Gameplay
The game uses random encounter and features turn-based combat utilizing a system called the "Tactical Arts System." When selecting the Attack command, the player customizes a sequence of attacks (High, Low, Left, and Right), which the character performs upon confirmation. Upon equipping a weapon, either the Left or Right attacks will be replaced by Arms. Players can discover powerful techniques - known as Arts - when certain commands are entered in the correct order. For example, the HighLowHigh combination allows Vahn to perform Somersault. All arts can be chained by overlapping compatible sequences. For example, the art Acrobatic Blitz (HighLowLow) can be chained with Bird Step (LowLowLowHigh) by inputting HighLowLowLowHigh. Arts consume AP, which can be recovered by attacking, receiving damage, or using the Spirit command - which also greatly decreases received damage and allows a longer attack sequence on the next turn. Regular arts can be discovered by inputting the correct sequence with enough AP in any given battle or by talking to certain NPCs. Special arts, called Hyper Arts, require using special items called Books before being used. Characters will eventually meet companions called the Ra-Seru, who will allow them to capture the essence of certain enemy Serus. Captured Serus can be summoned using the Ra-Seru Name command at the cost of MP. Upon acquiring Ra-Seru, the characters' Left or Right attacks will be replaced by Ra-Seru, which increases in damage as the Ra-Seru levels up. Characters can use a turn to use limited battle items using the Item command to heal allies, augment battle status, or even damage enemies. [3]
Plot
The game is set in a fantasy world, where humanity exists alongside strange magical creatures called Seru who aid humanity with supernatural powers. However, a mysterious Mist appears and the Seru become rampant, causing the collapse of civilization. Vahn, the resident of Rim Elm, is unaffected by the Mist outside and protected from Seru by a large wall. A giant Seru, Juggernaut, destroys the wall and corrupts the Seru. Vahn discovers a rare kind of Seru known as a Ra-Seru named Meta, which is both intelligent and capable of merging with a human. He awakens the power of the tree in the center of the village known as a Genesis Tree, and removes the Mist and the Seru from the village. With his newfound power, he travels across the world to restore Genesis Trees and stop the Mist.
Along the way, Vahn befriends Noa, a cavegirl raised by a Ra-Seru attached to a wolf which eventually attaches itself to her. Vahn meets Gala, a monk who after finding a dead genesis tree finds a Ra-Seru egg and at another genesis tree births the Ra-Seru egg that bonds with Gala. The trio destroys the mist generator in their continent. They move to another continent and reawaken the Genesis Trees, destroy the mist generator and its defender, and come across the Juggernaut's castle. It is revealed the mist is created with Ra-Seru which is why the Ra-Seru are immune to the mist.
The three heroes reach the final continent and encounter several mist generators and Cort, the prince of a kingdom and Noa's brother. After destroying the mist generators and defeating Cort, they return to Vahn's village, where Cort has fused with Juggernaut, and threatens to kill everyone and destroy the village.
The three heroes learn that Gala's rival Songi went to the land of Ra-Seru and is attempting to absorb and in effect kill the mother Genesis Tree. They defeat Songi, but cannot save the mother Genesis Tree, and when it dies, so will all Seru. The heroes return to Vahn's village and defeat the fused combination of Cort and Juggernaut. After Cort's defeat, the Ra-Seru and Seru bid farewell and die, leaving humans to fend for themselves. [4]
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