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Ar Tonelico 2: Melody Of The Metafalica (PS2) |  | From: Tecmo Koei
Category: Video Games
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Rating:  5 reviews
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Platform: PlayStation2
Genre: role-playing-games
Media: Video Game
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 0813633010052
UPC: 813633010052
EAN: 5060073306480
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 I simply Love this game, I want AT3 to be made as well :D September 11, 2009
Sebastian Repec
Altough Ar Tonelico 1 was a lot more weird and fun, this game is also very well made and a lot of fun, I recommend anyone who played any Nis/GUST game, especially Atelier Games or Disgaea.
 Bad Localization August 4, 2009
Michael Sivertsen
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
But It`s a decent j-rpg, I never had a chance to play Ar Tornelico 1 since I did`nt come to Europe? but it`s definiately some sort of spiritual descendant of the Atelier series...
I have some complaints, first, like stated in the title, the localization for this game is very bad, and in some parts it seems very hastily done, or, this game really is doujin material, to begin with, meaning, everything you read don`t make 100% sense at times, + that it sometimes makes pop-culture-referances, like one character feeling a bit emo... ok, I`m pretty sure that`s not something that exists in "that" universe... but very well... Honestly that is an insult, I expect to be in that universe and that universe supposedly have it`s own words on thing, but yeah, I figure it must be bad localization...
Other things that I`ve noticed, taking the Iron Chef Jean as an example, which, clearly is a female if you see the attack animation, is refered to as a man... ok... so, either that really is a man, or they really botched up the localization once again? irritating...
But on to the bread and butter of this game, the game play and the role playing parts, the battle system is some kind of turn-based system where you take turns between attacking and defending, the turns themselves, however, are realtime, where you basically have to spam attacks and decide when you want to pull off your charged up magic attack, while in defense mode you have to time defending your song minstrels AKA the mages of the game, pulling of good defenses nets some charge up for your current magic attack as well as reducing the damage taken, I found the combat to be somewhat enjoyable so far, but in the end, it probably is a bit monotonous in the end, but hey, at least it`s an effort for doing something different!
Item Creation, I like when games provide complex and varying item creation parts in them, this game, well, it has some, but I feel that it`s acctually inferior to any of the Atelier games in general, the only thing you have to think about is what song minstrel you have in your party as those decide what item you make, hunting down items can be a problem, but I have`nt encountered any real problems so far...
Role-Playing parts, I`ll go and say that most of the real role-playing parts in this game takes place inside the song minstrels dream-worlds, where you have to "dive into her" (yep pun intented I suppose) as the main Hero Croix and "create some magic" (yep, this game is full of ecchi referances... =P ) You mostly converse with the Song Minstrel in particular and get to see her "dirty side" You sometimes get a choice, and if you pick the wrong choice you basically have to start over, which makes it, meh, but it`s a little bit amusing, if it just were`nt for the bad bad localization...!
You get little of other choices and such in the "real" story, so far I`ve only come over one such choice and I think it might have affected my relationship with the characters in the game, which basically mean I get to "create more lovey dovey magic" with that character I chose in particular, perhaps...
I give it 3 stars, Not the best game I`ve played in awhile, but not the worst either... If you can get past the horrid localization job they did with this game, I`m just saying I might have enjoyed the story a bit more if it was`nt for that, it really does seem ok at the core, but yeah, who knows, Another thing, even thou it`s mostly in 2D, which I don`t mind, maybe, even prefer sometimes, it`s a little bit to chunky in this game I think, so I`m giving it a little bit lower score for that as well, the Illustrations on the other hand are mostly superb!
