Forever Kingdom

The battles are real-time fighting, where you can control one of three characters at a time, switching to another at anytime during the game is also possible.

You buy weapons for better attacks and attributes, armor for defense and resistance to thunder, fire, earth, and ice elements, legs, helmets and accesaries, to mix and match your strengths and weaknesses. A cool thing about the armor system is that when you buy and equip new items, your styles change, and you look different.

Each one of your 3 characters has a special magic attack called Palmira Actions. You can Trigger these anywhere if you have the proper amount of Palmira Points to exacute them. You can equip different accesaries to activate different magic. You can also perform combo attacks when you exacute all 3 palmira actions at the proper time on an enemy, to recieve palmira crystals, used to upgrade your weapons and other armor to make your character stronger. (since you don't level up in this game, it is essential that you recieve these crystals to grow more powerful) You can recieve 3 colored crystals, blue, yellow, and red, with red being the most useful. Use them wisely....!

The puzzles in this game are X-TREMELY DIFFICULT!! You will have many problems with correcting them. But pay attention to clues around your area, so you can complete the puzzles. Note that sometimes you will need to be equiped with a certain item to pass a puzzle.....!

The voice acting in this game is also a nice touch. The beautiful landscapes are sometimes breathtaking!

The unique gameplay is awsome, characters too, mix'n'match outfits and almost real enviornments, this game is a real cool pic for RPGamers around. Just watch out for the puzzles, but sides that, this game is a must buy!!

The biggest change is the new three-character party. You can switch between Darius, Ruyan, and Faena, which is cool. What isn't cool is those three characters share a single lifebar. When one gets hurt, the other two get hurt. This makes no sense whatsoever; you get all the aggravations of a single-character system with none of the benefits a party system should provide. What's the point?

To be fair, the special combo attacks all three characters can perform together are kinda cool, since they are very damaging. However, the execution is so poor as to make it a moot point. The environments aren't very detailed and the combat is quite simplistic. I expect better crafted environments for the PS2, this looks like a first-generation game. The "music" is the worst I've ever heard in a game. Imagine 3 different orchestras playing 3 different tunes simultaneously, that's what this "noise" sounds like!

For those who liked Evergrace, this sequel probably won't disappoint. But for the rest of us, there are better RPGs out there. The story is pretty good and the puzzles are challenging. It's just that the rest of the game is so uninspired, it's more annoying than fun. I didn't really want to finish this one. It's very hard for an RPG to make me feel that way. RPGs are my favorite genre.