Enchanted Arms (360) Review

[@Trevelyan2]

I mispronounced Cota twice starting at 7:30. This is after I re-recorded the name once already. Coto is now the dog’s name. Coto: 2001-2006 RIP

[@BAIGAMING]

It was such a fun game from back when From Software only made B-movie kind of games and back when dubs were hilarious. The battle system is so much fun and it was one of the rare games where you could recruit monsters except Pokemon and Digimon and SMT & Persona. But the big flaw is that you could also use the human main characters and they level up and get powerful abilities, so I messed up by mostly using monsters who didn't grow as much. Another similar game was Magna Carta 2, a JRPG from a Korean developer, it's not similar gameplay-wise but the low-budget and cutscene style is similar, and many devs from that studio went on to make Stellar Blade. The big empty zones reminds me of Last Remnant too, check out that title if you haven't (edit: Infinite Undiscovery too!). I miss this era of games because I genuinely like B movies.

[@codythomas9316]

Holy shit someone else that knows about infinite undiscovery! Absolute goldmine of a game imo. Last remnant couldn’t keep me for longer than a couple hours tho

[@Trevelyan2]

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[@johanandersson8252]

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[@Beeyo176]

Oh my god, I think I remember this game. Blessings upon you for being able to complete it. I don't think I made it two hours. Also, Gamefly was the sht. I still pop onto the app every now and then to see if they have a physical copy of Arkham Origins since there is no digital version for the Series X. They never do 😢

[@Trevelyan2]

Yep! When screen grabbing the symbol I noticed the company is still a thing; i was not expecting that.

[@cipherdourdan2328]

I remember buying this game way back. To a certain extent, it's all we had for a traditional RPG in the early stages of the 360. Completing it was a slog. The optional bosses were dope but beating a super hard boss in an obscure game is hardly bragging rights when everyone thinks you're talking about Wild Arms.😅

[@Trevelyan2]

@@cipherdourdan2328 OG Wild arms was pretty good back in the day- it got out the door a few months before FF7, to be buried in its shadow forever more. Ah, those roller skates to avoid random battles 😅

[@deohere7647]

I really enjoyed renting this game from blockbuster when I was 12 and didn't know any better.

[@Beeyo176]

0:47 Dark Souls Analysis happening when?

[@Trevelyan2]

Man, tempting but there has to be literally a thousand other ones already out there, most of which would do a better job. lol

[@Beeyo176]

@Trevelyan2 Yeah but I already watched all those and the dark god demands c̴̛̫̮̃̈̈́͝o̸͍͖̯͗͌̒̽͜n̷̨̄̌͝ṱ̷̚ḛ̸̝̾̋͜n̴͚̟̠̐̚̚t̴̡̠̗̘̩̒ I kid, don't do a Dark Souls lore analysis

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

The design of the magical effects and some of the environments remind me quite a bit of the original Nier. I feel like it goes to show how much of a difference having the areas populated with mobs and a less conventional narrative can do to elevate a lower budget game like this into something more compelling. Obviously, I'm not saying that real time combat is inherently better than the random encounters in this game but it's definitely something that helps make the game feel less empty.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 I also got Nier vibes. I think it’s the photo texture maps and early Xbox 360/PS3 in general. Pre Gears Of War games had the bar set much lower for “good graphics”.

[@alsoviperlicious]

good God the end chunk of this video had me weaaaaak 🤣 and that dialogue I mean the VA would pronounce Makoto differently every other sentence like he only hoped to get it right 50% of the time and he didn't know which 50% >< damn boi you so respectful for putting the whole staff credits in the video ;)

[@erikdeusenberry5307]

Eternal Ring also from fromsoft

[@violetshadowstone5250]

*Well Bred-lady!* What a name!

[@Trevelyan2]

There was a lot of great names thrown in, almost always at random. “Man always stuck as ‘just friends’” being my favorite.

[@blackthoughtz795]

Great video man!

[@Trevelyan2]

Thanks!

[@dynamon911nz]

i do remember played the game from beging to end by just using the golems instead the party cast was one of the strangest fromsoft game ever. still makes me miss a lot these character designs where previously made evergrace and such. stiil it evolved into souls genre for the better.

[@alsoviperlicious]

LMAO the words "final confrontation" have lost all meaning in my eyes xD I like your style man you had me laughing

[@Trevelyan2]

@@alsoviperlicious Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@danielramsey6141]

THIS ISN’T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!!!

[@Trevelyan2]

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[@SubRosalina]

Also, speaking as a flaming bisexual who has been to all the bisexual meetings, Makoto is definitely based on a real person. In fact I'm pretty sure we were each others beards when I needed to hide my girlfriend from my parents and he had to hide his boyfriend from his.

[@SubRosalina]

EDIT: mixed up fabulous gay Makoto with Cota What is with us all fucking up that name?!

[@Trevelyan2]

@@SubRosalinai don’t feel so bad meow

[@alsoviperlicious]

been to all the meetings LOL

[@fishmix2439]

I wonder what motivated some of the decisions behind this game. I mean on one hand it's kind of fascinating. Was it some people like "just put a game together, and make money" or 'it must be banal and have cheesy dialogue'. Thanks for the review. Don't think I even heard of this game.

