Enchanted Arms (Sony Playstation 3, 2007)

Graphics don't do the PS3 justice, but it does look better than the 360 screenshots I've seen and it experiences only slight slowdowns during gameplay (tho the transitions screen from roaming to battle seems laggy always). The Japanese voice overs are awesome (although the English track is horrible). Dialogue is pretty funny and the story is fairly captivating (I like it more than FF12's story, but I hated FF12's story :P). One quirk I have is that the battle system doesn't seem to encourage using golems very much and I find myself using the main characters mostly. Cinematics range from horrible to fair, but don't expect squaresoft quality here. The gameplay is pretty linear and it even tells you your objective, so you never have an excuse for being lost in the game. Although I think of this game more of something to keep me busy until a better JRPG comes along, the other reviews I've seen are much much too harsh on this game. This game is a must for RPGers and at $20 I dont see why the rest of us could refuse it. One word of advice, however, if your game is freezing at load screens....turn off your background downloads....as Sony did not seem to have had much complaints about this....to release a patch.....but yea....dont play and dl at the same time. have fun :)

Not the best game I've played but has got merits. Its a Japanese style RPG (turn-based), so if you're not into that, don't buy it. If you're into levelling and customising, this is it!(Similar to the game 'Suikoden')

Has a unique battle system and loads of characters to choose from to customise your very own battle team (Atsuma the lead can't be changed but you can customise the other 3).

Not the best graphics, but good. Voice acting was good, but from the dialogue, seems the game is targeting at the very young to the early teens. Old-fashioned story line, but very healthy message/moral of story throughout.
No blood, no gore.

IMHO, this game is definitely worth buying and keeping, because apart from playing it, you can also have it to entertain your girlfriend and kids/nephews & nieces when they want to try out your PS3.

Cheers
BB

Pros:

1. Really the only traditional JRPG on PS3. This and Eternal Sonata are the only 2 older-style RPGs on PS3.(turn-based) This game also adds golem collection (which is basically like Pokemon)..100+ that you can defeat, and than any of them can be added to your party if you want to replace any of the Humans in your 4-person battle party.

2. Great battle-sytem: combined normal turn-based with a grid/tactical element.

3. Sometimes annoying, but generally good amusing story, too seriously seem to miss the point.

4. 50+ hours of gameplay.

5. Some great CGI cutscenes, well-spaced, and not anywhere near over-done. (i.e no 10 minute movies, and only a few CGI scenes in the entire game)

Cons:

1. A bit too Linear.
2. More weapon and spell variety would have been nice.
3. Medicore graphics at best. (though the CGI scenes are beautiful in HD)
4. Dialogue acting was among the worst I've seen. (probably put much more effort into the Japanese, since this was an import, and not a big US title).

Even though the title has had some minor flaws, it is still in my opinion a very good role playing game. Playing the game kinda takes me back to the times when I was playing through FFX. So many people seem to complain about the English dialouge, but if they don't want to hear it they can just simply switch it back to Japanese audio with English subtitles. I'm not very far in the game and it is weird that one of the charcters is gay lol, but I still appreciate the role-playing elements of the game. I feel PS3 would have a much greater impact in sales if they were to release more role-playing games on their system.

Enchanted Arms is a capable and often enjoyable role-playing game, but it's also one that you'll likely forget as soon as you finish it.

The Good: Surprisingly natural, funny dialogue for a role-playing game; unique battle system is fun and challenging; the collectible golems are all unique and useful.

The Bad: Awful English voice acting; too much tedious backtracking through large, vacant, and uninteresting areas; aside from some flashy battle animations, the visuals are unimpressive; it's frequently difficult to get a good view of the battlefield; sixaxis control features feel silly and out of place.

Given the chance, I would rent this game instead of buying.