Legaia 2: Duel Saga
Legaia 2: Duel Saga, known as Legaia: Duel Saga (レガイア デュエルサーガ) in Japan, is a turn-based role-playing video game and sequel to Legend of Legaia. It was released by Fresh Games in North America and Europe.[1]
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| Developer(s) | Prokion |
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| Director(s) | Natsumi Arisawa |
| Producer(s) | Katsuhiko Kanazawa |
| Designer(s) | Takuya Kuwazono |
| Programmer(s) | Noriyuki Watanabe |
| Artist(s) | Natsumi Arisawa |
| Writer(s) | Kazushige Inaba |
| Composer(s) | Hitoshi Sakimoto Yasunori Mitsuda Michiru Ōshima |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
The player controls each characters and only three for the battle screen, while others cannot replace the leading one. The player can make nicknames as the game progresses. The player can mix each recipes and materials for skills. A few mini games included the casino, guild quests, rice planting, side-jumping and the arena. On the "Tactical Arts System", the player can combine between three and seven blocks to unlock Arts on screen. The max ones are increased after leveling up. Starting from five blocks for each characters, the player can link with arts from hyper to normal or super ones. Mystic Arts uses seven blocks, low HP, and 100 AP and MP. Variable Arts uses six blocks and 80 AP for two characters to defeat one enemy. The player can use MP to temporarily increase status, recover health or defeat enemies.
Plot
Setting
The game follows a group of outcasts (Mystic) and natural spirits (Origin), siding to fight each other. They were created by the Source Forge, the world's creation in Demiurge Tower. When three magical stones are scattered, the creation becomes imbalanced. The outcasts appeared in a crater near the town.
Characters
The main hero is Lang, the village swordsman. His allies include orphaned magician Maya, martial arts teacher Kazan, female pirate captain Sharon Blade and spiritual giant Ayne. The main villain is Avalon, a star shaper opposing humanity. His minions include the sorceress Velna, swordsman Rauss and the duo of foster siblings.
Story
The five heroes restore all stones and the world's living creation.
Reception
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The game received an average score of 70.46% at GameRankings based on an aggregate of 40 reviews,[2] 67/100 at Metacritic for 21 reviews,[3] and was less successful than the predecessor. According to Famitsu, it sold 40,302 during its debut week, ranking sixth among the releases for the period.[4] It became one of Dengeki Online's top 200 best-selling games with 53,808 copies.[5]
References
- GZ Interview: Prokions president talks about the innovations brought to the Legaia continent in Legaia 2 Duel Saga
- "Legaia 2: Duel Saga". GameRankings. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- "Legaia 2: Duel Saga". Metacritic. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- IGN staff (December 7, 2001). "The Famitsu Top 10 (11/26/01-12/02/01)". IGN. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- IGN staff (January 11, 2002). "Dengeki Online Top 200 Of 2001". IGN. Retrieved May 2, 2012.