Record Of Agerest War... and Trinity Universe

Well a couple posts ago I was complaining about Record Of Agerest War, Well maybe I spoke too soon since I spent the $45 on the 9gig beast... One point, the battle system works it is a grid based combat system that I think works well and makes you think on your feet also it has a system in it that you can play your character as a good, bad or neutral character, I have not had any major points where I have seen this change at all, so I cant speak on that much. The Storyline is pretty nice but I havent gotten too far in it to make any strong opinion either way

Now the bad points... the leveling system from Cross Edge is present in this game as well, and my opinion, I hated it... it felt like just more stuff to do and manage then try to grind your levels in the process, Not only that you got almost the same map and event style in this game it's like they just made a new story and battle system and just left most of the stuff the same, and the two things that REALLY gets me all steamed is well, WAS THERE ANY REASON TO RELEASE THIS TO PSN AND NOT HAVE A DISC FORMAT! I mean 9 gig come on here people some of us have the uber internet connections to download this but I dont, it took me running my PS3 all day to download this beast. and the 2nd thing well... if you caught my last post the DLC well is there any reason to make some of the DLC for this $10 all for just some extra cash TP or CP, no there isnt if you want a good experience just download the free stuff and leave the expensive DLC alone you will be better off.

Now last week NIS America released Trinity Universe, which in some ways has some things that Cross Edge had, BUT all that was the shops. When I popped this into my PS3 I was expecting another Cross Edge clone, to my supprise that was not what I got

Where do I begin, the battle system is back to the normal formula for the basics but you got 3 types of attack Fury,Power,and Magic some characters has strong points. Fury attacks are the faster speed type of attack which consumes less AP (Attack Points) than the others but does less damage, Power is your strength attack High Damage but costs more AP,and then your Magic attacks the more power your characters have in magic the more damage it deals but the AP cost is pretty steep at times. But thats not all sometimes if you hit the right buttons and have enough AP you can use Special moves. The combat system is pretty deep only downside is the Circle button can be used to use items,heal,or Escape... thats right you cant flee from battle without someone in your party using Escape so make sure one of your characters got it equiped or things could get ugly.

Some other things I like are, you dont really have a set goal except for event quests but there are some places depending on what day and time of day it is that come into orbit, some of these you can Anchor so you can go explore, alot of these look rather silly for dungeons but passable, As for some other intresting things the search function has been re-done for a searching tool inside the dungeons to find certain things including hidden treasures, Hunting pools, and numerous other little things, only one simple drawback the search system dont like walls much so if your doing a search some just hit walls and stop, a little annoying but at least they do point you in the right direction so it's not all bad.

Well there has not been anything too nagging yet for this game the Add-ons have just started and most are rather cheaply priced so I am letting this one slide since this experience is alot better than Record Of Agerest War

Oh, and Trinity Universe is $50 it may be a few dollars more but the experience is alot better

So get Trinity Universe fans and enjoy

Im out, on another adventure
Puma