In My Humble Opinion....... Wild Arms 2 Is One Of The Best Title Of The Playstation ONE. I Like This Game A Lot.
But so far wild arms 2 as per me is the best rpg on the psone. the games got all the decent graphics and sound as well as solid story which is fast paced and will keep you addicted as soon as you get your first mission.
GRAPHICS ------- Detailed sprites plus decent background plus nice animatione makes the graphics look fairly fine. however its average battle graphics will not be suitable for most graphic refering gamers. but the spell effects as well as skill effects are decent, characters look ok in battle but outside it they are enough detailed. The only lack of thing in graphics is the lack of details to weapons, cause there is no change in them when you buy new weapons as its defaultly designed. The dungeons are well done, the camera issue is as good as none as there are only few areas where the camera can trouble anyone. Graphically the game is average but not dated.
SOUNDS ------- Superb background music blus good battle theme makes the sounds decent. there is a nice range in music here but at times if feel repetitive. But still there is enough in there which will never disappoint anyone, infact it is one of the main plus points in this game. Sound and music is great at most times but also feel repetitive at some times.
STORY ------- Fast paced. Great story is what motivated me here, as the story is really fresh and there is no been there done that thing here, although it has save the area/world thing in it but its not directly the usual thing. Infact its though this game that i have learned about the importance of the story. There are three prologues in the start for the characters in this games and as soon as that part is over the game begins, note that the start is slow but as soon as one gets the first mission its more then likely that one will be addicted and attached to it for a good portion of time. I often do not anything about stories in my reviews but i will say this much that there are three characters at first with their own background and as soon as the game progresses one will find more characters with their own background which are decent but the most interesting factor about the story is that even the npc characters are highly involved in the story. The townspeople speak nice dialogues of there own and all these issues adds to a light hearted story eventhough there is the fight the evil thing. Story here is the strongest point in this game.
GAMEPLAY ------- Solid battle system plus nice addition of arms adds total fun. This is the kind of game where one would like to go into random battles. There are two ways to avoid random battles one is to press circle when the ! mark is shown infront of the screen while in dungeon or outside in world map, another way is to run away from battles, but the most interesting thing here is that random encounter rate is nearly perfect here. One will not feel that the encounter rate is high, besides to the fun which there is in the battle system, one will offen be interested to go into fights to gain experience and earn money. The arms are the other skills which includes extra weapons in battle which is often handy in boss battles. Besides this there is also character transformation and summoning added to the battle system which makes up the battle system total fun and also one can feel a decent variety in terms of attacking strategy. Game itself is very easy. Puzzles are also easy although i am not even in disc 2 yet, i can safely say that the puzzles can get a bit hard as the game progresses but most of them within the first disc are fairly but suprisingly fun. I am never into puzzle thing but this game has got me interested in puzzle solving due to its relatively simple and fun manner. Besides most dungeons will be short in this games, one will often feel that the dungeon despite having puzzles got cleared really fast. Besides each character are hving their own tool which is often required in solving puzles at certain areas. Thus one needs to continously change the members in order to solve the various puzzles which can only be solved by a certain character's tool. But the most interesting thing that most of the parts here are really short and nice even if it has boss in them. There is all sorts of addition to the gameplay such as stealing, learning enemy skill and so on, besides the level system is decent. Everyone in the party whether she/he is included in the battle or not does get the experience after having successfully victory in any battle. Gameplay is highly addictive cause its pure enjoyment.
In My Humble Opinion.......
i can easily assure anyone that she/he will have fun playing this game, but for your own safety i suggest trying this game. this is the best rpg title which i have yet played and i highly recommend this game to anyone who likes nice gameplay and light hearted story and is able to neglect the urgency for better flashy graphics. Wild Arms 2 is one solid title which will not make anyone regret after playing it.