Enchanted Arms (Xbox 360, 2006)

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THIS IS A GOOD GAME THAT WILL KEEP EVEN THE MOST SKILLED PLAYER OF THESE GAMES ENTERTAINED FOR 30 TO 50 HOURS.
WHILE THE GRAPHICS IN THIS GAME ARE GOOD THERE MORE LIKE THE LAST GENERATION GAMES,AT TIMES THE GRAPHICS ARE AMAZING BUT OVER ALL THERE JUST OK.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS GAME I WOULD RECOMMEND RENTING IT OR BUYING IT USED.

Experience one of the first true next-gen roleplaying game (RPG) adventures. Developed exclusively for Xbox 360™, Enchanted Arms™, a best-selling RPG in Japan, now finally arrives in the U.S.

Embark on an epic RPG adventure and escape to a fantasy world filled with beautiful cinematic-quality graphics, unique characters, and bizarre creatures. Take on the role of Atsuma, Enchanter in-Training, and transform from a naïve student into the most powerful savior in a war 1,000 years in the making.

Immerse yourself in a deep storyline as you face increasingly difficult challenges and learn to master Atsuma's special fighting and magical attacks.

If you love RPGs this game is designed perfectly for you. You will love this adventure. Highly rated in Japan. Just another highly rated PlayStation game becoming available to the XBOX 360, comes out August 29th 2006. Enjoy.

I'm a fan of old-school RPGs, for the very reasons many people HATE old-school RPGs. The turn-based fighting, the in-depth fighting styles, 60+ hours of gameplay, multiple characters to control and upgrade, extensive storylines multiple twists and twines and random fights that doesn't seem physically possible! I love all of that, and for once, an RPG on the 360 has all of this and much more.

The story takes some time to build, so those without patience should not attempt this game. It starts out in a very uplifting mood, where you travel around a University for Gifted Enchanters and travel to Yokohama city, where a festival is taking place. After some traveling, mini-games, and "Golem" battles (Golems: Robots/Artificial Life you control on the battle field), disaster breaks out and you find your school in shambles...

The game easily has 60+ hours of gameplay through the main story and mini-games. Those with that pokemon-esque itch will find themselves hunting Golems to control. The battle system is pretty intense, the field is a 8x4 grid where you can move your character into one of the slots and unleash one of his/her/it's attacks that will hit one or multiple opponents. It takes some getting use to, but this game features great and painless tutorials on how to effectively use the system. I say painless because I know a lot of people hate tutorials, as do I, however this is pretty painless, it's more basic instructions then lots of mindless back history on the creation of the style that you really just don't care about.

The story is amazing, not necessarily for kids though. There is certain situations children will most likely ask about and you will most likely not want to answer. Cultures in the game do resemble cultures in real life, and you can tell who they are suppose to resemble as soon as you learn of the cities name. The graphics are great for an RPG, especially when you use the crazy EX moves in battle.

If anything, this game is at least worth a rental. Of course, you will need more then day. If you're a 360 owner that is looking for a great old-school experience brought up to date, you will not be disappointed by this game!

I'm a big RPG fan. Last time I actually sat down and enjoyed a good RPG was Finaly Fantasy 7 for PS2 and Shining Force for Sega. Since then, it's been impossible to find a RPG I could immerse myself in. (with the exception of oblivion, which is a good game, but I grew tired of it pretty quick)
Enchanted Arms is a solid game. No complaints really. I'm still working on beating it and I have already put 20+ hours into it. The game is a good one, especially for me to invest that much of my time into it. I would rate this game a B+.

Pros:
40+ hours of game play before you beat the game
Nice textures and graphics
Descent story line
Nice ideas as far as characters/golems go

Cons:
A little to much running around
A lot of cut scenes you can not skip

This Game is truely great in every way! The graphics are beautiful and the battle system is really fun!

A little to strange for me. I am used to over the top characters but their is one character that takes it to far for my taste.

Enchanted Arms is quite good for a first attempt at a 360 traditional RPG. You won't find anything exceptional here, nor will you find anything new. If you're looking for a solid, turn-based RPG, then you could do far worse than Enchanted Arms. The good options for auto fighting, fast forwarding through battles and scores of golems to hunt are brought down by several unfortunate shortcomings. The battle system is generic and battles occur far too often for their own good, making for gameplay that can get boring at times. The story delivery needs a complete overhaul, starting with the character's dialogue. Still, for traditional RPG fans, the good will outweigh the bad and an enjoyable experience is there for the taking. Any game that allows you to fight a giant pizza-faced monster can't be all bad, right?

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I had three days off from class and work, and I wanted a game to ignite my gaming passion and keep me occupied for those three days. I had seen Enchanted Arms several times; it had caught my attention with the cover and being an RPG title, so I finally picked it up to give it a go.
It's your typical RPG style game, start slow, engage you with a story, grind, grind, grind til the finish. The combat system is pretty simple, placing you on a 3 x 3 grid facing your opponents grid of the same size with random enemy encounters. You have varied attacks hitting varying locations on the grid to smite your enemies and protect yourself. The combat itself is pretty easy to pick up, and once you learn the strengths and weaknesses of certain attacks you'll be wiping the floor with your enemies in no time. One of the things you do have to keep an eye on are Vitality Points, which will decrease after each battle depending on the number of turns taken and damage taken. It is imperative to keep battles short as lots of turns and lots of damage subtract from this total and reduce the number of battles your characters can participate in. When the total reaches zero, your character will enter battle with 1 health and 1 EP (magic).
One of the fun features I enjoyed was the creation of golems. You can create a huge variety of golems to aid in your quests, from healers to damage dealers to downright weird creations. The Crazy Pizza golem certainly made my day with it's weirdness and style. Unfortunately, the golems all don't speak English so when they comment in battle and upon their creation you have no idea what they say. Fortunately, they don't play a part in cinematics.
All in all, it was a good game that did what I wanted to do: it occupied my time and gave me a good challenge in trying to acquire all the golems. I enjoyed the game very much and would recommend it to all you die-hard RPG fans. Oh, and don't let Makoto turn you off this fun game.

