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20 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 very goodJan 27, 2000
first of all, this was my first RPG ever. its the reason i got into them at all. i rented it and loved the graphics and gameplay, so i bought it. after playing other RPGs like ff8 and chrono trigger, i'd have to say this isnt my favorite, but i still look back at it lovingly. the fight system is really amazing. you punch in each individual blow for every character, then watch as it happens, or you select your ra-seru to summon a monster who you've already beaten to attack. the seru videos are beautiful and the attacks are useful. the absense of the active time bar is a little lazy, but it allows you to really think it all out. the story is pretty good and when you revive a genesis tree and that music kicks in, it's very touching. speaking of music, the legend of legaia soundtrack is very good. i've read in reviews that the music wasn't that good, but i thought it was great. the boss music is particularly good. the graphics are great too. the fight scenes are very bright and colorful. i really don't see how they fit it all on one disc, other than the absense of many cinema scenes. the level of challenge is also a plus. the last boss took me six tries,... SIX. i only have a few complaints. first, there isn't very much room for exploration. in other RPG titles, some huge parts are optional and take place on secluded islands. second, the characters aren't very deep. really the most interesting is songi. Vahn is just a grapic basically, because you choose everything he says, making you the character. also, its a little too hard to level up. overall though, it's a great game, and a good first RPG.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Innovation you can enjoyAug 31, 2000
By Alex
I was very surprised with Legend of Legaia when I first played it. Although the basic RPG formula is still basically intact, there are a few radically innovative bits that seem to work quite well.Take for example the amazing battle engine: while turn-based at its core, each character's basic attack is instead a series of kicks and punches that YOU enter (at the beginning of each round). Specific sequences of kicks and punches unlock "Arts" - combos that you can perform at any point in the game. Furthermore, you can chain Arts in combat if they share their first and last moves, and, what's best, you can perform any Art at any given time, giving you total freedom in combat. Most Arts are learned through experimentation, while a few are taught to you by a variety of casual mentors. To save you the trouble of writing the arts down, the game keeps track of the ones you learned in notes that can be called up either through the status menus or directly in combat. Magic in Legend of Legaia is all summoning. During combat you have the chance of absorbing the powers of a variety of enchanted monsters, and thereupon summoning them to cast spells. If you summon the creature frequently, it will increase in level, making the spell it produces more efficient and perhaps even add a side effect. Seems as though Sony threw this amazing thing in and then forgot to capitalize on it. Makes me wonder why they capitalized on the far more restrictive battle engine in Legend of Dragoon. Graphically, Legend of Legaia isn't much to look at (or listen to), with ungainly polygonal surroundings and fully polygonal characters who look like blocks on a string. Thankfully, in combat the characters are realistically proportioned and animate realistically. Also, their faces are very expressive and well-detailed. A diabolic mist has enveloped the world years ago, turning the enchanted Seru into deranged monsters, and their human possessors into mindless zombies. It is up to you to revive the Genesis trees spread across the land in order to destroy the mist. If the story sounds off-beat and unexciting, it is still your formulaic save-the-world story we have come to know and love in many RPGs. The plot is as unobtrusive as they come. There is nothing unnecessary, no confusing tangents, no bland, endless dialog, nothing to detract you from the gameplay. Now, to alerts: this is a slow, SLOW, S...... L...... O...... W game. Travel on the overworld is very sluggish. Character advancement is equally slow. Get ready for tactical level-building, lots of it, because the bosses are tough. If you like your games to move at breakneck speed and half-blind you with glitter of many explosions, Legend of Legaia may reduce you to tears in under an hour. But if you're in for a good, old-fashioned RPG experience, you will most certainly enjoy this game.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Not a bad game at all; especially for the price!Apr 24, 2000
Picked this game up because of the price, and I'd have to say that I definitely won on that deal (over 60 hours of game time). The battle sequence is pretty neat as you tell your character what his/her moves are to be and then sit back and watch the fight. This game I felt to be very easy to play. You catch on to what needs to be done in no time at all. Yes I'll agree that you move at a snalls pace between towns but it don't take one very long to do it. I thought the story line was not so bad. The characters were good; however, Noa at times is too whiney. But at the same time her innocence is cute. Songi, by the end I wanted to strangle him, the bully. One other feature I liked about this game is that with the many, many hours of game play there were only a few instances when the characters swore. This is nothing in comparison to other games I have played. In the end I'd have to say that it was definitely worth the money payed for it.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Sony is at it's Best!Aug 11, 2002
Legend of Legaia was a great game, and it still is. It is unfortunate that many overlook this game due to the commotion of the Final Fantasy series. This game revolves around a mist blanketing the Legaia world, and then three characters to save it. The characters, Vahn, Noa, and Gala are out to save the world. This game represents Sony's best. It has themes such as love(Vahn and Noa), tragedy(deaths), and so much more. It also has cute moments of Noa, the cutesy girl, and all in all, this is a great game. It has a wonderful original battle system, allowing you to choose what move to make, not just attack, or defend. It has great graphics; the fighting graphics of the characters are like Tekken 3. I think this is one of the best rpg's I've played. Nope, it's the best rpg I've played.
The game has also an added feature: the characters actually change they're battle equipment after new equipment has been equipped. I thought this was so cool. The sound in the game is great. It has a total "I want to play this game again" tone. The game also has real world values, such as learning to cope with dead loved ones, and other themes such as telling the person you love that you love them .I hope this review helped. Well that's it. Great work Sony, this was the best!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
WOW Fun LegaiaMar 22, 2002
I wish I never gave back that game, Legend of Legaia. When one
of my friends brought it over, he said I had to play it. I decided I would try it because it looked kind of cool. I was hooked, and I never stoped playing. Its a VERY fun game, while in all being hard. Not hard enough to make you quit, but hard enough to make you think. The story is great, as is the music, and the special moves each character does. I couldent choose a favorite out of the 3 main characters, all I can say is this is a WOW fun game, and unfortunatly I had to give back the game before i EVEN beat it, so Im looking for it to own. I would give up my PSX2 for it if I could. =)
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