Rogue Galaxy

Keeping with my current theme of "Stuff I do besides FFXI and web surfing" I'm gonna write about a PS2 game I've been playing the last month or so. Its called Rogue Galaxy and is a Space based adventure where a crew of Pirates are looking for some ancient artifacts to unlock the secret to finding a mythical planet that supposedly holds infinite wealth.


Its a real time action based RPG that has a battle system very similar to Kingdom Hearts. I've grown to like this type of system as opposed to the traditional turn-based system used in most RPG's. Character advancement is achieved by leveling up with experience points, and abilities are learned through a system called the Revelation Flow. In this system you place items acquired from battles or chests in slots on the board to unlock abilities and open up slots for even more abilities. This can be frustrating because some drops are very hard to get from enemies that have very low encounter rates (hi2u Star Earrings >_>).


Another aspect I like about this game is the weapon fusion process. Basically every battle your weapons "level up" in a sense until they eventually Max out. When you have two of the same type of weapon Maxed out you can combine them into a new and (hopefully) more powerful weapon. This saves you money (kinda pointless since money is so easy to get) and time buying new weapons from out of the way shops.


All in all this is a pretty fun game without too many frustrations, and I like most of the characters. The story isn't terribly deep but not every game has to have one like that. Here's a few screenies so you can see how it looks.