Amazon - Enchanted Arms (360) w/ comic book - $34.99 free ship

[Maklershed]

Buy it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Ubisoft-Enchanted-Arms-With-Comic/dp/B000HGMH12/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-9587711-7208714?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1178557352&sr=8-3


Product Description
Experience one of the first true next-gen RPG adventures. Developed exclusively for Xbox 360, Enchanted Arms a best selling RPG in Japan, now finally arrives in the U.S. Embark on an epic RPG adventure and escape to a fantasy world filled with beautiful cinematic quality graphics, unique characters and bizarre creatures. Take the role of Atsuma, Enchanter in-training and transform from a naïve student to the most powerful savior in a war 1,000 years in the making. Immerse yourself in a deep storyline as you face increasingly difficult challenges and learn to master Atsuma’s special fighting and magical abilities.

Product Description
In Enchanted Arms, you'll embark on an epic RPG adventure. Escape to a fantasy world filled with beautiful cinematic quality graphics, unique characters and bizarre creatures. Take the role of Atsuma, Enchanter in-training. Transform him from a naïve student to savior in a war 1,000 years in the making. Immerse yourself in a deep storyline and learn to master Atsuma's fighting and magical abilities. Includes comic book.

 

[Apossum]

darn, still hasn't hit that magical $4.99 price point yet.

 

[mxpowar]

[quote name='Apossum']darn, still hasn't hit that magical $4.99 price point yet.[/QUOTE]
Nah, I'd pay it if it was the PS3 version.

 

[kevzik]

Decent deal

 

[Monsta Mack]

I believe the going price for this on ebay is $25 used complete with S&H so yeah thats a decent deal.

 

[Masterkyo]

This game should be $30 anytime now. I'll get it whenever it drop down $15

 

[abhinav]

For anyone that cares: EGM said that the 360 version was better then the PS3 version mainly due to the jaggies.

 

[Logg]

I have this game on 360 and I think its pretty alright.

 

[Monsta Mack]

The game was near a low 8 for me till the end, because when you gota fight seven bosses in a row with little to no time to heal it really blows. If people didn't save at a certain point before the final battle they may have been actually screwed and had to restart. Other then the few voice acting issues and the screwed difficulty (outside of the end and a few boss battles, the game was rather easy and the ending really threw things out of proportion) the game was pretty good. Unfortunately it sold like crap but atleast the 360 is still getting Blue Dragon and Mass Effect, which looks to be more RPGs in the line that the PS3 has for this year and last

 

[Bezerker]

Isnt this still $20 @ Toys R Us?

 

[62t]

the ps3 version has japanese voice and some extra stuff but has other problem.

It was $20 at TRU if they look it up by SKU#. Dont know if they ever fixed that.

 

[Otaking]

[quote name='Bezerker']Isnt this still $20 @ Toys R Us?[/quote]
Last time I got a price check, it rang up as $39.99 or $34.99, I forget. (

 

[Callandor]

[quote name='Monsta Mack']The game was near a low 8 for me till the end, because when you gota fight seven bosses in a row with little to no time to heal it really blows. If people didn't save at a certain point before the final battle they may have been actually screwed and had to restart. Other then the few voice acting issues and the screwed difficulty (outside of the end and a few boss battles, the game was rather easy and the ending really threw things out of proportion) the game was pretty good. Unfortunately it sold like crap but atleast the 360 is still getting Blue Dragon and Mass Effect, which looks to be more RPGs in the line that the PS3 has for this year and last [/QUOTE]

My thoughts on the ending of Enchanted Arms:

Spoiler

Like the princess at the end of a fairy tale, Makoto gets his kiss from the man he loves.

Anyone who has played it all the way through will understand.

It was a decent game. It had a lot of good ideas, and I'd like to see that concept for a battle system expanded on in some future game, but the presentation was just plain awful (seriously, I'm working on Dragon Quest VIII, and for a story-light game, it blows EA out of the ing water). There were some good characterization moments, but that's about all.

Yes, that endgame boss marathon was almost unfair. The only time in the game that VP became an issue; the first boss just slaughtered me over and over, I wasn't expecting more afterwards... But at least it made me work for the ending!

I enjoyed it for the flawed RPG that it is. If you like JRPG's, I'd say it's worth $30. It's just feels like so much wasted potential. It doesn't feel like a "next-gen" RPG, more like a maybe-par PS2 game with high-res graphics.