Dreamcast

Skies of Arcadia

Description

Arcadia is a world where continents float high above, and people travel by airships. Among the countries of this world, the most powerful one is the Empire of Valua. Guided by its greedy admirals, Valua strives to possess all the power in Arcadia. The boy Vyse and the girl Aika are members of the Blue Rogues - noble pirates who attack only Valuan war ships. During one of their confrontations with a battle ship, they encounter a girl named Fina, who is on an important mission whose secret she cannot tell yet. Involved in the conflict with the Empire of Valua, the trio of the heroes must explore the whole world of Arcadia in order to defeat the admirals.

"Skis of Arcadia" is a traditional Japanese RPG with turn-based combat and randomly appearing enemies. During battles, you can accumulate spirit points and then unleash powerful special attacks. Beside the usual party-based combat, there are also ship battles in the game, where you plan several turns ahead, using various kinds of ship weapons.

Alternate Titles

• "Project Ares" -- Early development name
• "Eternal Arcadia" -- Japanese title
• "エターナル アルカディア" -- Japanese Spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Steampunk games

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User Reviews

A mediocre game with very few highlights	Unicorn B. Lynx (60462)
Not only is it the best DC rpg but the best rpg in a while.	MasterMegid (858)
Beautifully rendered sky pirate RPG! Arrrrrrrrr matey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	lado (24)
The best RPG ever	Ben Burton (6)

The Press Says

Defunct Games	Apr 24, 2005	92 out of 100	92
The Next Level	Jan 10, 2001	A-	91
Game Revolution	Nov 01, 2000	A-	91
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 10, 2001	18 out of 20	90
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	May 02, 2005	9 out of 10	90
GamersMark	Jul 04, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Super Play	Apr, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Gamekult	Jan 16, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Legendra	Jan 18, 2002		80
Thunderbolt Games	Nov 04, 2004	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

The graphic information for an area's battle graphics and enemies is not stored in memory. The Dreamcast fetches this information individually for each battle you encounter. Depending on the condition of the dreamcast, the loading effect is sometimes quite audible as a soft 'squeeking' noise (not uncommon among cd-roms and players). Why this is important is that with Skies of Arcadia it's quite possible to "hear" a random battle being loaded up (sometimes up to 10 seconds before the actual event) from the game's cd... letting the player quickly access the menu screen beforehand to use items, or maybe to just get the player prepared.