Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn, 1998)
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Platform: Saturn
Release Date: Dec 1998
Rating: Teen
UPC: 735366127060
Product ID: EPID56205534
Description: As a world built on dreams crumbles toward extinction, three innocent girls from Earth, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, are summoned to the fantastic world of Cephiro, where they must become the warriors of legend that are the key to salvation. As...
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Definitely enjoyable, but worth the price?
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Magic Knight Rayearth is an action adventure game for the Sega Saturn similar in its gameplay to Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past or the later Ys games, though a little more simplistic. As one of the final games to be released for the American Sega Saturn, and published by Working Designs, it's a true collectors item, but what of the game itself?
The actual gameplay is average. A solid and simple hack and slash overhead adventure. In fact, gameplay may seem relatively slow-paced compared to games such as Ys V, though this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The first hours do become a little tedious. However, the game compensates by presenting legitimately challenging puzzles and mazes after the first two dungeons.
The graphics are bright and colorful, the music is memorable, and the overall presentation of the world is on par with Link to the Past. The characters, both playable and background, present a lot of personality that players will either love or hate. Fans of the anime or manga series should note that though the game is based on them, the game consists almost entirely of original events. The three heroines have idiosyncrasies unique to the game and the game works as a stand alone story.
In summary: the game is simple, though fun to play, and draws much of its strength from its charm. Some may dislike its lack of depth and scarcity of action based gameplay, but ultimately it's good points outweigh its flaws. How much one is willing to pay, unfortunately, may depend more upon its worth as a collectors item than the actual game.
The actual gameplay is average. A solid and simple hack and slash overhead adventure. In fact, gameplay may seem relatively slow-paced compared to games such as Ys V, though this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The first hours do become a little tedious. However, the game compensates by presenting legitimately challenging puzzles and mazes after the first two dungeons.
The graphics are bright and colorful, the music is memorable, and the overall presentation of the world is on par with Link to the Past. The characters, both playable and background, present a lot of personality that players will either love or hate. Fans of the anime or manga series should note that though the game is based on them, the game consists almost entirely of original events. The three heroines have idiosyncrasies unique to the game and the game works as a stand alone story.
In summary: the game is simple, though fun to play, and draws much of its strength from its charm. Some may dislike its lack of depth and scarcity of action based gameplay, but ultimately it's good points outweigh its flaws. How much one is willing to pay, unfortunately, may depend more upon its worth as a collectors item than the actual game.
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) What I liked about this game was that it's an RPG and I like those kind of games, especially if it's anime-based. I'm not really a fan of the Magic Knight Rayearth anime series, but I really enjoyed the game. The game is adventurous and have many anime-cut scenes, some from the anime too. So, whether someone is a fan of the anime or not, people would still enjoy this game; and I've also heard that this is one of the best Sega Saturn games and it really is. What I was disappointed about this game was that it was not much of a challenge. The game for Super Nintendo was more interesting than this one. So, I really liked this game, I just wish it was more challenging, that's all.
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Magic Knight Rayearth on Sega SaturnReview created: 03/23/08
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) Magic Knight Rayearth is an Action/RPG that requires you to explore, solve puzzles, manage Items, and fight the baddies on your way to saving the usual land/planet etc.
You play as three 14 year old girls that reside in Tokyo.Once summoned to the land of Cephiro you begin to explore under the guidance of a wizard.As you proceed through each town you get closer and closer to the bad guy/enemy and figuring out the mystery that lies behind the planet Cephiro.
The Graphics are of the typical anime style game.Smooth 2D textures mixed in with a clean prerendered background combine for a very crisp and easy going mood. Nice addition's to the game are the 100+ hand drawn cut sequences that really add to the story's depth and further draw you in.
Although there is not a huge variety of music, the smooth tunes of village exploration serves it's purpose. Music for the bosses are a bit more up tempo, which get you into the action right away.
The one area that really stands out is the vioce acting. I just can't seem to get over how superb the quality of the voice acting is. Each character's voice and tone of speech fit's in perfectly with each characters personality and gives you more of an incentive to love or hate that character.
While the gameplay is simple enough some say that its way too easy for seasoned gamers. Using your weapon is efficient and has a very straightforward approach.As for your magic spells each character only has three magic spells that can be used. There is also an inbalance of magic spells where some spells take up MUCH more magic points than others. The puzzles also blend well with the game and don't give a feeling of straying away from the games' storyline.
Magic Knight Rayearth is a fantastic game that will keep you going back for well over 30 hours (only short i know) butthis was the last game to be released in the united states and was translated by Working Designs who are no longer around but they translated loads of Action/RPG games from the east all of which were great.
If your a Saturn owner you MUST own this title,as for dislikes i didnt have any and i would highly recommend this game to anyone.
Also incase you didnt know this game was NEVER released in the UK on the SEGA SATURN and buying a US NTSC version is THE only way to enjoy this great little game.
You play as three 14 year old girls that reside in Tokyo.Once summoned to the land of Cephiro you begin to explore under the guidance of a wizard.As you proceed through each town you get closer and closer to the bad guy/enemy and figuring out the mystery that lies behind the planet Cephiro.
The Graphics are of the typical anime style game.Smooth 2D textures mixed in with a clean prerendered background combine for a very crisp and easy going mood. Nice addition's to the game are the 100+ hand drawn cut sequences that really add to the story's depth and further draw you in.
Although there is not a huge variety of music, the smooth tunes of village exploration serves it's purpose. Music for the bosses are a bit more up tempo, which get you into the action right away.
The one area that really stands out is the vioce acting. I just can't seem to get over how superb the quality of the voice acting is. Each character's voice and tone of speech fit's in perfectly with each characters personality and gives you more of an incentive to love or hate that character.
While the gameplay is simple enough some say that its way too easy for seasoned gamers. Using your weapon is efficient and has a very straightforward approach.As for your magic spells each character only has three magic spells that can be used. There is also an inbalance of magic spells where some spells take up MUCH more magic points than others. The puzzles also blend well with the game and don't give a feeling of straying away from the games' storyline.
Magic Knight Rayearth is a fantastic game that will keep you going back for well over 30 hours (only short i know) butthis was the last game to be released in the united states and was translated by Working Designs who are no longer around but they translated loads of Action/RPG games from the east all of which were great.
If your a Saturn owner you MUST own this title,as for dislikes i didnt have any and i would highly recommend this game to anyone.
Also incase you didnt know this game was NEVER released in the UK on the SEGA SATURN and buying a US NTSC version is THE only way to enjoy this great little game.
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