Incredibly impressive game. What they got out of the PS1 technically is incredible - lighting, facial animations (!), sound design, this is for me the prettiest PS1 game. Add to that the absolutely superb Shakespearean writing and a super captivating but sill smale-scale plot with an undercover agent twist on top. The presentation is very cinematic and even more impressive, considering that Vagrant Story was the developer's first 3D game.
The combat system is quite slow and very tactical, just the way I like it. Fighting in this game seems quite confusing at first, since you have all kinds of stats, weapon types, enemy types etc. that determine whether or not you'll be successfull in a fight. But once you dive a little deeper into the systems of the game and figure out how everything works and interacts with each other, you'll see that this game has some of the deepest and coolest mechanics of the RPG genre.
Some time-based puzzles are a bit annoying but otherwise this game is close to perfection. Maybe this is my favorite game of all time.
The combat system is quite slow and very tactical, just the way I like it. Fighting in this game seems quite confusing at first, since you have all kinds of stats, weapon types, enemy types etc. that determine whether or not you'll be successfull in a fight. But once you dive a little deeper into the systems of the game and figure out how everything works and interacts with each other, you'll see that this game has some of the deepest and coolest mechanics of the RPG genre.
Some time-based puzzles are a bit annoying but otherwise this game is close to perfection. Maybe this is my favorite game of all time.