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This game is one of the most boring games I have ever played. The graphics are pretty cool and the golems kick butt, but the overall play of the game is very childish. It walks you through every step, and the dialogue is sometimes so stupid and unnecessary it makes you want to just turn it off.

Pros
+ Some nice cutscenes & special effects.
+ Ability to play with a friend online.
+ Large worlds to explore & a story with depth.

Cons
- Too much dialogue that you cannot skip.
- Too much walking.
- Repetitive, turn-based combat.

Comments
I don't understand why you can only play with a friend online & not offline as well. The game is pretty standard as far as turn-based RPGs go. The 360 does not look like it is being pushed to the limit graphically though. This is a fun game to play at least once but the gameplay is far too repetitive to insist buying.

Verdict
Hardcore RPG fans only. You'll be getting at least 50+ hours of gameplay.

Graphics 5/5 While they arent the greatest looking, there are a lot of parts of the game where it really does shine.
Story 5/5 The story is actually pretty good. It has a lot in common with other JRPGs, but differs a lot.
Gameplay 5/5 The Battle system in this game is where it truly shines. Also with an online mode to battle golems, it keeps the action going.
Overall funfactor 5/5 This game was an enjoyable experience overall, which had a pretty linear story line, with a few sidequests to add some more playtime.

This game hasn't had the best reviews from magazines mostly because it doesn't have the name "Final Fantasy" attached to it. But give it a chance and you may like it a lot.

Product came sealed but slightly damaged, probably damaged en route. Took about 10 days to recieve. Nevertheless, a reliable seller, would buy from again.

I like it, but it was not very long or deep.
I hope xbox 360 puts out something like Final Fantasy X

Its quirky in spots, but it was an excellent grid/turn based combat system. Kinda a tactics style/turn base rpg hybrid. The Holy beast Shrine side quest is brutally challenging.

fun entertaining story and great graphics a must have for rpg fans with a 360
here are some of the facts of the game Easy to navigate interface, the ability to move characters in-battle and distance-dependent attacks create fast paced action; deep storyline with multiple objectives and branching missions; over 100 fully animated and highly detailed 3D characters with distinct faces and unique personalities. Includes over one hour of anime style cinematics; go head-to-head in 1 versus 1 battle and challenge other gamers on Xbox live

Enchanted Arms was a fun game, if your expecting Final Fantasy or Phantasy Star pass this one up. If you're looking for a fun RPG for the 360 check it out. The story is very linear which is kinda lame, but it does tell pretty decent story by the time you finish. The graphics look great on a HDTV, which is a nice sell point. The games fighting system is not your standard chose a monster pick an attack, you have to be in range on a grid and you have to pick the right attack pattern. This adds a little more thought into the fighting system. It doesn't make the game great, but it does add an element of strategy over most RPGS. It's an easy 1000 gamer points also, you just have to play the game to get the achievements, no fancy secrets to unlock or tricks. If you finish you get the full 1000 points.

I'm not going to sugarcoat it, this game is average at best. Compared to other top hits for the Xbox 360 (such as Gears of War, Halo 3 or Resident Evil 5), this game seems mediocre. But, if you're looking for an old-fashion turn-based RPG (harder and harder to find, these days), then this is a good one.

The first spin off a classic RPG is that the battles are formatted a little differently. Characters are placed on each side of the field (your side vs. enemy side). Each field is a small grid, aprox. 3x10. Each character takes up a certain amount of space. Attacks also attack in their own pattern. Some attacks attack everyone in one line, some attack the front 2 rows, some attack one column.

Another weird feature is the characters that battle with you: about 4 or 5 main characters are capable of battle. The rest are "golems" which are creatures (yugioh fans will be tempted to call them "monsters"), that are either battled and captured in dugeons or bought from shops. Both characters & golems level up to increase health, damage, defense - typical RPG stuff. Only main characters learn new abilities, though.

The graphics are decent and the music appropreate (though "good" may be a little optimistic). There are times when the voice-acting really sets the scene, and other times when you just wish there was a "skip" button (which there is not). Another thing on that, there are times when the conversation is dull and boring and frankly, doesn't add anything to the storyline.

There's plenty of gametime (the entire game took me about 50 hours). -However, a decent amount of it is spent training and trying to win money at the casino (the only way to get some of the more powerful golems).

The games difficulty is mixed. The beggining is easy. Later in gets pretty hard. Then easier. The final boss (SPOILER: it has like, 6 stages) is difficult and time-consuming (took me 1 hour & 32 minutes).

If you can get the game for $30 or less, it's worth at least playing around with. Much more, and I'd just save it for Final Fantasy when it comes out.

I bought it because i wanted a 360 rpg, and i didnt really own one. It was the first of the square enix games for the 360 so i thought i'd give it a shot.

It's an alright game. It's something to do.
Not too great, not horribly bad.
The whole golem thing is a nice feature.

Graphics, gameplay and character management are very easy! And the gameplay is great! Easy Achievement points! Dialogue gets quite lengthy, but is still enjoyable...Overall good experience!

Very Fun and Very Easy, Great for RPG lovers and for Acheivement Whorz like me! :)Highly recommended game 9/10 easily.