Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

I remember I saw a demo a long time ago. The gameplay was so addictive I desperately wanted to play the full version. The characters are so alive that you will remember each one of them. I enjoyed it much more than japanese rpgs, namely FF. The story is much deeper, don't let the manga-style graphics fool you. The last few levels are a bit monotone but overall, I simply have to give 5 stars. A must to play for all rpg fans!

This is a good game with an interesting combat system. Its pretty fun, and very original, at least in my opinion. It's got good graphics that have aged..decently enough aside from the close up speaking portions. It does suffer a bit from repetitiveness. Especially when you are exploring and enemies re spawn every time you enter/exit a room, as well as some from lack of direction, not knowing where to go. Also: I hope you like lever puzzles. You certainly won't run out of them in this game.

I found this game by chance in a food store in Nicaragua sometime in 2003, and just went for it. The game features a large cast of unforgettable characters with some nice JRPG style combat with a twist. The story is also suitably quirky and well realised. Just randomly finding this game blew me away, and I have since passed it on to all my RPG fan friends who have unanimously enjoyed it.

The games setting and premise are great, but it suffers from pretty poor execution. The biggest hurdle to get past is the poor narration- lots of interesting turns to the the story, but almost everything interesting that will happen will happen off screen. Battles are fought, fleets wiped out, pirates sack cities,etc and you get to hear about it later in a few throw-away lines from some NPC. This fractured narration often means you have no idea what to do next. You succeed in some mission and are left high-and-dry, so you revisit every NPC in the game in the hopes something has changed somewhere. The combat ranges from decent to downright poor. Whole battles are fought against creatures that spend most of the fight limping toward you. The magic system starts off fairly worthless but mid-game becomes so powerful that difficulty goes away entirely.

Best rpg I ever seen !