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The story is decent but the gameplay was really boring to me. I hate loot games and especially ones like this where 99% of the loot is garbage. Seemed like I would only get a better piece of equipment once every 5 hours or so even with many treasure chests on each screen.

This is a serious problem and could have been corrected. Most of the items you get will be weapons that you have no skills for so are completely worthless. The music is okay but I definitely expected much better from Mitsuda. Only one or two tracks were really good imo. And as for the fighting mechanics its all basically spamming the attack button over and over which became very tedious near the very beginning. At the end of the game I skipped all the combat entirely just so I could see the end of the story.

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The difficulty is a joke because if you die you can just warp right back to where you were with full health and the enemies keep all their damage, even all the bosses. The level up stats are pretty much worthless as well as leveling up abilities so grinding doesn't make much difference at all. It could have been fun if all the mechanics were reworked. The graphics were pretty good but by giving you a full map I found myself only looking at the map instead of the actual environments, that also killed any exploration in the game.It did do many things right like having constant warp points so you never have to back track and the ability to save anywhere. The quest log was very helpful to tell you exactly what you needed to do and remind you of the story. The side quests were dumb fetch quests which gave garbage in return though.

I'll tell you exactly what this is. Soma Bringer is Secret Of Mana crossed with Diablo. If that sounds fun, then you'll be having a great time. Keep in mind if you play it, that the first area of the game is the most boring (it's also the tutorial). Once you get past that first area, everything just keeps getting better and better, and the game has an EPIC scope overall. From all I've read about Xenoblade, Soma Bringer might as well be its DS cousin in many ways. Maybe that's because the games share the same developer.

Also this is the best DS co-op game you can find. Up to three players can play locally and finish the campaign together. Epic scope, epic loots, epic bosses, and a WTF plot. Have fun, I did!If you can't read Japanese do not despair, there is an English translation available to patch your game with, if you Google you will find it.

It's pretty likely that despite clicking in to our little update tonight, you've got no idea what is. Believe us, that's to be expected. Despite being a huge release in Japan, Monolith Software's action RPG published by hasn't had any specific news as far as a worldwide launch yet, and while the majority of us here don't speak a world of Japanese, we owe it to amazing games to cover them regardless of region, and have such imported, have been playing through it with a translation guide (and the help of Japanese-reading message board users across the net), and are here to deliver good news. Soma Bringer is the real deal on DS, and a true spectacle of a game.

Now we just need Nintendo to release it worldwide.Who+will+your+hero+be?It's+up+to+you. For those with fond memories of Diablo on PC, or for anyone that gets a charge out of Square Enix's new take on the Mana series or Crystal Chronicles DS, Soma Bringer is simply a no-brainer. Japanese magazines such as Famitsu have already reviewed the game, and report that it brings back memories of dungeon crawling and hack-n-slash combat from Blizzard's masterpiece series, and we're experiencing the exact same feeling here at IGN. Soma Bringer has a basic story, but its depth and customization in the world of action RPGs is – from what we've played thus far – simply unrivaled.

Soma Bringer is based in the world of Barnea, where Soma – 'magic flow' – is the source of all tranquility and power. The story picks up when a disturbance of 'visiting' creatures erupts within the lands and you as the player are recruited as part of an anti-monster military unit called Pharzuph Division 7. You'll begin the game by selecting from one of six main classes, chose a weapon proficiency, and begin tweaking your stats to individualize your experience. You'll hop into a prologue that teaches you everything from weapon usage to item gathering, chest searching, class advantages, and teamwork attacks. With little more than a few in-game tutorials, you're on your way to a full-fledged action RPG on DS.

What instantly caught our eye with Soma Bringer was the impressive animation and smooth frame rate the game showcases, and while it was the overall depth that has pulled us in now that we have the game, the visuals still make Soma Bringer – even at its most shallow of levels – a showcase title for DS. The animation is beautifully done, it's all high frame, and the game features a dynamic camera (controlled with the select button) to push in and pull back with five levels of depth. When entering combat, the camera will automatically swoop in on the action, delivering one of the most cinematic experiences we've seen thus far in an RPG on DS. Our initial movies only begin to show the basics of both combat and technical aspects of Soma Bringer, but check out our uploaded trailer for a broader vertical slice of just what Soma Bringer has to offer.