| Enchanted Arms (PS3) | 
| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2141
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: role-playing-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 3307210251435
ASIN: B000MWUK92
Release Date: March 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: new
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 So Far So Good July 27, 2008
sheep88 (U.K.)
This game seems to have many mixed reviews but personally i would buy the game,if you are a fan of RPG's you won't be disappointed.
The battle system is quite straight forward and in many ways could be seen as similar to that of final fantasy in respect to how you use skills, items, etc. The first part of the game in the university i thought was quite boring and it really irritated me the way that when you talk to characters they appear up close in the foreground and it flicks from one character to the other, once i got over this however i found i could enjoy the game more. I really started to like this game when i got into Yokohama and i did the pizza eating contest with the sixaxis controller but i think that there should have been more challenges for me to complete for golem tickets, rather than it be so simple to aquire the other tickets.
I thought the game was really good when i went into the sealed ward and met the frozen devil golem it reminded me of the dark aoen Shiva in final fantasy X (and the guardian monster before her was kind of like the Jecht you fight when you go into Sin) but anyway drawing away from that this is a good game in its own right.
Currently I am in London so haven't played that long and as for the graphics i wouldn't say they were blocky as one reviewer suggests( i would be the first to complain if they were rubbish), (perhaps they are not playing in H.D.)but they are entitled to their own opinion. The game doesn't look half bad considering it's not in 1080i or p and only goes as far as 720i. So Far So Good.....
 Solid RPG June 19, 2008
DJ Burty (Sheffield, UK)
I agree with other reviews that say that this is a solid RPG. It has everything that you expect and everything it does works very well indeed. However, it seems that it could have been easily made for the PS2 (in which case I would have scored it higher!)and so there is a sense of disappointment to play a game that you could easily have played 5 years ago. I partly bought the game on the view that it was similar to Lucifer's Call and I have to say that, apart form some superficial similarities, the gameplay is completely different (also a bit gutting, because Lucifer's Call is one of my favourite games of all time). The gameplay is OK and familiar if you play alot of j-rpg and so playing the game feels very comfortable and, in that way, enjoyable. I suppose I was just expecting so much more from the PS3 then what the game delivers. That said - there currently is a lack of translated japenese RPGs for the PS3 and if you have traded in your PS2 and all your wonderful games (as I have done) then Enchanted Arms helps with the cravings whilst you wait for more games to be developed.
Better than I thought March 29, 2008
The reviewer
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am going to be frank and say that after reading reviews for this game I thought it was a load of rubbish. However I prejudged this game on other peoples experience and decided to play, and I take back everything I said. I have started about 2 hours ago and the game gives very good impressions, O.K some of the voices are dodgy but the gameplay, storyline and graphics all make up for this!!! Overall a very good game that people have underestimated.
Why didn't I play this sooner?! March 19, 2008
Mr. D. Joseph (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am gonna let you into a little secret, this is a good rpg. I have to admit, I put off getting this game for quite a while. The fact that the selling price for this game has dropped so much, I didn't think it would be any good. But, I was wrong.
Now, I have been playing rpgs for absolutely years, and was looking for something to play on my PS3, so I decided to pick this up. I was quite honestly, plesently surprised. Yeah, sure, it's nothing original, but putting all gripes and comparisons to former rpgs aside, Enchanted Arms is a solid rpg, it really is.
I have played so many rpgs over the years that I can generally sniff out the bad apples after a few hours into the game. I played Enchanted Arms through to the end! I thoroughly enjoyed the game all the way through, the ending was a little bit naff, but apart from that I liked it.
If you are looking for a good rpg, and don't want to be overthrown by the scale of something like Oblivion (which, in fact, I have to admit, I didn't really like), then give Enchanted Arms a try. Even for the price it sells for now, you can't really go wrong.
Real RPG February 28, 2008
I. D. Clarke (Wales)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first Real RPG i've picked up for my PS3, PC or anything else since Wild Arms 3 seeing as the world seems to be obsessed with Western Style RPG's at the moment. By Real i mean, it's not a sandbox free roaming thing with 40 Million hours of gameplay and sidequests. The likes of Oblivion and Western RPG's in general that seem to think a good RPG means "Do what ever you want, even if you don't want to do the story". Call me old fashioned but i like doing the story bit and i dont want to have to go and find it, when a game does this i often just stumble around the world never getting anything done.
Right, rant over. About Enchanted Arms.
Yes, Real RPG with random battles to boot. The battle system is this grid based thingy where you place your characters like a chess board for lack of a better term, if you're used to J-RPG's you'll pick this up no problem but equally the learning curve is easy. One of those easy to play difficult to master things. However it can make some of the easier battles a little longer and annoying if you're just grinding away to level up. Aswell as battling with your characters there are Golems to help you out, they come in various different shapes and sizes and collect them a bit like pokemon. You beat a Golem and then get a sort of schematic telling you what items you need build it.
The leveling up is a little like Final Fantasy 10, you level up and also get points to spent on two things. A new skill (which you have to buy before you can learn) or increasing your attributes HP, EP (magic) etc...
One thing i'm not a fan of in this game is the dialogue, there's nothing wrong with the conversations it's how it's delivered. When ever you talk to any character, you see them both in the foreground of the screen like the 'Tales Of...' series and they animate just enough to get their point accross and as only two can be on the screen at the same time they pop in and out randomly. Unlike other RPG's where they stand about, walk around and interact with each other properly. It sometimes removes you from the emotions of the characters. It does however have properly acted sequences to go with these that you get every once in a while.
Graphics last, as they never make a good game and certainly don't make good RPG. They're nothing special. At a stretch some of it could have just been done on a PS2. Saying that, its a pretty polished game overall.
I wont mention any story for fear of spoilers, but it's solid enough.
I'm not going as far as to say this is a must for your PS3 collection, but if you're tired of replaying RPG's on your PS2 there's not really a lot else out there and there are far worse games you could spend your time and money. It's one of those - If you're an RPG fan you'll love it. If not well, you might not love it - thing.
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