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Disappointing, monotonous, not like original Jade Cocoon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am sorry to have to say this, but this sequel to the highly entertaining and original Jade Cocoon is not only totally unlike its predecessor, but it is without doubt the single worst RPG that I have ever played. (And I did finish the game, because I didn't have the heart to stop playing the sequel to one of my favorite games without really giving it a chance.)

Why? First of all, all of the features that made Jade Cocoon fun and interesting, such as catching monsters and breeding them and coming up with totally new monsters, breeding monsters to have a variety of available attacks within one elemental power, and upgrading armor and weapons of the player character as the game progresses are TOTALLY ABSENT FROM THIS GAME. Instead of catching monsters and then breeding the monsters you catch to come up with a wide variety of different results, you have certain "Divine Beasts" (not "minions" anymore) that you hatch from eggs, and then you go and defeat a limited number of certain kalma (evil divine beasts) to get cocoons that you then PAY a FEE to merge with the beasts that you hatched from the eggs. This does not seem to affect the look of the beast or what it turns into at all. Furthermore, a beast can only have one ability in any one elemental area at a time--it cannot have more than one different earth special attack, for example.

Also--and this really bothers me--the battle system is totally different from the battle system in the original Jade Cocoon. You cannot select which enemies your beasts attack when you are fighting, if there are multiple enemies; and your beasts can only use the type of elemental attack that they are aligned with on your beast amulet. If a beast is currently on the fire side of the amulet, it can only do fire attacks--and it can only have ONE fire attack. As if having tremendously frustrating battles weren't enough, these battles are constant. You are constantly getting into stupid, very rarely avoidable little fights with the annoying little beasts that are roaming about everywhere. It is very repetetive, monotonous, and unsatisfying. Also, any battles that are supposed to be difficult are merely a matter of waiting until your enemy's MP is totally drained--then, even the bosses are ridiculously simple to beat.

Finally, there are two other major problems with this game. 1. The localization is not that great. Characters say things that sound unnatural. For example, they often say, "Yow" or "Yeow" to express surprise when a more natural translation would be "Yikes" or "Wow." (This happens a lot in translating from Japanese to English, with this particular word, as you will notice if you read any mangas. Don't ask me why.) 2. There is practically no plot. It is a common problem in current RPG's to have too many cutscenes, but this game goes to the opposite extreme--there are practically none. What little plot there is is simply uninteresting.

So, if you're looking for a good monster-breeding RPG, play the original Jade Cocoon. I regret to say that I would not recommend this game to anyone, especially fans of the original game.

~*~Finally, a revolution~*~

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ah... amen. Miracles do happen. Jade Cocoon's graphics and controls where so horrible, I can't believe how much this follow-up game has impressed me.

Take the role of Kahu, the new beast hunter boy cursed by that good ol' fairy Nico. Tame beasts and meet a million new and old faces. Trust me, this game's no washout.

Enjoy the improved graphics, the new characters, and the revolutionary new battle system. Final Fantasy X has a rival...

Still not convinced? Rent it. Play it. Be changed by it. If that isn't enough, ahh... what about the "Sweet Knights"?

=)
-=Dandi=-

Have to buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 21
Date: December 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As I went to Best Buy I was looking for Final fantasy 10 but they ran out then I looked around and found this game. I couldnt wait to play it. I played it for a few hours and loved it. Its like pokemon but lot better. In this game u get to have 4 elements then you have 8 people in a circle so 8 aniamls. Then they do there own thiing then you can merge them and make them strong. There are 4 island with 5 stages and they are short forest levels. It is not like Dark Cloud where its a huge place. I recomend you to bye it. The story line is ok but game play is great.

a RPG with a dash of anime

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: December 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

think of this game like pokemon (but alot better) on steroids, minus every thing cute

Fun..Easy...Complex

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The fact that you can have so different combinations with this game makes it playable over and over again. Name your beasts, watch them grow. Fight with them and watch them evolve. Care for them and merge them. You have four different elements to play with. Easy to learn. The menus are easy to use. Overall the game is easy to learn. But with how many different beasts you can use and how you merge them makes gives the game more depth. There also numerous side quests.

Enjoy!

This is actually Jade Cocoon 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love playing this game. Its consuming me. But I'm renting it and I want to own it! And by the way, its Kahu (kaw-hoo). And I did find in Game FAQs lots of info on all the levels for this game so I'm not even close to being half way.

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