Ahh, the Agarest series. One of the worst marketing experiences I’ve ever had when it comes to what was promised and what the game is actually about. Agarest 1 was basically one of the earliest games I played that was about fanservice that wasn’t straight up porn, though the ads and marketing really pushed the fleshy side of the game more then the 100+ hour RPG side of it. My experience with the series only got more positive as I played through the later ones, the first game sapped any motivation I had to play it. Multiple times.
It’ll be a while before the entire series is here. The first game is stupid long and I have a hard time sitting down and devoting any real time to it, and because of save game bonuses you have to play the first three in order. Mariage, the final game, doesn’t have that limit because it was on the PSP, not the main consoles.
Agarest 1 and Zero are strategy RPGs, while Mariage and 2 are turn based.
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