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One question - do you like the
Final Fantasy series?,
If the answer's yes then this game may interest you, but you'd really have to
be a devotee if you're going to get a lot of enjoyment out of Skies of
Arcadia which has a bizarre premise of flying about in airships
island-hopping in the skies and looking for land to claim, while shaking off
the Sky Pirates (don't mention that to Rupert Murdoch :)
According to the blurb there are six enormous 3D lands to explore: desert,
quaint villages, sky, and space with up to 80 sky-ships that you can
customize to your liking, carrying up to 15 crew members to fend off attackers
and, when not battling opponents, you can run about the place a la Mario 64.
Alas, when it comes to actually playing the game I found there was barely any
skill involved. You run around, you encounter another ship, a battle ensues
in the same manner as
Final Fantasy 7
et al, you choose to attack because it's the quickest way of killing the
baddies, they usually die before you do, you move on, then random battles
occur for no reason and to serve no particular purpose which just serve to
irritate rather than thrill.
Ok, so I'm normally more of a fan of first-person shooters like
Unreal Tournament and Half-Life, which has apparently now had
its Dreamcast release cancelled, than RPGs (role-playing games) but I hugely
enjoyed
Phantasy Star Online
which features much running about and repetitive fighting, but the way that
was presented was to include an online element that allowed you to front up
to other people and converse in a way that seemed realistic and natural, but
while this game does have some online functions it's nothing like the same.
Graphically and sonically, it's pleasing to the eyes and ears but identical
to... yes, you guessed it.
Since the game's about as taxing as pressing the
'A' button every so often, the fact that it's all been done before and
it's about as entertaining as watching a Party Political Broadcast and it's
time to catch some Zzzzzzzs.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ORIGINALITY ENJOYMENT
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One question - do you like the
Alas, when it comes to actually playing the game I found there was barely any
skill involved. You run around, you encounter another ship, a battle ensues
in the same manner as
Graphically and sonically, it's pleasing to the eyes and ears but identical
to... yes, you guessed it.
