Product Description

The age of exploration has dawned and you are about to embarkon a magical journey, a voyage of discovey across the vast Skies of Arcadia in search of treasures untold, and where there is treasure, there will be Air Pirates! With over six vast lands to navigate, magnificent ships to fly and customize, a host of weapons and magical spells to be discovered and unique internet options to aid your quest. Skies of Arcadia is the most immence gaming experience ever created. **online functions are currently avalible in these countries, subject to change at any time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15748 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2001-04-27
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Sega Dreamcast
• Dimensions: .33 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review

Graphically, Skies of Arcadia is surreal and stunning. Arcadia is a magical world where folks float through the air on giant airships. A young and lively air pirate named Vyse, who leads a swashbuckling troupe of pirates named the Blue Rogues, spends most of his time travelling from floating island to floating island. While touching down on the Valuan Empire one fateful day, Vyse and his sidekick Aika rescue a mysterious girl named Fina, who was captured while trying to find six magic crystals used to summon "Gigas," powerful ancient weapons. Naturally, the Valuans want the Gigas for their own malevolent political plans, so Vyse, Aika, and Fina set out to find the precious, scattered crystals and fight enemies (both human and inhuman) to keep the world safe from tyranny. In total, there are six huge lands to explore with many different kinds of environments, such as villages, dungeons, forests, and deserts, as well as otherworldly locations.

The turn-based combat system is effective, with more than 70 customisable weapons to use (based on different colours) and more than three dozen magic spells (and special attacks) as indicated by the game's "spirit bar" shown on the screen. The visuals during the fight scenes may cause your jaw to fall to the ground with its bright lights and mesmerising colours and textures.

Skies of Arcadia is a highly addictive, gorgeous, huge, and deep role-playing game worthy of your attention. Kudos to Sega for creating a breathtaking fantasy that will likely be a mainstay in Dreamcasts well into the spring. --Todd Mowatt

Customer Reviews

Best RPG on Dreamcast
Skies of Arcadia has always been one I've waited for because of it's incredible visuals. Thankfully, though, the gameplay is just as impressive. The fights aren't as interactive as the ones in Grandia 2 or the Final Fantasy series, but the ship battles are a nice touch and the magic and super moves are stunning. The characters are great - they may not develop much but they are colourful, lively and often they make the cut scenes pretty funny. The story is basic compared to... again, FF, but it's interesting enough to keep you playing and has a few neat touchs. The music is good, but sadly there's no proper voice acting and the voice acting that IS there is just unnecessary and sometimes laughably bad. I don't understand everyone's complaint about the random battles - they aren't honestly that bad, and if they really bug you... RUN AWAY! On the whole this is a fully enjoyable experience, and with the crew members and discoveries to collect has some good replay value too.

One of the RPG's around
I had been waiting for this game for ages, and got it on the day of release, and I was definitely not disappointed. Basically there are very few complaints that I can make about this game. The only ones are that there are far too many random battles when you fly around in your ship, and that although this game has some of the most gourgeous graphics seen on an RPG, in some places they are very bare with extremely repetitive textures, and in some places the colours look a bit nasty together. The rest of the game is stunning though; the plot is brilliant, the gameplay and progression are spot on, and it is very addictive. After the first 2 days I clocked up 14 hours! Overall, if you are a fan of the Final Fantasy games (particularly 7 and 9) then I fully recommend this game, as it plays similarly to them. Worth buying a Dreamcast for

Skies of Arcadia ...true magic in a game
What can I say that has not already been said? This is an awesome game. Beautiful, funny, tragic {but not too much}, the classic rpg style ..you start small and get bigger and bigger, but it is not inevitable. You have to make decisions that effect the game. And they do. I loved this game not just for the gameplay, which is excellent, or the story, which is deeply engaging, or for the characters who are charmingly real and human, but for the feeling of hope that pervades the story.