Rogue Galaxy ( ロ ー グ ギ ャ ラ ク シ ー ro: gu gyarakushi :) is a sci-fi Japanese role-playing game developed by Japanese studio Level-5 and published exclusively by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2 . The game was originally released only in Japan on December 8, 2005 . Later, an expanded edition of the game was released outside of Japan, on January 30, 2007 in the United States , September 5, 2007 in Europe, and September 20, 2007 in Australia . An expanded edition, containing new features and improvements, was also released in Japan on March 21, 2007 [4] . On December 5, 2015, the game became available for download from the PlayStation Network on PlayStation 4 [3] .
| Rogue Galaxy | |
|---|---|
 European edition cover | |
| Developer | Level-5 SCE Japan Studio |
| Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Release dates | Original version  December 8, 2005 Director's Cut  January 30, 2007 March 21, 2007 [1]  September 5, 2007  September 20, 2007  December 2007 [2] PlayStation 4: December 5, 2015 [3] |
| Genres | japanese role-playing game , role-playing action |
| Age ratings | CERO : A -All ages ESRB : T - Teens PEGI : 12 |
| Creators | |
| Supervisor | Akihiro Hino |
| Producers | Akihiro Hino Yasuhide Kobayashi |
| Screenwriters | Akihiro Hino Koji Mori |
| Artists | Takeshi Majima Keiji nagao Jiro Morinaga |
| Composer | Tomohito Nishiura |
| Technical details | |
| Platforms | Playstation 2 Playstation 4 |
| Game mode | single user |
| Carriers | 1 single layer DVD (original version) 1 double layer DVD (Director's Cut) |
| Control | Dualshock 2 Dualshock 4 |
Content
Gameplay
In Rogue Galaxy, a player controls a group of up to three characters who travel the game world, fight various opponents and interact with non-player characters . Most of the game, the player can choose the characters that he will control along with the main character - Jester. Management is carried out from a third party. The player controls one character from the group, the rest are controlled by artificial intelligence , but the player can give them commands. The game has the ability to freely control the camera. The player can move from one planet to another with the help of an airship, and movement on each of the planets occurs on foot, or by teleportation from one recording point to those recording points at which the player has already been. Also at the recording points, the process of recording the game on the memory card is carried out.
The in-game currency is called Zen. The player receives money for the victory over opponents, as well as for the sale of items received during the battle.
Battle System
Battles in Rogue Galaxy take place in real time and the participants in the battle are not transferred to a separate battlefield, as is done in many other jRPGs. In addition to attack, special menus are used to assign teams to the characters, and the battle is suspended while the player assigns teams. The teams include: “Abilities”, “Change of Equipment” and “Things”. It is also possible to quickly use an ability or thing by a character controlled by artificial intelligence from a special menu, at this moment the game does not stop. The player can directly during the battle, how to change the controlled character, and the characters included in the group.
The game uses a system of random battles , that is, in a certain place the player may be attacked by an opponent who is not visible beforehand, at this moment the message “Warning !!” ( Russian Warning ) appears on the screen and the characters take out their weapons. During the battle, objects that can be launched into the enemy also appear in the location. The squad can have no more than three characters, but the player has the ability to change participants at any time, except when the character performs any action actions, killed characters can also be replaced. After winning the battle, the characters show their victory gestures and remove their weapons, and information on the things received and the experience gained appears on the screen, but nevertheless, the player at this moment can control the group. Some random battles offer a test (for example, to defeat all enemies for a specific character or win for a certain time), for completing the test, the player receives a hunter coin ( Eng.Hunter Coin ), a certain amount of which opens up access to new items in stores and discounts on purchases.
All actions in battle are limited by the Action Gauge , which is spent for using attacks, abilities and things. When the divisions in the scale end, the character cannot attack and it is necessary to wait until the scale is full. A successfully blocked opponent’s attack fills the scale instantly.
