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If you love slow japanese styled RPG's Buy it.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 26
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THis game will have you running errands f-o-r-e-v-e-r. And ever. This game has way to much talking in it as well. I know. I know. RPG's are supposed to have talking. But come on. This one will torcher even the biggest fan of cliched characters. Worst of all, the battles stink. Sorry to break it to you. Skip this one and move on to greener pastures.

boring reading.......

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 18
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

- reading endless text (no sound)
- run errend.....
- reading more
- run more errend...
.........
Kingdom of Paradise is a muuuuuch better choice

De Ja Vu...........

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really would of liked to give this game a better review, i had high hopes in parts of this game that it would turn out to be somthing more... but no, just more of the same. Dont get me wrong, Im a huge RPG fan, new and old, still on meds for my FF withdrawl while i wait till the new one comes out. The story starts out great, hero searches for his long lost sister that was kidnapped many years before, joins an adventure guild to set out on his broad search, meets friends, and thats where it gets stale, you join a guild (ARC THE LAD), but you dont go on any quests for it...the world is small, and the misssions are repetitive at best. You spend the whole game traceing and retracing the same paths over and over and over...it gets very boring. The pet system is non- exsistent, dont even know what the point of it was, and the game plays out way too easy. If your looking to waste some time or your on a boring road trip, then this will pass the time.. but thats about it. buy it if its cheap but dont expect too much from it.

A nice, traditional-style RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: February 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While The Legend of Heroes doesn't make any truly groundbreaking new innovations in the RPG genre, it is nonetheless a very enjoyable game. Considering the PSP's limited game library and the fact that only a few RPG's exist for it, The Legend of Heroes is one of the only options if you're in the market for an RPG.

The game contains a simple, yet fun battle system that's reminiscent of the Arc the Lad series or Lunar in the sense that the player's characters move about the battle screen rather than staying in one location for the duration of the battle.

Sound-wise, the game excels. With an excellent original soundtrack and sound effects, the game is simply outstanding in this sense.

The storyline is fairly good and will keep most players interested throughout the game. Although it's nothing we haven't seen a dozen times before, (unsuspecting boy from small country village leaves home and goes on epic adventure and meets an odd cast of characters along the way) it'll keep your attention for awhile.

Visually, the game is also impressive. The environments are incredibly detailed and quite beautiful. Some nice lighting effects add to the realism of the game as well. The characters themselves are done very well too. Large, detailed, very sharp character sprites are used and they look quite fantastic, especially against the game's amazing environments.

My only major problem with this game, however, is that it seems to have been released a bit prematurely. As a number of other reviewers have said before me, there are various small errors that were overlooked and could have been easily fixed if just a bit more time were spent looking through the game to find them. The game is plagued by bad grammar and missing words, and occasionally in situations where the player is given a choice of what to say in a conversation, (e.g. yes/no option) the player will be given the choices before the question is even asked.

Finally, I completely agree with the reviewer before me who pointed out that the rest of the series really ought to have been released in English. The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion is actually the fourth game in the Legend of Heroes series and the second in the Gagharv Trilogy, so it would be great if we could see an English release of the rest of the series (unfortunately, I doubt it'll happen). Aside from these issues, however, the game really is quite well-made.

pretty nice traditional RPG, pet system should be better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 23
Date: December 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

recetly, my PSP got stolen, with this game
and I order another PSP, and this game
why?
I had lot of fun with the game, I have been through 60% overall
the storyline is smooth, decent battle system (but I think Avin, Mile deadly are similar)
pet system may be a plus, but I prefer it's neither happy nor angry, because it helps you pickup item, that makes the recovery easier (you can ONLY carry up to 10 each), but I don't think buying petfood can change the pet's mood
running errand may be kinda boring, you may need to mess with some monsters to gain some money (you can escape easily with blue, no way with red)
graphic is great, no problem with zooming, sound is great too
but game save control is kinda confusing, and I make error with it
for a die-hard RPG fans, this game is a must for PSP user

update: I have finished the game, the ending is LONG (about an hour), and complete, toggle between a conversation between Rutice and Avin; and other member, the ending is pretty worth to watch

Good game, despite a few huge flaws.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: December 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Legend of Heroes is a good game, but it has a few flaws that are just terrible, and really bring it down. If only Bandai had taken the time to polish it a bit more, it would be a great game.

While a bit linear, I found the characters engaging and really looked forward to the next bit of the story as I went through the game. Without spoiling the ending, I thought that the last dungeon was done well, and reminded me of playing Final Fantasy IV or VI.

My major beef with this game is the translation. It is just horrible. There are constant spelling errors, sentences that just don't make sense and words that are just mixed up.

Other minor things bugged me as well... some prompts you are given to select an option have the unfortunate problem of being smaller than the border created to go around them. (This happens when resting in people's homes sometimes) Or another minor flaw is often when someone important speaks, the game colors their text blue... but then the next 10 lines of dialogue from the normal characters are blue as well.

Apart from the sloppiness there, I really did enjoy the game... It was better than I expected it to be.

Good Buy!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was a good buy. Quality game, no hassles in the order/delivery process. Overall good buy. No complaints.

Very good, but they should've released the rest of the series.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To me, this review's title says it all. Without the other games in the series, you lose something. Not that it's not a great, fun game to play. If you can't speak Japanese, buy it RIGHT NOW. If you can, go to yesasia.com and get the whole series. It really adds quite a bit to the game-playing experience.

Nothing amazing, but good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If they can get past the grammatical errors, rpg fans will probably enjoy this game.

Pros: Decent story, interesting characters, and the graphics and music aren't bad, either. Battles are challenging.

Cons: As stated above, there are grammatical errors throughout the game. Long introductory scene (could be a plus if you enjoy such scenes).

This game starts off a little slowly, but really picks up in the second half. It's definitely worth a try if you're into fantasy rpg's.

One of the BEST so far!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game! I recommend and encourage everyone to buy it! If you are into the type of RPGs with a lot of stories and dialogues, then this is it! This is why I bought the game. I love to get to know the characters and I love to know about what's going on with everything. Also, I love classic RPGs such as Final Fantasy series for SNES and Chrono Trigger, so this is a similar feel to them. If you don't like too much talking, then you're gonna have to move on to another game. I give this 5 full stars!

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