Product Description

Step into a colorful world on your PSP where history meets fantasy. Take part in a mystical story inspired by the legendary Joan of Arc, where players will explore a fantasy setting filled with ogres, dragons, and magical powers. The game brings numerous animated in-game cutscenes that bring the world to life. The game's background story begins far in the past, during a long war where dark gods attempted to use their demon armies to enter the human world. Five brave heroes create armlets to restrain the demon gods. You play as Jeanne as a 17-year-old girl. Voices encourage you to defeat the monster and take up the legacy and emblem of the five heroes. Together with friends Lian and Roger, you take up the cause to lead France towards victory against attacking demons and the English army. With more than 40 hours of 3D turn-based RPG gameplay, you will acquire multiple characters during your adventure and use them within each battle, combining skills to create powerful combat strikes. An intricate grid-based tactical combat system and colorful characters are brought to life through animated in-game cut scenes, set in a detailed magical world. Each character is associated with a specific weapon type including swords, axes, bows, knives, shields, spears, wands and whips Each character has the ability to use special skills exclusive to their weapon type Discover powerful weapons as you progress through the game Customize characters with more than 150 different skills and abilities, including magic spells and special attacks to boost overall stats

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2120 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-08-21
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Sony PSP
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Features

• Command up to 7 characters at a time and embark on a crusade in a 15th century fantasy setting of ogres, dragons and magical powers
• Explore ransacked villages and battlefields with visuals and cinematics that bring the world to life
• Tactics style action with unique team-based strategy of attacks and defenses
• Combine character skills to initiate special moves and generate powerful attacks
• Control up to seven characters during battle sequences

Customer Reviews

Great Strategy RPG!
If you're looking a great SRPG for your PSP after you beat Final Fantasy Tactics, Jeanne D' Arc is the game you're looking for!

This game is beautiful, a real masterpiece from the guys of Level 5, the history of this game is the well known history of Jeanne D'Arc, but this time you can add monsters and posesions to the formula and the history gets even better. The graphics are too good for the PSP (Better that the ones from Disgaea), as an RPG it has some pros and cons, maybe FFT and Disgaea has a lot of history and experience behind them as SRPG (Square Enix and Nippon Ichi aren't noobs) but this is a great first try for Level 5, well, let's see the pros and cons of this game:

Pros: -Beautiful history and solid charachters.
-Great anime cutscenes.
-A very easy to understand gameplay.
-The transformations mode add a lot of strategy to your battles.
-The leveling system is easy to understand.
-It has some sidequest that add more play-time to your quest. The colisseum is a tricky place if you want to beat it completely.
-A lot of skills to use, and the combine system add some fun to it =P.

Cons: -You can't create charachters, only the history ones, but you're plenty of them.
-If you have an enemy at your side and you attack, you can't move. To me a critical error. In most SRPG you can move and attack or attack and move.

If you like SRPG's this game is for you. And now you can buy it via PSN too!

Drama, Drama, Drama!
Reviewed for Big Boss Games By: T.R.C.

The Story (taken from the instruction book):

Another Story of the battles of St. Jeanne D'arc
A long time ago, there was a battle known as the War of the Reapers. The Reaper, led by a demon lord possessed with the great power of darkness, invaded the human world with their armies of demons. The humans pooled their battle strength, and it extended into a long conflict. In order to seal the evil, five chosen warriors of battle created five armlets and, using their power, sealed the demon lord and the reapers into sacred jewels.

Time passed until the dawn of the 15th century, and territory disputes between France and England are ongoing.

In the middle of a festival held in the small French village of Domremy, the town is beset by attacks from demons like nothing the citizens have ever seen before. Suddenly a girl in the village, Jeanne, hears a voice from heaven telling her to "defeat the enemies". She picks up her sword, and destroys them all.

On her right arm was an armlet quite like the ones used by the warriors of the War of the Reapers.

Guided by a voice from heaven, Jeanne, along with the young girl Liane and former mercenary Roger, heads for the castle of Charles the Dauphin. But, the destiny of Jeanne and her friends, who embark on a long journey into battle to save their mother country, has yet to be determined.

Story: 4.5/5
Almost perfect... this story is not for anyone under 13 years old.
You start out as a young girl that finds a magical armlet that lots of people are looking for and will kill many people to get it. This game has good guys that lose it and become monsters themselves. This game also has a good old fashion witch burning. Also, your friends are never what they seem.

Sound: 4.5/5
What a great musical score from such an adult game.

Graphics: 5/5
The opening, closing and cut scenes are movie quality. WOW! I was so drawn into the story that I didn't notice that the game had begun. The art style that Level-5 used to tell this dark tale was perfect!

Game-play: 4/5
Turn-based strategy, I really liked the battle system in Jeanne D'Arc because as soon as the game starts to feel worn and tired out, they toss you some new skill or magic attack that will draw you back. Also, the FROG is super cool! Feed him well.

Replay Value: 1/5
I'm truly afraid to replay this great game. I'm not sure that I can handle the bonfire scene again... This game is not for little kids and any adults that have issues with death, destruction and lots of drama.

Overall: 4.5/5
This drama filled adventure into pseudo history is one that will haunt your nightmares for many a night. Jeanne D'Arc is one of the most memorable games I've ever played. I will never forget this game. This game will leave you with more questions than answers and that is ok because that allows us to fill in the blanks. I've kept this gem of a game in my personal collection. I recommend this game for any story driven RPG fan that likes drama.

Again, this game is not for kids...

Amazing game
I love this game, I wish it was longer, I want to keep playing! I was on the fence for a while about buying this, but now it's the only psp game I play at the moment. Someday I will dust off crisis core and continue with that, but for now Jean D'ARC is my game. I do recommend this title to anyone who likes strategy RPG's.