Each character has two types of weapons - the primary and secondary. With the help of the main weapon, the character can perform, along with the main attack, also the charging attack ( English Charge Attack ), which is able to break through the protection of certain types of enemies. The use of additional weapons is limited by the reload scale, as soon as the scale is empty, it takes time to reload the weapon, but the number of these reloads is limited. Using shooting weapons in a jump is impossible.
Using abilities spends Ability Points of the character, the number of which depends on the level of the character. Each character has abilities that are performed in conjunction with another character or characters, therefore, to use these abilities, certain characters must be in the group.
After collecting a certain number of “Burning Plates” ( Eng. Burning Chips ) that fall out of the enemy during the battle, it becomes possible to carry out the Burning Strike ( Eng. Burning Strike ) in time by pressing the buttons that appear on the screen. [five]
Character Development System
As in many other role-playing computer games , characters gain experience points after defeating opponents; after the accumulation of a certain amount of experience, the character receives a new level of development. With each new level, the characteristics of the character automatically increase.
In addition to gaining new levels, characters can improve their characteristics and learn new abilities using the Revelation Chart . The table of revelations is a set of cells standing separately or grouped up to 6 side by side. If a player fills a group of cells with the necessary items from the inventory, the character will receive a new ability or improve any of the characteristics. The revelation table is unique for each character, unlike the counterparts in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII .
Weapon Synthesis
Rogue Galaxy has a weapon synthesis system similar to the one in the Dark Cloud series of games. Each weapon in the game has a scale showing how well the character possesses this weapon, when this scale reaches its maximum, it becomes possible to combine this weapon with another of the same type. If you continue to use the weapon, the skill of using which is maximum, this weapon will inflict additional damage with fire, ice, lightning, wind and holiness. Weapons with maximum indices of elemental elements become fully studied and, when synthesizing new weapons, have a positive effect. Thus, combining certain weapons, it becomes possible to get a stronger weapon. By combining the wrong weapon you can get a weaker weapon.
Factory
The factory is a mini-game on quick wits , access to which the player receives after the plot events in the first half of the game. Some non-player characters tell the player the design of a weapon or item. To create this item, the player must select the correct source materials from his inventory, select the correct machines for their processing and correctly connect these machines to each other. After the player rebuilds the factory and starts the production process, he can track the path of the source materials in order to understand what he was wrong in case of production failure.
Insectron
This is a mini-game in which a player, using a trap and bait, catches a detachment of 5 insects and uses it to battle with the enemy's insectors on a chessboard-like board [6] . The battles in the Insectron tournament are a tactical role-playing game whose goal is to defeat the main insect of the enemy. You can win by emptying the HP level of the enemy insect or throwing it off the board. The game has 18 types of insects, each of which has its own unique attack.
Concept
World
The world of Rogue Galaxy is a planetary system called the Wilhelser System , consisting of 5 planets, a nebula , a ghost ship and a planet removed from the planetary system into another dimension. The planets in this system are fundamentally different from each other and include a desert planet , a planet covered by the jungle, a planet most of which is covered by the ocean and others. Most of the planets in the Wilhelser system are under the control of the Longardian Federation, which is at war with the Draxian Empire, which in turn is located in the planetary system of Yggdra.
In connection with the pirate style, the ship of the main characters looks like a pirate ship, but is capable of space travel. In this regard, in the world of the game, heroes are able to be on the deck of the ship and not experience difficulties due to the lack of air in space.
The planets of the game world are populated by both humans and other intelligent creatures. The oceanic planet Alistia ( Eng. Alistia ) is inhabited by humanoids that look like anthropomorphic fish and other marine inhabitants. Also in the game, there are humanoids similar to various animals, and humanoids that have no analogues in the real animal world.
Characters
- Jester Rogue ( Jap. ジ ェ ス タ ー ・ ロ グ グ Zesuta Roḡgu , English Jaster Rogue ) - the protagonist of the game, a young guy from the desert planet Rosa ( Eng. Rosa ). All his life before the events of the game, Jester lived on the planet Rosa, was raised by the priest Raul ( ラ ウ ル Raur , Eng. Raul ) , who replaced his father. From childhood, Jester dreamed of flying into space and visiting different planets, and when he is given such an opportunity, he decides to leave his home planet. Voiced by in the Japanese version and in the English version of the game.
