Joppy’s Quick Hits: Mana Khemia

Played Mana Khemia the past two weeks. Decent game.

It can be challenging(especially at the endboss and the extra dungeon, so I have heard.)

Instead of the normal level system that most RPGs have, Mana Khemia has a point system. The more points you can get, the more you can place in your “Grow book”, and that is how you level up. And also: the only way to level is to synthesize lots of items.

Glitch ALERT: In the Mana Ruins, There is a Kamakaze creature. When it dies, it blows up, hurting its comrades. Unfortunately,  the game can freeze when Pamela is in the party, making you restart. However, this isn’t a boss battle like in Ar Tonelico II, so as long as you save before you go in there, there will be minimum loss of time.

Characters are somewhat lively in this game. You have the amnesiac main character(Who does find out who he is in this game), A girl who is clumsy in the application of synthesis, A beastgirl who can sing, An epic swordsman with a power of a drill (!), A rival alchemist that hates the main character with a passion, A ghost girl(Who has been seen in other Atlier Iris games, now playable), a swordswoman who is one year younger than the main cast, and …..a pinkish redish blob on a hovercraft with the personality of Stewie from Family Guy(my feelings on him, anyways).

All in al,l a decent game. However, the dreaded NISA glitch sort of brought the experience of the game down, however, there is replay value to this game(With the bonus dungeon).

So, I give this game a B-. And, with all of the complaints from the PSP version, get the PS2 version, Costs only 19.95 at Gamestop.(Dunno if they ship overseas, though.)

Also, doing a bit of a reboot. I haven’t posted much in the past few months, and I need something fresh to start things off. The blog is being renamed for my #1 favorite, Nogizaka Haruka. The address to my blog is the same as before, to remind us of the past, but other than that, expect some changes (and a more hands-on blogging experience, I hope.)