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Tarfumes.com - Vagrant Story
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Manufacturer: SquareSoft
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Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0662248900025
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Label: SquareSoft
Manufacturer: SquareSoft
Platform: PlayStation
Publisher: SquareSoft
Studio: SquareSoft
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Editorial Reviews:
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Vagrant Story is one of those games that wows you at the start--a big "WOW!" in this case--but maintains only a tenuous hook in the long haul. In this mix of action/adventure and fantasy role-playing, players are cast as a Riskbreaker (think one-man army) named Ashley Riot, whose pursuit of a villainous cult leader takes him to the mysterious city of Lea Monde. The highly stylized graphics in Vagrant Story are easily some of the best ever seen on the PlayStation, and give the game a gorgeous, distinctive look to match its somber tone. Cinematic story sequences blend in almost seamlessly with gameplay, which takes place in 3-D environments (viewed from a third-person perspective) that can be rotated to provide the best angle. Vagrant Story features a rich battle system that's built on both strategy and quick reflexes. In addition to character statistics, weapons and armor have detailed numbers of their own and can be disassembled, assembled, or even combined to create new items. Hand/eye coordination factors heavily into combat, as Ashley develops offensive and defensive battle abilities that require perfectly timed button pushing in order to be used. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to get bored with Vagrant Story. The painfully linear gameplay here doesn't rise above killing enemy after enemy in room after room, and (oh boy!) solving puzzles by manipulating boxes. If not for the wholly intriguing (but sparsely littered) plot, one would be strongly tempted just to leave Ashley to rot in the catacombs beneath Lea Monde. --Joe Hon Pros: - Highly stylized graphics
- Rich battle system
- Intriguing plot
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Summary: Its a Game You May Want to Like, but Can't
Comment: This is one of those games Square released that seems promising, but falls short in one or many of ways.
The bulk of the game takes place in a dungeon. You guide Ashley through a series of rooms all while battling bats and cave-dwelling creatures you come across.
The battles take place in a real time fashion; however, fights run on a chain system. When you attack an enemy, an exclamation point appears above Ashley's head as an indication to press another attack button to continue your onslaught. Ashley has a variety of weapons he can equip which changes the way he attacks his oppoenent.
Instead of HP, Ashley has an "indicator" (starts out green to indicate full health) that determines his health. It is divided by his arms, body, etc. When the health of a part of his body is depleted, it is safe to say that that part of his body no longer functions until his health is restored. While the idea sounds cool, he is only character under the player's control. The game CAN be difficult.
Exploration takes place in a dungeon. The player will reach a room where a spell is necessary to get through the door. Sometimes the spells are easy to locate, and other times the player must backtrack through many rooms to obtain the necessary spell.
The graphics were among the best. The game had somewhat of a comic book feel to it--the character nicely animated and bore many details. The detail really brings a certain feel to the game and the dungeon, despite being a dungeon, actually looks quite nice.
This is one of the few games I will say is completed for or less for its story and gratification, not fun. There isn't much fun to be had as there is a lot of backtracking and scouting to be done with little or no deviation. The spells do add to the game, but not much.
Pros:
-Graphics
-Interesting Story
-Intriguing Battle System
-Interesting Villain
-Chilling atmosphere
Cons:
-Too much backtracking
-Entire game takes place in a dungeon
-How Many bats must I fight?
-Where do I have to go next?
-I forgot which way I was going/came from
If you must try the game out, I recommend renting it first. If you're a die hard Square fanatic, love games with a dark feel, or love dungeon crawlers, you will like it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Eh
Comment: I dont know about this one. I didn't really enjoy it too much. The beginnings got to catch me for me to continue and it just wasn't doing it for me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Difficult
Comment: I never got to far playing this game. Up to the first save and after that I'm stuck and can't proceed in the game. So I really didn't like this game.
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Summary: Final Fantasy Who?
Comment: First of all, I have to say that I am a BIG fan of the Final Fantasy frenchise, I especially find the SNES and PS1 games to be some of the best Rpg's period (if only we could erase FFX2 the world would be a better place) I will not go on detail about the story itself, but I have to tell you that I find this game to be superior in every way.
As soon as I saw the cover of this game I fell in love with it. I didn't know what it was about, but I knew I had to have it.
My first impresion was WOW! When I saw that intro, the movie like experiece gripped my soul, I thought... well, I'll be spending quite a few hours in front of my TV. As it turned out, I didn't, I found the game to be hard, beautiful, but hard. The fighting system was completelly different to anything I'd seen before, and I was not getting it.
This was five years ago. Regardless of that, I kept starting it over and over again telling myself 'This time I'll finish it!'The story just grips you that much, and the characters personalities leave you wanting to know more. Sure enough, I became a pro in the 'arts' ,weapon affinities and such, and I finished my game... again and again, and again. In short, this is in my opinion one of the greatest RPG's, if not game, of all times. But it is a bit hard to get used to it, or even become good at it (unless I'm just an idiot...which is entirely possible) but once you get the flow of the fighting system, you will not be able to stop. So please do not cast it aside! just keep trying, and your reward will be gratifying.
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Summary: Ashley Riot needs to be reprisal role on next gen systems!
Comment: To avoid writing a 15 page in-depth review, I'll keep it super simple. If you like RPGs with and excellent story line, tons of weapon combinations, a fun & ground-breaking combat system, dark humor and programming that actually rewards you for playing through several times..... get this game. Don't have a PS1? PS2? Doggone it, Square! Let's have a Vagrant Story for PS3.
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