Square Product Development Division 3
PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable
3.58 from 131 ratings
398 members have it in their collection · 8 playing now · 158 backlogged · 130 wish listed
How long? Main story 13h · 100% 26h (from 3 logged playthroughs)
Review Capt.ACAB 3/5 · Apr 16, 2022
Fun action RPG with a great story. Gameplay is mostly fun but has some really annoying bits here and there. The world is small but feels alive and looks great. Highly recommend this one even though it has some objective issues. Really charming.
Status AlfredoSalza Apr 11, 2021
Played Rue's story, using a guide, savestates and fastforward. A mostly OK game but the platforming sections (and the camera) are absolutely terrible. Didn't bother with Mint's route.
Review theWellRedMage 3/5 · Sep 1, 2016
An unseen Square delight. Review at https://thewellredmage.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/th...
Status Alicia Jun 13, 2015
I really wanted to love this. I normally really like older games and the premise sounded great (I'm a sucker for mirrored perspectives). I even played both scenarios, which is why this game even got a 3. I can forgive the horrible (and I mean HORRIBLE) platforming since it was kinda early, although not that early. The camera was bad, …
Read moreI really wanted to love this. I normally really like older games and the premise sounded great (I'm a sucker for mirrored perspectives). I even played both scenarios, which is why this game even got a 3. I can forgive the horrible (and I mean HORRIBLE) platforming since it was kinda early, although not that early. The camera was bad, and the writing was some of the worst I've ever read. Maybe if i had played this when I was younger I would have liked it better?
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Review MrSaturn21 5/5 · Sep 17, 2014
A wonderful game with an incredible amount of depth and replay value.
You can play as Rue or Mint, both drastically different gameplay styles and storylines that kind of freak me out now that I think about how different they are and the fact that they are both in the same game.
Rue's storyline is super sad. He is stranded …
A wonderful game with an incredible amount of depth and replay value.
You can play as Rue or Mint, both drastically different gameplay styles and storylines that kind of freak me out now that I think about how different they are and the fact that they are both in the same game.
Rue's storyline is super sad. He is stranded and without memory when a young woman takes him in and they end up living together joyfully. He hunts and gathers firewood, doing all of the gruntwork while the maiden of the house cooks and cleans and together they take care of eachother. One day, something terrible happens and he ends up losing her. Rue seeks to avenge her, and chases lead after lead constantly running into dead ends. One of the villain's henchmen is a shapeshifter, and it was sort of a touching moment whenever she shapeshifted into Rue's lost loved one.
Mint is sort of a ditzy character, whose main motivation is to find strong magic in order to overthrow her sister. The two of them are royalty and it seems that she is always the one who is deemed inferior. By who, I'm not quite sure. I guess her sister is the eldest. Her story is a more or less comical one which is driven by the competitive nature of the character.
Rue is a fighter who shapeshifts, Mint is a wizard/witch. The game is very well designed as each character has very many different choices to decide upon when faced with an obstacle. Rue takes the form of former enemies and Mint's magic is somewhat based upon attacks from enemy monsters as well.
The story is great and the game mechanics are smooth and enjoyable, though sometimes I feel the camera angle is a bit annoying and difficult to control. I hope you give it a try. It is quite a treat.
You can also get the "good ending" by completing both story arcs! I did this many years ago and I don't remember the ending!
