Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits

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> All I can say is WOW! This game is what Suikoden 3 > could have been. Just like in Suikoden you play > more than 1 party but it is handled MUCH better > than Suikoden 3. The story was the most interesting > so far on PS2 with the exception of maybe Xenosaga or > Shadow Hearts and I'd say they are pretty > well tied. > > > --- Spoiler Alert: General plot outline --- > > A very long time after the story of the first three > Arc the Lad games is when this one takes place. Unlike > before though, you don't load your save games and > nobody from previous games are in this one. However, > the old games are tied into this one a bit. > > You start out the game playing as Kharg from Yewbell. > You spend time with him learning to take over as the > head of the defence corps from Paulette's father. > After some run-ins with the Daimos which I will > describe next, you come to the conclusion that you > want to rid the world of daimos and you will do what > it takes to accomplish this. > > After some time with Kharg you switch to the other main > character Darc. (Yes this game features two main > characters with two complete teams). Darc is a Daimos. > Daimos are creatures that have evolved from monsters. > They live to fight and become stronger. They have > always been at war with Humans and Darc's new goal is > to become leader of all daimos and lead them to victory > over the humans. > > Kharg plans to wipeout the Daimos. Darc plans to > wipeout the humans. And you play both. What is not > to love :) This is a very wattered down plot outline > and it is BY FAR deeper than that. But I don't want > to spoil anything beyond this. > > --- End of Spoilers --- > > --- Good/Bad Points May contain minor spoilers --- > > Good Points: > > Both teams and stories interact very nicely with > each other. You will see many times when something > happening in one teams story effects the other. You > switch teams at chapter points. Very well done. > > Very deep story. The overall story was very well done. > However, I have gripes about it too. Look for those > below. > > Far better than average localization. The localization > was very good on this game. Few mistakes and they even > tied it in well with Working Designs job on 1-3. > Some of you won't like that they replaced the in battle > voices with english unlike WD but it doesn't bother me. > > Good gameplay. I hate strategy RPG's but I've liked > all of the Arc series. Mostly because its nowhere > near completely a strategy RPG. In fact, I'd label it > more a turn based RPG that lets you move on the field. > > Outstanding Graphics. I list these last because I > could really care less but they were pretty top notch > none the less. They paid close attention to detail. > Including things such as moles on the skin. The > backdrops are all top notch. Really impressive. > > Bad points: > > The tie-ins with the first three in the series were a > bit shaky. Either for reasons that ideas put forward > during the first series are thrown out the window. > (this is a problem I've had all along with Arc though) > Either that or things said about the first three are > somewhat inaccurate (I do give sony credit, it does > seem like whomever translated this game played WD's > Arc 1-3) This seems to be a problem of the original > and not the localization. > > Every once in a while the story doesn't make a lot of > sense. I don't know if this is a problem in the > localization but I don't think it is. It isn't often > but it is a bit distracting when it happens. Maybe > it was just me though. > > For those of you that don't like to set and build. > I suspect you will wind up doing it on this game. I > built for several hours on two seperate occasions (on > both teams). Short, if you don't like the battle > system. This will be painful for you. > > Finally, the gameplay seems to be a bit slower than > the last go rounds. Did not cause a problem. But it > is noticable. > > --- End of Good/bad Points --- > > --- Conclusion --- > > I found Kharg's story to be more interesting than > Darc's overall but Darc's is nowhere near lacking. > It was all handled quite impressively and I'll > definately be giving it a second play (and > probably a 3rd and 4th or more in time) > > Anyway, if you haven't played this game. Do yourself > a favor and get to it. If you have played it. I would > welcome some of your comments on it. > > -Taskforce

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