- Kisala ( Japanese キ サ ラ Kisala ) is the adopted daughter of Dorgengoa ( Japanese ド ル ゲ ン ゴ ア Dorugengoa , the captain of the pirate ship Dorgenark ( English Dorgenark ) to which Jester lands. It is later revealed that she is the missing Princess Irieth from the planet Mariglenn, known throughout the galaxy as Eden . Voiced by Aei Ueto in the Japanese version and in the English version of the game.
- Zegram Ghart ( Jap. ゼ グ ラ ム ・ ガ ト ト Zegramu Gharto ) is a treasure hunter who joined the Dorgengoa team long before Jester. He pursues his goals and at the right moment betrays the team, fulfilling his part of the deal with Deutron, but soon returns after learning that Deutron is not able to fulfill his part of the deal. Voiced by in the Japanese version and Stephen Bloom in the English version of the game.
- Simon Wyckard ( サ イ モ ン ・ ワ ッ カ ー ド Saimon Wakkādo , Simon Wicard ) is one of the members of the Dorgengoa team, who, together with Steve, was sent to search for Desert Clough, the greatest treasure hunter. Simon, originally from the planet Zerard, is hiding his identity after leaving his wife and daughter and joining the Dorgengoa team. In the English version he speaks with a Scottish accent, and in the Japanese one he speaks Kansai . Voiced by Masaya Onosaka in the Japanese version and by in the English version of the game.
- Steve ( ス テ ィ ー ブ Sutӣbu , Eng. Steve ) is a robot created on the planet Zerard by Dr. Pocaccio ( я カ ッ チ ョ Pocatto , Eng. Dr. Pocacchio ) . At Dorgenark he is the helmsman . Steve contains the memories of Mark, the deceased son of Dr. Pocaccio. When he first met Jester, he was mistaken for the legendary treasure hunter Desert Clough, because he noticed Jester's sword. It is voiced by in the Japanese version and by in the English version of the game.
- Lilika Risa ( ル ル カ ・ ラ イ ザ Ruruka Raidza ) is a female warrior from the planet Juraika. Meets Jester, Kisalu and Zegram when they are on her planet due to problems with the Dorgenark engine. After she is expelled from the village for violating the ritual of sacrifice, she joins the pirates. Voiced by Kikuko Inoue in the Japanese version and Cary Walgren in the English version of the game.
- Jupis Tuki McGanel ( Jap. ジ ュ ピ ス ・ ト ゥ ー キ ー ・ マ ク ガ ル ル Jupisu Tӯkӣ Makuganer , English Jupis Tooki McGanel ) - a humanoid who in the past was a genius scientist who worked for that corporation, but ruined all his labors. He captures the factory in which he worked and defends it with robots. Due to the fact that he is wanted on his home planet, he takes refuge in Dorgenark and joins the pirates. It is voiced by in the Japanese version and by in the English version of the game.
- Digo Aegis ( Japanese デ ィ ー ゴ ・ ア ー ジ ス Dӣgo Ādzisu , English Deego Aegis ) - a former soldier of the Longardian army ( English Longardian army ). After his resignation, he spent his time in the bar of his girlfriend Angela ( English Angela Bar ), until he joins Jester and Kisale to confront his former colleague Gale ( English Gale ), who joined the mafia group, which collaborates with Deuteron . Digo belongs to the race Kuan ( English Quan ) and looks like an anthropomorphic dog with a mechanical arm. Voiced by in the Japanese version and by in the English version of the game.
- Desert Claw ( 砂 漠 の 爪 Sabaku no tsume , English Desert Claw , literally. Desert Claw ) - the legendary treasure hunter, whom he sends to find Dorgengoa and who gives his sword to Jester. Subsequently, it turns out that he is Jester’s father and his real name is Mizel Rogue ( Japanese ミ ゼ ル ・ ロ ー グ Mizar Rogue , English Mizel Rogue ) . Voiced by Koichi Yamadera in the Japanese version and Chanli in the English version of the game.
