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Brave Story: New Traveler | 
 enlarge | From: Xseed Games
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.99
New (17) Used (9) from $19.09
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1793
Platform: Sony Psp
Genre: Role Playing Games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Sony PSP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 80705
Model: 00105
UPC: 853466001056
EAN: 0853466001056
ASIN: B000R39IKI
Release Date: July 31, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | A role-playing game with an epic tale, introducing unique characters with distinct personalities and leading the player through the imaginative world of Vision. | | • | No load time between battles. | | • | Beautifully rendered 3D graphics with a distinct visual style, highlighted by polished character and enemy movement, and a unique animation for each special ability. | | • | Collect special birds which you can use for mini-games or trade for rare items. |
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Product Description
Fantasy becomes reality in the course of changing one's destiny from worse to better. High quality Asian animation, rich with cultural mythology, takes you through series of adventures and battles. Your travels will bring new experiences as you emerge to a new realm of consciousness, reboen to an new world. On a day that starts like any other, a boy's life is changed forever. As the main character and his friend Miki pass a leisurely afternoon, Miki suddenly collapses from an unknown illness. When the girl shows no sign of waking, the main character grows distraught over not being a better friend and not having the means to save her. Suddenly, a strange voice offers him a second chance: ?Beyond the door you can change your destiny!? He soon leaves the real world and journeys to the world of Vision, where, as a novice ?Traveler,? he will surmount myriad ordeals in hopes of ultimately meeting with the Goddess of Fortune to have a single wish granted. No load time between battles. Beautifully rendered 3D graphics with a distinct visual style, highlighted by polished character and enemy movement, and a unique animation for each special ability. Collect special birds which you can use for mini-games or trade for rare items. Network with friends to trade your birds, or game-share a mini-game to have friends assist in capturing rare birds.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Brave Story: New Traveler......... August 8, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Turn-based RPGs of old(like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Golden Sun) are hard to find in this day and time. Most are taking the action RPG route or some mixture of that & another type of game. So, it's really nice to see XSEED produce a game for us fans of the older Turn-based RPGs. Based upon the manga & anime, Brave Story, the story begins with a young man named Tatsuya and his friend named Miki sitting on a bench. Tatsuya is sitting there playing his PSP, for awhile, when he notices that Miki is missing. Kratos, her dog, barks and shows Tatsuya where Miki is. Finding her unconscious on the ground, Tatsuya sees she is sick from some unknown illness. He wishes that she becomes better when a voice speaks to him. It asks him if he wants to save her and make her healthy once again. He accepts and is whisked away to a land he doesn't know to save his friend. That's where the story begins. Although Tatsuya & Miki were created specifically for the game, many of the cast from the Brave Story manga are in the game. I'll admit, the game is typical old school Turn-based RPG fare but it's a solid game with some of the most breathtaking visuals that I've ever seen on the Playstation Portable. At the present time, you couldn't find a better RPG to waste your time away on.
A Return to the Old, With Plenty of New August 3, 2007
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Brave Story is something many RPG fans have been looking for. Lately, most RPGs seem to reach for an almost unattainable goal, some groundbreaking new territory that will redefine what people expect to see in a game. In all honesty, Brave Story does not do this. Brave Story takes the core of many of the classics, such as the Final Fantasies, and brings in elements that make the gameplay new and refreshing. Simple and intuitive, the game is very easy to pick up and play, without worrying about complex button routines or unusual options menus. The graphics are smooth and impressive, showing a great deal of inidivudal character motion, including unique motions to the various models. Catkin have ears and tails, and both respond much as what you would expect a real cat's too. The attention to detail is wonderful, and refreshing. Battles are fast and fun, with slightly exaggerated sound effect words displaying with each hit, making the game more engaging without being annoying. Another great thing, there are virtually no load times, anywhere. Battles will come and go without any pauses in your gameplay, it takes between 1 to 2 seconds for a battle to be loaded and going. The story has characters that aren't a rehashing of the same stereotypes, but has enough archetypes that players can still recognize their favorite traits. Oh silent protagonist, how we love that you only speak when we have an option to choose what you say.
Brave Story does not redefine the RPG market. It does however, offer gamers a way to enjoy a fun, straightfoward RPG experience with no real downsides. My first reaction was wow, and I have yet to be disappointed with the game. Don't hesitate.
Brave Story - Finally a good turn-based rpg for psp! September 20, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Finally a good rpg for the psp and it to top it off it's classic turn-based fighting, thank you!!!
I was shocked that turn-based rpgs still exist as they are my favorite and most rpgs today are going the action route. But, if you like games such as final fantasy & dragonquest you won't be disappointed. I was really shocked by the graphics as they are very good, especially for a psp game! Here are my pros and cons of the game.
Pros - Awesome graphics, good gameplay, characters aren't bad , neat spells, cool weapons.
Cons - Voices can be annoying
Hope this review helps.
The Best I've Played in a LONG time!!!! December 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this game!! It's everything an *old-style* rpg gamer could ask for and more.
What made it great to me were the quests within a quest. You have the major quest with dozens of mini-quests that are listed in your Questbook once they are activated. While you could finish the game without worrying about the other quests they are what truly made a good game great!
Once the game finishes you can even select a clear save and have a couple of new quests to do should you choose to do so. This game is a must have. It's better to me than Final Fantasy and that's saying a lot.
I am hard of hearing so I can't comment on the music or the voices.
The graphics are so gorgeous that you almost wish you were there too. For me, there is no game out there better than this one and I can't wait for another game with Tatsuya or maybe his son! :)
: ) just... : ) October 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Prior to buying this game, I read reviews about it from websites such as pspfanboy and it presented both pros and cons to this game. Seeing that most people enjoyed it after playing it, I decided to buy this. I was not disappointed. This game was not some remake from some other system like psx or whatnot, it has the stuff needed to satisfy any gamer who likes the turn based battle rpgs. The storyline is comprehensive, and compared to many other rpgs, the graphics on here are awesome. I am still playing this game, and no, I'm not just some guy that just got this and played for like 30min and decided to write a review. I'm currently around lvl 60 or so, and I still enjoy the unique storyline, and the overall game.
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