To all of those people who might be excited about Yggdra Union on the PSP, I hope they are ready for what is probably the most difficult TRPG I ever tried to play. Seriously, this game is really hard and confusing. I had given it a try on the GBA and every aspect, from movement and combat bonuses to inventory, health and so on is wicked difficult. It has this unique chaining thing with battle formations and such, but what it really amounted to was me spending half an hour planning my next move. Perhaps I was over thinking things, but then again I was also getting my butt handed to me by the enemies for a wrong move, so I think it was just the game in this case and not so much any lack of skills on my end. Maybe I should have spent another few hours with it (which is like a single battle, maybe two) and it could have clicked or something, but Fire Emblem or Disgaea this game isn't.

This is the best SRPG ever made. Period. It's different and unique and amazing and everyone needs to buy it if they own a PSP.

The game's not hard at all once you adapt to how it's supposed to be played. If you try to play it like FFT or Disgaea, you are going to die fast and horribly. The system is radically different form other SRPG systems, and so you can't use it like other systems in the same way that you can't play Street Fighter the same way you play Tekken. It just doesn't work.

@Kif: The name is based on Yggdrasil which is an actual Norse word.

@SourGr8pes: Yes, there is an easy mode. There's also a permanent Scythe user that can join your army that makes the game somewhat easier. But it should also be said that the new Hard mode is actually harder than the old version of the game, since they changed up a lot of the card effects to give some enemies more advantages(For instance, Mizer is actually a threat now, as opposed to being little more than a joke enemy)


And Dale? Freshly launched? The site's been up for about two months now.

What can I say? I love the genre.