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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE/STYLE
Role-playing/Strategy RPG
RELEASE DATE
21/AUG/07
ESRB RATING
TEEN, Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language
DEVELOPER
Level-5
PUBLISHER
TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")
THE SETTING #USES
PLAYING AS #USES
PLAYING AGAINST #USES
HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES
GENERAL TONE #USES
DESCRIPTION
Inspired by the young woman who lead the French to recover their homeland, Jeanne d'Arc takes place in a world of fantasy inhabited by imaginary creatures and plagued by a demonic war. Gamers take the role of Jeanne and must use a magical armlet to seal away a demon king and save the countryside. Players lead Jeanne through 40 different environments while also controlling up to 14 other characters that join her party. Each character is proficient with one of eight different weapons, and skill upgrades allow them to gain strength as they journey through the game. Additionally, Gamers may customize each character in their group with over 150 different skills and abilities. The game rewards teamwork, and players can combine the efforts of each character to execute massive team attacks and defenses against the enemy. ~ Gracie Leach, All Game Guide
Past 14 days
“Jeanne D'Arc is a strategic RPG made by Level 5 (Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest VIII) on the PSP. Level 5 did an amazing job by re-creating the historical events of Joan of Arc by adding some fantasy in the game. It's not a well known game but give the...”
“Jeanne D'Arc is a strategic RPG made by Level 5 (Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest VIII) on the PSP. Level 5 did an amazing job by re-creating the historical events of Joan of Arc by adding some fantasy in the game. It's not a well known game but give the game a chance and you'll be easily hooked.
Gameplay
Jeanne D'Arc is a quite simple SRPG game, it's nothing too complicated but still enjoyable. The system is pretty standard if you've played different SRPG games before. The game features with a "Spirit System" which each character belongs to an affinity (Sun, Moon or Star), it works in an A > B > C > A fashion. Personally, I didn't bother to equip my characters with an affinity and it takes a skill slot, but if you play your cards right, you'll finish battles even more faster. Speaking of which, battles are fairly easy and it's easy to level up. You deal more damage and accuracy if you hit on the sides, more if you're behind the enemy. You might find there's a lack of challenges but it's still enjoyable to play it through the end.
Every character you get is a storyline character and if they die in battle, they'll reappear in the next one. You can equip armors, weapons, stat-ups and skills along with magic in skill slots. Later in the game, you'll meet a purple frog (if anyone played Rogue Galaxy, you'll automatically recognize him and does the same kind of job in Jeanne D'Arc!) and you get the ability to combine skills to make brand new, powerful ones.
Certain characters in the game are "armlets" wielders, they can transform into a powerful unit for a few turns. (Kind of like a Power Ranger o_o) In addition, while it raises your stats, they also get a strong spell that costs a bunch of MP but it's nothing compared to "Godspeed". "Godspeed" is an ability that pops up when a character kills an enemy, you get another turn. If you play right, it's excessively overpowered and you can wipe the entire map by yourself which your character might be overleveled.
There's something I found it odd while playing this game; it's the limited number of turns in a map. Even though it's not quite a problem but it still bugs you because you cannot take your time to explore and find hidden treasures especially some maps are quite big and if you run out of turns, it's game over. For no reason, most of the time.
Story
The main character is a female heroine named Jeanne that lives in a small town called Doremy. They are having a festival and suddenly, Jeanne hears a voice and goes to check out with her friend Liane. They find a dead soldier on a horse and suddenly, an armlet gets attached to Jeanne and they get surrounded by fiends. When she comes back, her town is set on fire by the English and Jeanne swears that she will save France from the war waging between those two. Jeanne has acquired a mysterious power, hears the voice of "God" and her quest begins.
The story is mostly straight forward, it might be slow to get into the game at first but the story gets better later in the game. The story is not quite solid or breathtaking and the dialogue is left to be desired sometimes. I think anime cutscenes are cool, I liked the way the characters are using a french accent, it's amusing.
Audio
The soundtrack represents well the medieval atmosphere. It's quite catchy but not memorable. The voice acting are well-made but sometimes I felt the voice actors were forcing their fake french accent on their character. It's not terrible but noticable. The sound quality is good the PSP.
Graphics
Wow, the graphics looked great on the PSP! I was amazed and Level 5 definitely put their efforts into the graphics. The environments are great, no awkward black-offs in like most of the SRPGs. The characters are well designed and the weapons! You won't be disappointed.
I'm giving this a 8.5/10
"Follow Me!!!" - Jeanne
Happy Gaming! ^_^
- Len
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created 10/DEC/2009
“I've finished the game! It was a happy ending. Worth playing. ^_^ - Len”
created 10/DEC/2009
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“This is one of the best strategy RPGs for the PSP. Made by a Level 5, a company that has quickly made a great name for themselves. This game tells a fantastic dark story of Jeanne d-Arc and her her struggle to fight an oppressive enemy force,...”
“This is one of the best strategy RPGs for the PSP. Made by a Level 5, a company that has quickly made a great name for themselves. This game tells a fantastic dark story of Jeanne d-Arc and her her struggle to fight an oppressive enemy force, only possible by teaming up with other strong, driven companions. This game utilizes grid-based battles which are pretty straight-forward most of the time. I had to only replay a few levels, especially those that require you to get to a specific area of the map in a set number of turns. As you level up your characters, you always feel a sense of reward. Whether this be stat-boosts or with the creation of new and impressive battle commands that can really whallop the enemy. The overall pacing, art design, and beautiful vibrant colors in this game are all great. The fact that I never wanted a 35-40 hr game to end really speaks to its high quality. Its a shame that Level 5 is not working on a sequel, but instead other PSP titles. Any SRPG fan really needs to pick this game up, you will not be dissapointed!”
created 15/OCT/2009
“Escort mission: no go.”
created 22/SEP/2009
“Oh, it did go somewhere after all. Nevermind! (Jeanne just died, Yay! Happy!)”
created 21/SEP/2009
“I don't like where the storyline is going... or how it's not going anywhere, rather.”
created 19/SEP/2009
“Nice but easy.”
“Nice but easy.”
created 17/SEP/2009
“Right, so soloing, or near-soloingwhatever, with just 2 characters means, cause of the extra experience they get, that they completely own everything they come across. That's fine, I didn't want all...”
created 17/SEP/2009
“We beat up some thuingys”
created 14/AUG/2009
“Yum.”
created 14/AUG/2009
“Totally love this game. It's challenging, deep and beautiful. Definitely worth a look for any PSP owner and Tactics fan.”
created 07/JUL/2009
“This is a really cute game. AND SUPER REALISTIC :D :D”
“This is a really cute game. AND SUPER REALISTIC :D :D”
created 06/OCT/2009
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