"A game with many great features but with many serious flaws as well"

Storyline-10/10
This game's story differs greatly from most standard RPGs.
The main character is actually unique as well. He is a comedian and pervert. The game has many interesting ideas as well including one where the main character has to date girls so as to be able to build better weapons.

Graphics-8/10
This game actually features excellent animation that really looked like those animation that you see on TV. In fact when you start the game you are able to see a really nice MTV with a really nice song. The opening of thousand arms was actually sung by a really famous japanese Singer.
This game also features FMVs as well after you complete certain parts of the game. However the graphics take a nose dive when you are in standard exploration mode. The graphics looked really terrible compared to the great animation and FMVs. They also looked terrible compared to
the the animation that you see when you go on a date with the ladies. This game reminds me of FF7 where the exploration graphics look terrible compared to the FMV.

Sound Effects/Music-10/10
This game has plenty of nice voice overs. They also really resemble the characters in the game. Although they are limited and may get repititve if you go on to many dates with the same girl.But the voices really save this game and also helped to make it more unique.The songs are also nice as mentioned earlier. The background music although mediocre is still quite acceptable.

Gameplay-5/10
While it was nice to be able to ''date'' girls in this game it gets boring after a while. Also you don't really need most of the spells and effects that you can get from the girls. As for the game's biggest flaw it has to be its
battle system. If this game does not have this terrible
battle system I would have given it a higher score. Firstly although there are 3 guys that you can put in your party only the first guy can attack. The other 2 can only be support members casting spells. This means that each random encounter can take a long time to finish. This may seem acceptable in the begining but towards the last few stages you really want to scream faster faster. I was near completion of this game and suddenly decided I don't want to complete it. It just got too tedious and boring towards the end. Also the battle aren't turned based but rather uses that system which is famous in FF7 and FF tactics. Which means more waiting until you can get to control your character. The game's dungeons are actually quite well designed and challenging. But players who are not prepared for such a complicated dungeon might complain. But I must admit it is really that complicated.

Conclusion- This game is really nice and is unique and interesting. My only complaint is its poor combat system which really made it terrible to play towards the end. If you really want to play this game for the dating and the
really nice storyline and graphics I would suggest using a game shark.That would perhaps make this game more enjoyable and fun. It would probably dserve a 10 if you can somehow get pass those miserable battles.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 06/08/03, Updated 06/08/03