Anyone who want to start playing RPG's should definatly pick this one up.

User Rating: 9 | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Tobenai Tenshi PS2
A good RPG starter for anyone. Using caracters from a well known Anime Serie Fullmetal Alchemist uses a basic RPG system in a hack and slash methop. The cutscene represented by scene from the TV serie. You recreate the story of the anime and the fallow spin-offs of how it could have been. Meeting familiar faces from both friends and foes along your journey.

Graphic- The graphic uses a cell-shading methop comparable to the one scene in Tales of Symphonia. the cutscene witch are sequence from the anime serie are all well rendered. the magic effects and alchemy effects are executed in real-time and are reall beautiful to see. the battle scene and backgrounds are really nicely made with nice shadowing and colors.

Sound- The voices from the original actors are all well executed you get to see all the anime sequence using the original and remastered sound witch offer a really nice environment. most of the background songs are used from the anime and the caracter uses in batlle talking.

gameplay- This is a pretty standard hack and slash comparable to the one scene in Kingdom Hearts and other rpgs of the genre you earn experience and level up your statistics (attack, deffence...) and because of the simple RPG element used in this games anyone can enjoy the gameplay.

In conclusion i think this game could be right for anyone who likes RPG's and anime or anyone who wants to play an easy to get around RPG. you can always rent this game but i strongly recommend you to buy it.