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Review by: kain50bc
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Reviewers Score:
6 / 10
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Posted: October 09, 2005
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Dual Orb 2 is a rare RPG I had not
heard of prior to playing it. I was browsing through the Game FAQ's SNES
RPG games looking for a new one and found a good review for it, and a
few medium ones. I'll make my own now of the latter.
Graphics: 6/10
Not the best in the business. The battle animations are extremely good,
as good as Bahamut Lagoon battle animations. But the rest of the game is
lacking. The menu is standard, the world map is atrocious and very small
for a RPG and the rest is just above average. About Breath of Fire one
level for a comparison besides the tiny map.
Sound: 6/10
The music for this game was so-so. It wasn't exceptionally grand like in
a Final Fantasy game but it certainly wasn't pathetic like most NES
music either. I definitely would not listen to it all day however. Sound
effects were not memorable at all. Did it actually have any? I can't
remember.
Gameplay: 7/10
Dual Orb 2 lacks the usual side quests other RPG's offer. Gameplay is
very linear until near the end. The only innovation it offers is the
ability to upgrade your weapons. various sorts of swords, bows, sabers
and... flutes (yes that's right a flute) can be upgraded 20 levels to
become a new weapon with a limit break style attack. Unfortunately this
is extremely costly and you won't be using any until near the end when
this game's straight forward, no wandering nonsense attitude ends and
you can roam around the world a bit, though for what purpose besides
levelling up your weapons and plot progression I would see no point at
all. The storyline is excellent however. Plenty of character depth and
some twists make this a decent game to remember. The game also features
an amazing array of spells to cast with different affects. Although most
status effect spells hardly seem to make any difference at all unless
you cast them repeatedly and then some.
Re-playability: 2/10
I only played this once, but I guess if you wanted to you could go
through it again to fix those weapons up (if you can stand trying to
earn all that money)
Overall: 6/10 I'm assuming the music was good if not memorable and the
story is great but kind of a letdown in other places... still play it
its not too bad in-between Final Fantasy games. |
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