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This awesome Dreamcast game stands the test of time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: December 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The definitive RPG for Gamecube is finally here! The gameplay is bursting with innovation, which is very noticable after you play a while. The random battles are toned down from the original, making it easier to play through. The battle system is like no other RPG, but the learning cuvre is a little steep at times. Graphically, it is nice, although a little more detail would have helped. Framerate and animation are pretty good however. If you ever gets frustrated with typical RPGs (FINAL FANTASY X), you should try it. Even if you already own this on Dreamcast, the journey is magical enough to take again.

Awesome Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: December 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game and..........IT ROCKS! ou get your crew and team, upgradeable weapons, a little metamorphing pet (uh, thingy) that helps Fina fight, and of course, FLYING SHIPS! You gotta love being to fly around floating islands in a flying boat!

Skies of Arcadia Lives Again!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Skies of Arcadia Legends will be the first great RPG for Gamecube. The original, released for Dreamcast, was a blast. The battle system and airship battles are a blast, the scenery is nice, and the sheer size of the lands you visit are HUGE. Thankfully the RPG has a good storyline and GC is gonna go further with it than the Dreamcast version. Also, new side quests to hunt rogue pirates will be an added thrill. The original was the first RPG I ever played and it was.....AWESOME. Buy the new one and immerse yourself for 40-50 hrs. of fun!!!!!!

One of the Greatest RPG's Ever Made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: January 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The few people who played Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast regard it as one of the greatest RPG's ever made - most of them will put it on their list of "Top 5 Greatest RPG's Ever" and many consider it the greatest even. If you are a fan of any of the Final Fantasy's, Suikoden series, or RPG's in general, you will love this game.

If you want to know about this game I recomend reading up on the Dreamcast version. By now you should know a bit about this game but if you don't, let me just give you a hint to the kind of enjoyment you will get from this game. Picture commanding your own flying battleship with up to 22 crewmates and preparing to engage in a massive air battle with an enemy ship - awesome background music ensues and you spend the next 20 minutes simply partacking in perhaps the most fun turn-based battle ever. Trust me, there is nothing more fun that Skies of Arcadia ship battles (the ships fight with cannons and stuff) - the only thing I wish this game had was more of them. The majority of the battles are very Final Fantasy-ish.

The Gamecube version, by the way, will be significantly improved. In fact, the lead director said herself (yes, one of the few major Japanese RPG's to be developed by a woman) that this is the "definate" version of Skies of Arcadia. Thus, I have listed the additional features that the Gamecube version will have...

BETTER GRAPHICS
Better draw distance, less load times, higher resolution textures, and higher polygon counts and more detail on many of the characters.

BETTER GAMEPLAY
Enhanced and tweaked battle engine over the previous one and much less random encounters (the original had so much it was extremely annoying) and the EXP-gaining system has been tweaked. Also, loading times have been significantly reduced. In fact, the battle engine and random encounter system was the only flaw in the original version of the game and the creators have listened to their critics and have fixed it - thus making the Gamecube verson of Skies a flawless masterpiece.

NEW EXTRAS
5-10 hours of new playable backstory so that you can learn more about the characters, new wanted quests that let you hunt down fugitives for fame and fortune, and plenty of new sidequests, fish to catch, islands to discover, weapons/items to find, and EVEN NEW CHARACTERS including a new female bounty hunter that will play a major role in the game.

Anyways, please do not be fooled by the kiddy image of this game or the strange art style. This is in no way a kids game. There is lots of liquor drinking in the game (they call it liqoa though) and in fact, the US version of the game was censored because in the Japanese Dreamcast version there was a scene which implied the rape of a girl. Please do not mind the censorship however, it was more of a culture change than censorship (in Japanese culture rape isn't as serious an issue as it is here) ..they just changed the scene a bit but basically the final product is still the same. I'm just saying, this game has an incredibly great story and although it's visual style appeals to kids it is in no way a kids game.

Best RPG of all time!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: February 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I dont' have this game yet, but I'm gonna get it soon. I know a lot about it from everything I've read. You are an Air Pirate named Vyse. Your'e friends are Aika, Nina, and her friend Cupil.
The battles look sweet. My friend has all the Final Fantasy games and the battles in SOAL(Skies of Arcadia: Legends) look much better. There are land battles, where you can attack and use magic. The ship battles look the coolest because you can use cannons and other weapons.
This game is like a suped up version of any other RPG, as you can buy weapons and stuff like that. This game is not for little kids, though. They drink "liqoa" and it is kind of violent. But it's not really that bad.
If you like video games and there isn't something wrong with you, you MUST get SOAL.

