Legend of Legaia
Released: 1999
Story:
In the world of Legaia humans and Seru lived happily. Seru were created by God to aid humans. However one day a mist appeared and spread throughout. With the touch of the mist the Seru's changed and became violent and attacked humans. Some even attached themselves to humans and possessed them. With that ended the era where Seru's and Human's were together.
The story starts at the village of Rim Elm (10 years later) with Vahn, a young boy who lives with his crippled father and his little sister Nini. The village of Rim Elm is one of the very few places that managed to hide and keep the Seru's away. Protected by huge walls that keep the mist and Seru out the people manage to live their lives. When the men are of age they join the hunters and head out into the mist to hunt animals and bring back food for the village.
Later that evening the previous hunters came back but with bad news, Juno, Mei's father (vahn's friend) has been attacked and killed by a Seru while outside hunting with the group. After checking on Mei that night he headed back to his home where later that night his father wakes him from his sleep. A loud noise as if something was hitting the Wall that protected the village sounded out throughout the whole village. Going out to check Vahn finds that the villagers gathered at the enterance at the village fearing that the Seru's are going to manage to get in at last.
Zeto, minion of the mist, appears and destroys the wall with a powerful Seru. Thus, the Seru's manage to enter the village. While trying to protect everyone he heads to the center of the village where a Genesis Tree was at. Going near to it a Ra-Seru speaks to him and he accepts, Meta's (the ra-seru of Fire) power. Together they manage to protect the village from harm and drive the Mist back.
The next morning he talks to the elder of Rim Elm who tells him that Mei has a mother who is alive somewhere in the Mist. Vahn and Meta then heads out on a journey to find his friends lost mother and rid the world of the Mist.
Gameplay: RPG
The game is in a world of Legaia. You can travel the world, walk around in towns, random battles when on the world map and monster invested areas. The game also have special games in between like fishing and the game arcade/ fighting arena later on. It's your typical RPG with a different battle system and a straight storyline with no side trails but its fun to play!
Battle System :
Battles occur on the world map and special 'dungeons' or monster infested areas. Where ever the mist is you can expect monsters. Battle is a one after another game play. Choose your commands then unleash it and watch the results. A character has "Spirit," "Items", "Ra-seru" (magic), "Attack". The attack is where you can make your combo's. They give high kick/punch and low kick/punch. Special combinations give you special moves.
Each character has different abilities/moves.
When you fight against Seru's that are in the mist you can defeat and your Ra-Seru can absorb their power later making them a magic you can use to your advantage.
Characters:
Vahn: A young boy around 17 (?). He is raised and born in Rim Elm. Later when his village is attacked he discovers Meta that fuses with him and they later head out to find Mei's mother and then by request from the King of Drake, destroy a Mist generator. Which leads them to saving Legaia. He has a father, Val and a little sister, Nini. He is great at martial arts and perfer to fight with a short sword/Knife in hand.
Noa: A young energetic girl that was raised in Snow Drift Cave near Mt. Rikuroa. She was taken cared of my a Ra-Seru named Terra since she was a baby that attached herself to a wolf to take care of her. Later the cave entrance is destroyed and the Mist comes in. When they make it to Vahn (with ra-seru Meta) Terra let's Noa know what she really is and wolves can't talk and that the wolf she fused with is weak and dieing. After they make it to the top of the mountain Terra fuses herself to Noa to continue to watch and protect her (also so that Noa is not alone). Noa also has strange dreams of her parents calling to her. She hopes to find them as she learns from her dreams that they are in the 'deepest' mist.
Due to being raised by a wolf she's childish, naive, hyper, sweet natured, and very friendly. She's also very fast during battle and fights with the Claw weapons.
Gala: He's a master martial artist of Biron Monestary and a Warrior Monk. Because he is a 'master' at such a young age he is known as "Master Teacher". As a monk he vows to never fuse with a Seru. When Vahn and Noa came to the Monastary they head to a forest to save a Ra-seru however the tree was dead but they found a ra-seru egg. Later they head to the other forest to find that Songi, a fellow monk of Gala, fuses with a Seru and is the one that killed many Monks in the monestary. The egg hatches later after they reach Songi and Ozma then joins Gala as they head out to find Songi and stop the Mist. Ozma is Gala's Ra-seru.
Gala is the brute force of the team. Being the muscle man he's slow compared to Vahn and the others. He's also serious minded. Gala perfers to fight with martial arts and a mace/axe.
Music :
Wonderful work and it matches well. I enjoyed listening to it as I played.
Rate: 10/10
Not many people would rate it high honestly. But I think it was a great game and I still have fun playing it now. The bad was that Vahn isn't really developed and doesn't talk but his story wasn't bad as well as all the others but the story is only revealed later towards the end near Tieg.
It was fun and the battle system was different. The music was good as well and traveling from place to place was exciting. This was my first RPG and Playstation game. ^_^
Preview/Download
Here are some links to songs and some pics from the game. Enjoy~
Legend of Lagaia (complete) Playlist
A complete playlist of the whole Legaia CD. Located on Imeem.
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