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A Return to the Old, With Plenty of New

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: August 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Brave Story is something many RPG fans have been looking for. Lately, most RPGs seem to reach for an almost unattainable goal, some groundbreaking new territory that will redefine what people expect to see in a game. In all honesty, Brave Story does not do this. Brave Story takes the core of many of the classics, such as the Final Fantasies, and brings in elements that make the gameplay new and refreshing. Simple and intuitive, the game is very easy to pick up and play, without worrying about complex button routines or unusual options menus. The graphics are smooth and impressive, showing a great deal of inidivudal character motion, including unique motions to the various models. Catkin have ears and tails, and both respond much as what you would expect a real cat's too. The attention to detail is wonderful, and refreshing. Battles are fast and fun, with slightly exaggerated sound effect words displaying with each hit, making the game more engaging without being annoying. Another great thing, there are virtually no load times, anywhere. Battles will come and go without any pauses in your gameplay, it takes between 1 to 2 seconds for a battle to be loaded and going. The story has characters that aren't a rehashing of the same stereotypes, but has enough archetypes that players can still recognize their favorite traits. Oh silent protagonist, how we love that you only speak when we have an option to choose what you say.

Brave Story does not redefine the RPG market. It does however, offer gamers a way to enjoy a fun, straightfoward RPG experience with no real downsides. My first reaction was wow, and I have yet to be disappointed with the game. Don't hesitate.

Brave Story: New Traveler.........

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Turn-based RPGs of old(like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Golden Sun) are hard to find in this day and time. Most are taking the action RPG route or some mixture of that & another type of game. So, it's really nice to see XSEED produce a game for us fans of the older Turn-based RPGs. Based upon the manga & anime, Brave Story, the story begins with a young man named Tatsuya and his friend named Miki sitting on a bench. Tatsuya is sitting there playing his PSP, for awhile, when he notices that Miki is missing. Kratos, her dog, barks and shows Tatsuya where Miki is. Finding her unconscious on the ground, Tatsuya sees she is sick from some unknown illness. He wishes that she becomes better when a voice speaks to him. It asks him if he wants to save her and make her healthy once again. He accepts and is whisked away to a land he doesn't know to save his friend. That's where the story begins. Although Tatsuya & Miki were created specifically for the game, many of the cast from the Brave Story manga are in the game. I'll admit, the game is typical old school Turn-based RPG fare but it's a solid game with some of the most breathtaking visuals that I've ever seen on the Playstation Portable. At the present time, you couldn't find a better RPG to waste your time away on.

Amazing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is probably, in my opinion, the very first great and solid RPG on the PSP to date. The story is very interesting and the load times are amazing according to how the graphics look. Everything looks so beautiful in this game and they even have a fun minigame with chicken-looking birds! Definetly worth buying.

Brave Story - Finally a good turn-based rpg for psp!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Finally a good rpg for the psp and it to top it off it's classic turn-based fighting, thank you!!!

I was shocked that turn-based rpgs still exist as they are my favorite and most rpgs today are going the action route. But, if you like games such as final fantasy & dragonquest you won't be disappointed. I was really shocked by the graphics as they are very good, especially for a psp game! Here are my pros and cons of the game.

Pros - Awesome graphics, good gameplay, characters aren't bad , neat spells, cool weapons.

Cons - Voices can be annoying

Hope this review helps.

: ) just... : )

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Prior to buying this game, I read reviews about it from websites such as pspfanboy and it presented both pros and cons to this game. Seeing that most people enjoyed it after playing it, I decided to buy this. I was not disappointed. This game was not some remake from some other system like psx or whatnot, it has the stuff needed to satisfy any gamer who likes the turn based battle rpgs. The storyline is comprehensive, and compared to many other rpgs, the graphics on here are awesome. I am still playing this game, and no, I'm not just some guy that just got this and played for like 30min and decided to write a review. I'm currently around lvl 60 or so, and I still enjoy the unique storyline, and the overall game.

The Best I've Played in a LONG time!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game!! It's everything an *old-style* rpg gamer could ask for and more.

What made it great to me were the quests within a quest. You have the major quest with dozens of mini-quests that are listed in your Questbook once they are activated. While you could finish the game without worrying about the other quests they are what truly made a good game great!

Once the game finishes you can even select a clear save and have a couple of new quests to do should you choose to do so. This game is a must have. It's better to me than Final Fantasy and that's saying a lot.

I am hard of hearing so I can't comment on the music or the voices.

The graphics are so gorgeous that you almost wish you were there too. For me, there is no game out there better than this one and I can't wait for another game with Tatsuya or maybe his son! :)

Awsome!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game rules, I just got it for christmas and I can't put it down!
It is a little time consuming leveling up but other than that it is fantastic!

Unique and Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I find this to be a solid 5 star RPG, something that you just don't see too often these days--for any gaming system. I will just run down a list of why I like the game so much:

1) The graphics are fantastic!

2) The story is interesting and never gets dull or boring.

3) The difficulty is just right.

4) The battle system (turn-based).

Brave Story is a very open-ended and engaging game with tons of side-quests. Even so, you are never left clueless as to what to do next to proceed in the story. This means you can take your time and complete everything, or just play it straight through to the end--the choice is yours. If you complete 100% of this game it will likely take you 40 hours, or more. Also, there is lots of replay value as having different characters in your party unlocks different combined abilities (unity skills). The game does require you to level your characters quite often, but that is part of the fun as you are always learning new abilities.

With newly released rpgs running in such short supply, this game is a fantastic welcome to the PSP library of games. I can only hope that more rpgs of this caliber are in the works.

Great Old School RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun. The graphics are excellent, so much detail for each monster. The characters also change a little with new weapons. There are few side missions that are okay. The game is easy once you level up your character but almost any RPG is when your at level 100. I actually stopped playing Crisis Core to start playing this game and I don't regret it at all.

The Best Game So Far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My Dad ordered tis game for me.Let me tell you this is the best RPG game I've ever played. It has really good graphics to.

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