Agarest: Generations of War

I'd hope with over 100 hours in this game I'd have a reasonable and informed opinion on the game. Unfortunately it was only enough to get upto the start of generation 3 before I stopped. That opinion is to avoid this game. I'd heard that in order to get the true or best end of the game I'd need to finish it on hard difficulty within a certain number of turns. That part seemed ok as I played. You can fight and level your characters outside of mandatory battles without increasing the turns. However I quickly ran into another problem. The battles are a GRIND. In theory they sound good, you position your characters to use their skills together to create stronger skills. However every battle once you get 10+ hours in takes a lot longer than you'd like. Indivdual enemies become damage sponges which you'll spend the whole turn just to KO (let alone overkill). When you're facing 4-5 of those enemies plus a boss or 2 you're going to be there a while. Given that battles are slow and time consuming, this also means grinding enemies for items or XP is extremely tedious. Your individual team members only gain XP if they are in your active party. This is more a personal gripe for me. I want the freedom to mix up who I use butwith unused characters quickly falling behind in levels and no catchup mechanic, the game heavily pushes you towards sticking with the same group all the time. The story is unremarkable. In Generation 1 its ok but generation 2 it takes a nosedive quickly with a MC who has the personality of a rock. The party members rarely shine in this regard either. Characters that seem initially promising quickly settle into either being dull or ridiculous. Maybe this is a translation issue but none of them felt very real. Overall I really tried to give this game a chance, pushing through some grinds for items and other things. But in the end it defeated my patience and willingness to keep slogging through what I assume will be more of the same for another 100 hours. Note I didn't use any DLC, I played how I felt the game was designed ot be played throughout.

It's Agarest. Its sad to see it go into microtransactions but not unexpected. Be prepared for the grind, have a walkthrough on hand for each generation to get the items, be prepared to die alot on the first go. It has new game plus so you can revisit those enemies that you want to PWN for giving you trouble. Following several generations of a bloodline was a good idea, but this one fell flat and its better than its sequel imo. 6/10 Nostalgia bait.

虽然是我童年的回忆，但是我不会推荐这款游戏，缺点太明显，硬核战旗，重复性很高、 阿加雷斯特战记，我初二时在手机上玩了移植版，游戏独特的多代传承系统非常吸引我，特别是每代都有三个不同的女性选择一位结婚，战旗里穿插GAL要素，在小时候感觉很棒。 优点：1、剧情还不错，虽然有点套路，但是在我玩的其他游戏里，算是有头有尾，人物刻画鲜明。 2、重要角色画的挺好看的，每代女主角个性都不同，立绘也好看，特别是固定角色dyshana，小时候看到马上迷住了。 但是过了十几年之后，这款本体2007年的游戏其实缺点很多，甚至有点恶心。 1、虽然有自动战斗，但是AI只会集火攻击一个敌人，并且不会用几个技能的奥义，时常发生大炮打苍蝇。 2、奥义无法直接点击使用，只能在角色之间选择技能，才能使用奥义。每次战斗明明都搭配好了技能，却没法一键使用奥义，只能每场战斗都要重复选择技能，几百次重复按键，真的恶心，我都不想二周目。也不想弄真结局。 3、迷宫使用45°画面没问题，但是地图凹凸面没有边界线，看起来就是糊成一团，看不清地图哪里是台阶要跳，哪里是边界，画面糊成一团，就是一团呕吐物，特别是森林地图。角色跳不高，走不快也不能加速走。 4、最最恶心的设定：迷宫敌人随机遇见。走几步路、被模糊的地面卡住的时候，就要遇怪。 5、游戏的关键：奥义和技能。有些技能奥义书能买，有些自动送，有些要在迷宫里找，这些都算是能接受的，最最恶心的时一些技能要角色好感，才能拿到、 6、最影响结局的选择，有光明和黑暗的设定，要看真结局一定要跟着攻略走，不然没人会把之前的剧情和狗屎几百场重复战旗玩一遍，每代选择不光要看光暗，还要看角色好感，纯纯恶心人设定。要走真结局，还要每代选择光和暗的走向。想完整体验只能跟着攻略走，才能体验完整剧情。 7、战斗节点每代都时两三个之后有剧情，但是到了五代，四五个节点之后剧情都是几乎是开战，还都是连战，一直都在跑路、战斗，一点闲暇剧情都没有，二周目也没有跳过战斗的选项，重复四百多遍的战旗、重复选择切换角色选择技能，我是完全没有二周目看真结局的念头，把之前的糟糕体验再来一遍，不愿再碰。 每代都是光明走向，最后dyshana带着rex走之后，就结束了，爱丽丝喊着rex别走，切换场景都结束了，什么都结束了，REX也没回来。二周目一切要都要从头开始。不想再来一遍。 小时候看外表喜欢dyshana（现在也喜欢），长大之后看完剧情，最喜欢、最在意的是Ellis。每代最接近主角、最关心主角的人是Ellis，最后哭得最大声、最不想主角走的是Ellis。 如果我会玩二周目（并不会），大概率是因为Ellis哭着叫主角别走，结局依恋不舍的道别，想着二周目完美结局，让主角回来和Ellis在一起。

