{"id":12948,"date":"2014-12-26T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12948"},"modified":"2014-12-21T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T14:11:21","slug":"fairy-fencer-f-ps3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/26\/fairy-fencer-f-ps3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairy Fencer F (PS3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FAIRY_BOX\"<\/a>A long time ago, an evil deity of darkness and a Goddess of light fought an epic battle, but both sides lost.\u00a0 Weakened with swords skewered between the two, both darkness and light fell into a deep sleep and nobody won the battle. \u00a0Eons later, in the human world, the swords and weapons from that great war that missed the targets fell to the earth.\u00a0 These weapons are called Furies, and only a select few can wield them.\u00a0 These people are called Fencers.\u00a0 Each weapon is infused with a fairy that can help Fencers use magic and special attacks.\u00a0 But these fairies aren\u2019t just little girls with wings.\u00a0 Some of these fairies can be critters, big burly men, and even robot mechs!\u00a0 These Fencers and their fairies seek out other Fury weapons, and even fight amongst themselves for them.\u00a0 The story in this RPG starts out with Fang, a lazy young man who just pulled out a Fury sword containing a young girl fairy whose goal is to revive the light Goddess and save the world.\u00a0 They\u2019ll meet all sorts of other crazy characters along the way with their own goals and objectives. Will they be able to save the world?<\/p>\n

Fairy Fencer F is very similar to other RPGs like Hyperdimension Neptunia or Mugen Souls.\u00a0 In fact, it was made by the same folks.\u00a0 Rather than tromp around towns and a vast overworld, everything in this part of the game is done through menus.\u00a0 In towns you can choose to visit shops to buy items or talk to people.\u00a0 Exclamation points over menu selections will let you know what to do to progress the story along, so goals are seldom unclear.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also select places to go on a world map, too.\u00a0 Once you select a dungeon, you\u2019ll travel through mazes in 3-D space, collecting treasures and encountering enemies.<\/p>\n

Once you bump into a monster, a turn-based RPG battle will ensue.\u00a0 When it is your turn, you can move around the playfield in real time and once you are close enough to an enemy, you can attack or use magic. When you take hits and attack enemies, a tension meter will fill.\u00a0 When it is full, you can \u201cFairize\u201d with your fairy, which usually gives you better looking armor and stronger attacks.\u00a0 But if you use a healing item or run away from battle, your tension meter will drop down again.<\/p>\n

While you do gain experience and level up from defeating enemies, there are many other ways to improve your stats more effectively.\u00a0 You\u2019ll earn weapon points that you can use to upgrade your power, defense, and combo moves.\u00a0 After defeating certain bosses, you\u2019ll earn special weapons with fairies that you can equip to yourself and level them up for even more power.\u00a0 And once you get a fairy, you can pull out swords stuck in the Goddess that\u2019ll give your fairies more stat boosts.\u00a0 But watch out because you\u2019ll usually have to fight some tough enemies when you do that.\u00a0 You can also pull swords from the dark deity, too, but who\u2019d want to do that?\u00a0 You\u2019ll also need new fairies to help you find new places on the world map, too.<\/p>\n

The game does a good job of explaining the basics to you, but the learning curve is still pretty steep.\u00a0 Enemies hit hard, experience and gold earned is low, and healing items aren\u2019t as frequent or potent.\u00a0 Plus the camera angles in the 3-D sections are awful.\u00a0 But if you are up to the challenge and enjoy other NIS America\u2019s Compile Heart RPGs (or just like anime styled games in general), this is one of the better ones from that company.<\/p>\n

\"FAIRY_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fairy Fencer F is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Suggestive Themes, and Violence.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really notice any blood in the game, but you do fight enemies with sword slashes and magic attacks, and they disappear when defeated.\u00a0 The characters curse from time to time in the text and with spoken voice.\u00a0 Some of the female characters wear revealing outfits and make innuendos in the text, but it\u2019s all done in a campy anime style.\u00a0 But because of the reading skill required and high challenge level, it\u2019s best for teens and older gamers anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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