Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires PSP
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Metascore
47 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Summary: Known as Shinki Gensou: SSII Unlimited Side in Japan, Spectral Souls immerses you in a great battle between good and evil. During this role-playing game, you can switch between characters from three opposing kingdoms.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 27
  3. Negative: 11 out of 27
  1. Digital Entertainment News
    83
    Spectral Souls is food for the TSRPG fan's spectral soul, but more mainstream-style fans may feel left out in the cold by the game's mad-depth, complexity and difficulty level. On the upside, those words are music to hardcore fans' ears.
  2. Just RPG
    70
    The game features some really good concepts, but much of these could be easily overlooked because of the load times and slow-down.
  3. GameZone
    69
    It’s like the song says, “Load times killed the video star.” In this case a well-planned, well-executed RPG caught in a cluster of technical idiosyncrasies.
  4. RPG Fan
    43
    One of the worst RPG experiences on the PSP, and one of the worst RPGs of the past few years. The terrible story, bland battle system, and the atrocious load times and slow down makes this Strategy RPG unbearable. And because of this, Spectral Souls is like eating your grandmother's fruitcake. It looks appetizing on the outside, but as you put it into your mouth, it's stale and hard to swallow.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Ayreos
    10
    No loading times at all with an old PSP2001 model here. This game is faster for me than Final Fantasy Tactics and most other tactical RPGs, possibly because my cpu speed is set to 333Mhz. Not sure what to say about all the raging reviews about loading times. I guess the majority of the populace shudders at the very idea of having to fiddle just a tiny bit with their hardware configurations to better their play experience. Too bad for those people as this is a magnificent tactical RPG with an entertaining battle system and engrossing features they will never get to experience. I'm enjoying it more than any other tactical RPG i have played up to this day. It deserves a ten just to rub it in the faces of those people who enjoy beating cripples, but i doubt they will understand the metaphor anyway.… Expand
  2. CoffinSandman
    8
    Sure, I do agree that the load times are pretty appalling, but any true strategy rpg fan has to agree that it's an excellent game once you look past them. It has a very deep and entertaining battle system, well thought out battles, great graphics, and a good sountrack. While the story is a bit derivative, It's fairly easy to get into without much complaint. Still, because of the load times, I can only recommend this to very devoted srpg junkies. If you fall into this category, check it out ASAP.… Expand
  3. Martin
    7
    Ok......let me start this off by saying i LOVE rpgs alot. I saw the reviews about the horrid loading times.........and I still gave this game a try. rating this game was kindof hard, since it has SOOOOO many positives, and then the loading times............so I think it deserves a 7. The dialouge has to load, so it pauses to load what each character says sometimes. (these are never more than half a second to 2) and then it has to load before menus( from 10 to 15) and it has to load before each attack ( 3-5 seconds) All that aside, this game is a very good rpg. During battle the load times are tolerable, but navigating menus can be somewhat annoying. So if you could get past the load times, I would give this around a 9 or 10, but since the load times can be annoying, it deserves either a 6 or 7… Expand
  4. AnonymousMC
    2
    This game is not worth it, the load time sucks... PSP is a powerful device but they made it look like a sucky machine due to the slow loading time, no justice at all. And walking around the town that slow? Come on, Nintendo (R) 1st generation games are much faster than that. I ended up giving away my UMD game and the person that got it is happy to have the game, but not with the game.… Expand

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