Square-Enix Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl who Surpasses God Review

NOTE
This game is Japanese-exclusive, so to play it you need to have one of the following:

Option 1:
*Japanese PS2

Option 2:
*Swap Magic 3.6
*American/European PS2​

I bought this game to appease my inner fanboy, and I must say that I'm pleased. This is probably the least known of the series since it's Japanese-exclusive, but it's quite fun. It takes the combat mechanics of the second game and expands upon them while keeping the core ideas intact. It's true that fans of the series will like this more, but anyone who like action-RPG games, such as Kingdom Hearts, should really enjoy this game.

Graphics
Not bad, but I really wish they would have given a good attempt at upping the graphics from the second game. Regardless, the graphics have a nice cell-shaded design that is faithful to the anime. Perhaps the greatest part of this game (and this game series in general) is that they got the whole original voice cast together and make some of the cutscenes in actual anime style that weren't in the actual anime. A downside is that the enemies are rather repetitive in look.

Gameplay
A nice mixture of hack-n-slash and RPG gameplay. The combo system is fairly deep, but at the same time, you can still get the job done with basic combos, so old pro gamers and newbies alike will leave content. You can switch between both of the Elric brothers on the fly and each has distinctive attacks and abilities which you will need to learn to use effectively to get through the game. The combination attacks with Edward and Alphonse add some nice variety to the fights and can turn the tide pretty fast. Only bad aspect I can think of is that the characters move a bit slow.

Sound
The musical scores are reminiscent of the show which is a great thing. All the original voice actors are here from the anime and they appear in cutscenes frequently. The fanboys wil go crazy, I would know.

Entertainment
This game is a great hack-n-slasher that mixes fun gameplay with classic anime-esque graphics and an all-star voice cast. If you're a Fullmetal Alchemist fan, you will love this game more than someone who isn't, but you'll still enjoy the game either way so long as you like a good old hack-n-slash game.

Overall
8.5/10

 

NEED. SWAP MAGIC. ;~;

Anyway, thanks for this review, I didn't know a 3rd one existed. >_>;;