Playstation Legend of Legaia.

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I couldn't find a thread for this game, which is a damn shame, so I'm rectifying that problem right now. :monster:

Legend of Legaia was a fun little RPG for the PSone. In fact, it was one of the first RPGs I ever played. The game was made by Contrail...and this was about the only game they made. :wacky:

The game's graphics are basically on par with FF Seven, and the story is fairly simple and mildly linear. In fact, I can't really think of any sidequests that you can do. There's no airship or anything like that, but you can warp between towns.

The thing that sets this game apart from others, to me, is its unique battle system and its overall difficulty. The system is a traditional turn-based system, but your attack are input as combos (made of combinations of the four D-pad direction). Particular combinations produce what are called "Arts" that cause extra damage, but cost AP to use. Magic attack are basically a one-time summoning of particular creatures that you "capture" through your travels.

Did anyone else play this game? What did you think of it? If you didn't...you should at least give it a try. :gasp:
 
i was able to play this game like last summer for the first time. ive heard of it but never had a chance to play it until last summer. it was a good game, and i actually like the magic system, where you have to catch the monster to summer them to use thier magic. it added like a little monster catching game too. the battle system was fun but when you learn all the arts, it gets a little tiresome having to input attacks every round unless you just do the same move from last round. but it was a good game and fun
 
I love this game so much. I first discovered it in Ireland on a holiday. Sadly I completed it and sold it. BIG MISTAKE! I then found the second game for the PS2 in Ireland. Was no where near as good as the first, but still fun. I managed to get another copy of the first game and Im not letting go!

The battle system is so much full and seeing what equipment your character has is brilliant in my book. The characters, story and sounds track aer all brilliant and its one of my all time fav games.
 
Of course I know this game! :gasp: That reminds me... I haven't finished it yet. >_>

Anyway, I recall Vahn and Noa and a big guy. I forgot his name. I loved the battle system. They had all these combos and arts (High, Low, Left and Right if I'm not mistaken) and I specifically remember Seru (their individual "weapons"). I remember fooling around with the combos and trying to mesh them together. If not, I'd invent my own combo. The plot was really good and graphics-wise, as you've said, is equal to FF7's at the time.

This was a really good game.. I'll try to find it and finish it. :gasp:
 
I played the second one for PS2 loved it and unlocked most things if i remember and the battle system was unique and it was a good game good stories. It reminded me kinda of Dark Cloud with its graphics and how you got characters.
 
Vahn, Noa, and Gala. :wacky:

Yeah, I really enjoyed the battle system for its uniqueness and how you could string combos together and whatnot. I remember when I learned Noa's Tempest Break Art move, I thought I was set for life. :gasp:

I thought this game was pretty hard...and I still do. :gasp: I was playing it again a few months ago and was having a lot of trouble with this one boss. It was Gaza, this old man who killed Seru or some such. :gasp:

I guess that any RPG isn't really THAT difficult (usually any tough boss can be beating after gaining a few levels), but this game could be tough, regardless. :gasp:
 
Am I the only one that has played this game?

Legend of Legaia.
It's a game that was on the PlayStation. I doubt they sell it new anymore, it's kind of old, it came out a few years after Final Fantasy VII.

I finished it all the way through, a couple of times I think. I remember that the story was very good. It revolved around "the mist" and "seru." I won't tell the whole story in case someone decides to check it out - order it on ebay or something.

The gameplay is pretty much turn-based, but you input directions for different battle moves, and the way you get 'magic' is by defeating other monsters and (by chance) getting a 'spell' from them. You actually cast the monster like a summon, but they all do different things - water dmg, fire dmg, heal allies, cure allies, etc.

It's really good, but every time I ask anyone about it or if they have played it, or even just heard of it - I get a no.

Am I the only one that has played this game? Or at least one of the few? ><
 
MagitekElite said:
I'm not sure...do you happen to mean Legend of Kartia?
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2 completely different games, though Legend of Kartia was great as well. Amano's art design for Legend of Kartia was pretty awesome.

Anyway I've played Legend of Legaia, so you are not the only one. Great storyline, decent graphics and a pretty good battlesystem. I really liked stringing together different attack combinations. It made the battles seem much more dynamic and gave you more to do rather than just selecting a command in the menu and have your character do it.
 
Sir Kenneth said:
Anyway I've played Legend of Legaia, so you are not the only one. Great storyline, decent graphics and a pretty good battlesystem. I really liked stringing together different attack combinations. It made the battles seem much more dynamic and gave you more to do rather than just selecting a command in the menu and have your character do it.
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Really? Yay! I don't feel so alone now. After I first bought it forever ago, I nerded out over it (this was before I actually played Final Fantasy VII - I used to only mess with the Chocobos on someone else's saved game). None of my friends or anybody had even heard of it before. Thanks for not making me feel all alone. ^^

I think the game deserves more popularity than it has actually received.
 
Well, I asked if he/she meant "Legend of Kartia" >.<
Not sure if I have, because I hardly ever, never ever remember the names to things I like lol
 
No I meant Legend of Legaia. This is the cover:

legaiacover.jpg


If that helps anyone.
 
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Yeah, I played it. It was a good little game, though the boss battles could be a bastard. I remember the first time I played it, it took me about 7 tries to beat Berserker, who is pretty much the first real boss, if I remember correctly. He whooped my blue-haired backside.
 
Yeah he was really hard. Especially when you have no healing leaves left. ><
I thought the part bull-man part horse guy was super hard. Xain, I think. He was a killer. I remember the last boss being pretty easy though, only because I fought him once and died miserably, but then leveled all my characters to crazy levels and got a ton of points on the point card and belted him with that a ton of times. ^^ I could beat him as long as Vahn was alive, since Vahn was my strongest - which makes sense cause he's the main character...
 
never played, but i remember it's name because of one funny fact. in one of my magazines (PSONE somethin) there was written Legend of Legaia and everything that they said about this game was actually about The Legend Of Dragoon. A big mistake i guess xD
 
Hell i think i have this game, I just haven't ever played it to be honest.... Is it really that good that i should play it and such? What exactly was so good about it?
 
I loved this game. The unique direction input battle system was very interesting and fun. I loved the story and the fact that the seru grew as the game progressed. I would definetly play it again. I also played the sequel, Duel Saga, although the first one is better to me.
 
Kind of tragic in a way that I'll always remember the day I first played it...

September 11th 2001.

I rented it after school one day, and loved it to bits. Everything was great in the game and it really took my attention away from the TV showing the incident in NY. Still one of my top 5 RPG's to date.
 
What a legend of a game.

One of my first RPG's and I bought a fake copy in my local shop. I loved everything about this game, I got a bit obsessed with it. :wacky: That was helped by the fact that it was so original when it came out. Yeah it's kids saving the world but the Seru and the Mist were original ideas.
And the story really captured my imagination and was well told and it was really quite frightening :gasp: I actually cared about the characters as well.

One of the best aspects of the game was the music IMO and helped the story along. And how epic was it?!

I'll show you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6eh3-r1qzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgsvBmSAbQA&feature=related

:ryan:
 
I agree how you end up caring for the characters. Every aspect of this game was well thought out and created. Pity the second game didnt cut it close. Its a shame there arent many games out like this anymore. This defo ranks up there with Suikoden 1 and 2 as a good classic RPG IMO.
 
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