I'm RPG starved. Starved, I say! There's very little for the PS3 at this point. I have been keeping occupied with strategy and non-traditional RPGs (Jeanne d'Arc, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, Oblivion), but I was really aching for a good, Japanese-style RPG. There's simply a huge lack of them on the next-gen market and, you know what's sad? The 360 has more than the PS3. That's sad. Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, Lost Odyssey...they're all games I wish were on the PS3.
So, I was browsing around GameFly yesterday and threw a whole mess of PS2 RPGs I've been wanting to play into my queue. With that done, since I didn't want to wait, I headed over to GameStop after work to see what used games they had on the shelf. PS2, PS3, PSP - I didn't care, I wanted a darned JRPG. Good ol' fashioned turn-based, cheesy dialog, boy-loses-his-home-meets-princess-goes-to-save-the-world, girly-man JRPG.
That's when I found a little gem called Enchanted Arms. This has been on my GameFly queue for a while, but I kept putting it off. The reviews scared me, as most sites and magazines didn't give it great reviews. But, the thing you have to consider is these sites and magazines always look for innovation and next-gen everything. But, you can't really fault a game because its following genre traditions, they just might not be the traditions these certain critics like.
Enchanted Arms is a 99% traditional Japanese RPG. The only thing that is slightly different is the battle system, which is a mix between a strategy RPG grid battlefield and a typical turn-based system. Its nothing to get worked up about though. The only major difference is you give all your characters commands before they're all executed, instead of one at a time.
Anyway, without going into too much detail and making this post longer than it is already, I played Enchanted Arms for roughly five hours yesterday evening and was thoroughly engrossed. Aside from some cheesy - yet often hilarious - dialog, the game is great. And, it was less than $15! The tutorials are very good, but the only complaint I have is that they treat you like a five year old and hold your hand every step of the way. I mean, they have a separate little tutorial about how to climb ladders when you first arrive at one. But, that could be pushed aside given the fact that the tutorials are given in-game and directed at the main character, who isn't the brightest person on the block.
But, I'm definitely looking forward to continuing this story, which could be a pretty cool twist on a clichè RPG plot. Stay tuned!
That's when I found a little gem called Enchanted Arms. This has been on my GameFly queue for a while, but I kept putting it off. The reviews scared me, as most sites and magazines didn't give it great reviews. But, the thing you have to consider is these sites and magazines always look for innovation and next-gen everything. But, you can't really fault a game because its following genre traditions, they just might not be the traditions these certain critics like.
Enchanted Arms is a 99% traditional Japanese RPG. The only thing that is slightly different is the battle system, which is a mix between a strategy RPG grid battlefield and a typical turn-based system. Its nothing to get worked up about though. The only major difference is you give all your characters commands before they're all executed, instead of one at a time.
Anyway, without going into too much detail and making this post longer than it is already, I played Enchanted Arms for roughly five hours yesterday evening and was thoroughly engrossed. Aside from some cheesy - yet often hilarious - dialog, the game is great. And, it was less than $15! The tutorials are very good, but the only complaint I have is that they treat you like a five year old and hold your hand every step of the way. I mean, they have a separate little tutorial about how to climb ladders when you first arrive at one. But, that could be pushed aside given the fact that the tutorials are given in-game and directed at the main character, who isn't the brightest person on the block.
But, I'm definitely looking forward to continuing this story, which could be a pretty cool twist on a clichè RPG plot. Stay tuned!
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