::Jade Cacoon 2 Review::
Jade Cocoon 2: The Locust's of the Apocolypse
Platform: Playstation 2
Developer: Genki and Ubi Soft
Genre: RPG
ESRB Rating: Teen
My Status: Last Boss.
Genki's Description:
Enter the haunting world of Jade Cocoon 2 and experience a fantasy RPG of boundless possibilities. Set centuries after the first Cocoon Master purified the wicked Forest Minions and freed his village from a sleep curse, this tale tells the story of a new deadly parasite called Kalma. Kahu, a fledgling Cocoon Master, must now brave the four elementally-themed forests and seek the Orbs of Cocoon Masters past before Kalma overtakes himself and the earth.
Within the intense quest for the four Orbs lies a unique battle system where you can capture hundreds of monsters into cocoons and train them from hatchlings to become your own greatest weapons. Join Kahu and his trusty companion, Nico, on their journey to rid the land of menacing monsters, find the magical Orbs, and defeat the deadly Kalma.
Game Features:
*A full-featured RPG set in a rich 3D polygonal world.
Innovative combat system:
*Create an army of fighters from over 200 species of monsters.
*Capture and cross-breed these monsters to create billions of your own ultimate warriors.
*Battle with up to 8 monsters at a time.
*Special 2-player battle mode allows you and a friend to pit your best-bred creatures against each other.
*A deep and engaging story told with over 200 event scenes, over 20 times more than in the original.
My Current Review:
One thing I should mention is the anime style graphics created by none other then Katsuya Kondou, who also did the character design for "Princess Mononoke". I'll admit, the characters are awesome looking. They did pretty good on the graphics. The Gameplay itself is pretty cool. It's like Pokemon, only ten times better, a less childless storyline, and no gay names. The customizing you can do with your characters is pretty fun, and the leveling is endless since you start over each time you merge. The game play is fun for a while, but you find it to get somewhat boring after a few weeks of playing it. The merging and evolving process makes this game awsome. The replay value for this game is pretty bad, seeing as how there's no changes in story line and no real point to play it again.
Bringing your characters to a higher level takes a few hours, but it can be fun. The levels always regenerate with different beasts and items, so going through a forest three or four times minimum is a must. It's always fun to watch your character evolve and then trying to decide how to merge them. I do admit that once I got to the last boss I was pretty tired of the game.
The two player mode lacks something, though. You have to have characters that you've merged once or twice in order to actually fight without it ending in a draw. What they could have used is a function that lets you choose how many rounds you have. Ten rounds just doesn't seem like enough, but I may be wrong. The game also puts on an appeal for younger players, but it's still fun, none-the-less.
Story wise, this game is very lacking. The game wasn't made to engross you in to a deep story with plot twists and turns, therefore, if you're looking for a story like Final Fantasy, or Suikoden or Ogre Battle or something, this isn't the game for you. It was made to draw you into a unique fighting system and beast merging system, so there's no rush to bring the story along. Each forest has a character that is trying to beat you to the orb, which has a small story to it, my favorite story is probably the one with the small blue dragon, Cure. That's the water forest.
Graphics: 5
Gameplay: 3.5
Story: 1.5
Audio: 4
Camera Angels: 2.5
Over all I give this a 3.5 out of 5.
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