Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess

Such Nostalgia <3 This sequel made me sooo happy, i feel like a kid again just like when i played the game 22 years ago. It is a tiny bit different than the first one, puppets are now summoned during fight instead of be put in party. Party members keeps changing according to the story line, which is great but it is a bit annoying to re equip their gears. I am currently on Act 5, but I have to savor it more and take it easy hahah, but so glad there is also the 3rd one! I will be devouring the game the next couple of days!!

I played Rhapsody 1 on PlayStation relatively recently, and I actually liked the game, so I gave its sequel (Rhapsody 2) a try. Overall, it's a basic and easy JRPG (much like Rhapsody 1), which is fine for me, since I'm not very particular about difficulty. I found it to be a "comfy" game. Even if you play it on hard, it's just as easy. The dungeons have been greatly simplified; they're no longer as labyrinthine as in Rhapsody 1. There was almost no world exploration until the second half of the game. In other words, the first half of the game is restricted to a specific area. The combat is no longer tactical, but classic turn-based, and I appreciate that; it's less tedious. The story is good; it's not as deep as a Final Fantasy, but it serves its purpose well: the adventures of a heroic princess. If you've played Rhapsody 1, this story at least fills several plot holes, but it creates others (which were supposedly resolved in Rhapsody 3, but I haven't played that game yet). For some reason, almost all the characters are blonde. There are some s3xua1 or scatological jokes (like the "ice cream" one), but this is normal Japanese stuff. Recycling: Many sprites and some soundtracks are taken directly from Rhapsody 1. And despite the recycling, the visual art is still beautiful. The music is also good; I personally liked the Nyanko theme ("A Warrior's Fate," "Roar it Out, Willpower Magic!"). SUMMARY: If you're looking for a simple JRPG more for relaxation than for a challenge, this game is fine.

[h2] Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess [/h2] Esse jogo foi lançado apenas no japão para o PS1 em 1999, finalmente recebendo tradução em inglês depois de 24 anos desde sua estreia, muita pessoas sequer sabiam que o Rhapsody original possuia uma sequencia. E posso confirmar algo, é realmente uma sequencia bem trabalhada, as sprites desse jogo são MARAVILHOSAS, o visual em geral é uma gigante evolução comparado ao anterior, a ambientação foi melhor trabalhada, não possui mais a cara de ser um RPG extremamente simples comparado ao primeiro jogo, a jogabilidade foi alterada para ser um RPG de turno ao inves de estratégico, o sistema de puppets funciona de uma forma diferente, onde funcionam mais como summons do que integrantes da party, a trilha sonora continua muito boa, o jogo possui dublagem em ingles para algumas conversas, as musicas continuam em japones, a historia é melhor desenvolvida aqui (Não espere algo marcante), os personagens possuem suas personalidades bem definidas, incluindo as vilãs, e existem diversas cenas para rir muito. Em geral, o jogo é uma evolução imensa do primeiro, apesar de alguns defeitos como dungeons não serem marcantes, taxa de encontros alta (No primeiro jogo era ridiculamente baixa) e o sistema de equipamento resetar toda vez que alguem sair da sua party (VAI ACONTECER MUITO, SE PREPAREM), eu recomendo fortemente jogarem esse jogo, é uma belissima reliquia do PS1 que ficou perdida por muitos anos. [h2] OBSERVAÇÃO: SE FOREM JOGAR SEPAREM OS SAVES POR CAPITULO!!!!!! [/h2]

Cute

シリーズ未経験。 キャラクターの表現は良い。しかし、テクストは好みがハッキリと分かれそうなもので、私には正直合わなかった。また、探索時に画面が切り替わった瞬間、勝手にボス戦に入り、クリアで次の章という流れが多すぎて萎える。 戦闘はかなりもっさりしていることに加え、序盤から雑魚敵でさえ全体のHPを半分以上削ってくるのでRPGが苦手な人にはしんどいかも。負けたらタイトルに戻されます。

An amazing sequel to one of my favorite RPG games of all time.

Um defeito que encontrei são os dois postos do quarteto que são dinâmicos e são submetidos a um entra e sai de personagens conforme a estória se desdobra. Como em obras tais quais Final Fantasy II&IV, seu time, salvo Kururu e Crea, mudará de membros incontáveis vezes. Um aspecto irritante dessas trocas, que podem durar, digamos, 10 a 15 minutos em vez de uma hora inteira, é que ao regressar o personagem estará desequipado, forçando várias aberturas de menu repetitivas. Para mitigar um pouco do efeito desagradável os programadores incluíram uma ferramenta de auto-equip, mas se você é bem preciosista na estratégia não aceitará os inputs da CPU!

Let's start with the glaring change to combat, we've gone from Tactics to Standard RPG. I'm not saying I dislike Standard Turn-Based RPG's, I'm fine with them, big lover of Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest etc. However I really liked how this was a Tactics Based Series, however I do like the tie-in to the previous game in the form of our MC being the daughter of the first games MC. That was a nice subtle little nod which I feel didn't need to be done but the fact that they did? Thank you so much. Now for a few negative bits - The Puppets. The change here felt very much like they weren't all that important anymore. They're equippable now like Accessories whereas previously they felt like Valkyrie Profile's Einherjaar. They had story. Plot. Now.. not so much. The second issue I have is the same as the first game in a way - It's the Dungeons. Now the Dungeons were a bit difficult in the first game, but being an old veteran I got pen and paper out and used grids to work my way around. In this game we've gone full Final Fantasy 13. Linear. That's a really poor choice because it just went too much the opposite way, not it's too easy. There's no challenge at all. It's barely a Dungeon! those two things aside we're back with a lot more of the same. Excellent Music, Great graphics (for a ps1 title especially), those pixels are sweet! Also a very heartwarming plot where you just feel good playing the game.

Played the first game not to long ago as I never was able to back when it came out on PS1. Glad I waited all this time as well since we JUST NOW got part 2 and 3... Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess is a nice follow up to the original game, combat is a little different and the game a bit more grindy, but over all not to bad. Music as in the first game is really nice, and the musical numbers are fun. The English VA is a nice touch, but the swap between English VA and Japanese musical numbers is a bit odd. (I thank the devs for the subtitles though) Graphics look as good as any other PS1 Sprite RPG, and the colors really pop. If you liked the first game, please do play this one as well as the third one, you wont regret it.

an interesting game.