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COOL!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Personally, I don't have this yet (it's in my wish list) and
have never played it but have seen a complete guide and based on
RPG experience, the other reviews and news from friends, I'd say
it is worthy of the name LEGAIA.

To whoever wrote the JUST A GAME TO PASS TIME review, I dont
mean to insult you but YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RPG AND ARE WRONG!
( Legend [ of ] ) Legaia 2: Duel Saga is a GGGRRREEEAATT GAME

Take me seriously

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I havent played this game. BUT, i have played the first one, and may i say it wasnt a waste of time at all. I have looked at guides and i just say that it looks good. Unless you wont super flashy scenes and voices or whatever. great 10/10 in my book

The best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This was the best role playing game ever. It kills final fantasy. You have to by the game the graphics are great

It's a Legaia sequal?!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: December 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well I must say, when I didn't know anything but the title of the game I thought, 'Wow I wonder what Vahn Noa and Gala will be like' or something.....But to my disappointment, so far, there is no one from "Legend of Legaia" in "Legaia 2"....Which is what I'm most disappointed about. Some of the phrases (what they say when they win a battle) are....um....stupid...I mean really, if Kazan wins a battle sometimes he says, "Ha Ha, You made me thirsty." then he drinks from a canteen! How dumb is that! And one more thing about the characters, if Maya can't talk, than howcome she can whine and gasp when she gets attacked? And Lang looks exactly like Vahn with black hair! One more bad point: the monsters get like WAY harder when you get to Mt. Gabel. OK enough with the bad points, here are my good points of the game.

The graphics are really good! (Anyone who says anything in the game is blocky, can go get their eyes checked!) And the names of the Arts are unique, not the basic 'Hurricane' or 'Cyclone' from the first Legaia game...Well my rating is a 3 1/2 to 4, but if you are a picky gamer, you might want to rent this one first.

This game ....!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game last year around Thanksgiving, and I still am playing it. I mean......Its hard. I like it.

First off, the story is actually a great part of the game. Its not one of those love stories where you try and rescue some stupid princess, its a very original story line that I've never seen. The village of Nohl treasures an elemental crystal called the Aqualith. It has the power to disperse water for eternity, but when it gets stolen, the whole village is in danger. So a rookie member of the Nohl militia, Lang, goes in search to find the thief.

The battle system is unlike any I've ever seen. Its called the Tactical Arts System, where you enter a series of directions with the analog stick, in order to strike an enemy in certain places. If you enter a special series of directions, you may learn new arts. Arts can help you regain lost Ap ( Art points) so you can carry out more powerful attacks. Here are the different Arts you can learn:

Normal Arts: These are simple strikes that recover a certain amount of lost Ap. You can keep 100Ap total.

Super Arts: These are slightly more powerful attacks than normal arts, but these deplete Ap to use them. Try to use a Super Art then recover your lost Ap with a simple Normal Art for decent damage.

Hyper Arts: These are extremely powerful attacks that cost a ton of Ap to use. You can use Hyper Arts by finding them on scrolls, and teaching them to your fighters. Also try talking to people, and you might learn some. By attacking many times with Hyper Arts, you can level them up into more powerful Arts.

Variable Arts: These are really cool. Variable Arts is where two team members attack the same enemy at the same exact time and deal a gargantuin amount of damage. These cost the most amount of Ap out of all the Arts, and each member participating in the attack must have the nessecary amount of Ap to carry out the attack. Use on bosses.

You may also use special magic casted by your origin (or spirit for one character). You need Mp to use them, but they always leave a mark in the enemy.

Many minigames are scattered throughout the land, and you need to find them. Talk to everyone and you may find a hidden minigame to play. Garnening, Side stepping, planting, room creating, and so many more. They are important because if you do it correct you may get important items.

I hope that everyone thinks this review was helpful, Don't miss this game. It is one of the greats for the PS2 and has so many unique qualities that it would suck if you missed out.

Pro's: Great characters
Tactical Arts system is awsome
Ultra tight graphics
Tons of minigames
Amazing story line
Neat music and sounds
Great game length

Cons: Bosses are incredibly hard and could have you very
frustrated at many times
Anoyying battle phrases like, " Ha Ha you made me thirsty," and, " Hey Hey did you see that?!"

The best stinkin game I ever played in my whole life.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My friend asked me if Legaia 2:duel saga was better than Legend of Legaia,duh. Legaia 2 is the greatest game I ever played. The graphics,fighting arts,mini games,and characters are fantastic. I can't even imagine what the gamer who wrote Just to Pass Time was thinking. This game is my life. Since I play it almost every day after I come home from school, I have beaten it several times and it seems like it gets better every time! It seems like every time I play the game,even with the amount of times I've beaten it, there is always more stuff to do. From mini games to separate quests to learning to cook. You should have seen the look on Dien's(one of the characters in the game)face when I beat him with Lang in sidejump. I love the way they took some songs from Legend of Legaia and grafted them in with alot of new songs for Legaia 2. The new songs are so good, when I hear them I can't help but hum along. This is a great and unbelievably stinkin awesome game and I would even recommend it to my worst enemy.
Rating:
Story Line:19/10
Music:15/10
Graphics:18/10
Overall:9999999999999/10

