Two More RPGs Down! I'm progressing nicely... I think.

AR Tonelico 2

I clocked it about 50+ hours in this game and it was good/decent.

Short Review: The battle system was aright. Building song magic to unleash heavy damage was the jest of battle and made the whole game repetitive. Really no strategy required. Just build song magic > Unleash it > And if it doesn't kill the enemy do it again. That formula hold true throughout the entire game. The story was cliché with its poticial views. The story fell apart for me at the end because

***SPOILER***

The characters was probably what helped people get through the game.. The comsosphere allowed much character development and it made you more than likely get attached to the characters. I choose Cloche's path. The graphics where mediocre at best and this is yet another 2D JRPG that should've been on the PSP. The music was great and memorable. Unfortunately, the voice acting, while good, was almost non-existent. This game has A LOT of text to read (Think FF7, Xenogears, Legend of Dragoon, etc) and with about (I'm guessing) 35% voice acting for the English localization. Yes, I could have put the Japanese voices on but I'm in America, this game was localized. I want to hear English voices especially if they are good. So without much VA I was almost forced to skip meaningless conversations. Beware if you plan to play this game there is a boss freeze at the end of the game. At the third turn the battle a boss will use an attack that freezes the game. Its amazing how this freeze was overlooked for the localization. Just make sure your packing high level bombs and using the blue magic trick (a glitch)

Overall 7/10.

Mana Khemia: Student Alliance

I got this game in last year for PS2 but waited for the PSP port pretty much because of the 2D graphics.

Short Review: This game traded grinding/leveling for Farming (Farming is gathering items, money and for this game, AP) to make new items and equipment. Its kinda of long process but its fun but at times its just boring. The battle system was fun and fast. The animations on attacks were awesome to watch and they weren't too long. The game was HARD if you didn't do enough Farming for items and AP. The story was like anime ****school setting story telling. With school festivals, ghost stories, fillers AKA character quests, etc. It was entertaining but the story didn't pick up until the last few chapters. And the story wasn't as cliché as I thought it would be. The graphics IMO where fitted for the PSP and should have been on the PSP in the first place.

Overall I enjoyed my time with Mana Khemia (40+ hours) because of its charming characters (Muppy FTW) and anime school setting. 8/10.

Nikki's Song: Nee. Is stuck in my head (chorus is at 1:00)

Alright lets look at the chalkboard

6 more to go eh?

Sigh, I need a break

Yui: You don't get to take a break. You buried yourself into this mess and now I have to help you out of it.

Shadow: Aw come on, can't I play some Uncharted 2 for a little bit?

Yui: NO! Your on a tight schedule

Shadow: Fine... *mumbling* I'm still gonna play some Uncharted 2 anyway...

Yui: What was that!?

Shadow: Nothing!

Anyway, next are:

and

FINALLY, Disgaea 2! I cant wait to play. I had it for the PS2 since last year but heard about PSP port so I waited to play on here.