Agarest: Generations of War
At the dawn of time, a terrible war raged between the forces of good and evil, ending in the destruction of the world of Agarest. After their victory, the Gods of Light unified the decaying bodies of the Gods of Darkness and created a new world.
Now, the forces of darkness are awakening once again…
•Choose the path of Darkness or Light through a truly epic story, spanning multiple generations
•Battle hundreds of different creatures using an array of character abilities, in a compelling and innovative turn-based combat system
•Build your ultimate army of warriors and master Extra Skills, Special Arts and Over Kills to defeat colossal enemies!
•Unite with your chosen heroine and use the “Soul Breed” system to shape the fate of the next generation of heroesAgarest: Generations of War – Exclusive game features!Agarest: Generations of War includes many unique features that cannot be found in any other Strategy Role Playing Game. Here’s a summary of some of the best:
Extended Area
Extended Area is the "Linked Area" set for both your party and your enemies. Each character in the game has a uniquely shaped extended area. When a character’s turn comes around, all other characters in the Extended Area of the character in play (and characters in the extended areas of those characters!) can combine in an extended attack. This allows you to chain your party’s attacks together, allowing access to more Arts and huge Combos!
Blacksmith’s Guild
You can upgrade various Items and Equipment at the Blacksmith’s Guild in two different ways:
By Enhancement: You can enhance equipment to a maximum of Level 5. Once an Item is enhanced to Level 5, you can convert the Item, changing it into something else. This process is irreversible and the original item is lost. Experimentation reveals some great new items!
Through Alchemy: Alchemy allows you to combine several items to create a single, more powerful piece of equipment. While you lose the items used in the alchemy, you gain a powerful new piece of equipment and permanent access to your new item in the Shop! Alchemy can create powerful new weapons and armour but occasionally a Smithing Accident will occur and the smith will create a different item than what you expected!
The "Soul Breed" system
Agarest takes place across 5 generations of heroes, starting with your first character, Leonhardt. During each generation you will build relationships with 3 different female party members, and at the end of each generation’s story arc you must choose to marry one of the girls.
Your choice of marriage partner is restricted to girls who’ve grown fond of you over a particular generation. Your options are determined by your choices during conversations at certain points of the story.
The girl you choose as your wife – and the strength of their relationship with you – will determine the abilities of the main character in the next generation of the story. You’ll have to experience multiple play throughs to see all of the character possibilities open to you! What heroes might you create?Free DLC includedBasic Pack – A basic package. It contains 1 each of Resurrect, Capture, and Resist Direction, 2 each of Heal and Refresh, and 5 Vessels of Life.
Offense-Defense Pack- Contains 1 Adaka, 1 Shield Sword, 1 Bird Eye, 1 Magic Frame, 1 Critical Hit, and 2 Seeds of Happiness.
Additional-Points Pack 1 – Contains 10,000G, 100PP, 250TP, and 500EP.
Recovery-Skill Pack – Contains 2 Light Heals, 2 Harvest Heals, and 2 Cure Alls, as well as 1 Prayer, 1 Gospel, and 1 Counter.
Flower Pack – Contains 1 Lucky Charm, 1 HP Up, 1 Resist Ailments, 1 Restore HP 15%, and 1 Restore AP++, as well as 2 Moonlight Flowers, and 3 Tree Spirit Souls.
General-Purpose Pack – Contains 1 Magic Blade, 1 Partisan, 1 Battle Frame, 1 Bracelet of Feicui, and 1 Item Drop Rate Up, as well as 2 Shiny Fangs, and 2 Advanced Heals.
Add-on Dungeon 1 – An add-on dungeon for generation 1. An uncharted adventure awaits you on the Holy Island of Erin!
Add-on Dungeon 2 – An add-on dungeon for generation 2. A new frontier waits to be explored along the Trum Coast!
Add-on Dungeon 3 – An add-on dungeon for generation 3. It’s time to reunite with old friends at Magna Val!
Add-on Dungeon 4 – An add-on dungeon for generation 4. Embark on an exciting journey to the mysterious Tresor Island!
Add-on Dungeon 5 – An add-on dungeon for generation 5. Embark on one last adventure into the Deep Forest Naruvia!
Amateur-Breeder Pack – Contains 2 Mithril Beast Claws, 2 Large Mithril Claws+, 2 Big Beast Fangs+, and 2 Stardust Fangs+. This is the week to adore your dog.
The Role-model Pack – Contains 1 Langguth Sword, 1 S.O.C., and 1 Extra Frame. "Langguth Sword. A holy sword that shines with the sacred light of god." Wow, it couldn’t be more perfect!
Ceremony Pack – Contains 1 Alfa Beld Spear, 1 Gate of Hell, and 1 Chaos Frame. These seem like something you use to open a portal to the netherworld, don’t they? Be careful…
Elegant-Holiday Pack – Contains 1 Washer, 1 Man’s Fist, and 1 Halper Scythe. Wash your dog with the Washer, equip yourself with the Man’s Fist, and throw the Halper Scythe. Go fetch! This will add a little spice to your weekend–uh, no. Scythes aren’t meant for throwing. That would be really dangerous. Seriously.
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
I want to like this game. I really, really do.
But god is everything about this game tedious.
From the fights being slow and grating, to having to grind for literally EVERYTHING. Money, weapons, skills and levels are all things you have to spend HOURS to gain. Even the cheese methods are obnoxious to use.
The game is also hard as hell even on normal mode. Meaning you can't skip grinding at all. You HAVE to put in that time to gear up and level if you want to progress in the later half of the game
I like the art style and music. especially the music. The story is rather basic for most of the campaign, but if you push through the grind and punishing difficulty there is some rather interesting plot points that occur later on.
Would I recommend this game? I would say.... maybe? DO you like hard as hell JRPGS? Do you like grinding all day and even find it therapeutic? Do you have a lot of free time to do said grinding? If all those answers are yes then I'd get it on sale, with the caveat that you don't blame me if you don't like it or quit halfway through.
I love the music so so much that if you do get it then you have to buy the collector's edition with the soundtrack. Its fantastic.
Steam User 1
The idea of this game is great the story is good and the turn based combat strategy is cool as well however the fact you cant grind for levels makes this game really hard and LONGGGGGG and leveling up incorectly can ruin your playthrough or even making the wrong decisions i love this game but you almost have to use a guide to play it
Steam User 1
In this game of decisions that matter, there is quite a lot to do in the first several hours, including learning skills, crafting weapons, armor and trinkets, and even weapon enhancement. There's crazy skills that you can combo off on and when combined with other characters skills they interact on a higher level. This includes Limit-Break type skills and you can even combine those too for major finishers! Speaking of which, when you overkill an enemy on the tactical combat board, you will get loot that you can use for crafting or sell for gold to buy more skills.
Steam User 0
If you're a fan of Visual novel stories and turn based / chess-like JRPG games then this series is up your alley. lots of replay value & some DLC loot to help those wanting to blast through Hard mode. There is item carry-over after game completion for same/lower difficulty. I played this game for hours when released on PS3 years ago & its still a great game to keep you 100% cleared hunter busy.
Steam User 0
I'm never gonna finish this game like I did on the PS3. Played it on PS3, never gonna finish it. Only bought it here because it is what it is.
Steam User 0
The controller is somewhat slow, but the story is fun and interesting.
Steam User 1
Hands down the best game i've ever played, it is my childhood and i'm so happy to play it again(don't ask why i was playing this game as a kid lol) just honestly the best thing ever tbh, i would recommend this to all my friends and then some i love you compile heart, idea factory, red entertainment, aksys, and ghostlight y'all are peak.