Sands of DestructionFollow

So I figured I'd answer this in it's own thread.

So far, I am enjoying the game. I only have about two and a half hours of playtime in it (ya, not a lot, but I've been busy with Star Trek Online), but it plays like any classic RPG would.


You play as Kyrie. In this world there are Humans and Ferals. The Humans live as slaves to the Feral, or at best a much lower class. Kyrie lives in a small peaceful town where Humans and Ferals get along pretty well.

The game has voice acting, quite a bit of it. The opening video was pretty good.

By watching cutscenes, and listening to what the characters say, you learn "Quips". These can be equipped to your character and they provide random bonuses, like additional attacks, increased experience, defense, etc. based on certain triggers like being attacked or defeating an enemy. I have yet to find out if you learn the Quips even if you skip a cutscene, because I don't want to chance it and miss out on anything good. (Plus I want to read the story).

So far the story is good. You aren't fighting the save the world. And you get a @#%^ing Teddy Bear to fight with you (who can kick your ***).




From what I've seen with other players, your skill setup is very important. With boss fights, the difference between an easy win and an fast loss is how you play the combos. In battles you have points that determine how many times you can attack. Skills can increase these, and if you get a critical hit you earn another. After attacking multiple times in a single turn you can preform a special attack. Your skills are leveled up and learned through CP points which are earned through battles.


The game isn't exactly hard, and if you like a classic RPG then you'll more than likely like this game. And I'm pretty sure the storyline was written by the same guy that did Chrono Trigger, Cross, and Xenogears. So really as far as RPGs go, the storyline can't be that bad. And the music is composed by the person who did the music in Chrono Trigger and Cross.


Edit:
Played again for an hour tonight, got my *** handed to me in a couple turns by a boss. Not sure what I'm going to do, gotta go back through and find out what I did wrong and where if any place I can grind out a few levels.

Edited, Jan 19th 2010 11:23pm by TirithRR

World Destruction is also the Japanese name of the game (came out some time last year).

The boss I died on, a Beastlord called "Porcus Rex" (guess what animal he was? Ya, it's got a pretty corny naming system for the Beastlords). He wasn't hard because he had a lot of HP, he was hard because he could oneshot my characters, and was able to use combos that finished in AoE attacks. Compared to the previous few bosses which hit for 1 damage over and over and just had a ton of HP that made you fight forever, this guy was a huge surprise.

The game also includes a imbuing system, where you can add and remove bonuses to weapons. For a cost you can remove a bonus from a weapon (you get an item with that bonus for later use), for double the cost, you can keep the bonus-less weapon after the removal as well.


The game is pretty linear, especially to start. You aren't allowed to go anywhere except where you need to go. I'm hoping this is lightened up as you continue.

The DS is by no means lacking in the RPG category (some would say there are too many), but I think this one is pretty high on the list when it comes to their ranking.

Ya, he hit Kyrie first turn with two hits, one for 88 damage (some sort of Bile attack), and one for 15 damage. That killed Kyrie. Then the next turn he did some sort of combo on Taupy, ending in a special attack where he eats a pepper and belches fire all over me. That finished off Taupy.

I probably could of finished the fight if I had revived everyone with Morte, but I kinda gave up after seeing my people get owned so badly. Figured I'd restart and try again. I just let him finish off Morte to get a feel for his combos and abilities a bit more and better understand the fight to do better next time.

I haven't played it in a couple days, been too busy to play any games.

You can... "acquire" an undub version of the game. The original Japanese audio with all the English text. People say they like the Japanese voice acting better.

So I started the Undub version yesterday for the first time. The opening FMV has a jpop song. The english version it's just a piece of instrumental music.

The two songs have a completely different sound. The instrumental piece is slow and kind of melancholy. The jpop song is upbeat (who knows, maybe the lyrics are depressing?)