Record of Agarest War

[Jace Beleren]

 

 

 

Record of Agarest War (アガレスト戦記, Agaresuto Senki?), known in Europe as Agarest: Generations of War, is a strategy role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 video game console.[3] The game is a collaboration between Idea Factory, Red Entertainment and Compile Heart.[4] An updated port of the game was released in Japan for the Xbox 360 on November 27th, 2008.[1]

 

The story progresses through various points plotted on a map. By visiting each point, the player has to battle the creatures, complete a quest, visit a town or go through a conversation to advance through the storyline and open up more points.

 

Fighting plays out like a strategic RPG where each character has his/her own set of moves, but by moving each character to an appropriate square, you can chain characters together and pull off combos. After each round of combat, each character will regenerate AP and accumulate SP points. When enough SP points have been accumulated, characters can unleash special attacks.

 

The game includes dating sim elements through its "Soul Breed" system which allows the player to create a new character by pursuing a relationship with a female character.[5]

 

Record of Agarest War: Re-appearance

A port known as Record of Agarest War: Re-appearance was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Japan on November 27th, 2008. The Xbox 360 port featured additional voice acting, improved visuals, and a gallery mode. New items and a new dungeon are available over Xbox LIVE and Playstation Network as downloadable content.

 

[edit] Europe

The game was localized in Europe as Agarest: Generations of War by Ghostlight. The company planned to publish a standard retail version and a collector’s edition, both released on October 30th, 2009 for PlayStation 3.[6] Initially, the game was set to use a cover art featuring a realistic version of the protagonist; however, negative feedback led to the publisher changing the cover art for one more faithful to the original.[7]

 

[edit] North America

Aksys Games plans to release the game in North America under the title Record of Agarest War. The game will be released as a download (almost 10 GBs) on the PlayStation Network, and on disc for Xbox 360. Aksys has recently stated on their forums that the release has now been pushed back to April 27th, 2010. [8]

 

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