Combat is very similar to most turn based RPGs. The screen in divided into
two, enemies on the left and your party on the right. The bad guys are usually
in two rows with the dudes in the back only able to be hit by range weapons or
magic until all of the dudes in the front row have been taken care of. You go
through each of member of your party and give them commands and select their
targets. For example, if you want to attack you pick the type of
attack you want and which bad guy you want to go after, but if you wanted to use
a healing herb or potion you need to pick which member of your party to use it
on. It's pretty simple stuff and that is the problem. After the first 30 battles
or so you kind of know what to expect. Sure there are little combos that you
learn as you go along, but the battles will all follow the same pattern.
Actually remembering the combos in battle is a little tough, would have been
nice to have worked that a different way. Also, and this really bothered me, if
you tell two members of your party to attack the same person but the first one
happens to kill the dude the second guy goes ahead and attacks the dead guy!
What's up with that? You would think he might be smart enough to move to the
next living guy, but nope it doesn't work that way.
Something a little different are the forge and craft systems. Using the forge
system you are able to improve your weapons with various gems or stones that you find
along the way while the craft system will let you create you own potions. Both
of these systems rely on a character's focus ability which is kind of like an
area of expertise. Getting the right balance of focus for your character and
mixing the focus abilities within your party will make sure you will be able to
craft a healing potion from that cool herb you just ran across.
Graphics and sounds are a little sub par. There isn't anything here that I
don't remember seeing several years ago. The background could have come from any
of a hundred different games and the character are pretty blurry. The music
actually got on my nerves right at the beginning but got better as the game went
on, thankfully!
In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 60%.
Eragon for the GBA is a fair game that will be enjoyed more by those who are
already fans of the source material.
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