Story
The story begins with the fact that a small Jester lives on the desert planet Rosa and dreams of flying into space. The priest Raul raised him from childhood and replaced his father. Once the monsters attack his hometown Salgin ( Eng. Salgin ) and he decides to fight back. The mysterious man in the hood helps the cope with the monsters to Jester, who soon leaves Jester alone, giving him his sword. Soon after, two space pirates - the robot Steve and the masked man Simon - mistook him for the legendary treasure hunter whom they were instructed to find Dorgengoa. Jester understands that this is a chance to fly into space and realize his dream and does not tell the pirates that they are not looking for him. Having beaten the city from monsters, Jester goes on a ship to the pirates.
On the ship, Jester meets the rest of the crew, but he is unable to see the captain, because he is sleeping. After the monsters attacked Dorgenark, the ship crashes on the underdeveloped planet Juraika covered in the jungle. Jester, Kisala, and Zegram set off in search of plants capable of helping repair the ship. As a result of the actions of the pirates, Lilika joins the team, who is expelled from the village because she kills a monster whom her tribe considered a god to save her younger sister. The team repairs the ship and goes to the planet Zerard to extend the galactic visa. Zegram substitutes Jester, Simon and Lilika and they find themselves at the lower level of the local prison. After escaping from prison, the group again fails to extend the visa, because the computers are not working due to a hacker attack. The group deals with the hacker, but he manages to escape. By renewing the visa and returning to Dorgenark, it turns out that the hacker, whose name is Jupis, is now one of them. Captain Dorgengoa wakes up and reveals that Jester is not Desert Clough. In order to give Jester a chance, the captain lands Jester on the planet Vedan, so that he can get an ancient plate. Nevertheless, the plate is taken by Deuteron. Digo, a former soldier of Longardia, joins the group. Tracing the ship of Deutron, the pirates fly to Rosa and find that the stove is able to open the passage to the legendary planet Eden, but three keys are needed for this. The keys are located in the ruins of the ancient kings of the three planets and the pirates decide to get them before Deuteron.
After all the keys are collected, Zegram betrays the group and steals all the keys in order to exchange them with Deutron for the life of his girlfriend, but Deuteron is not able to fulfill his part of the transaction and Zegram decides not to give the keys. Deuteron decides to pick up the keys by force, but Jester and Kisala come to the aid of Zegram. Deuteron fails to open the passage, but in the heat of battle, Jester enters the state of the Star King in which he manages to open the passage. In the labyrinth that opens, Jester and Kisala meet a robot that gives an object that can open the way to the planet Mariglenn, also known as Eden, and also says that Kisala is the princess of Mariglen Iriet. After leaving the maze, Jester sees that President Deutron Valkog attacked his hometown. Raul saves Salgin, but the falling ship of Deutron kills Raul. Before his death, Raoul gives Jester an artifact that shows him the way to the Kuje Desert , where Jester discovers the lost city and the ghost of his mother. After that, Jester gains the full power of the Star King, and Desert Clough tells Jester that he is his father and who his mother was. Pirates open the passage to the planet Maryglenn and go there for treasures and eternal life.
Arriving at Mariglenn, the team finds out that there is a Rune on the planet and the creature that controls it is Mother, due to which the galaxy is filled with monsters and because of which Mariglen was separated from the rest of the galaxy 10,000 years ago. The only way to defeat Mother is through the sacred sword Zeo Sychros, which the Star King should use. To create a sword, the team goes to collect Drigellum. After receiving the sword, the group goes to battle with the Mother, who turns out to be the sorceress Ilzarbella ( Eng. Ilzarbella ), which was fed by the power of the Rune. After defeating her, Rune is dragged by the Deuteron’s warship that appeared above and Valkog and his assistants Norma and Iseland drop out of it and become a huge monster due to the impact of Runa. Kisala's mother appears, giving another Drigellum, which forces Zio Cycros to transform into a more powerful sword. The group is divided and breaks the villain in parts. After the victory, the pirates never get any treasure, but Dorgengoa is enough that his daughter is happy. Mariglenn returns to his place in the galaxy, but 10,000 years pass by that he was absent, and all this time they waited for Kisalu, who should become their queen. Kisala agrees to rule the planet, and the pirates decide to steal Kisala, since they are pirates.
