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About Vagrant Story - PlayStation
Product description "VAGRANT STORY" video game for the Sony Playstation video game system. This game was originally released for the Sony Playstation one. It also plays on the PS2 and on certain PS3 video game systems. Amazon.com Vagrant Story is one of those games that wows you at the start--a big "WOW!" in this case--but maintains only a tenuous hook in the long haul. In this mix of action/adventure and fantasy role-playing, players are cast as a Riskbreaker (think one-man army) named Ashley Riot, whose pursuit of a villainous cult leader takes him to the mysterious city of Lea Monde. The highly stylized graphics in Vagrant Story are easily some of the best ever seen on the PlayStation, and give the game a gorgeous, distinctive look to match its somber tone. Cinematic story sequences blend in almost seamlessly with gameplay, which takes place in 3-D environments (viewed from a third-person perspective) that can be rotated to provide the best angle. Vagrant Story features a rich battle system that's built on both strategy and quick reflexes. In addition to character statistics, weapons and armor have detailed numbers of their own and can be disassembled, assembled, or even combined to create new items. Hand/eye coordination factors heavily into combat, as Ashley develops offensive and defensive battle abilities that require perfectly timed button pushing in order to be used. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to get bored with Vagrant Story. The painfully linear gameplay here doesn't rise above killing enemy after enemy in room after room, and (oh boy!) solving puzzles by manipulating boxes. If not for the wholly intriguing (but sparsely littered) plot, one would be strongly tempted just to leave Ashley to rot in the catacombs beneath Lea Monde. --Joe Hon Pros: Highly stylized graphics Rich battle system Intriguing plot Cons: Shallow, linear gameplay Review Let's just get it out of the way - Vagrant Story is a groundbreaking game. With this melange of action, adventure, and RPG genres, Square has truly beaten all odds and produced a seamless epic unlike any other. A brutal battle wages between the Knights of the Crimson Blade and the Mullenkamp Cult in the city of Lea Monde. Caught in the middle is Ashley Riot, an agent for the Valendia Knights of Peace's elite "Riskbreaker" unit. After a chance encounter with Sydney Losstarot, the heartless leader of the Mullenkamp Cult, Ashley finds himself in a life-or-death game of cat and mouse amidst a plot larger than the two of them. Many have described Vagrant Story as "Medieval Gear Solid," a comparison that is both correct and not correct. While the MGS feel is there thanks to Vagrant Story's perspective, attention to detail, and emphasis on cinematics, you never actually skulk through shadows, avoid guards' cones of sight, and the like. The game is an odd blend of action, adventure, and RPG gameplay, and a lot of Vagrant Story's charm lies in the sheer amount of control you have in playing through what is mostly a linear game. Most of the game takes place underneath Lea Monde, where Ashley runs into room after room, slays several monsters without a second thought, and recovers information and keys to aid in his pursuit of Sydney. You navigate around the world as you would in Metal Gear Solid, guiding the character with the analog pad and rotating the viewpoint with the L and R buttons. Ashley can switch in and out of battle mode, freeing his hands for tasks such as lifting boxes or grabbing edges. While the latter isn't emphasized too heavily, Vagrant Story does have a surprising compunction for box puzzles. Though they start off easy, they eventually become fairly fiendish with the addition of a variety of new and different box types. While navigating the labyrinthine corridors under Lea Monde is all done in real time, battling is a decidedly different affair. Once in battle mode, tapping the attack button pauses the game and causes a large wireframe sphere t
