Record of Agarest War for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I played this game for about 5 hours and I had very little desire to continue. I really was hoping that this would entertain me for a long while. In fact, it did the opposite.. I couldn't wait to get rid of it.

I think there were some excellent ideas here, but it was bogged down by some very poor systems. The fighting didn't flow well. It was difficult to walk through some quest areas.

Hopefully a company with some strong backing will take the ideas from this and make it into a solid game. This isn't it.

First I'd like to point out the good of the game: it works.

Now that I've done that, here's the bad:

Graphics are poor, and I don't mean poor as in "Hey its not top of the line modern graphics!" I mean poor as in games had graphics better then this on the PSone (See Star Ocean). It wouldn't be that big a deal however if they were at least consistent in how they choose to render the game. This becomes painfully obvious when you start to fight "large" creatures and see they used cell shading where the rest of the game is sprite based.

Audio/Music score is also poorly done and chosen. Music is a mishmash of several different genres which don't really convey any sense of consistency. Also the Voice overs are constant and FORCED. Nothing sucks more then turning off the move and combat animations to save time, then having one of your characters die only to be trapped in a 20 second death speech. ALL the characters have the exact same problem, they die = you have to hear them whine for 10 seconds with no way to skip/fast forward it. Which brings me to...

Game play quickly becomes boring and repetitive with no "real" strategy involved other then make sure you have everyone attack the same enemy. There you go, I just told you how to beat the game. Always have everyone attack the same enemy. Doesn't matter who is in you party or how you choose to level them up.. just do that = win. The only "real" problem with the game is that the computer uses the same tactic, so you will often end up with 1 dead party member after the enemies turn.

Finally, the choosing of a bride has no lasting impact on the story, and has a minor impact on character development. Here's a hint, DO NOT USE THE "HERO" OR THE "WIVES" IN YOUR PARTY! Their levels and stats do not affect your offspring in any way, and they leave your party entirely when the new generation starts. So don't bother leveling them or using them, use the other party members.

So in conclusion, bad game, poorly don