not your usal rpg but a good effort (Phantasy Star Online III (GC))

Member Name: al15ex

Product:	Phantasy Star Online III (GC)
Date:	07/10/08 (32 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: new card system for battles a new dirrection for rpg

Disadvantages: Cut scenes a bit long winded

This was one of the first games i bought for my game cube and the first time i had gone for a phantasy star game. The game follows a rpg format but the battles are done turn based on a grid similar to the wild arms franchise. The controls are really simple to pick up and the graphics are good. All epuipment and monsters that you can use are done by collecting cards that you will get for fulling various tasks, the higher your task rank the better chance you have of aquiring a rare card. You play as 1 of two races. 1 race uses weapon and sheild crds to equip and attack with. The other race use powerfull creatures to summon and fight on your behalf. A fair amount of stratergy is needed in the battles you cant just move in and wipe out everything no matter how strong you think you are. The difficulty level is spot on and once you get into this can easly play for 50-60 hours. I havent tried the online mode but from what i can make out you can use your characters to battle in massive tournments earning money and cards to use in your game. The only thing that could have been better is the space station you are in the graphics are ok but after a while you wont want to spend much time there.

Summary: a good game but dont expext any fire works