Development
The game was first shown in July 2005 at the PlayStation Meeting 2005 event [7] . At the end of the event, Level-5 President Akihiro Hino took to the stage and presented the game and showed a two-minute video. According to Hino, the studio has been developing the game since 2003 and this is the largest project of their studio at that time [7] . At the same event, the game was announced to enter the Japanese market in December of that year with Sony Computer Entertainment as a publisher. [7] The release of the game on the Japanese market took place on December 8, 2005 . Outside Japan, the game appeared only in the summer of 2007 , but in addition to localization, the game contained graphic improvements, new dialogs, a new planet, new costumes, new weapons, new abilities, changing some gameplay elements and more [8] . This version of the game was distributed on a two-layer DVD. Later that year, this version of the game was also released in Japan, where it received the subtitle Director's Cut.
PlayStation 4 Version
In November 2015, it was announced the development of a PlayStation 2 emulator for the PlayStation 4 [9] [10] . Sony later announced on Twitter that emulated games will support 1080p resolutions , trophies, Share Play and Remote Play [11] [12] . On December 4, 2015, the official PlayStation blog posted information about the first batch of games designed for the emulator, including Rogue Galaxy. The gameplay of Rogue Galaxy running on the PlayStation 4 was shown on the PlayStation Experience on December 5, 2015 [3] .
Music
Musical accompaniment for the game was written by the main composer of Level-5 studio - Tomohito Nishiura [13] . The vocal theme, Dreaming My Way Home, was written, arranged and performed by American singer .
January 25, 2006 also released an album of 10 tracks "Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange". Well-known composers of music for computer games such as Yasunori Mitsuda , Kenji Ito , Yoko Shimomura , Motoi Sakuraba and Noriyuki Ivadare participated in arranging this album. [14]
| Rogue Galaxy Original Soundtrack. Disc 1 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Duration | ||||||
| one. | "The Theme of Rogue Galaxy" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:21 | ||||||
| 2. | "The Sandy Town ~ City of Salgin" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:29 | ||||||
| 3. | "The Omen" | Tomohito Nishiura | 0:34 | ||||||
| four. | "The Crisis" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:12 | ||||||
| five. | "The Church" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:33 | ||||||
| 6. | Brave Heart | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:46 | ||||||
| 7. | "A Hasty Man" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:09 | ||||||
| eight. | "Hazardous Desert ~ Sylvazard Desert" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:34 | ||||||
| 9. | "Timeless Town ~ Johannasburg" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:44 | ||||||
| ten. | Severe Voyage | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:52 | ||||||
| eleven. | "The Jungle of Jyuraika" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:55 | ||||||
| 12. | Burkaca Village | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:44 | ||||||
| 13. | "The Ruined Castle ~ Leo King's Ruins" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:26 | ||||||
| 14. | "A Road to the Ruined Castle" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:24 | ||||||
| 15. | "Shadow of the Sun ~ Kuje Desert" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:13 | ||||||
| sixteen. | "Swinging !! ~ Dorgenark » | Tomohito Nishiura | 2 a.m. | ||||||
| 17. | Planet Zerard | Tomohito Nishiura | 2 a.m. | ||||||
| 18. | "Two Horns ~ Gladius Tower" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:44 | ||||||
| nineteen. | Sweet Memories | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:09 | ||||||
| 20. | "The Galaxy Public Corporation" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:57 | ||||||
