Illusion of Gaia

Illusion of Gaia is an action role-playing by Enix.

Review

Good

• Over all, the game is a fun action RPG, with plenty of play time.
• The game has some really nice graphics and animation.
• Being able to turn into a more powerful knight is a fun addition.
• While not as impressive as Square's soundtracks, the music is professional and fitting.

Bad

• The story doesn't make much sense and does nothing to make the characters seem important or lovable.
• The red crystals, while a nice addition to the game, are hidden in such ridiculous locations that they force you to search every single area of every map to find them.
• A lot of the enemies are boring and uninspired.
• While I love the idea of using various ancient cultures, the designers often mix cultures incorrectly, like having Lamasu in Incan ruins.
• You weapon has a huge hit box, often hitting enemies that weren't actually touched by your weapon.
• I don't like the fact that enemies may only be killed once and that you don't collect experience points. I do like the system of constantly rewarding the player with minor improvements, but they are entirely planned. Most of the time, you have to fight all of the enemies in a room anyway, so for less-skilled players, there is little option to grind for better stats.
• The cutscenes are really drawn out and dull.

Ugly

• Allowing the D-pad to clear dialogue boxes at the end of a conversation is especially annoying, and often results in missed text.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/snes/illusion-of-gaia - Moby Games.
• gamefaqs.com/snes/588383-illusion-of-gaia - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_Gaia - Wikipedia.