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Jeanne D'arc for the PSP: Slay the English Devils.
Dublo7
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Jeanne D'arc was released for the PSP, today.
Who or what is Jeanne D'arc, you ask?
I just started playing this game tonight, and I must say, I'm thoroughly impressed. The presentation is great, the little anime cut scenes blend seamlessly with the game, and the combat is fun and interesting.
A lot of thought seems to have gone into the combat sytem. You can flank your opponents (attacking from the sides and rear) to cause massive damage (olol). You can also stand your fighters close together to increase their guard/defense. It's just the little things that make the game that much more enjoyable.
The game is very Fire Emblem like, but the gameplay is much deeper. It's a great reason to dust off your PSP.
Who or what is Jeanne D'arc, you ask?
Wiki wrote:Jeanne d'Arc is a tactical role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. It is Level-5's first RPG of this kind, as well as the studio's first production for the PlayStation Portable. The title's narrative makes use of various fantasy elements, and is loosely based on the story of Joan of Arc and her struggles against the English occupation of France during the Hundred Years' War in the early 14th century. The game received a 9.0 fun factor on IGN making it a promising title for the PSP.
Plot
In the past, there was a great war between humans and demons. Five heroes created five armlets and sealed the demons. Time goes by and now France and England are in the midst of the Hundred Years' War. Domrémy, a small villiage in the Lorraine region of France, was celebrating a festival when suddenly English troops stormed in and attacked the villiage. A villiage girl, Jeanne, was led by a voice from the heavens to save France. Thus starts the battle of Jeanne and her friends Roger and Liane in the war to free their country France.
System
The basic battle system is of the typical strategy RPG type. Some new elements added are character transformation and map effects like Burning Site and Unified Guard (called Connection Guard in the japanese version). Magic and special skills uses skill stones which can be bought from shops or from drops, the player is able to customize the character using skill stones and its also possible to synthesize them to create a more powerful skill stone.
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Review scores
- Famitsū - 10 / 8 / 8 / 7
- EGM - 8.0, 7.0, 8.0
- Gamespot - 8.0
- IGN - 9.0
I just started playing this game tonight, and I must say, I'm thoroughly impressed. The presentation is great, the little anime cut scenes blend seamlessly with the game, and the combat is fun and interesting.
A lot of thought seems to have gone into the combat sytem. You can flank your opponents (attacking from the sides and rear) to cause massive damage (olol). You can also stand your fighters close together to increase their guard/defense. It's just the little things that make the game that much more enjoyable.
The game is very Fire Emblem like, but the gameplay is much deeper. It's a great reason to dust off your PSP.
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I wonder if there will be changes to the English release? Hope not.
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I'm surprised there really aren't more modern SRPGs for either handheld; this and Luminous Arc are the first entires in a while.
This and Brave Story :^:
My 360 is [strike]back[/strike] [strike]bricked[/strike] back!
I'll probably start it up tonight after my requisite couple hours of Persona 3.
Because if not, I'll just take the recently-price-cut PSP phat for my freakishly large hands.
Moar liek Zodiac Brave Story: The Lion War olol
Lighter, thinner, TV out, charging via USB, double the RAM which will help with faster loading, speakers and ad-hoc switch were moved. This was from Wikipedia.
My 360 is [strike]back[/strike] [strike]bricked[/strike] back!
I'm not to far into it, but so far the gameplay is great, and the cutscenes are really well done.
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And Dungeons & Dragons Tactics. :^:
Lancelot rides up on a white horse, saves her and they both go live in a spaceship?
You forgot the spoiler tags!
Now the game and history is ruined for me.
My 360 is [strike]back[/strike] [strike]bricked[/strike] back!
I barely have time to devote to one of these titles, let alone both of them.
I rented D&D last night and played through the first mission - holy crap is this game deep! It's more of a D&D game than a tactics game, it seems, as the emphasis appears to be on rolling characters, equipping them, prepping for missions, then just using the tactics system as the battle engine. Not sure how I feel about that.
I'll have to rent Jeanne and see how that one plays out.
This cannot be disputed, for it is fact.
Now that is a game that would persuade me into getting a PSP.
It is really deep. It's quite a fun game. I am a giant nerd who loves D&D and I am a tactics game whore so combining the two makes for good fun.
Between this, Brave Story (excellent game, ignore the gamespot review), and Persona 3, my Wii and DS are collecting dust. I never thought I'd say that. The PSP is a great piece of hardware (better than the DS in my opinion), it's good to see some good games (read: games I enjoy) starting to come out. I don't think I used my PSP for more than few hours in the first year I had it. I'm using it all the time now. For some reason though, it seems very uncomfortable during extended playing. It just doesn't fit my hands well or something.
Also, you can add GameSpys 4.5/5 to the review notes in the OP if you want.
http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/jeanne-darc/812374p1.html
It starts off slow (like all SRPGs), but the few hours I spent with it last night were good fun. They tweaked the standard SRPG forumula just a little, and all for the better imho. The burning circles, and guard add a lot of strategy, as does the ability to completely retool your characters before each battle. The transforms seem like they could be overpowered, at least it is in the first couple of missions, but that's hopefully just to teach you the possibilities. I imagine you'll have to do free battles quite often to level up certain people (ahem, that weakling Lianne who is like 5 levels below everyone else at the moment). I couldn't get into FFTA (FFT is a different story), I don't think I'll be having that problem with JD'A.
Edit: For some reason it also made me wish for a Dynasty Tactics PSP game...
Man, the game has demons and magic.
I'd say any bets on the ending are off.
I can't say much about the long run yet, but what really comes out is the design. Menu navigation is really intuitive. I haven't been this excited by the early play of a game since Loco Roco. And I was expecting to regret the purchase, too, after so many crummy ports on the system.
The sad part is it's not widely available. I ended up trying six different before I finally secured a copy (including the Seattle Northgate Mall gamestop, where the clerks scoffed at the idea of trying to find a game in stock on the day it was released without a preorder). If you're in the Seattle area, they had a few of these at the EB downtown, but don't bother trying Game Crazy or Best Buy.
If you don't plan and use your team properly, you're fucked.
Ahahahah what this is so mine.
Edit: Well...the trailer didn't tell me a damn thing about the game.
Edit edit: Skill stones? I can't do anything until I find a fucking ROCK?
I don't care. I don't want to have to find a ROCK before I can use a SKILL.
You've played the game. Is it as asinine as it sounds?
"Well, I would attack him with a spear, but I haven't found the correct rock, you see."
By my rock obtaining skills.
I think the game looks pretty, so if I happen upon it I might get it. I'd like to see some more reviews. So I shall go a diggin.
Also, if you get the rock, you can do that spell forever. It's not like you pick up the rock, use it once, and then it's disposed of.
ooooooooooooh. So it's that sort of thing.
The review made it sound like...i'm not sure what...some sort of geology based game.
I'll agree.
So you have to find a stone to unlock a spell, kinda? And once it's unlocked you can use it forever?
You realize how absurd this sounds, right?
Edit: The thing that bothers me is that I've found it hard to get into games recently. I got Blade Dancer, played it for 5 minutes, and then put it away because I was standing in a town and someone said "Go find whoever" and I said "Fuck you!" and put the game down.
If the game doesn't give me a reason to give a shit then I don't give a shit and I go do something else. Will this game make me give a shit?
It's like Advanced Wars. You just move from battle to battle.