Ehrgeiz

"Probably one of the games most worth buying at the moment"

Squaresoft is the kings of RPG, but with Ehrgiez they show the world that they really can master all genres, with some help by Namco. The first impression that struck me was that this is more like a hole collection than one single game. The standard game Ehrgeiz (the Arcade one) is a figting game and a mix of Tekken and Tobal. The extremely beautiful RPG is a mix of a figting game and an ordinary RPG-slayer, as you may have understood. The game also includes a couple of really cool minigames, a kind of cardgame (?), a sprint event (?) and a track&field kind of battle (my favorite!).

Graphics (9,5/10) - Everything is extremely beautiful! The characters is perfectly designed, the battlefields are wonderful and the rest of it is splendid. Cloud, Tifa and the others are more beautiful than ever.

Music (7/10) - Good sound effects and quite atmospheric music during the battles. Nothing to buy the soundtrack for, but OK.

Gameplay (9/10) - The gameplay depends on which of all the games you play. The standard battle is good, the minigames is even better and the RPG has the best control and feeling of them all.

Lastability (9/10) - I got bored of the standard game in just some days, but I still come back to play the mini-games, especially the track&field and card ones. The RPG is very big and will make you sit in front of your TV for a long time, trust me. And you can always try to set some new records at "Battle Beach" (and beat my 5.28 if you can)!

In other words, a very big game ("games" maybe) with a long lastability that you just have to buy!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 03/28/02