The game, called 7th Dragon 2020, shared the fate of many PSP games in that it never left Japan. Published by Sega and developed by Image Epoch, 7th Dragon 2020 is a sequel to the earlier DS game 7th Dragon (which also never left Japan). Whereas the first game in the series was your typical Japanese RPG set in a fantasy, medieval-ish world, 7th Dragon 2020 takes a different approach. The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2020, which means semi-futuristic with a dash of cyber punk here and there. Not many RPGs that I have played go for this kind of setting, so that difference had me interested in the game already.Īdd to that the fact that Yuzo Koshiro was doing the music, and my interest was piqued even more. Shirow Miwa of Dogs: Bullets & Carnage fame was responsible for character designs. Finally, Kazuya Niinou, director of the first Etrian Odyssey dungeon crawler game, reprized his role of director for this game as well as the one before it. At the very least, I knew that the game had some good people working on it. After having beaten it, I can say that I was not disappointed. The game’s story starts with dragons from outer space invading Earth. Turns out these dragons’ favorite snack is people. Despite the game being set in modern times, the plot is about as ridiculous as in any other RPG. It’s one thing I really love about this game. The player takes the role of the 13th Murakumo Squad (anti-dragon special forces) and starts the game by choosing from 5 classes to make a 3-person team. Since this game is set in semi-futuristic Tokyo, regular classes like Swordsman, Thief, Mage, etc. Instead, you get the likes of the Samurai, Trickster, Psychic, Destroyer, and Hacker. The Samurai class is pretty much a Swordsman, while the Trickster is kind of like a Thief with access to status ailments. Psychics are mages who have attack spells and healing. Destroyers are monks but also have high defense, which makes them tank-like. Finally, the Hacker has buffs and debuffs. Since the game cuts down on the number of classes, it does its best to keep each class balanced.
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