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Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: Revenge is the only thing that can erase this hatred. In the land of Efferia, humans and native-Efferians uneasily co-exist in the clutches of an endless war. A young man out for revenge against the natives finds a girl who has lost her memories. Where will destiny lead them...? A 50+ hour fantasy that unfolds through amazing CGI cut-scenes and fully voiced dialogue. Unlock the secrets of the Carta System and unleash magical fury. Character designs are created by renowned Korean Artist, Hyung Tae Kim bring the world of Efferia to life. Unique real-time battle systems allow you to position yourself anywhere on the battlefield. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 34
  2. Negative: 5 out of 34
  1. Tears of Blood manages to hook fans of the genre with its gorgeous style and great story. It’s not as epic as the Final Fantasy games but it is still well worth playing.
  2. 85
    The music and sound effects are brilliant.
  3. Magnacarta ticks all the right boxes in terms of typical RPG elements – swords, magic, storyline involving friendship/loyalty/betrayal, and so on, but it seems to throw them all into a big pudding bowl and comes out with a rather stodgy fruitcake instead of the intended appealing sponge.
  4. Of RPGs with overblown production values, galaxy-wide spider-web narratives, protagonists of indistinct sex and abundantly irritating characterisation, Final Fantasy is still King and this chartered framework does absolutely nothing to impinge its power.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. BrunoP.
    10
    I'ts the best game in the world is really amazing!!! more than 50 hours to play.
  2. AlexT.
    10
    BEST GAME EVER. great game with an amazing opening song
  3. MC tears of blood is something different, something so underrated, something awesome and beautiful.

    You play as Calintz he looks like a gir
    l but hes a guy. You will find out or tell just by hearing his voice, and believe me I'm an Anime fan / Otaku. There's alot of anime that have guys that look like girls, btw he is one of the captains of a group called the Tears of Blood. That's where the game got its name.

    The battle system, now this is one of the things i like about the game. It's challenging and very fun and different; you press the buttons show on the screen and try to hit it and not miss like o-o-x or x-o-o or o-o-o. What's also cool is the music: a relaxing flute melody and all of a sudden tension rising chorus playing, but the "only" thing i dont like is the voice acting. Like in battle when Calintz defeats his enemy he says "it was over before it started" i was like what ? Does that even make sense ?.

    This is worth playing and a change of pace from other RPGS.

    Good things about MC:
    Not video every other minute (or in this case, every hour. See: Xenosaga I, II and III.)
    Challenging gameplay (you must increase your combo skills to win the final battles and BEAT the game)
    Beautiful music, graphics and characters
    Story is above average but a bit clicheish.
    Not hours to learn the battle system or have 'max equip' on your characters.

    Bad:
    Battle load times
    Lack of a really interesting story
    Calintz looks very effeminate

    Scored it 9 to offset all the horribad reviews by ridiculous gamers (I've played over 200 Rpgs and have very high standards, MC: ToB deserves atleast a 7.)
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  4. ScottV.
    8
    After seeing such a broad range of reviews for this game, I decided to play it safe and give it a rental. I was pleasantly surprised. I don't see how so many people are finding the combat system overly complex and difficult; it seems to be in line with the Final Fantasy and Shadow Hearts games it resembles in many ways. (There are a few unintuitive parts that create an initial learning curve however, such as deciding to call Holy magic "Celestial" but abbreviating it "H" and similarly Air is "Wind" and "A".) I am not particularly good at "twitch" games but got the rhythm of the trinity system down after the first battle or two and now missing is a very rare occurrance. However if you can't get it down, this game is not going to be any fun at all for you. Also, I think the criticism of how Calintz looks is also a bit out of context--remember that even though he was a manly action hero of his day, George Washington wore a wig and a lot of lace. Calintz' look might be a bit feminine in our world but next to the women in game there's never really any doubt of his gender. Overall there is nothing that makes this game really stand out other than a slightly more mature plot than the genre norm (Calintz is much more grown up than your typical RPG protagonist) and a brilliant visual style, but it's certainly a fine way to pass away some hours if you are a console RPG fan. Expand

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