This sequel to Crystal Warriors (ARIEL) offers beautiful graphics, strategic gameplay, and a detailed story. It is similar to the first game in this series, with the following changes: Changes: No more maximum number of characters in your party Towns are now highly detailed and sometimes have special events There are cinemas that detail the story The monster system has changed Less monsters, but stronger in general, and now equippable There are now certain class changes that are possible Much better graphics! This game is much more fun than the old one, which was still a very good game and a classic. Each character has his or her own graphics, and is very well detailed with his or her own special way of fighting and special attacks. The game has a sort of Arabian slight to it, which adds to the mood. Also, this game is not as hard as the old game, which was perhaps a little too difficult. The character designs are still cute, and still done by Kugatsuhime, who did the last game's designs, too. The story itself is kind of dark. Some things to remember while playing the game: All characters have an element. Fire beats Wind; Wind beats Water; Water beats Fire. Earth is neutral, and happens to be the element for your main character and all other spellcasters. Try to use advantageous elements to fight your enemies. Also remember that elements also affect movement rate; i.e. water characters will move fast on water while fire ones will be very slow. To get monsters in your party, you must defeat the monsters using the main character. Once you have done this, the monster will have joined your party (you will hear a chime but there will be no message). Talk to everyone in the towns; sometimes you will receive an item or gain a new character. The inn, as usual, sometimes features a character who wants to talk to you. Hire them, since they don't cost that much, and you have nothing to lose (except for a little money). It looks like the same lady owns the inns in this game, too. Buy all spells for all of your spellcasters. They are worth it, more so than weapons. Besides the weapon and spell shops, there are also shops with a question mark on the sign. These shops sell various items, many of which are not sold anywhere else. Some items are overpriced, while others are a good deal. Save at the inn first, and then try and buy everything and see what is being sold. There are secret items here as well. You can buy information very cheaply at certain towns. But I've written most of it here already (with more detail). Spellcasters can upgrade their classes as the game goes on (except for the main character). To do so, you need to find a secret item. These are: Healer -> Bishop (Item: Kyouten/Scripture) Magi -> Wizard (Item: Madousho/Magic Tome) Magi -> Summoner (Item: Mamonoishi/Monster Stone) No matter how you use the items, they will disappear (i.e. if you use a Madousho on your main character, nothing will happen, and you will lose the Madousho.) In my opinion, Wizards are better than Summoners in general, but a Summoner is still fun to play with. One is enough. Look for these secret items in the '?' Shops. Bishops and Wizards can use better spells than Healers and Magi, but they still remember their old spells. Summoners lose all their magic, but can 'equip' monsters that you have found or hired and release them in battle. Also, some Fighter or Ranger characters have 'tokukou' (special attack) abilities that usually do more damage with less accuracy and take a little bit of HP from the user of the technique. Since there is no such thing as MP in this game, use magic as much as possible. Heal, heal, heal! Remember, if anybody dies, he or she is dead forever! There is no such thing as raising the dead in this game, which makes things a little difficult. Good luck! Unfortunately, there are certain times in the game where you have to fight 'good' characters. It seems that there is no way to avoid having to kill them, so, do what you have to do. Game Classes - Short Description Lord - The main character. Can fight and cast some healer/bishop spells Fighter - The bulk of your human troops. Can fight and defend Ranger - A fighter who can fight and shoot arcs of wind at his enemies Soldier - A fighter who can fight and also shoot mirror images of himself at enemies Knight - A fighter who can also attack with a barage of spear thrusts. Healer - Spellcasters who specialize in healing magic Bishop - Powered-up Healers Magi - Spellcasters who specialize in attack magic Wizard - Powered-up Magi Summoner - These powerful characters summon monsters when attacking Mamono (Monster) - Powerful monsters that join you throughout the game. Long Descriptions Your Lord is a good fighter and can also heal and cast other spells. Although elementally neutral (earth), she can be very useful when attacking after casting her Bless spell, especially against other earth enemies, who aren't weak particularly to any element. Healers have very good range with their healing magic, but aren't good fighters at all. Use them to kill enemies who are already weakened, because there aren't any other methods to gain experience. Bishops have improved spells and are very useful in the game. They may be the most important characters - always use them! Magi have good attack magic that have a fairly good range. Wizards have even better attack magic, but the range is shortened. Magi and Wizards are the only characters who can attack at a long range; unfortunately, you can only have a maximum of two of these in the game. Summoners are extremely powerful fighters, but lose their ability to attack from a range. They are useful in killing enemies outright, but as their monsters cannot be healed in battle, their usefulness tends to have a set duration. Their defense and HP are also sub-par, but because their element is earth, at least they aren't strongly affected by any particular element. Game Spells (Cost) - Effect (usable by Lord/Healer/Bishop/Magi/Wizard) Scan (100) - Reveals the identity of an enemy and all of its statistics (LHBMW) Bless (2000) - More than doubles the caster's attack power during one battle (LB) Life (100) - Heals a single character for a medium amount of HP (LHB) Lifedo (300) - Heals a single character for a large amount of HP (B) Silence (200) - Prevents a single character from casting spells during one battle (B) Dark (200) - Lowers a single character's accuracy greatly for one battle (HB) Sleep (400) - Puts a single character to sleep for one battle (B) Piiman (1000) - Turns a single character into a green pepper for one battle (B) Lifeless (600) - Takes some of a single character's HP and gives it to the caster (W) Freeze (300) - Long range medium-strength water elemental attack spell (MW) Freezedo (1200) - Medium range strong water elemental attack spell (W) Fire (300) - Long range medium strength fire elemental attack spell (MW) Firedo (1200) - Medium range strong fire elemental attack spell (W) Thunder (400) - Long range medium strength wind elemental attack spell (MW) Thunderba (1600) - Medium range strong wind elemental attack spell (W) Monster List (Element) - Description Griffon (Wind) - A large purple griffon that charges strongly at its enemies Zaiter (Fire) - A large, hardy red dragon that attacks using its fiery breath Siren (Water) - A beautiful water nymph that attacks using its water magic Golem (Earth) - A powerful automaton that attacks with its fists This site created by Kuruma, 2001. 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