Koudelka (Koudelka (PS))

Member Name: froggytori

Product:	Koudelka (PS)
Date:	08/09/08 (49 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great puzzles, Graphics and story

Disadvantages: Can get a little boring levelling up

Koudelka is a roll playing game for the Playstation 1 which was developed by Sacnoth and released in 2000. This is a single player game with four disks, rated a 15+ and has the compatibility of the vibration function. This game is a mix of Resident Evil mixed with Final fantasy, the scenery and fear factor of Resident evil and the battle and stat levelling up of the final fantasy series.

Plot: "Wales, Great Briton, 1898. A group of three characters, including the beautiful medium Koudelka are drawn to the mysterious Nemeton monastery. The dark, deserted and foreboding place keeps within its walls a secret mystery of witch craft and sorcery" quoted from the instruction book. Koudelka (a medium that wields swords and other bludgeoning weapons) is a gypsy girl that has been troubled by visions of the monastery and has come to investigate. Edward (a gun sling young man) is there because he heard rumours and came to investigate and James (a Bishop wielding clubs and axes) was sent there by his coven. You have to uncover the secret past of the monastery and survive to put the monsters to rest.

Game play: The game is set in the third person, where you see the lay out of the area you're in and you move around solving puzzles and running into enemies. There is a map you can use to know where all the doors are in that room and where to go. You can interact with the scenery and find hidden item, move objects for the puzzle side of the game and open doors leading to the next areas.

Battle: The battle system consists of a turn based design on a grid section floor (for the movement around the battle scene). Each time it's your turn you can do a series of commands, move, action (physical attacks, items and magic healing or offensive), wait and check your status. How ever, you can only do two commands per turn and each one only once, I.E. Attack then move or heal then wait and you can't attack then attack.

The graphics are really good, the FMV's are great from the monsters to the people, and the game play is over average a little blocky at times. This game is classed as rare and going for an average of £10.00 but you can get cheaper. With a self proclaimed title of Koudelka the sexiest gothic horror RPG on playstation it does grip you into the story the music and FMV's add to this. Very original game it's a great play and recommended to anyone who likes RPG's.
You can view a trailer at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji9BlS2vHqs

Summary: Great gothic action