[PSP] Jeanne d'Arc

Rock, give Jeanne an item to temporarily increase her mobility and have her make a beeline for the noble. From there, use a healing item on him =o He usually dies a few turns in for me. The minotaur spends round one killing his buddy, then he pursues the noble, who stays at a distance thanks to his spear. Be sure to notice that there are two paths -- bridge path or move around the body of water. Take the latter to reach him the fastest.

I rather like this game. Very refreshing. Pretty obvious that the creators loved FFT. The gameplay is awesome, and, since it is Level-5, I am not placing much stock in the storyline keeping me captivated. Those guys can create some jaw-droppingly awesome games, but the storylines are often cliche'd or fall flat on their faces. It's nice to have a SRPG that isn't a Nippon Ichi dupe. An FFT dupe this time around~

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well FFT & Tactics Ogre are by the same folks, so their similarities are somewhat expected.

Never played Fire Emblem very much, so meh. I mention the "dupe" because the weaponry (ie: spears hitting through two grids), basic overworld map structure, choosing directions to face, side/back weaknesses, etc. Sure, orientation played a part in Vandal Hearts, but that also took elevation in to account.

And there were SRPGs before Fire Emblem -- notably, Shining Force =D

Anyhow, this is an appetizer until that Wild Arms PSP game comes out. Wild Arms: Crossfire has jobs and all that good stuff, in addition to being very difficult. I'm noticing this game is rather gentle... =\ The XP bonuses following a victory make leveling too easy. I'd prefer a longer grind of sorts. Makes the gameplay feel more rewarding.

Now that I'm further in, I definitely have more complaints. First off, the text bubbles that pop up above peoples' heads in the battles are completely unnecessary. Half the time I can't even tell who it's coming from. There were times where I killed an enemy and the bubble was positioned above his buddy, who was saying "Great job!" They should've scrapped that altogether. Very worthless.

Next, the localization. I hate how half of the cast have weird or quirky accents. Colet -- LET'S GIVE HIM A FRENCH ACCENT =O A very thick one!

But everyone in this game is French. Shouldn't they tall talk that way? NON. Just one fellow! I hate the other stupid things like that noble or whatshisface that talks like Sylvester the cat, in addition to a Lion character who rolls his "R"s unnecessarily long, plus a dog-man who talks like Scooby Doo. I mean holy shit, why go to such lengths to annoy us and make this game feel kiddy-ish with something like that?

Maybe it's shallow, but I *HATE* it when games try to incorporate an accent in to text. The earliest example I can think of is Faris in FFV; one release (I think the PS1 release of it) had her talking like a pirate. ARR and MATEYS and ME HEARTIES and shit. Just really annoyed me.

I can't help but feel Colet and his constant bickerings originally didn't revolve around his accent in the JP version...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

Never played Fire Emblem very much, so meh.

=P I never touched the series. So sue me for being wrong.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Pardon me for not knowing of a NES game that never saw the shores of the US. Now enough about this, alright?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It doesn't strike me as more than an average SRPG. Compared to FFT, this isn't really that awesome =o It's FFT, minus the job system, packed with a pretty lame storyline.

The localization is what killed it. The gameplay doesn't introduce anything new, but I must admit that it has some wonderful graphics =o And the turn restrictions peeved me off. I never got caught, but I don't see the actual point behind them. "JEANNE! We must kill the enemies in ten rounds!" "Why? ;("

Plus some of the "escape" missions could've been harder. Hell the game itself needed to be more difficult. Leveling is way too simple in it. Go to a lowbie level and beat it a few times. The folks in and out of the party get bonus XP for the map being cleared, and one run-through is quite a bit toward a level.

This wasn't lost in the wake of those titles. FFT for the PSP just came out, and Disgaea is still a week away. This game had its time in the sun, and frankly, I've had better. I stuck with it because, well, there wasn't much else to play =(

I was speaking idiomatically.