Luminous Arc - 10/10
This game...is great. From the Opening Movie (anime-esque) mixed with jpop music, to the intriguing character designs and...Yes! There's a story here!
You play as Alph (well, I say you do. I say that because most of the events are based around him, y'see...). He is one of the Garden Children.
The Garden Children are a special group of warriors trained by the Arc Knight Heath to fight monsters and condemn the Witches that have reappeared in the world after being sealed for a thousand years. The Garden Children get their name from the Ever Garden, where a majority of them have been living for most of their lives. The Ever Garden was founded fourteen years before the game's story begins, in the same year that the Grand Cardinal Johannes was born. It was the last wish of the former Grand Cardinal that a group of humans be established to fight against the Witches, whose rebirth he forsaw. Each member of the group has special abilities that make him or her useful in combat, ranging from swordfighting and archery skills to the use of Church-approved magic. Soon they become FatalHounds and hunt down witches on Order of the Church. A few characters to start off...
Alph: Main character, I guess. Has a great skillset but is quite weakish I guess.
Leon: *swings sword* *monster dies in one hit on max hp*. Yeps. Leon is a powerhouse, he constantly checksout the ladies ("Hey, I stare because I care!!"), and a connosieur of fine foods. My personal favourite character.
Cecille: The healy-priest chick with glasses.
and...Yeah. Now, Onto the review.
GRAPHICS: 8/10
They're not perfect, but they get the job done. They're very similar to Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance. Sprites are detailed, too, I guess.
Story: 10/10
It's great! I would never have expected such a great storyline from a Strategy RPG! No hints, but geeze...I'm hooked
Combat: 9/10
It's great, and fun, but can be annoying when you're on low hp and yourhealer is a slow, sexay turtle chick -.- There are some problems moving, such as when you want to move behindsomething (the sprites in the way), you can sometimes not go where you want to. Overall, it's good though..
Sounds: 10/10
Awesome. Nuff said.
Can you sit down with this game and play instantly?
Unfortunately...no. This is a great game for car trips...but for a lunch time, you may not even get through a story battle =\
OVERALL: 10/10
Submitted by iamtom
20/10/2007
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