I want to like this game. I really, really do. But god is everything about this game tedious. From the fights being slow and grating, to having to grind for literally EVERYTHING. Money, weapons, skills and levels are all things you have to spend HOURS to gain. Even the cheese methods are obnoxious to use. The game is also hard as hell even on normal mode. Meaning you can't skip grinding at all. You HAVE to put in that time to gear up and level if you want to progress in the later half of the game I like the art style and music. especially the music. The story is rather basic for most of the campaign, but if you push through the grind and punishing difficulty there is some rather interesting plot points that occur later on. Would I recommend this game? I would say.... maybe? DO you like hard as hell JRPGS? Do you like grinding all day and even find it therapeutic? Do you have a lot of free time to do said grinding? If all those answers are yes then I'd get it on sale, with the caveat that you don't blame me if you don't like it or quit halfway through. I love the music so so much that if you do get it then you have to buy the collector's edition with the soundtrack. Its fantastic.

Agarest 1 -> Agarest Zero -> Agarest 2 This is the order in what you can transfer saves!!!

tutorial is too hard never landed a hit and all my characters died dont like that arrow is on my screen when using a controller

Had this game for years, tried starting it up half a dozen times and it just never stuck. You pretty much need to be glued to a guide to get a lot of mechanics the game doesn't explain, and to complete the game. It's grindy and combat is just crunchy compared to other turn based JRPGs. Go get the screenshots and skip the gameplay if that's what you're after.

I enjoyed the story and characters. Many of them are charming and grow on you. The girls are all very pretty. I am a person that likes lore and story development so I do like that part of the game. It's like a visual novel with good voice acting although it's all in Japanese. The concept of 5 generations that build on one another is interesting and I enjoyed seeing how your choice of bride influenced the next hero. The battles however can get repetitive and boring fighting on the same maps with the same enemies over...and over...and over. I try to use auto-battle sometimes to just get through it and on with the story, but the auto-battle feature is miserably inefficient and usually gets my characters killed. The exploration points are all very similar, just seemed like the reskinned the same one, and are at times confusing to get through and collect all the items without a guide. Most boss battles are gruelingly hard. I always have to do more preparation and stack more attacks than I think I need to be successful. That being said, I do enjoy the game more than the annoyances. I will play again to try to get the "true ending" and try different team builds. There's a wealth of interesting characters, it's a shame you can only use 6 in a party at a time.

Rating: 2/5 --- What a effen grindfest. I think the sprites are nice, the dialogue is well delivered, but the actual gameplay is a slog. Choosing Waifu Sim is a nice twist on the strat genre, but the monotony grows thin. The inventory system has a lot in it, but without a guide it seems almost impossible to parse what needs to be done to get a book that teaches the recipe for the one item you might need to continue your chain of weapon improvements, but eff if I know. There is enjoyment to the steady power improvement, but the exponential power leaps can be brutal. In the end, with the help of DLC packs, I was able to just use the same characters again and again who had amazing weapons and just rolled the game. I feel bad for those who had to play this game without a guide. That being said, this game is a completionist wetdream. The True End is the ending that is supposed to be achieved and that carrot is an enticing one for those seeking to 100% this game. It means nothing to me. Ellaine is best girl.

I have never seen such a terrible game with many bad designs. Although I purchased some DLCs, but the game still makes me feel very tired. Pros: +Many beautiful girls. +Various skills and equipment. Cons: -The hero only can select one girl as his wife. Then he will sacrifice his soul to seal a pillar. -The design of auto battle system is terrible. Because it wasted so many turns than manual controls. -There are five continents in the game, each one has a lot of map locations. Almost every map location has a battle. So player was forced to finish several hundred of non-escaped battles. -It's very hard to find the way in some exploration points. -The boring game design will be repeated for five generations.