"I dare you to find better for $9.99! It's GREAT!"

When I first got the game it was $9.99, it was cheap and looked really good for a game that I had heard very little about. I gave it a shot and now I am still in awe. The game is great with an original story and a Role-Playing system that is very fun to use.

The game is about a girl Maya who sees chosen ships in her desert. Soon she begins to unravel a plot which involves past battles, foes turning to friends, and a treasure known as heaven. Soon this very small story turns into an epic masterpiece which blows Final Fantasy 7 into oblivion. There is mystery, suspense, romance, comedy. Everything you could ask for in an RPG and then some. Although, I did like FF7 for the romantic parts I feel that this game was done a little better. Why? I don't know maybe it's just me. FF7 was a masterpiece but this game is too. So buy one then the other but buy this one first!

STORY: 10
The story I found to be original. Instead of just heading out to save the world you head out to unravel more of a mystery about what you're supposed to do. The story has hundreds (that's right) of subplots like a girl named Led and her father, a boy named Tory and his crimes, and many other things like that which all tie into the story.

GRAPHICS: 10
The graphics were enough to blow you away! Everything is in 3D and there are cinemas scattered throughout. Some of the environments have the potential to compete with the real world (little exaggeration never hurts). Anyways the graphics are superb!

SOUND: 10
I never had trouble with the sound. Voices, attack sounds, s/e sounds, anything really all did fine on my computer. The music sometimes was bothersome but only a few times.

GAMEPLAY: 9
Point and Click to move, just like an adventure game. Then there would be a few battles where you would use your keyboard. This was where the problem came. I had a little trouble doing both the keyboard and the mouse. When playing with two people I would hit Z instead of A or Q. That was it but because of that and some other problems when moving around on the world map it received a 10.

RE-PLAY: 10
I would replay it because I found it to be a great game! I have so many files that it's not even funny! I LOVE THIS GAME!

All in all it receives a 9.8 but I like it a lot so it gets a 10! I recommend spending no more than $25 because I feel that its an older game and shouldn't be sold for $50. But it is fun and worth over $50!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 08/20/01, Updated 08/20/01