So if I ai`nt recommending the game I probably recommend the Illustrations book if you like that kind of thing ;)
more chat than splat July 24, 2009
Mrs. Mavis Mcmahon (powys, uk)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
ar tonelico II - melody of metafalica
what an odd game this is. lots of conversation between the characters, which, unfortunately, leaves you even more confused than you were in the first place!
after forty+ hours of play I still know no more than i did when i started - total confusion as to what is going on and why.
that's not to say it's not entertaining - the mixture of battle skills between your "hack and slash" combatants and your "magic them out of existence" reyvateils (don't ask - i don't know either!) is easy to control and makes battles interesting - once you've mastered how to use your combatants to the best advantage (and that took a while, i warn you).
still, Final Fantasy it ain't - i think there are probably too many layers and too many unexplained details - but it is probably a good addition to your RPG catalogue - just don't let your kids get a hold of it - too much adult (and double-entrendre) content - i mean, "dive into me"? what are the kids going to make of that one? but it's a fair price at £15, so no loss there and you get plenty of play time for your money. just don't expect too much.
hope this has been constructive. happy gaming.
Pretty good but very long winded June 29, 2009
Mr. Ian Gr Sherratt (Greece)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
When i bought this game i was really only expecting a decent story i could play through so it was a pleasant surprise when i found i actually got pretty addicted to the way this game works. The battle system is different in the way that you mainly focus on powering up spells of mass destruction used by your magic users. To do this you have to hold a directional button and press the corrisponding button to wake your melee troops attack the enemy or time your defence to prevent damage to your magic users. The really nice feature though is when you enter an area there is only so many fights per area so if you fought them at the beginning of an area you can completely explore encounter free and all you need to do to get more enemies is exit and re-enter for the encounter gauge to be reset. I have barely started on the later areas and im enjoying this alot, the only thing i have problems with is the randomness of a few conversations and the fact half of the game is made up of complicated ways to obtain them.
Atelier Iris's Big sister? June 15, 2009
Helenreddjedet (Romford, Essex)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
A big ole V sign to the PS3, X-Box and every other console I can't afford right now. The PS2 still has some magic left in it and Ar Tonelico: Melody of Metafalica is a prime example.
This looks and feels very much like a part of the Atelier Iris and Mana Khemia family apart from the battle system, which I'll get onto in a moment.
Graphically, it's gorgeous, very much in the style of the aforementioned JRPGs, full to the brim of colourful, bizarre creatures and characters. Your hero is Croix, a soldier of the Grand Bell, an organisation devoted to the creation of the mythical and much prayed for utopian land of Metafalica which is in direct conflict with the stark, artificial landscape upon which the world is currently built.
To achieve this great task, requires the singing of The Song in the Hymnos language, by half human beings called Reyvateils. Their song magic can be strengthened by "diving" into their minds or cosmospheres and completing tasks within thus creating stronger bonds with their inner selves. (Confused? Yeah, me too!)
Croix meets a Reyvateil or 2 in his journey and the merry team bumble along, creating songs towards their goal of Utopia. This journey is further complicated by the fact that one special Reyvateil "Dive Therapist" (new job for recession-hit ladies?) is Croix's sort of life partner. Yes, there's love interest here too. There is a certain amount of adult themed innuendo, hence the 12+ certificate.
The trademark synthesis system is here in it's full glory, and is utilised by talking to the various shopkeepers and characters you will meet in the towns as you travel about and receiving recipe cards containing lists of ingredients you need to create the specified item. Substitute an item or use a different character in the synthesis process and the results are anyone's guess.
Besides synthesis, there are several other in-game "side-tasks" which will enhance your characters' skills and add to the rich storyline.
I found the battle system extremely tricky to master. It's sort of turn-based in that you have 1 sweep of a circle's orbit to execute commands, but to gain maximum effect this should be in tune with your Reyvateil's wishes, depicted onscreen with button commands. You need to keep a sharp eye on the button commands, which I found made the battle scenes quite frantic as there are no concessions for slowpokes like myself who like RPGs to be menu driven, command-based affairs where your enemy waits politely for you to make a decision! However, button-mash in the right direction and you are treated to some spectacular song magic spell action. For the dextrously-challenged though, you can switch to easy battle mode if it's all just too much for you.
All in all, this is a superb game and you will love it if you loved the Atelier Iris series. It certainly gave me a warm feeling inside that all is not lost in the twilight of the much-adored, PS2 universe.
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