[@brianjones7931]

one thing i remember was making my stats offense based to wipeout randoms as quickly as possible because my health would be restored every battle and adjusting accordingly for bosses

[@Trevelyan2]

@@brianjones7931 I struggled with the stats on this- “ranged” versus “melee” For Atsuma- does that mean if the attack is a punch that goes 2 squares out instead of one, that “melee” Is useless? Karin’s OP “EP Drain dance” sticks out EP- so is that “Ranged”, or “Support”?

[@NickAndWolf]

Guys, I got a great idea for a game! So this dude lives in a world where magic existed in the past but only enchanting exists now and his arm, like, it just breaks enchantments. And he goes on this adventure. But get this, at the end, they enchant his arm so he can use this power called “Enchanted Arm” and the game’s title is “Enchanted Arms”! Get it? Because arm can mean like a weapon? And its deep and ironic too cuz his arm that breaks enchantments needs to become enchanted into a weapon at the end! We’ll make up the plot along the way. Trust me, this idea doesn’t need any more storyboarding.

[@NickAndWolf]

Also magic school chill theme is best theme

[@gandorokkorodnag9028]

This was my jam back in the day with white knight chronicles

[@eaglesblades]

The American voice cast is working SO hard to cover up the terrible production - must've been a hilarious set.

[@jcrizzle]

I thought Makoto ruled and his friends were totally cool with him being over the top.

[@maiastniki]

i wanted to get this game on series and all the exclusive jrpgs but looking at this after learning fromsoft made it the environments amd characters do look like demons souls initial release

[@ElfHostage]

Not one mention of the difficulty spike between beating Toya and beating the Queen of Ice?

[@Trevelyan2]

Hmm. Maybe other people experience it differently, but I saw the spike at the Makoto fight, and maintained that spike through to the end of the 80 phases of the last, FINAL encounter.

[@xsykedelix3766]

this game in its time was the best!

[@charless607]

i've wondered about this game a long time. i really missed out on xbox 360 jrpgs. i finally played lost oddyssey some 10 years later, and it was really kino. but this game just looks painful

[@Trevelyan2]

@@charless607 Lost Odyssey is one of my favorite RPG’s of all time. Also the last of a genre in my opinion. Random battles just aren’t viable in modern gaming

[@TheAdarkerglow]

So wait... his right arm.... it comes off?

[@BobExcalibur]

There are times when this game feels like media intended for gay men. Not even referring to Makoto, more the way the story puts focus on the main character being persecuted for an innate quality he has, the men either being very handsome or grotesquely ugly, and the way the women are generally shrill unkind shrews.

[@TheRevengeOfKhat57]

I hated this game when I first played it some 15 years ago. It is still largely indicative of the problems JRPG'S would face in this generation of consoles, but I've developed a bit of a soft spot for it and even started a recent playthrough again. By no means would I say the game is "good" but that battle system does do a lot of heavy lifting.

[@Trevelyan2]

If you can handle the random battles, there’s a fair amount of side questing that’s decent too- I only beat 3/4 off the elemental golems, and never saw what happens if you get all 4 (There’s definitely a 5th boss behind those). Probably makes the final fight easier if you clear them.

[@abominationchan4464]

We stan Makoto

[@3L_B4R7O]

Nice

[@ElfHostage]

Not one mention of how this was the first JRPG for the XBOX 360?

[@Trevelyan2]

Checking.. Cross checking… Nnnope! Looks like I did not!

[@PorygonFTW]

The dub for this game was so bad, the undub is pretty good tho.

[@SubRosalina]

2006 wasn't 18 years agp, it was the yesr I turned 18! Waitaminute... *counts on fingers, fingers turn to dust* No wonder my joints don't work anymore 💀😫

[@Trevelyan2]

@@SubRosalina “you’re as young as the woman you feel”- Groucho Marx

[@SubRosalina]

@Trevelyan2 I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’, and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary to me.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@SubRosalinaIt’ll happen to *you*… 👈

[@SubRosalina]

@Trevelyan2 no way man! We're gonna keep on rockin', forever! Forever, forever... forever.

[@LongTran-kp3kz]

Maybe it's bc I'm aware this is fiction and was made almost 20 yrs ago and feel no real need to judge it by 'today's standards' on top of generally being hard to offend in the first place, but no... characterizations of super flaminess don't bother me. I'm a guy who's not really into guys either, so that may or may not have anything to do with it....? I dunno. Never gave it much thought and just prefer to let myself go along for the ride and let the game's world do it's thing in whatever fabulous way it wants... Ngl, I do want to play this... if for no other reason than to see how FromSoft does a JRPG.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@LongTran-kp3kz I would recommend a guide to smooth out and pick up optional things. And bring patience! lol

[@thefoxoflaurels3437]

Makoto being flamboyant isn't the issue. It's the fact he's a sex pest. Astarion and Sylvando are also effeminate and flamboyant but that's never the joke.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@thefoxoflaurels3437 That’s fair. The ending in particular is straight up assault and is played as funny.

[@littlek3000]

This game is old enough to legally smoke and vote, why are you NOW making a review, years after the games death, years after the consoles death, years after the consoles predecessors death?

[@Trevelyan2]

@@littlek3000 first retro review?

[@Beeyo176]

Is this your first day on KZbin or something