Arts and Crafts
HIGH Blasting enemies in the back with a shotgun to initiate encounters.
LOW Missable, unposted sidequests. Nggggh.
WTF Is BLADE the least interesting card game ever devised? Quite possibly.
HIGH Blasting enemies in the back with a shotgun to initiate encounters.
LOW Missable, unposted sidequests. Nggggh.
WTF Is BLADE the least interesting card game ever devised? Quite possibly.
HIGH Configuring my Orbment to get access to a powerful area-effect spell in the first chapter of the game.
LOW At least half of the game's playtime is spent with only two party members of a potential four.
WTF The budding relationship between Estelle and her adopted brother Joshua is weird enough, but was it necessary for nearly every NPC to peer-pressure them into it?
HIGH Finally beating a difficult boss.
LOW The game is short. I wanted more!
WTF Why is it so damn hard to kill flying enemies?
HIGH The pulse-pounding boss fights are some of the best in the series.
LOW The story is easily one of the worst.
WTF Sanitized or not, I never thought I'd see a torture scene in an Ys game.
HIGH Bringing down a boss that has over 100K hit points in short order thanks to the fluid and fun combat system.
LOW Whenever the game forces players to stop killing things and advance the uninspired story.
WTF Really? A princess in disguise and a prison scene? Come on, RPG writers…
HIGH Getting to finally see how Adol Christin became a cult icon in the world of gaming.
LOW Wandering the temple at the end of Ys II for hours on end because it's so easy to get lost.
WTF Half of the items you find in the game are useless unless you're bored and want to screw around. I never once found a reason to use "magic of stop-time".
Cute, sweet, and to-the-point, Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is a brand-new franchise from the minds behind such old-school classics as Ys, Popful Mail, and Brandish. Falcom clearly still has what it takes-I'd even say that their latest is my favorite Falcom effort ever, and easily one of the best PSP games available, bar none.
According to ESRB, this game contains: Mild Suggestive Themes, Tobacco Reference, and Mild Fantasy Violence
For many, Ark of Napishtim will be their first experience with a Ys game. However, the series has been around for ages (it's always just been overshadowed by the Zeldas of the gaming universe). Recurring character Adol Christin could have easily been as big an icon as Link, but the poor guy's just never been given the chance.
According to ESRB, this game contains: Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol
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