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A videogame for the playas.... =P

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The ONLY weak link in this game is the battle system. As a Japanese RPG, it is a very tight package. Plot, storyline, character development, character interaction graphics (dated, but the FMV rivals Square) and the voice acting (perfectly cheesy) is all first rate. The gameplay is excellent and the dating sim more fun than I possibly imagined, and quite possibly this is the funniest game I ever played. I wish the genre was more popular in America.

As I said the battle system is the only weak link. It takes place in 2D, similar to a 2D fighter. The monsters are on the left, your 3 characters on the right. Only your front character can actually fight. The two in the back can only cast support spells, but this battle design makes the battles pretty easy. I don't think I died one time. Nonetheless the rest of the game makes up for this shortcoming. Come on Atlus! Where's the sequel?!?

Thousand Arms

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is beyond amazing. The graphics are wonderful, the plot is interesting, and all of this without the ease. This is one of the hardest games I've played in my life, but it's still realistic, and it's hilariously funny. I wouldn't suggest this game to someone who isn't a dedicated gamer...it's tough and takes a lot of patience. The only thing I object to is the dating part of the game- it's not as realistic as the rest. If you give a girl a comb she's not going to say "Oh my gosh! I've ALWAYS wanted this!" as does some of the girls in Thousand Arms. But the thing I love the most is you can really get into this game...feel the emotions of the characters and make you want to kick the bad-guy into outer space. Give this game thought, and if you're not sure, rent it. It's worth the chance and the money!

An Awesome Game For Any RPG Fans!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has to be one of the best dating RPG's of all time! The story starts off with a teenager named Meis, who is an apprentice of an old man named Jyabil. As Meis trains to become a Spirit Blacksmith the Dark Accolytes come to invade towns while the Emperor tries to figure out how to become a god. Meis meets alot of pretty girls and you go on dates with them to power up with spells. GET THIS GAME NOW!

Thousand arms

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Thousand Arms is an awesome RPG video game, especially for the anime lover! It has an awesome intro, but you shoud only get the game if youre interested in playing a few hours at a time, because you won't be able to put it down!

Please dont bore me...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Any game can be pretty, but give me a RPG with some backbone. If you take away the useless, repeative, and ocationaly humorus "dating" that occures, you have a 65 pound wanna-be blacksmith that thinks he's Gods gift to woman kind, and the (and I mean THE) worst battle engine an experienced RPGer can conceive of. Personally I dont want to play a RPG that makes me dread every battle that I encounter. I sold my copy half way though the first disk to a freind for $5, and I think I ripped him off. Dont bother.

Jimmy's Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is so awesome! most people think that it's sexist due to the usage of women to gain power, but on the contrary, it's not that bad. i think that the game teaches one to respect women. in fact, it also gives you a view on what true love means. the special skills are not that bad either. almost everthing is linked to humor and it adds a light-hearted feeling (something that rpg games need to include more often). all in all, this game is really good!

Good, but with major flaws

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The story is interesting, if a bit linear, and the dating elements of the game are hilarious! You'll find youself purposefully saying the wrong thing in order to hear the answers you'll get. However, the battle system is incredibly tedious - the one-on-one system, combined with the high random encounter rate, will have you ready to pull out your hair in no time!

Very Different!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First off im just gonna say that this game is very weird, one of the most unique games ever. You will probably never play any game like this unless there is a sequel. This is because of the way you learn new spells, you date women! This is very funny because of what they ask and their different reactions, and it is in dialogouge and interactive anime! My complaints are in the battle system factor, it is just kinda dumb. Your three characters are lined up in a row and when on dies the other comes in, so you only fight with one character at a time. This game is very fun, and it can help all those desperate guys out there who aren't gettin' any action. ^_^

The anime sequences are really good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has a cool battle system that is unique.This game has an interesting and fun gameplay to it because you don't buy any new weapons but instead you forge your sword and you have to have a girl on your team each girl has a different elemental based forge to it and you can change the elemental by forging with a new girl when ever you forge you have to have a level up and what it does is that it advances your sword and if you wait to get alot of level ups then it will change a good bit how your sword looks and the strength of the sword....One cool thing about this game is that you can date over 9 girls and they all have different personalities and ask you questions on dates and they react in a mad way or a good way you can also play different mini games with girls which are fun.The storyline for the game is cool and they switch to cutscenes sometimes and shows you whats going on which is cool.The dark acolytes in the game are the enemies which are always bosses and are prettty cool.Which the games basically about the dark acolytes that are trying to take over villages and towns.The music in this game is good and is fun music.The animated movie sequences are very nice and have good graphics which I like Japanese animation alot anyways.One thing that I want to just throw in is that why people say that the storyline for Final Fantasy VIII is so boring when FF8 has a very good storyline and the game gets twisted near the end...Anyways I beat Thousand Arms in 40:00+ and it was overall a fun,unique,and had a creative gameplay to it as in other games besides the Final Fantasy games this game is one of the only games that I know of right now that have a different gameplay as in the equiping ability that I see on most RPGs but I haven't played much RPGs though I would rent a couple but most of them at the stores aren't the ones that I want.

Thousand Arms VS Final Fantasy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is an excellent RPG. Don't get me wrong, Final Fantasy is also a great RPG. The only differences between these two games are for one, Thousand Arms offers several mini games. It also has cartoon type sequences in which the characters talk. You cannot put a voice to the Final Fantasy characters. However, when comparing the two games fighting sequences, Thousand Arms offers easier battles. All in all, the game is excellent and worth the money.

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