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Reminds me of "Shining Force" games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: July 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This little game has an unimpressive beginning but gets better as it progresses. The graphics are so 32 bit, and yet quite engaging at times. Even though this is not a strategy game, the battles are fought shining-force style on a grid system. There are barriers and land-effects. The menu style is also very shining-force like, as are some of the graphics. The magic system is very sraightforward. If you liked shining force and classic RPG's, you'll like this. One minor flaw: The translation into English is rather imperfect.

Great old-school style RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Although the story line is a fairly simple, it's very engaging and the characters are cute and very likeable! The graphics are typical of PSP RPGs, but the colors are fantastic. Some of the boss battles are pretty challenging, but regular battles usually just require learning how to work the system. I love this game, it reminds me of my childhood.

A great game for its genre

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: July 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Astonishia Story is a very basic RPG game for the PSP. It offers top-down 2-dimensional style graphics with grid style battles. Whether you like this game or not will really depend on if you enjoy these styles of games.

For those of us who grew up playing Zelda and other similar games which had little blocky people running around a blocky world attacking enemies, the attraction here is very real. You don't need stunning graphics to have fun. You are a knight on a quest, working your way through betrayals and seeking to prove yourself. Random monsters jump you frequently, and you have to fight them off by moving around on a grid until you get next to them. You can only fight ahead or sideways - your attacking skills don't work on a diagonal :)

People who weaned their RPG skills on high end graphics and lush cinematics will find this game hopelessly pong-like. The dialogue is rather simple. The plot is rather simple. The graphics are ... less than simple.

On the other hand, people who can enjoy the elements of an RPG without needing the graphics around them will appreciate what this offers. Gameplay is straightforward. You don't need to memorize 80 buttons to attack - in fact, you can do everything pretty much with one finger. There aren't panic attacks as you try to hit buttons in time. The game patiently waits for you to make your choice. There's no swearing or mature situations. It's nice to find a game that is enjoyable and that everyone can play.

The graphics, once you accept that they're working in a flat two dimensional environment, are really are quite nice. The castles and landscapes have nice amounts of details to them.

Even so, I wish they did a little more playtesting before they released the game. There are subtle things that they could have improved that really would have made the game run more smoothly. There are maps where it looks like you can go from X to Y, but an invisible barrier blocks you and you have to go around another way. Why not put a ledge or mountain or something there? It is also hard sometimes to tell the difference between enemies and friends. Something like a colored block beneath enemies could really help out here.

Still, the game is what it is, and plays nicely for people interested in that genre. If you're not a fan of two dimensional RPGs like the old Zelda games, you'll probably want to give this game a pass.

Lame rpg, period.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 29
Date: June 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is horrible, i cant believe i wasted my $40. The graphics are nothing special, the monster battles are boring, the story is just lame and the writing is terrible. It is completely obvious what is going to happen next in this game, it simply copies previous RPG storylines. The menu system is annoying, and the quests are boring and really short, i read somewhere that the total gameplay time for this game is about 10 hours. There is really nothing good about this game (except the case, thats why i bought it, cuz i thought the case looked cool, DONE BE DECIEVED LIKE I WAS). I can't believe that this game made it to the market.

I played this game for about 40 min (after 10 i was pissed that i wasted my money, but I kept playing to see if it would get better....it didn't) I ended up selling this game for $16 the next day! what what a waste. With that money I bought The Legend of Heroes for the PSP WHICH IS A GREAT RPG FOR THIS SYSTEM buy that game instead!!!

Bottom line...
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME
buy The Legend of Heroes and The Legend of Heroes 2 which comes out on the 20th of June.

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