It’s still a little easy as most harem RPGs (except Agarest Senki Mariage) tend to be, but it’s a big step in the right direction. It’s not that different from from regular cannon battles, but you have a smaller field to work with and have to work harder to avoid enemy attacks.
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Later on you get an upgradeable ship with cannons mounted on it, the better to fight off the pirates attacking the island plus the occasional sea monster. It’s a thrill to take on something 100x your own size, something that can wipe your party and the whole island out if you fail so you feel the burden of protecting everyone on your shoulders.ĥ. I love those battles, they’re so much fun. Fire, cool down, fire, cool down, repair if they get destroyed and try to stay alive the whole time while doing it. There are regular attacks from giant monsters who have to be fended off with cannons:īut cannons have HP plus cooldown periods, so you can’t just fire them at will. Bosses in particular can hit really hard.Ĥ. Now it’s actually advisable to dodge enemy attacks as you run towards them instead of just tanking everything. I haven’t been wiped out yet, but some party members have dropped dead. I’m really happy that battles are slightly more challenging than in Blade. Panis is the only songstress and she only sings when she feels like it. She can’t be controlled (though you can give her suggestions) but you can attempt to influence her personality by feeding her certain types of bread. You’re stuck with Panis as a party member. The system is largely the same as Shining Blade‘s, but with a few notable differences.ġ. The monsters on the island have been getting more populous and more aggressive lately, so going out to do anything from digging potatoes to picking flowers requires you to pick off some monsters first. The explanation is that Fried’s adoptive parents run a bakery and have all the basics already.
milk, or eggs, or salmon and lettuce for the sandwich above. You don’t need flour or yeast or sugar any more, just whatever the main ingredients are, e.g. Ah, I want a smoked salmon sandwich! Sega, this is most unfair! Baking has been somewhat simplified from Shining Hearts. Just look at that lightly grilled surface and those succulent slices of salmon. It all looks so good I can’t believe I forgot to take a screenshot of any of them ^^ but you can get a glimpse of one from this quest screenshot: They also make extremely tasty-looking breads and muffins and burgers and sandwiches in their household oven. They also harvest crops from their robot-tended backyard garden, get milk from sheep and do lots and lots of quests for the village folk. So anyway Fried and Panis spend their life on their idyllic island doing all kinds of idyllic island things like fishing: “Maybe if I close my eyes he’ll be gone when I open them again.” This is one of Tony Taka’s lazier casts, not that I’m an expert or anything.
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In typical Tony Taka fashion his girls are quite cute (less so than in the other PSP games IMHO) but the males and other NPCs… well just look at these fellows:Įven Fried doesn’t want to look at Sunny Jim there. Her relatively conservative outfit is a sign that Shannon has living parents who don’t let their daughter leave the house in her underwear. The girl on the right is Shannon, Fried’s older sister (who is not related to him by blood). I’m guessing the rest of her clothes were lost at sea. Fried himself washed up on the same beach as a baby and was taken in by an elf family, and now he brings Panis in to join the fold. The story starts when Fried finds a one-winged girl named Panis washed up on the beach.
He looks a bit goofy and acts a bit kiddy, but he’s a good sort.
But since the other shoe is going to drop sooner or later and I’ll feel silly being so happy about this game when it does (like I feel about Tokyo Majin right now, but we’ll talk later) I’ll make this a screenshot edition so I don’t have to talk too much. They’ve made an honest attempt to combine the best of Shining Hearts (crafting, laid-back village life) with the best of Shining Blade (the battle system) with very encouraging results.Īs I said, I just know they’re going to mess it up somehow, but since the game is still going strong at 13 hours I should give credit where credit is due and acknowledge that the first quarter of Shining Ark is really good. I knew Sega could make a better game than Shining Blade if they tried. It’s all going to fall apart sooner or later, I know, but right now I’m seriously enjoying Shining Ark.
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