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Roleplay similar to Final Fantasy but without the frills.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This isnt an easy game but its not complex like some other RP's. The length of play on this game is good and the storyline is ok (I think they could have fleshed out the characters a little) but it has nowhere near the depth as Secret of Mana. The "movies" in between the action sequences are similar to the ones in the Final fantasy snes games and the graphics are better but in my opinion there are too many of them. Overall I like Illusion of Gaia and I still go back to it when im sick of gaining levels in FF or Mana. It really depends on weather you are looking for storyline or heavy action.

More Zelda-esque than Final Fantasy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 06, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Overall, a great game -- memorable enough that here now two years after I last played it I'm buying it as a Christmas gift for a friend who still owns a Super Nintendo. This game is more accesible to players who are not so RPG hardcore. Elements of RPGs are there, but the play is much closer to Zelda games, where you walk around a dungeon and the battles are live action (you encounter your enemy and have to manuvuer to hit them), rather than the RPG menu system. The challenge level is just enough to keep it interesting, and the graphics are superb even for a game so old. I can't imagine regretting buying this title.

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I like this game, I don't think it is as good as the Zelda games, but it was a good substitute after I beat Zelda, and needed more. I like games that make you think, instead of only fighting games. There are alot of puzzles to figure out on this game. I really wish they would make a Legend of Gaia for N64. I would buy it immediately.

This Game was so much fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game was so cool; it took alot of patience, but after you try it out, it pays off.Definetly a buyer.

A Must Have for any RPG Enthusiast

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A really great game. If you like Zelda and Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, get this game! It is like Zelda in how you battle monsters, you gain powers (HP, STR, DEF) as you kill monsters (one area, one ability), and you gain special powers as the story progresses. It has a story in a Chrono Trigger style that you have a bunch of people travelling around (except you only control one of them). Interesting original story. Also a nice message/insight. I recommend this game to any RPG Enthusiast.

Simply awesome...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Originally called Soul Blazer II in Japan, this game completely knocked me off my chair. Its originality and replay vaule are through the roof, not to mention the cool music you get once in a while.

You play as Will, a mysterious boy who seems to have Psychic powers. His friends seem to think that this power is some sort of Sixth Sense.

Plenty of traveling in this game. You learn the mystery of Will's past, and more as you travel through dangerous ruins, climb incredible heights, explore many towers, castles and more....

This game fits together so well, you'll end up replaying again and again, to try and find all 50 Jewels (the ultimate side-quest in the game).

So, I'd call this game a rent, and if you can find it anywhere for a good used price, grab it!

A great game with One, and only one, major flaw.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure where to begin with this game... Well, first of all, the story is highly original and quite interesting. I like the fact that the game is based on a future Earth, with real places from history as its dungeons. Wonderful idea. The graphics are pretty standard SNES fare, with a slight combination of Zelda and Chrono Trigger. Some of the music is excellent and very moving too. I especially like the little world map tune, the mysterious flute tune that plays at the Inca ruins, and, most of all, that song that plays when you save the game and choose to quit for now (I wish I knew the names of these songs, they're great).

The gameplay is fun, and the places you visit are quite exotic, from the floating city, to the Nazca plain, to the Great Wall of China. This RPG spans the ancient world. Like Zelda, the bosses are huge and challenging, and they require strategy to defeat.

So, why not all 5 stars? Well, there's the story... while most of the story is wonderful, there is just one critical part of it that seems to have been completely uninspired... the Ending. I won't spoil it, but I will say that I found the ending very disappointing and even a little depressing. I found myself saying, "What? That's it?" It seems as if they were in a rush to just finish the game and as a result produced a very shabby end to an otherwise awesome game.

Nintendo makes a new classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You begin as a boy, in a small town wanting to simply travel the world out of simple curiosity. You then travel the world (eventually finding two other souls to join you), pretty much going to the 7 wonders of the world, and beating monsters, solving puzzles and riddles with new skills you learn in your journey. Its a very good game for your brain. This game also spares you travel time of having to travel from point A to point B, by just having a map displaying where the heroes are going. No travel time is to make up for the fact that it is not always obvious what to do, so it may take you days to figure out simple puzzles. This an incredible game for learning purposes, as well as its fun gameplay much like the Zelda games (weapon, special item, run and map buttons). With that being said, the buttons are configured nothing like Zelda! It has a very disappointing configuration, but that's why it has a mode where you can configure your own buttons!

Favorite Video Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: February 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Illusion of Gaia kind of proposes the question of what the heck was going on before the continents came to be as they are today. The remarkable thing is that some very cool places that are around today are featured in this game: Angkor Wat, The Pyramids, The Incan Ruins, Nazca, The Great Wall of China, and even though it isn't around today, Mu, which many historians believe to be somewhere.

This game is almost like a Soap Opera. The Players are Will, Kara, Lily, Lance, Eric, Seth and Neil, with minor roles from Grandpa Bill and Granma Lola, the King and Queen, Neils Parents, and Gem, the jeweler and cannot forget Hamlet, Karas Pig. There are also alter egos Freedan and Shadow, and the supreme ruler, Gaia

In this game, your job is stop the Comet of Ages from hitting Earth...well, for the most part, it's more about confronting your destiny as Will with help along the way from your friends and family.

When Will leaves South Cape with Lance, Eric, and Seth, he knows nothing about his destiny. Nothing. Just that he's supposed to stop this comet and find his father. he knows not what to do and not how to do it. Through the help of his friends, you piece together Will's past and Will's future.

This game has everything from love, death, sadness, adventure, frustration...everything in one game. The levels are challenging (Mt. Kress, Angkor Wat) the bosses are hard (The Vampires) the puzzles are confusing (The Pyramid) but a person determined to beat this game can do it.

I didn't like the ending, but hey, the game more than made up for it

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a excelent game and so is the Final Fantasy Series. This is a must have game!

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