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Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception Xbox 360
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64 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: Project Sylpheed takes you centuries into the future where you customize and pilot amazing starships, battle swarms of enemy fighters, and enjoy stellar visuals. Become immersed in the full, multilayered storyline. Take on hordes of enemy starfighters in extreme 3-D space combat. Enjoy animation with vivid visuals, cool space settings, and over 50 minutes of CG video. [Square Enix]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 45
  3. Negative: 3 out of 45
  1. Play Magazine
    85
    This is by far the prettiest free-roaming shooter ever created. [Aug 2007, p.60]
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  2. Gamer's Hell
    74
    In short, Project Sylpheed has a solid foundation, but a lot of the game is simply unnecessary.
  3. Gaming Age
    42
    Project Sylpheed is a niche game. It will shake off newcomers who are intimidated by its slightly different control scheme, and find an audience that appreciates the game's overall style in doing so.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. MegWhiteley
    10
    An amazing title, this is a great work of Square Enix and Microsoft, because no much games about spaceships exist on Xbox, and this is a great option a biggest title. Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception is amazing.… Expand
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  2. RichM.
    9
    Think Panzer Dragoon gameplay, but with a little more variety and a real story. Square put some real effort into the video and it shows, reminded me of toy story or Final Fantasy: Spirits Within as far as quality goes. I do wish it was longer, but that's my only major issue with this.… Expand
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  3. Jonman
    6
    Project Sylpheed is a daunting proposition. The half hour of tutorials are absolutely essential, thanks to the enormous degree to which the controller is overloaded. Flying the Delta Saber feels more akin to playing a fighting game, such is the degree to which double-taps and button combinations are required to wring the best performance from your spaceship. This is certainly not a game to dip into. More so thanks to the mission structures, which ensure that committing less than an hour at a time to the game is likely to result in not finishing a mission, and therefore not being able to save your progress. The game is also relatively unforgiving on the the Normal difficulty. That said, the space combat is pretty darned good, visually, and functionally. Forgiving the occasional bit of slowdown during particularly frenetic moments, it's extremely hectic, and very satisfying when finishing a sub-mission. One complaint is that the secondary mission objectives are not clear. Perhaps this is an attempt to encourage replay, but it's a poor one. The upshot is that unless you *really* want an in-depth flight combat game, with a steep learning curve, but gorgeous graphics, you should probably avoid Project Slypheed.… Expand
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