| 21. | "Factory (In Editing)" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:19 | ||||||
| 22. | "Factory (Production)" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:02 | ||||||
| 23. | "A Peaceful Moment" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:09 | ||||||
| 24. | "A Hidden Insanity" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:58 | ||||||
| 25. | "The Prison ~ Rosencaster Prison" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:57 | ||||||
| 26. | "The Lost Gene" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:28 | ||||||
| 27. | Exploder 1 | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:26 | ||||||
| 28. | "A Childhood Memory" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:42 | ||||||
| 29. | "Open the World" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:19 | ||||||
| thirty. | Varkogu's Theme | Tomohito Nishiura | 0:55 | ||||||
| 51:53 | |||||||||
| Rogue Galaxy Original Soundtrack. Disc 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Duration | ||||||
| one. | "The King of Legend ~ The Star King's Theme" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:24 | ||||||
| 2. | "A Masked Man" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:22 | ||||||
| 3. | Exploder 2 | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:36 | ||||||
| four. | "The Misty Town ~ Town of Myna" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:41 | ||||||
| five. | "The Bar" Angela "" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:00 | ||||||
| 6. | "Overcome the Sorrow" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:21 | ||||||
| 7. | "The Cave of a Mine ~ Vedan Mine" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:35 | ||||||
| eight. | "Insectron (Strategy)" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:06 | ||||||
| 9. | Insectron (Battle) | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:40 | ||||||
| ten. | "The Watery Relic ~ Cancer King's Ruins" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:42 | ||||||
| eleven. | "Wandering Way" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:56 | ||||||
| 12. | "Strain" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:15 | ||||||
| 13. | "The Labyrinth" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:21 | ||||||
| 14. | Le Marie Glennecia | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:08 | ||||||
| 15. | Enormous Threat | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:39 | ||||||
| sixteen. | "The Castle in the Air ~ Marie Glenn Castle in the Air" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:59 | ||||||
| 17. | "A Disquieting Atmosphere" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:16 | ||||||
| 18. | "The Mystery Forest ~ Ti'atha Forest" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:29 | ||||||
| nineteen. | "History Tells" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:52 | ||||||
| 20. | "The Holy Valley ~ Gulza Sanctuary" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:19 | ||||||
| 21. | "Blue Tears" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:27 | ||||||
| 22. | "The Valley of the Evil Lava ~ Mother's Lair" | Tomohito Nishiura | 1:48 | ||||||
| 23. | "The Mother" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:37 | ||||||
| 24. | "The Relic's Song" | Tomohito Nishiura | 5:07 | ||||||
| 25. | "The Beast Battleship" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:42 | ||||||
| 26. | "A Wish for Tomorrow" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:51 | ||||||
| 27. | "The Ghost Ship" | Tomohito Nishiura | 2:18 | ||||||
| 28. | "Escape to the Victory" | Tomohito Nishiura | 3:18 | ||||||
| 29. | "Dreaming My Way Home ~ Ending Theme" (performed by ) | Tomohito Nishiura | 5:32 | ||||||
| thirty. | "Dreaming My Way Home ~ Unused Recording Version" (performed by ) | Tomohito Nishiura | 5:31 | ||||||
| 68:36 | |||||||||
| Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Arranger | Duration | |||||
| one. | "The Theme of Rogue Galaxy" | Tomohito Nishiura | Yasunori Mitsuda | 5:06 | |||||
| 2. | Planet Zelard | Tomohito Nishiura | Shinji Hosoe | 5 a.m. | |||||
