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Please heed the warnings

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

... this game is horrible. Please, do not be caught up as I was with the promise of a PS2 RPG. This game is difficult to play, boring and many times brings on the "smack my head with a controller" syndrome. If you got this game for free, give it five minutes of your time. But never drop a dollar for this, or it will be a dollar wasted... this game is bad. Very bad. And I'm sorry I bought it.

Oy...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OK. People, you should seriously save your money and not buy this game--if you want to rent it go ahead, I'm glad I did, because if I had bought it I would have made a BIG mistake. Ugh...to start, the controls are REALLY hard to use, and once you get used to them (if you ever) they make your hand start to hurt. And when you go out of town, every 10 seconds stupid and annoying monsters show up that you can kill in a snap. And the graphics are HORRIBLE!! Waaaaah, the graphics of PS1 are just as good, if not better...and the storyline is rather unorigial...the minigames don't even make sense, there's never anything to do, you always get lost and it takes forever to get around, and...must I go on? So basically, don't buy this game. It's a waste of you money and your time.

HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: September 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the hardest rpg's ever made! it relies on time,the battle system is tough,and the music minigame sucks! If you want a rpg do not get this! there much better rpgs out there!

Dont buy it a waste of money!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: January 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Its a bad game and the story is really boring, at first i was really looking forward to meeting the princess but i got sick of the repeative scenes, the music sucks! its soo annoying! all and all dont buy it! get yourself something else lots of rpg's out there that are much better than this, hell lots of ps1 games surpass this one by a mile!

What happened here?!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has some very inovative concepts but they are not developed very well, for example, there is a mini-game where one has to hit certain buttons at certain times so that the character will play the right notes. When you hit a note perfectly the word great is displayed on the screen, but it is diplayed right over the notes that you have to play next. It is very irritating. Also, the story can become boring, the same five days just keep repeating and you have to solve it. The only problem is that every time the days start over, you lose all of your built up items and your money. Again this is very annoying. I say that if you really need an RPG right now, then this is pretty much your only choice but if you can wait a little longer I would go with Final Fantasy X.

Why, Oh Why did KCEJ port this horrid title?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I thought the same thing as most gamers would when I laid my eyes upon this new addition to the video game store's shelves; "Cool, an actual RPG for the PS2". I luckily made the ever so wise decision of renting this game before buying it, because I nearly became ill once the game began. The cut scenes are badly done, with all of the character's having no voice acting & the messages scrolling by in realtime, nearly too fast for you to complete reading what they've just said. The graphics are far below par on all counts, the game looks like it could have run on the PSOne, let alone a next gen system like the PS2. The story is slow & boring & the constant load times are sure to drive you crazy. The camera angles leave more than something to be desired. About the only joy you will gain from this game is during the battle sequences, if you last that long.

One of the worst RPG's I've played

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I tried to like this game, but it has so few redeeming qualities that it is just not worth wasting your time on. It has some originality with the idea of repeating the same week over and over, but this idea is executed very poorly. Most of the time, you just end up waiting around and going through a whole week in the game just to get one little task done. It's boring and frustrating. The battle system is okay. It offers nothing special or unique, but it is adequate, and the graphics (...). Don't buy this game, and even be wary of renting it. No matter how long you play it, it never gets good. Not even close.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE HEART ATTACKS AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: March 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS THE WORST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. You (mouse) is stuck in a constant time loop. Most of the game is running around though the town. Almost 0 progress is made after the beginning. Everytime I try to play this is feel my blood pressure going up because THERE IS NOTHING TO DO! Think a huge castle might be fun to explore? wrong! there are annoying monsters readly to ambush about every 15 seconds. That's another thing. This game relies on time. The graphics are horrible. I think my gameboy had better graphics.. seriously. The one major plus of this game is the music. It has one of the best scores i've ever heard on a game. Up there with the final fantasys'. Rent this before you buy it if you have any intrest at all. If you don't like it, try FFX... that's a good game.

... WASTED!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When i bought this game i thought it would have decent sound the reapetive "Music" really gave me a headace in the first 5 minutes I've played it!!! If you want this game keep in mind you'll be wasting your money!!! If you want real rpg games buy Final Fantasy games!!!

What a joke...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: October 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Why is it that every time a new game system comes out (in this case, the mighty PS2), companies flood the market with poor games, sometimes with graphics which would be a letdown on an OLDER machine, sometimes with gameplay that will put a razor to your wrist, and sometimes games that just out and out suck on all fronts?
While Ephemeral Fantasia may not be the worst game ever made, it is certainly a disappointment, especially when one considers the fact that it was released by Konami. I tried, I mean, I REALLY tried to get into this game, but it is just horrible. Yeah, the minigames are fun (hey, I gave it 2 stars), but please, PLEASE steer clear of this travesty of an RPG. I want my money back...

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