The legend begins!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the best RPG on GCN, considering it is the only REAL RPG on the GCN! But anyway, the game features over 50 hours of gameplay, vast worlds, great graphics, and tons more. Younger players should note that some of the more scurvey people tned to be quite rude. But since its rated T, I doubt that anyone uner 11 would be playing it. But, the only flaw that i found, was that this game, like any other great, has an end... *sniffle*

Dreamcast's was no match!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If I could I would rate it 6! This game was Perfect on the Dreamcast and the demos and reviews have proven that the creators of the game were given a divine hand to accomplish
Absolute Perfecton. The first one was not lacking, but adding more would make the game more perfect than God. Even God would be proud!

Great RPG, Lacking New Ideas

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

TO start off,
STORY: In Skies of Arcadia you start as a Member of the Blue Rouges, who are Air Pirates Sailing the Skies in search of treasure.. You Loot, Rob, & Steal. (Interesting Aspect). You end up finding out about a Girl that has been kidnapped by the Armanda and take her back, later the Armanda destroy your home "Pirate Isle" and Take the Girl" Your quest after getting her back is to get the Moon Stones Before the Armanda do.

THOUGHTS: I feel this was closely related to ... from Final Fantasy VII. So if you have played and loved that Game you will probably enjoy this game. The Air Ship & Floating Island aspect is great. Also, remember how in FF7 you could assign the Meta to your weapons? In SOA you can Assign Moon Stones to your weapons giving them Certain Powers. This also has greater affects on certain types of creatures, thus choosing what color of moon stone (Weapon) you would like to use on a particular enemy. Also Like the "Special Moves" you learned in FF7 they are in this game as well, though different, they are activated by Spirit Points. unlike FF7 in which takes many battles to use the Power Attack, In SOA you can use them In every battle for they increase every round, not to mention you can increase them with "Focus" option available every round for every character. Ship battles are interesting though very confusing and long. But as a fresh new addition to the RPG era I would say nicely added. Last but not least I would like to point out the Magic Methods, unlike other RPG's in which have two category's "Heal" "Attack", the spells are based upon what color of Moon Stone you have and different spells are learned on a regular basis. The different spells are related to the power and attributes of Moon stone it possesses making it easier to decide which spell to use on which character.

For those who are more into Puzzle Solving & being on your own this game will not suite your needs, you are stuck in constant "Movie Action" the whole time, thus the game never lets you move onto your own and walks you through entirely (Dragon Warrior Fans DO NOT Buy) The Story's Great and there Is quite a challenge to it though it seems unreasonably too short. (Kind of Like Lost Kingdoms) I am 3/4 through the Game and I have been playing for 11:00 hours.
The Graphics are average, (Ps2 like) I think they could have been rendered a lot better. Game play (Control) was thought out wisely easy to control, and Sound, Well during the times you are on your own (Acutely playing) the Music's ok, but throughout the Video Clips...!, they try putting in a word of some character (Out Of nowhere, annoying!)
If you have been thinking this would be a great game to buy and are checking the Reviews BUY IT, else if you were not to sure of it or were not a big fan of Final Fantasy VII don't buy it.

Greatest RPG for Gamecube

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

To me this game is the best Gamecube game ever. It has what most RPG's require. Swords, Magic, Guns, and a great storyline. For those of you who have played the dreamcast version, i havent played it let alone own a dreamcast but im going to buy one now because of this game! Overall the game is great. I think you should buy it because: Its a fun game with hours of play involved. Its not one of those games where you can beat it right away. I think Skies of Arcadia Legends has more than 50 hours of play involved. You have to make discoveries, Get moonfish, and collect Chams. This is a fun game and i think it will be a classic.

SKIES WILL RISE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: February 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

So a new Rpg has come out to fill out another slot on the cube's small Rpg Library. Honestly I am not a gamecube fan. I like ps2 a lot more. About one week ago I planned to sell my cube after being dissapointed with prime. Now after playing this game I dont think I want to sell it anymore. It is superb The only reason I am wasting my time on writing this review, is to tell you how great of a game this is. Trust me if you have the slightest interest in Rpg's then hurry to the store and pick up a copy of this game. So now your wondering why its a great game, well thats just what im about to tell you right now.

PROS:

Great Rpg story
Different approach in plot. The main character doesn't fall in love at the end.
40 or more hours of gameplay.
Cool characters include hot polygon babes, which almost every rpg has.

Big world.
Great battle system.

You can recruit like 20 different people on your ship and control them.

makes great use out of gc controller

Cons

[not so good] dreamcast graphics (u get used to it quickly though)

No voice acting, just subtitles.

Bad sound effects

TAKE a look at how many pros there are compared to cons. This game is a must buy for rpg fans. It has amazing gameplay. Stay away from this game though if your one of those xbox technical [people] and only care about the graphics.
PEACE BUY THIS GAME

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