Title : Namco X Capcom
Developer : Monolith Soft
Publisher : Namco
Platform : PS2
Release Date : May 26 , 2005
Genre : Action RPG / Tactical RPG
Mode : Single Player
Admin's ScoreStory : 85
Gameplay : 87
Artworks : 90
Graphic : 85
Music & Sounds : 85
Difficulty : Intermediate
Namco X Capcom Stars : Up to Down , Left to Right :
1st Row : Wonder Momo , Unknown Soldier 1P , KOS-MOS , Regina , Fong Ling , Bruce McGivern , Mishima Heihachi , Captain Commando , Unknown Soldier 2P .
2nd Row : Toby Masuyo , Kazama Jin , Taki , Taira Kagekiyo , Valkyrie , Strider Hiryu , Ken Master , Ki , Gilgamesh , Arthur .
3rd Row : Hiromi Tengenji , King , Hideo Shimazu , Ryu , Mitsurugi Heishiro , Shion Uzuki , Kyoko Minazuki , Dimitri Maximoff .
4th Row : Stahn Aileron , Taizo Hori , Chun Li , Morrigan Aensland , Rutee Kartret , Lei Lei .
5th Row : Tarosuke , Bravoman , Gantz , Arisu Reiji , Xiaomu , Rock Volnutt (Rockman) , Roll Caskett, M.O.M.O , Felicia , Klonoa .
Story :
Year 20XX , Arisu Reiji and Xiaomu , Special Agents of Shinra , are tasked to investigate spirits and otherworldly disturbances . Apparently , they are investigating the 'sleeping sickness' that occured in Shibuya , Tokyo , Japan . As time passed , the scale of the disturbances become larger and they found some dimentional distortion and more appearance of monsters in Shibuya . One time , when they're fighting those monsters , they met with some people coming from another world . From that on , the battle enfold , as the disturbances become larger and larger , dimentional distortion happened everywhere and people from different world appeared in front
of Reiji and Xiaomu...Then , their journey across worlds began...
Gameplay :
The gameplay is a combination of action RPG and strategy (turn-based) RPG . Characters move along the field with the AP systems , which decide their turn ( similar to CT system in FF Tactics ) . Characters movement range are measured by square grids (like any other tactic-RPG game) . The battle comence when the character reach their attack range . Battle system turns into action based , with branches , indicating how many times the character can attack . The attack form is combination attack with different type of movement . From battle , characters will gain experience and items . Other bonuses turn into extra experience . There are other commands like Defense , to reduce enemies' attack and gain AP , and Multiple Assault , combination attack created by a couple to several characters .
The game contains 50 stages , 5 prologs , 45 normal . All in strategic , turn-based , action-based battle .
The action-based branch system battle , featuring King & Felicia .
