============ Story ============ Duelists of the Roses is loosely based on the War of the Roses from the 15th Century where to related rival houses in England fought for control over the country. In this game you are summoned by Simon to aid Yugi who represents the red roses, but are quickly approached by Seto who represents the white roses to join his side.
Regardless of which path you choose you will be able to play through both campaigns. Though you have to complete one campaign before you can access the other one. ============ Gameplay ============ The game makes use of the fusion system from Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories so playing that game will help you out here. The board in this game is a seven by seven grid that is composed of squares that can be several different types of terrain. The terrain may increase, decrease, or have no effect on your stats. If you are on terrain that offers you an advantage you can move two squares instead of the usual single square.
While the board setup for this game offers some more strategy options then the standard game it also is more limiting since a lot of the trap cards in the actual game can't work in this game. Another issue is the game largely comes down to raw power then strategy. In many cases your best bet to win is to build a deck that will allow you to apply multiple equip cards to a single monster. Another issue in this game is that equip cards aren't considered a part of your magic/trap card limit once they've been applied to a monster on the field. ============ Characters ============ Your own character has no real personality in this game. In fact, the only decision you make is which campaign mode you'll play through first. The game does manage to represent the characters from the show rather well, but they don't have all that much dialogue either to be honest. ============ Graphics ============ The game is a bit of mixed bag in terms of graphics. While the monsters tend to look rather good while on the board the graphics for the battle area are terrible. The monsters tend to look a lot more blocky and most of the attacks are rather weak in terms of visual impressiveness. ============ Sound ============ The soundtrack is rather enjoyable. The opening song is rather high in terms of energy and shows off some of the cooler looking attacks in the game. ============ Lasting Appeal ============ The game offers very little after you've completed both campaign modes. It does unlock the final boss and allows you to create custom maps, but outside of that there isn't much to be had. You'll probably end up shelving the game after numerous hours of enjoyment and consider it great experience before moving onto something else. ============ Scores ============ Story: 8 Gameplay: 7 Characters: 4 Graphics: 5 Sound: 9 Lasting Appeal: 3 Overall: 6
"When it comes to the GBA games the approach is quicker."
It depends on the GBA game. Some of them require you to duel opponents to acquire Duel Points or is it Deck Points to purchase booster packs. Some of them also updated the password system to work the same way. Basically the game forces you to duel repeatedly and while you do acquire more cards quickly the amount of junk cards you get may be higher. If you get good at stopping the slot machine in Duelist of the Roses you can get what you want rather easily for the most part.
"Just because duelist of the rose has less grinding doesn't make it alright or more fathomable."
After playing through Falling Stars where the average time to beat the game is probably 8 - 12 hours and about a third of that will be spent on load screens. The grinding in this game seems rather tame by comparison.
My biggest gripes with this game has more to do with how the game fails to utilize this board system idea to its maximum potential. Instead the game makes trap cards largely superfluous and makes the only useful magic cards be equip and field cards. The game largely becomes a crude power calculus of who has the higher attack power. This game basically ignores everything that makes the card game fun to play.
I think the amount of grinding you have to do for this game and forbidden memories is about the same. When it comes to the GBA games the approach is quicker.
For the sake of getting somewhere in this convo. Lets pretend forbidden memories does have a lot more grinding. Just because duelist of the rose has less grinding doesn't make it alright or more fathomable. It still hits that thresh hold of having too much grinding.
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Overall rating
1/ 5
Gameplay
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4/ 5
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spongedevil
fromcharlestown, WV
This game is perfect for:casual gamers
what the heck
PostedMay 10, 2012
ok so i bought this game from you guys and it dont even work it willl go to the start menu then freeze its not my ps2 because i have taken good care of it and it will play even the most scratched game but this game wont work can i get another one or can i get my money back or can i get it buffed or cleaned or something because i love this game and i really want to play it. please let me know asap i love this game
The return policy at Gamestop.com from my experience is that you can send the games back to them for a refund or replacement of the game. Though, if you have issues I'd advise calling them first. You can also exchange the broken game for another copy at local or nearby gamestop if they have a copy of the game.
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Gameplay
5/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Lasting Appeal
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SnoochyBoochiez
fromNew Jersey
This game is perfect for:hardcore gamers
Classic Yu-Gi-Oh
PostedMarch 1, 2012
Spent most of my childhood playing this. Pretty fun game would reccomend it. Opponents get more difficult, very strategic game with cool effects.
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