Characters:
Could this game have even been thought about being good, well, thanks to the main character, we will ccertainately never know. There were some good parts to the characters, and these guys saved the day with thre witty personality, but as for the main character. Dammit, Orphen's talking again. I wish to God he'd cut that out. Lets just see he needs to clean up his mouth. You don't know how tired I grow whenever I hear him shout out "Damn" or "Hell"

Gameplay:
If you say this gameplay was good, you are not a true gamer. The controls are pretty good, but the gameplay flat out sucks. You move around slowly, and you can't help but feel that the gameplay was not yet finished, and needed a couple of more...months in the test lab. Thus, the key to winning battles is learning when you can do what, and it's a process with a certain amount of depth to it, thanks to the customizable spell set. Eventually, though, the battles get repetitive - you're just memorizing a new pattern each time, and once you have it down, victory is a matter of repeating the same options over and over again. Shield, wait for the lock-on, fireball, sword, shield, etc. NPCs occasionally take part in fights, but you have no control over their actions, just that of the active main character. Outside combat, you run into similar problems. There are touches of action and platforming gameplay, like a 3D equivalent of Valkyrie Profile, but the linear progression and dungeon design means that exploring the world grows tired as well.

Sound:
This sound is so bad, I haven't even heard more then 10 seconds of the characters talking, it was so annoying. The translation from Japanese talking to American just plain sucked, and the characters voices sounded stupid or lazy like, not the vioces of a hero. . Subtract Orphen yelling gibberish about Pyro and so firth over and over during every fight, and you can appreciate the crashes and screams, the crack of lightning, and the mild, nice-beat-I'll-give-it-an-85 battle theme. Some elements of the soundtrack are a little less welcome, though - every so often, the teeth-grinding factor a cutscene will spike up even higher thanks to some soap-opera-esque effect.

Graphics:
Perhaps the thing that saved Orphen, I found myself going back into the room and popping (no, not pills, but Orphen) back into the PS2 just to see the great graphics. Though sometimes too dark at times, and you can't see where you are going half (or more) of the times, overall graphics saved the day. Though I would not purshase the game just to stare at it for a couple of minutes and then shut it off. Thats not the whole point in games.

Overall:
Ok, some people like the game, and others don't. I would first rent the game to see what you think, and mmaybe to have a few good laughs at how sucky this game really is!

Review by : The Neo Midgar