearly in the wrong place. If you can get past some of the blatant ecchi, you are in for a fun ride.

Graphics: The character models in 3D look okay in the environment, but much better during battle, but the environments are usually pretty generic. Some of the animations of the few times the 3D models talk are pretty bad, so don't be too suprised. The eye candy mainly comes from some of the special battle animations, artwork, and cutscenes.

Sound: Voice acting is very well done in my opinion, and a lot of the sound effects are appropriate. Whether you like the quirky music probably depends on your personality, but it doesn't vary very much. I usually just set the music to zero and play my favorite metal record.

Play-ability: The game is simple but does provide some depth. The battles are fun despite their simplicity, and it's always interesting to enter the girls cosmospheres, but it can occasionally drag a bit. Add a creative synthesis system, and it's a very enjoyable game.

Special Notes: The game is noted for it's mechanic (Purge) where you strip the girls of 3 of their 4 layers of clothing to reveal more skin, so they can use more power from the Earth. This is highly criticized, and causes many reviewers to overlook positive points because of an odd phobia of women.

Audience: The game is mainly for fans of the manga/anime, but only because of the earlier mentioned Purge feature. Prepare yourself for this, and it's lack of too much of a serious tone and you may enjoy yourself very much.

I would rate this game a 7, it's an enjoyable RPG with a few twists and turns that are unusual but welcome if you are prepared for them.

I had my doubts at first ,but as I started playing I found I deeply enjoyed the mechanics of this game. First off, this game is seriously one that matches its rating I suggest not playing if your deeply offended by the vulgarity and random innuendo that causes doubt about whether it's you or the game that is perverted, if you have problems picturing this heres a thought, imagine diving head first into an attractive masochistic womans head and solving her inner dilemmas, that is something you get to look forward to if you play...Who knows maybe you will like it as much as I did ahaha. A warning... I would be very careful on your decisions and actions and pay close attention not to oversave on a mistake because small actions can cause giant rippling effects to this games ending, however on a happy note, there is many endings to enjoy!!! My only problem was the lack of change to the characters weapons as you equipped new ones...