PixlBit

Some Rpgs are good and some are great then there are some that are just down right amazing. Resonance of Fate for the PS3, PC and Xbox 360 was released on January 28, 2010 and was developed by Tri-Ace and published by Sega.

Resonance of Fate uses what is known as the tri-attack battle system. The battle system is a mix of real time and turn based controls, the battles are actually amazing you choose a character and mark where he or she is to go and select your weapon and then move to the next character then when your done issuing commands the battles play out in real time but the catch is you still control the gun fire etc while the characters turn is in progress and the funny thing about this formula is it never gets boring, its fun and fresh everytime you battle, the game requires grinding as in most rpgs but you will enjoy grinding cause the battles are so freaking much fun.

The best way i can decribe the battles are like an unbeleivable action movie, because your characters are jumping way up high and doing flips backflips all the while shooting your guns and as long as your in the air and have the ap points ( action points ) you can continue shooting its really quite remarkable how cool and movie like it looks, and its a good thing to because you will be grinding alot and with a battle system this awesome you wont mind a bit.

The characters turn is limited by action points, during which players can keep moving and switching weapons until the action points run out. However during each turn players are only allowed to make a single attack, after which, even if action points remains the characters turn ends. I could get into a entire page on the combat alone but im not, take my word for it, its fresh, never boring and nothing like anything you have played before and its simply amazing i simply love the tri-attack system. Which brings me to another fasinating aspect to this game, the over world map, it has octagon grids all over the map and in order to progress you have to find the correct color coded octogon peices to place on the map to move your cursor over sound confusing well its not its actually quite simple look at the map below.

So you see the colored octagon well in order to progress in that part of the map you have to find that color and place it along the path you want to take its actually a fantastic and brilliant design that i have never seen done in any game thus far. Resonance of Fate is a fantastic rpg and very big on top of that i have logged in over 80 hours so far and i dont think im near the end yet. The graphics are very good, there not the most stunning i have ever seen but very nice none the less, the music and voice acting is fantasic the story well it took me along time to figure out what the hell is going on and im 80 hours in and i still have more questions then answers. The music is very good and varied you rarely here the same track and they are really good.

Actually theres alot done well with this game the towns are really basic you go into a steampunk kind of town and they have your typical stores, inns etc they do have a job board where you can get side missions which i highly recommend you doing for not only a 100% completion of the games but there is some awesome animai clips that you will not want to miss not to mention some hidden areas etc, and the story really takes place in the tower of Babel a kind of safe haven from the worn torn un liveable world outside the tower and the only real mission in the game that i have seen thus far is pretty much bounty hunter missions and the story really does leave you saying wtf lol.

So bottom line here is we have an awesome rpg with very few flaws, yes it does have some problems first off the story never comes together in a way to really understand whats really going on, the learning curve is steep the game does not help you out very much, so Resonance of Fate is for the hardcore Jrpg fan, it can be difficult and confusing, and requires alot of grinding but the game is definetly well worth the price of admission.