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14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Dissapointing for a TRUE RPG fan.... Nov 03, 2000
Although the graphics are good, and I was impressed with the Anime style of the FMV scenes, the game could have been much better. Not a classic RPG game, the battle sequences are not the traditional turn based style attacks you might expect. During group battles, you can't even control the other characters in your party, and items can't be used in battle either, so you can't heal during a rough fight. There aren't any shops to upgrade armor, in fact there is no armor at all. No shops to spend any gold, and although you discover new spells after a boss fight, you never advance in level. Another thing that is dissapointing, is that there is no discovery aspect in the game. There are no secret, hidden goodies to find: everything you find is in a clearly visible treasure chest. On the eye candy scale, the game gets 5 stars for it's graphics. But true RPG fans will find the game something to do until Dark Cloud is released, or something to rent on a rainy weekend. Not a must have game for the PS2.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 It's pretty good. At this price give it a shot. Jan 15, 2001
This really isn't all that bad a game. Sure, it's nothing like most console RPG's--it seems that most complaints have been that it's not just like Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross, or anything else Square has made or been copied. As someone else said, it's more like playing a Zelda game or a Castlevania game, where you are doing as much platforming as fighting. Admittedly, a lot of the items seem pretty useless and it can be annoying to watch the same long cutscene fifty times until you manage to beat the boss--something that can be avoided by making a change to your setup and which resets the battle. Like most dubs, there is of course something lacking. The cutscenes can look pretty ugly, but that can be made up for in part by the good anime cutscenes. The battle system could have used a little more interactivity to it, but it is not the huge problem that other reviewers have made it out to be. The game's major problem is that it is too linear and short in terms of actual gameplay. If I remember correctly, I managed to beat the game in about 15 hours. I've just started to replay it after not touching it for nearly six months. If you don't have a problem with linear games then this won't be a problem for you. Be warned that there are no side quests, no mini games, and while things like the diary entries and enemy list make for an interesting extra, you can survive without them. One more thing now that the anime is out. All you people that hated the characters in this game try watching the anime--just make sure you're watching the subtitled version. The characters for the game are just about right based on the anime--Cleao (Cleo) is somewhat annoying and bossy, Majic (Magus) is not bad with magic but looks up to Orphen, Orphen is dead on, and Dortin and Volcan are pretty close as well. Give it a shot. If I hadn't played this game I would have never tried Zelda or Castlevania.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
good but not great Oct 27, 2000
a good game but not a great game. activision's Orpen: Scion of Sorcery is probably the best rpg out there for the PS2 so far. Great graphics and a great story line makes this the rpg choice for the PS2. the only thing that makes this game not a great game is that the battle system is not quite of a rpg type. the game feels and plays almost like zelda. this game is recommended to all PS2 owners who loves rpg but if action/rpg is not ur type then dont even think about buying this game. the best thing about this game is that it has anime in it(yes i said anime). so if u like anime and a good game then go out and buy this game right now. trust me u wont be dissapointed.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 The goodness lasted about 15 seconds Oct 28, 2000
And those 15 seconds was the beautiful PS2 startup screen. Within the first 10 minutes I was in probably the worst battle engine I've ever scene. The reason I bought this game cause it was anime and the first thing you see when you start is an anime sequence, but that was about the only thing that made me happy. I didn't even bother to save the game on to my memory card. Maybe I'll pull this game out on one of those long and i do mean LONG rainy nites where I have already beatin all other games at my disposal and have nothing better to do.
8 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Annoying game Feb 11, 2001
I rented this game recently to decide if I want to purchase this title. I'm a die-hard RPG gamer, and enjoy all forms of RPG. As has been mentioned, you can not stop the extended cinematics (it seems like there's one for every single room). The most annoying aspect of the game, in my opinion, is the banter between characters. It's a voice over game, which is usually pretty cool. But this one in particular is nothing but people yelling at each other in the most snide way possible. After a few minutes, I felt so on edge and upset that I was tempted to just turn it off right then. But I figured, hey, maybe it'll get better. It never does. Don't bother.
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