Enchanted Arms (PS3)
Enchanted Arms (PS3)
List Price: ?49.99
Amazon Price: ?39.98
Used Price: ?16.00
Customer Review: Why didn’t I play this sooner?!
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.
Customer Review: Real RPG
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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List Price: ?39.99
Amazon Price: ?29.99
Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3) 
List Price: ?44.99
Amazon Price: ?37.98
Used Price: ?30.00
Customer Review: I’m a fan, and I thought it was horrible.
I love the series, but this was really bad. The game is far too fast, making the battle environment completely ridiculous and hard to follow. The graphics are good, but the speed of the game gave me a headache. The game story, after five games based on it, has become horribly stale. The cut scenes are no where near the quality of previous installments. Very disapointing. Spend your ?40 on something thats worth it, because quite frankly this isn’t.
Customer Review: One of the best games to ever be made!
Dynasty warriors 6 is the best DW that has been made so far and it is totally awesome. The rendum system that has been put into the game is a great idea. It is great fun to play but the camera angles are a bit dodgy. The graphics are immense and i would recommend buying it at any cost!
