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Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)

by Sega
Platform:   Sega Dreamcast
4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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Game Information

  • Platform:   Sega Dreamcast
  • ELSPA Minimum Age: 11
  • Media: Video Game

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Product Features

  • Role-playing game with 6 lands to explore
  • 70 weapons can be customised with magical characteristics
  • Travel on custom sky-ship with 15 mates as your crew
  • Characters develop experience, abilities, and emotions throughout game
  • Spirit Bar allows characters special techniques in combat

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  • ASIN: B00005B95D
  • Release Date: 27 April 2001
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,441 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Graphically, Skies of Arcadia is surreal and stunning. Arcadia is a magical world where folks float through the air on giant airships. A young and lively air pirate named Vyse, who leads a swashbuckling troupe of pirates named the Blue Rogues, spends most of his time travelling from floating island to floating island. While touching down on the Valuan Empire one fateful day, Vyse and his sidekick Aika rescue a mysterious girl named Fina, who was captured while trying to find six magic crystals used to summon "Gigas," powerful ancient weapons. Naturally, the Valuans want the Gigas for their own malevolent political plans, so Vyse, Aika, and Fina set out to find the precious, scattered crystals and fight enemies (both human and inhuman) to keep the world safe from tyranny. In total, there are six huge lands to explore with many different kinds of environments, such as villages, dungeons, forests, and deserts, as well as otherworldly locations.

The turn-based combat system is effective, with more than 70 customisable weapons to use (based on different colours) and more than three dozen magic spells (and special attacks) as indicated by the game's "spirit bar" shown on the screen. The visuals during the fight scenes may cause your jaw to fall to the ground with its bright lights and mesmerising colours and textures.

Skies of Arcadia is a highly addictive, gorgeous, huge, and deep role-playing game worthy of your attention. Kudos to Sega for creating a breathtaking fantasy that will likely be a mainstay in Dreamcasts well into the spring. --Todd Mowatt

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best RPG on Dreamcast, 18 Jun 2001
By A Customer
Skies of Arcadia has always been one I've waited for because of it's incredible visuals. Thankfully, though, the gameplay is just as impressive. The fights aren't as interactive as the ones in Grandia 2 or the Final Fantasy series, but the ship battles are a nice touch and the magic and super moves are stunning. The characters are great - they may not develop much but they are colourful, lively and often they make the cut scenes pretty funny. The story is basic compared to... again, FF, but it's interesting enough to keep you playing and has a few neat touchs. The music is good, but sadly there's no proper voice acting and the voice acting that IS there is just unnecessary and sometimes laughably bad. I don't understand everyone's complaint about the random battles - they aren't honestly that bad, and if they really bug you... RUN AWAY! On the whole this is a fully enjoyable experience, and with the crew members and discoveries to collect has some good replay value too.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the RPG's around, 1 May 2001
By G. Dowell "gregga17" (amersham, bucks) - See all my reviews
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I had been waiting for this game for ages, and got it on the day of release, and I was definitely not disappointed. Basically there are very few complaints that I can make about this game. The only ones are that there are far too many random battles when you fly around in your ship, and that although this game has some of the most gourgeous graphics seen on an RPG, in some places they are very bare with extremely repetitive textures, and in some places the colours look a bit nasty together. The rest of the game is stunning though; the plot is brilliant, the gameplay and progression are spot on, and it is very addictive. After the first 2 days I clocked up 14 hours! Overall, if you are a fan of the Final Fantasy games (particularly 7 and 9) then I fully recommend this game, as it plays similarly to them. Worth buying a Dreamcast for
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Skies of Arcadia ...true magic in a game, 23 Sep 2001
By A Customer
What can I say that has not already been said? This is an awesome game. Beautiful, funny, tragic {but not too much}, the classic rpg style ..you start small and get bigger and bigger, but it is not inevitable. You have to make decisions that effect the game. And they do. I loved this game not just for the gameplay, which is excellent, or the story, which is deeply engaging, or for the characters who are charmingly real and human, but for the feeling of hope that pervades the story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
I also remember when this came out for the Dreamcast. Its also out on GameCube and PC now and its definatly worth buying to pass the time. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. R. Todhunter

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
I remember playing this game on my dreamcast when it first came out. It is a charming and beautiful game and in my opinion possibly the greatest RPG of all time. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2006 by arrakis123

5.0 out of 5 stars Skies Of Arcadia
Skies Of Arcadia, thats all i half to say and think about the great times this game gave me. I dident think games could be this good, seriously. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2004 by Tyler

5.0 out of 5 stars A Game For All
Vyse of the Blue Rogues with his childhood friend Aika set of on an epic adventure after meeting a mysterious girl named Fina. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2003 by enthused182

5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding
played it over and over and still enjoyed it i think its one of the best rpg game of all time. Oh yes its even as good as the final fantasy series it will keep you distracted for... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2002 by dcj23488

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
SoA is an essential purchase for any Dreamcast owner. Graphically it is superb and the addition of ship vs. ship combat as well as normal people vs. Read more
Published on 17 May 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good!
This game is fantastic! I've been playing it for days and I doubt I've done anything more than scratch the surface! The graphics are wonderful too. Read more
Published on 14 May 2002 by Aeneas Feggans

4.0 out of 5 stars Phatter than Osman!
I had my doubts when I started up Skies of Arcadia. It looked very...piraty and boyish. But once I got into it I was hooked. I am now a member of a Skies... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2002 by gaj86

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant old-skool RPG
This game reminded me of Team Andrfomeda's classic Saturn RPG, Panzer Dragoon Saga. The world has a solid and consistent feel to it, the characters are youthful and dynamic, and... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2002 by stephenmackintosh

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy a Dreamcast. Then buy this.
Really quite staggeringly good. Graphics, yeah, great; sound, atmospheric; but plot-wise...

One of the things I liked most about the game was the way it sets up a fairly simple... Read more

Published on 18 Jul 2001 by simonjdh

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