Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom

"Hmmm. So this is what happens when Yu-Gi-Oh meets Orge Battle."

Like my tag says, this Yu-Gi-Oh game plays like Orge Battle. Oh well. Enough with that. Lets get on to the review.

Story:4 out of 10
Before I go on, I'll let you know that I only played a little of Kaiba's story and none of Yugi's. So I have no clue if the two are similar but what I experienced with Kaiba's story, I really didn't like. I felt that this was a typical Yu-Gi-Oh story were Mokuba and Kabia enter a VR world and some guy traps them in the world. So that makes the 3rd time that I know in the Yu-Gi-Oh universe. Twice in the show and now in this game. Ah whatever. I just find the whole ''Trapped in the VR world'' concept to be old. if i re-rent this game and get farther well maybe my mind will change.

Graphics: 7 out of 10
All I can say is wow. As great as DOTR (if you dont know what DOTR means its Duelist of the Roses) except for one thing. The attack animations. They don't come close to DOTR's battle animations. Most mosters have the same battle animations only that they might have different colors. So the message to Konami is : ''Why didn't you use orignal battle animations for all of the monsters?'' There might be a logicial explanitaion for this, but we might never know.

Music: 9 out of 10
The music of this game is completly original. Except for the Marshal selection screen. Thats the overworld music form DOTR but I'm not complaining. The battle music really make you feel like your playing Orge Battle with Dule Monsters.

Gameplay: 10 out of 10
This games gameplay Is great. Battling is simple enough for total beginners to figure this out. The fact that you can outfit your towns with Equiptions in order to protect them or make them useful is a great addition. I also like the addition of the item system. Whereas you have to think about what items to equip a monster with. The final factor of this game that makes the gameplay so great is the difficulty of getting new monsters on your team. Like in Orge Battle you don't know when a wild monster attacks you and if your going to get it to join you. The monster level up system also adds to the gameplay.

Difficulty: Changes throughout the game.
Difficulty changes form mission to mission, but that my opinion. Some missions maybe easy where as you can leave your main base undefended and win or difficult missions where as your enemies come full force towards your main base.

Rent or Buy: Up to you. I recommend that you rent it first. If you like it, buy it. If you don't, don't buy it. Like I said its up to you.

Overall: 8 out of 10
This game is good. The only problem I see with this game is the unexciting story. But hey, this review was created mostly on experience and opinion. So you may agree or disagree.

NOTE: I did not include the Challenge mode because I seriously do not like it. It is really cheap and boring.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 12/01/03