Et tu, Legaia?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to love this game. Who wants to spend money for something and not like it? Maybe at a discounted price this game would be worth it. Any more than that, and there are a few things that you have to consider first. To start with, the graphics in this game are really not where they should be. The characters are rather primitive looking, and there are way too many clipping problems, with hands passing through sleeves (see Maya) and enemies disappearing while they are supposedly getting beat upon (see Sharon) being the most noticeable examples. Shadows seem to be painted on--they are hardly at all dynamic. As a result, Maya seems to have a beard every time she lifts her head. I had to avoid using certain battle arts combinations because it was too depressing seeing such an otherwise cute character look like she needed a shave! They also didn't put her legs together with her torso very well--she looks like she was manufactured like a Barbie doll. Eyes seem like they are just painted on to the front of the faces, hair is static--you get the idea. Environments are pretty nondescript, and the entire palette for the game is way too far into the grays--there is very little vibrant color. Finally, the Origins which are partnered with the various characters are very poorly designed, looking for the most part like swirling, colored, blocky blobs. The story is okay, and even moving at times, but the end is just way too sappy. They also tease you throughout the game about certain romantic possibilities which are never satisfactorily explored or resolved. In terms of game play, the much ballyhooed tactical arts battle system is fun to a point, but after seeing the same animation for the hundredth time, it starts to wear a bit thin. And when you are trying to get something accomplished other than just leveling up your characters, the frequency of these long battle interludes will have you pulling out your hair. By the time I got to the final level, I just equipped a "no encounters" jewel so I could get the game over with. This tells me that somewhere along the line, it had stopped being fun. This did NOT happen to me playing Final Fantasy X. Sound-wise, this game is roughly middle of the road. The music is pleasant enough, if somewhat uninspired, and the voice acting is good to passable, what there is of it. The sound of the fire while you are camping could use some work, however... In terms of the characters, there is really no good reason to have more than three. Ayne was a complete waste of time, and I ended up never using him except where he was needed for specific puzzles. Kazan and Sharon are virtually interchangeable, battle-wise, though you will want to use them as a tag team just to keep from having to endure the same attacks and victory comments over and over and over... I would also have appreciated some type of overhead map, as it was way too easy to get turned around and completely lost in the various maze-like levels.

All that being said, there ARE a number of things to like about this game, too. I did like the characters (for the most part), despite some of the glitches in their presentation. (I thought Maya was just too cute!) There is a good deal of humor in this title, and I did get quite a few laughs out of it. Even though it doesn't in any way effect the outcome, it is fun to be able to respond to a character in a number of different ways, choosing a particular answer and seeing how the other character reacts to your choice. The whole cooking/shopping for power foods business is fun, though it's unfortunate that the same dish always evokes the same dialog. The entire casino island is fun, as well. It's cool to fight in the gladiatorial contests (except against Stiel--argh!), and it's a blast kicking the heck out of your otherwise allied friends (WHO'S your daddy?!). The auction house can get tedious, but I loved the dancing bunnies! And the slot machines are a fun waste of time, as in real life.

To summarize: while I do not regret purchasing this game, I would not recommend it. It has its moments, but they are not really enough to justify the time you would have to put into it. I doubt that I will be playing it through a second time. If you have not yet played Final Fantasy X, by all means get that instead. If you HAVE played FFX, you might want to play it again instead of this game. (Just in case you are curious, the time-tracking for saved games only goes up to 99:59 in this title. That's one minute shy of one hundred hours. I put in just over that playing this game.) At least I made it through to the end, which is more than I can say for Kingdom Hearts. Go with Final Fantasy X, and possibly Xenosaga when it comes out. (I'll let you know about .hack.) Get this if there is really nothing else out there and you want to play an RPG, regardless. And the price comes down. It's not bad--it's just not that good.

Legaia 2: Duel Saga.........

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The followup to one of my favorite Playstation 1 RPGs of all time, Legend of Legaia, has definitely improved upon every aspect of that game and then some. Developed by the team that made Wild Arms, Legaia 2: Duel Saga begins in a small village called Nohl where a young hero named Lang & his friends are tossed into a monster infested land where the crystal they protect(an Infinite H2O supplying Water Crystal) is stolen right from under them by a mysterious traveler named Avalon. The theft soon plunges the land into a horrible state. Bound by duty & a need to protect his village, Lang sets off into the world to get the crystal back and end the mayhem around the countryside. Needless to say- it's not as cut and dried as you think. Avalon is more dangerous than you first expect. And that's where your journey truly begins.

The real star here is the games' battle system or, better known as, the Tactical Arts System. Learned through scrolls, Arts combinations, and story-based events; the different techniques can all be chained together to form bigger more powerful attacks.The massive variety of possible combos are almost endless. The battle graphics are absolutely stunning at times with all kinds of pyrotechnic special effects and whatnot.

Legaia 2: Duel Saga shows alot more promise than the first game, for sure, yet there is one small thing that bothered me about the game. That being the battles or lack thereof. I spent most of my time looking for more battles to face than actually wanting to move along the story. Still, it's a small gripe and didn't take any enjoyment from the game. If the truth be known, I guess, in a sense, I appreciated the fact I could take a breather between battles. Still, it woulda been nice for them to have upped the ante of the battles just a bit.

Regardless, Legaia 2: Duel Saga is still worth your time if RPGs are your thing. I loved the game & seriously hope we see a third in the series. If not for the PS3, then the PSP instead.

finally got it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting for the second game for about a year now and I like it very much. It's almost like the first one. my only frustration is I don't get to physically fight the monster and bosses. I liked the first one and I like this one too.

Legaia 2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well I'll start with this. This game doesnt hold a candle to Legend of Legaia at all, but it has hooked me just a little. It looks like the makers of this game didnt really take their time with it. It seems to have kind of a generic story and emotionless characters. It could have been much better, but it has a few little interesting points so I will play it all the way through.

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