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Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: on July 23, 2001, 01:13:34 PM
Destined to hit US shores on Aug. 10th, I have a few questions. . .

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Are they actually going to keep in this line?  K-A !!!

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How do you pronounce Xelpherpolis?  Why the heck did they choose the name Xelpherpolis?  I can\'t say it flows from the tongue easily.

UPDATE:  Now that I\'ve said that 10 times straight w/o laughing, it comes out quite easily.  Just took some practice.
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: kopking on July 23, 2001, 01:26:11 PM
lol. i saw that i a a mag the otherday ha ha ha ....i think its not what it kinda meant, i think there was problems in the translation
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: on July 23, 2001, 01:33:47 PM
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Originally posted by kopking
lol. i saw that i a a mag the otherday ha ha ha ....i think its not what it kinda meant, i think there was problems in the translation


Problems, shmoblems!  It\'s funny!

Here\'s a humerous review of the game:

Many people will ask what Ephemeral Fantasia is about. It\'s about $49.99. Hahahahaha. Okay, I\'m done.

Continued here:

http://www.planetps2.com/features/reviews//2001/ephemeralfantasia/

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In summary:

Pros: Skill learning system, different views of battle, Guitar Freaks interface.
Cons: Mediocre combat, boring time-based events, juvenile dialogue, too difficult, boring characters.
Pros: The music I played sounded great.
Cons: The in-game music is bad, far too much loading, simplistic graphics, clipping problems, menus dull and boring.

"How do I begin... to tell the story of how bad a game can be?" (Sung to the tune of Love Story.) Ephemeral Fantasia is not very good, but that has nothing to do with the high-quality songs I happened to produce within the game. Un-inspiring characters fighting un-inspired battles to get to un-inspired cutscenes just makes for a boring, tedious disc. If you hate RPGs there will be nothing in this game to change your mind. If you love RPGs, it may make you re-evaluate your decision.
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 23, 2001, 02:09:16 PM
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Destined to hit US shores on Aug. 10th, I have a few questions. . .


Actually, it is already out. I have saw it in local stores for around a week now.
IGN reviewed it also.
http://ps2.ign.com/reviews/13594.html

4.2.. Not a very favorable rating.
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: on July 23, 2001, 02:11:04 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip


Actually, it is already out. I have saw it in local stores for around a week now.
IGN reviewed it also.
http://ps2.ign.com/reviews/13594.html

4.2.. Not a very favorable rating.


Really? Oh.  Well I\'ll rent it first.  This is my favorite part of the review:

If you hate RPGs there will be nothing in this game to change your mind.
If you love RPGs, it may make you re-evaluate your decision. :laughing:
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: Toxical on July 23, 2001, 02:47:43 PM
damn, those pictures aren\'t that great :rolleyes:
Hope they don\'t turn too many people off from RPG\'s because of this game. :laughing:
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: AlteredBeast on July 23, 2001, 05:20:33 PM
is this an N64 for title or what?

talk about blurrovision.


Eric Jacob
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: SmallLady on July 24, 2001, 07:26:08 AM
Is it just me or does that guy look quite like Sephiroth.

Not that I mind.

Strange name tho..... Like a town or something.
Title: Ephermeral Fantasia, are they for real?
Post by: on July 25, 2001, 04:23:21 PM
As if we cared, here is the box art of the game:

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And here\'s some more screenshots to show you how crappy this game looks.  I wouldn\'t mind if the gameplay was good, but it\'s not so. . .

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^Repetitive.

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^Barren.

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^Jaggie city (or should I say, Jagopolis?).

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^Mundane translations.

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^Blah blah is right.