A good start.
posted by 35yrgamer (CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY) Sep 4, 2006
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This isn't FF but isn't bad either. The graphics are very strong, the battle system is well done, and the golem collecting is great. In short this game is fun to play. The problem that drags it down, I think, are the overdramatic, flamboyant, often annoying chars. One of the main chars you start out with is g4y. I could care less about that, however the game makes it so painfully obvious(the voice actor uses a fake and over pronounced lisp, the chars motions are over exaggerated, and the outfit he wears looks overdone even for Jpn rpgs). All of this adds together to make one of the game histories most embarrassing and annoying chars to play. Its bad. After an hour or so the char leaves your party and doesn't come back(at least not at the point I am at right now). If you can play through the first hour or so, your going to find a nice gem of a game. Stick with it. Other little things keep this game from being a perfect 10. The combat movement system is awkward. It uses a grid to move your chars on, some chars take multiple squares, and often get in the way, getting just the right attack from the char you want often requires to have your char in just the right spot. Not always easy to do. Once you do get it right, the enemies move on their grid and you have to readjust all over again. You don't buy equipment like in most games, you buy skills and equip them. Your chars look never changes, typical for a jpn style game like this. The game uses a mix of random and scripted battles. The over all story is passable, but nothing overly memorable. In my opinion, your don't have a PS2 for your RPG needs, then this is a good enough game to play. I am enjoying it, but am very glad I rented it from gamefly and saved 60bucks.
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