| 3. | "The Castle in the Air" | Tomohito Nishiura | Kenji Ito | 4:07 | |||||
| four. | "The Labyrinth" | Tomohito Nishiura | Takayuki Aihara | 5:52 | |||||
| five. | "The Crisis" | Tomohito Nishiura | Yoko shimomura | 4:47 | |||||
| 6. | "The Ghost Ship" | Tomohito Nishiura | Norihiko Hibino | 5:32 | |||||
| 7. | Varkogu's Theme | Tomohito Nishiura | Moto Sakuraba | 5:31 | |||||
| eight. | Brave Heart | Tomohito Nishiura | Nobuyoshi Sano | 5:08 | |||||
| 9. | Enormous Threat | Tomohito Nishiura | Yoshitaka Hirota | 4:22 | |||||
| ten. | "Dreaming My Way Home ~ Ending Theme" | Tomohito Nishiura | Noriyuki Ivadare | 5:31 | |||||
| 50:56 | |||||||||
Press Ratings
| Reviews | |
|---|---|
| Summary rating | |
| Aggregator | Rating |
| Gameranks | 81.56% [26] |
| Metacritic | 83/100 [16] |
| Foreign language editions | |
| Edition | Rating |
| 1UP.com | B [15] |
| Edge | 6/10 [16] |
| Egm | 7.5 / 10 [16] |
| Eurogamer | 7/10 [17] |
| Famitsu | 36/40 [18] |
| Game informer | 9/10 [16] |
| Game revolution | B [20] |
| Gamepro | [sixteen] |
| Gamespot | 8.0 / 10 [21] |
| Gamepy | [22] |
| GamesRadar | 8.0 / 10 [19] |
| Gametrailers | 8.0 / 10 [23] |
| Gamezone | 8.8 / 10 [24] |
| IGN | 8.7 / 10 [25] |
| Russian-language editions | |
| Edition | Rating |
| Game country | 8.0 / 10 [2] |
| Awards | |
| Edition | Reward |
| IGN | Editor's Choice [25] |
| Famitsu | Best RPG (2006) [27] |
| Famitsu | Special Rookie Award (2006) [27] |
| Digital Contents Grandprix | Excellence in Digital Content (2006) [28] |
| Japan game awards | Future Award (2005) [29] |
The game was positively received by the gaming press, the score on the Metacritic website was 83 out of 100 points based on 59 reviews [16] , and on Game Rankings - 81.56% based on 62 reviews [26] .
A critic from GameSpot rated the game 8 points out of 10. He noted that the combat system seems to be monotonous and annoying over time. He also noted that even despite the release of new consoles, this game looks like a high-quality cartoon and hardly distracts with downloads. Главной причиной почему он не может назвать данную игру потрясающей критик назвал огромное количество других высококачественных jRPG на PlayStation 2 [21] .
Патрик Джоинт из GameSpy был впечатлён игрой и оценил её за 4,5 звезды из пяти. Он положительно оценил мини игры и количество контента в игре. Основная претензия была к персонажам, которых критик назвал невыраженными и вторичными. В целом же игру он охарактеризовал как «Величайший триумф» [22] .
Рецензент из IGN оценил игру в 8,7 балла из 10. Он отметил визуальную составляющую, назвав её одной из лучших на PlayStation 2 и лучшей среди игр с сел-шейдерной анимацией которые он видел, и боевую систему, которую он назвал лучшей интерпретацией сисиемы из Kingdom Hearts , чем в самой Kingdom Hearts [25] .
Портал GameZone назвал игру достойной продолжения на PlayStation 3 и оценил её на 8,8 балла из десяти. Боевая система была названа порталом «произведением искусства не из этого мира», а локации игрового мира критик охарактеризовал как «прекрасные, ощущаются по разному и их интересно изучать» [24] .
Критик из Eurogamer был впечатлён несколько меньше своих коллег и оценил игру на 7 из 10 баллов. Он сравнил игру с вышедшей примерно в то же время Final Fantasy XII и отметил, что многие идеи пересекающиеся в этих играх, по его мнению, лучше сделаны в Final Fantasy XII [17] .
Наталья Одинцова из журнала « Страна игр » оценила игру на 8 баллов из 10. Положительными сторонами игры были названы яркая игровая вселенная и увлекательные бои, а отрицательными однообразные подземелья и небольшое количество способностей противников [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Rogue Galaxy: Director's Cut Official Website (яп.) . Level-5 . Дата обращения 30 мая 2012. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Rogue Galaxy на PlayStation 2. Досье игры. . Страна игр . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Yoshida, Shuhei Fan-Favorite PS2 Games Launching on PS4 Tomorrow . PlayStation Blog (5 декабря 2015). Дата обращения 9 декабря 2015.
