Few stories enjoy great epicity as we can find in this jewel of the game, where a conflict of different characters are intertwined to tell a story full mystery, adventure and even conspiracies. An RPG that has great personality and is very different from other games of the same genre, a game that is on the list of many people's favorite RPG games.
Today's Retro Review is about one of the best RPGs that can be found in the old, but beloved PlayStation 1: Vagrant Story.
Perhaps for many people the beginning of the story Vagrant Story is a bit confusing, but as we move forward in the game and we learn about some situations, we will be up to date with the history and events of this great game.
As any game of this style and genre can never miss the main character who is endowed with great skills in combat and his name is Ashley Riot, he is the member of a unit of gentlemen specialized in fulfilling those missions that are not suitable for units of conventional attack and defense, in the same way, Valendia Knight, as these knights are known, are assigned countless missions of great importance to the kingdom. At the start of the game we learned that a sect commanded by Sidney Losstarot, invaded the home of Duke Bandora and kidnapped his son, therefore, our protagonist to be a member of the elite group of Valendia Knight is sent to fulfill the mission of expel the cult members of Sidney and restore the duke's son, but as we can guess it will not be an easy mission to perform, in our mission, the leader Sidney escapes and it is now our new mission to hunt him, but during our journey we will discover certain secrets that hide the actions of the cult, as well as going through countless moments of death, struggle, betrayal and conspiracy. Vagrant Story, has a well-crafted plot and is properly presented and developed so that from start to finish it keeps us entertained.
Graphically it looks pretty good, considering the standards of the time and that is a game that came out for the old PS1. However, Vagrant Story is one of the few games that is compared in terms of graphic quality with Metal Gear Solid, and as a very personal opinion, it seems to me that in terms of graphics, Metal Gear Solid is a bit more superior, but also I must admit that Vagrant Story is not far behind, and that possibly find very high in the list of the best games that have come out for the PS1 in terms of graphic quality.
In Vagrant Story, we can find great character designs, very original and appropriate to the style and the time in which the facts of the game pass, each of these characters have well-defined modeling and fluency of movements appropriate for each step they take or Each attack that you give to the enemies is noticed as naturally as possible.
The scenarios of this game is another graphic aspect that shines, full of details to see, with good atmosphere, appropriately recreating the medieval style that characterizes this great game, in the same way the natural scenes denote great quality, both in the textures as in the coloring, lighting and graphic effects.
In the section of sound many suppose what I am going to say and, it is that when it comes to the sound aspect in games of this genre, it is one of the most worked aspects at the time of the development, Vagrant Story has an excellent soundtrack, as expected, with excellent musical compositions that accompany us for much of what our adventure lasts, many of them capable of transmitting infinities of feelings and emotions that go from the epic, the sadness or suspense, each melody was composed to fit perfectly to the world and the setting of this great game. As well as its soundtrack, the sound effects of Vagrant Story are also very well worked and help a lot to the immersion of both the scenarios, as well as at the time of each battle we have with our enemies, each hit or spell cast, will count with its own sound effect, which will make each battle, when accompanied by the soundtrack and the sound effects, more exciting for the player.
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Vagrant Story is cataloged as an Action RPG, in addition to being also listed as one of the best of its kind and genre, unlike other RPG games that every battle we must go through is random, that is, as we go through the scenario, unexpectedly we will encounter enemies that we must defeat, in Vagrant Story we can see the enemies directly on stage, therefore depending on what we have to do, there is the possibility of being able to evade some enemies of which We do not want to fight, giving us a little more freedom in this way when moving on the map.
In order to fight against the enemies, we must get as close as possible to start the battle mode, a battle mode that is very different from other games of the style, since at the time that we are ready to face that enemy that we have in front , we will have certain attack options, where we can hit the enemy in certain parts of his body, that is, we can attack the right arm or the left arm individually, Like the right and left legs and the head and depending on the enemy class, the attacks will have a certain level of% that will affect one more than others, we must also bear in mind that our protagonist and playable character, Ashley Riot, Enemies can also harm you in different parts of the body individually, therefore, we should not only be careful when attacking our enemies, but we should also be alert to the effect that the enemy attack will make on our character.
Like many other RPGs, we also have certain skills that we will be learning throughout the game, as well as we can speed up the battles through items that will help us or better armor and weapons that we will acquire. In short, Vagrant Story is a fairly complete game when it comes to gameplay, for those people who have never played games of this style it may be difficult to adapt to so many things and elements to learn from this game, however, Vagrant Story is one of those few RPG games that really are very entertaining.
Vagrant Story is on the list of the best games you can find on the old but beloved PlayStation 1, a gem in the RPG genre and an excellent game full of good characters, an argument that catches you and you want to know how the events in it and also, being my favorite aspect, has an excellent soundtrack. A game recommended for lovers of the RPG genre.
