Wild Arms 5 - PlayStation 2

First review is the purchase from Amazon, 5stars, arrived unharmed inside the window given.Second review is the seller, whoever marked this item did so with the correct quality...looks great...5starsThird review though....the item itself...this is NOT about the game...did not play it yet...the version I got was the 10th anniversary, and it looks like a reproduction...not that I am saying that the seller duped me...the cover art looks and feels, probably even tastes authentic...the disc is equally deceiving... the cover art wraps around the whole case, and there is ONLY the bottom area even touched by text on the back, no screenshots or game description, just copyright information. The front looks like a regular ps2 game...title, publisher, rating, cool character looking to the side...the spine is confusing though, it has the Playstation 2 and logo at the top and the serial number and rating on the bottom, NO GAME TITLE AT ALL...they didn't have to stylize it but just some white text on the spine to tell me what is on my shelf...3stars

The 5th of the series certainly beats the unpalyable 4th, but still rates as OK.Its certainly playable and I give it very strong rating for its well done storyline. The graphics aren't FF, but they're good 'nough...Its the fighting I found rather dull. Enemies have strengths/weaknesses in some combo of the usual 4 elements (air/fire etc). Attacks are either physical or magical - some bosses are immune to one or the other. There's a scan button to tell you right off what each enemy is all about nothing for you to figure out here...The balance is much better than in 4 (could it miss?), but I found the sidequests virtually unnecessary. There are 'super-boss' side quests like in the previous games, but I never bothered with them - I was level 98 out of 100 just before the final fight - and a few level Apples made a perfect 100, easily winning the final battle without searching out the 'super-bosses.' Use your experience-doubling lucky cards carefully, equip experience doubling Hen Badges and watch your levels grow....Spells and abilites are gained by equipping Mediums, but I found that only four of them where worth anything (sword/fighter. sky/magic, sea/healing, and the 'thief' medium). I used the abilities of the Moon Medium twice in the whole game and the mountain/defense medium is worthless. You'll use about 4 abilities over and over in every fight and rarely use anything else....Characters are more configureable using 'badges' - you can equip up to 5 depending on your level. Badges combine skills to make for some very strong characters - able to cast 2 spells/turn at 0 magic cost, for instance.A side note - don't assume items with names from previous games do the same thing. I assumed a Finest Art badge did much the same thing as in Alter Code F (turned critical hits into insta-kills; useful against grunts but Bosses were immune). Instead, this Badge doubled critical hit damage - and worked fine against bosses. Combine this with badges that up critical hit chances, and your character is dishing out serious pain....Lets see what Xseed does next...

As a fan of the Wild Arms series, and, having been somewhat disappointed in "4" I was quite surprised to find that 5, while sticking with the "grid" system went back and carved back to its' roots from the first 3, its' as if they finally dug in and got what made these "Japanese Westerns" so special in the first place.Without giving away spoilers I can say this is one of the first ps2 games I actually enjoyed "replay" on as even by simple story-wise it makes sense, though, it would have made it even better if by some "replay" you can change a little of your ending, as some games may do, nothing excessively drastic, but, it is what it is.I enjoyed it, which, though I finished 4, is a long stretch because of the "grid" system having been so darn slow-paced in 4, in this one it is sped up considerably making it feel a lot more like a western than a bad tactics' game.For those who like the first 2(even the 3rd) Wild Arms, story-wise this one finally picks up what was missing in 4 and gets it quite well done by the pacing and character followings'.Unfortunately, like all the recent Wild Arms', the ending will not leave you "Happily Ever After" as the first 2, think more along the lines' of the pace that 3 set, not depressing entirely but not entirely satisfying, which is both good and bad.Would recommend for RPG and Wild Arms' fans' alike.

After having a bad experience with a Seller and how they sent me the wrong game then when i told them and they sent me the right game but it was defective, i had got angry because the Seller just wouldnt send me what i had paid for and became a routine of me trying to get the right game and them giving me a runaround, Thanks to Amazon and thier Team, just minutes after filling out the A to Z Form they had given me a refund viva thier gift card and let me know they saved all the messages i wrote and what the SELLER had been sending me as the seller wasnt making any other effort to help. I fully give.my thanks to Amazon for being there for me as i felt ripped off. As for the Game i bought from the Amazon from the refund, The Seller not only was on his word but i got more then what i had thought i was getting. The seller gave me the collectors edition in brand new condition. This Seller in my opinon deserves to have Amazons seal of approval as he or she has mine. The Game is an Rpg and its awesome. Its well Voiced Acted, fun to play and very well detailed. hope Wild Arms comes out with a new game for PS3.

Completed my collection great game!

Awesome game for an incredible price. 10/10

Je suis un fan des jeux Rpg et qui a pas deja jouer a la première version ou la deuxième de Wild Arms qui d'après moi a ete dans les meilleurs jeux rpg de son epoque a coter de Final Fantasy 7, Legend Of Dragoon ou même Gradia 2. Wild Arms 3,4 et 5 par contre laisse a desirer sur l'histoire et sur les personnages de même sur leur nouveau système de combat v.v mais le jeux en general est quand même interessant ses pourquoi je lui donne un 3/5