- ↑ Winkler, Chris Rogue Galaxy Director's Cut Announced . RPGFan (Jan. 10, 2007). Дата обращения 3 ноября 2012. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 新規アビリティ追加！ | ローグギャラクシー ディレクターズカット | プレイステーション® オフィシャルサイト
- ↑ 2P対戦「インセクトロン」 ローグギャラクシー ディレクターズカット プレイステーション® オフィシャルサイト . Дата обращения 24 января 2013. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 3 PlayStation Meeting 2005: New games, latest stats (англ.) . GameSpot . Дата обращения 9 февраля 2013.
- ↑ Vore, Bryan US Version Of Rogue Galaxy To Include Loads Of New Content (недоступная ссылка) . Game Informer (Oct. 16, 2006). Архивировано 18 октября 2006 года.
- ↑ Blake, Vikki Sony Confirms PS2 Emulation is Coming to PlayStation 4 . IGN (20 ноября 2015). Дата обращения 9 декабря 2015.
- ↑ Hussain, Tamoor PS2 Emulation Confirmed For PS4 . GameSpot (20 ноября 2015). Дата обращения 9 декабря 2015.
- ↑ Osborn, Alex PlayStation 2 Emulation for PS4 Details Leaked via Dark Cloud Trailer . IGN (3 декабря 2015). Дата обращения 9 декабря 2015.
- ↑ Te, Zorine PS4 Getting 1080p Dark Cloud Via PS2 Emulator . GameSpot (3 декабря 2015). Дата обращения 9 декабря 2015.
- ↑ Rogue Galaxy Original Soundtrack :: Album Information . Дата обращения 18 января 2013. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange :: Album Information . Дата обращения 18 января 2013. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ Fitch, Andrew Rogue Galaxy Review for PS2 from 1UP.com . 1UP.com . Дата обращения 17 января 2013. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rogue Galaxy for PlayStation 2 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More . Metacritic . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 Parkin, Simon Rogue Galaxy Review . Eurogamer . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ Inside Famitsu: Rogue Galaxy and More . Edge . Date of treatment February 18, 2015.
- ↑ Reparaz, Mikel Rogue Galaxy Review . GamesRadar . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ Tackett, Tim Rogue Galaxy Review . Game Revolution . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2013. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 Rogue Galaxy Review . Gamespot . Date of treatment February 18, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Joynt, Patrick Rogue Galaxy Review . GameSpy . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 22 января 2007 года.
- ↑ Rogue Galaxy Review Text . GameTrailers . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 Rogue Galaxy – PS2 – Review . GameZone . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Dunham, Jeremy Rogue Galaxy Review . IGN . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 Rogue Galaxy for PlayStation 2 . GameRankings . Дата обращения 18 февраля 2015. Архивировано 13 февраля 2013 года.
- ↑ 1 2 Gantayat, Anoop New Awards Discovered in Famitsu Awards Presentation . IGN (24 апреля 2006). Дата обращения 18 апреля 2014.
- ↑ Winkler, Chris The Digital Contents Grandpix Awards Handed Out . RPGFan (26 января 2006). Дата обращения 18 апреля 2014.
- ↑ Maragos, Nich Ninth Annual CESA Game Awards Announced . Gamasutra (28 октября 2005). Дата обращения 18 апреля 2014.
Links
- playstation.jp/scej/title/rg/ — официальный сайт Rogue Galaxy (яп.)
- level5.co.jp/products/intro/roguegalaxy/index.html — официальный сайт Rogue Galaxy (яп.)
- level5.co.jp/products/rgdc/index.html — официальный сайт Rogue Galaxy (Director's Cut) (яп.)
- us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/rogue-galaxy-ps2.html — официальный сайт Rogue Galaxy (Северная Америка)
- uk.playstation.com/ps2/games/detail/item36753/Rogue-Galaxy™/ — официальный сайт Rogue Galaxy (Европа)