![]() ![]() You will stop and wonder what exactly you are meant to be doing, especially if you are experienced in Final Fantasy, which can be a fairly linear experience. When you first start the town seems dead, even the houses are empty with few items to collect or examine. As with many recent games in this genre the game and story don’t really kick in until a couple of hours of solid playing. Once this is achieved he will use a time bending spell to suck the life out of every inhabitant on the island or so he thinks. It soon turns out that Xelpherpolis is using marriage to the Princess to gain power and control over Pandule. Soon after arriving on the island you notice that not everything is what it seems, no one ever leaves the island and why does the Princess want to marry Xelpherpolis when you are madly in love with her? Then there is the remote side of the island, which no one is allowed to visit and what about this demon reactor in the palace grounds? If that wasn’t enough his guitar is called Pattimo and it can talk as well. As main hero of the story, Mouse has a unique character and a secret life as a thief. Xelpherpolis the leader of Pandule intends to marry Princess Loreille and wishes the famous composer (Mouse) to write a song for the event. The story is set on the island of Pandule, a paradise island that is cut off from the rest of the world. Ephemeral Fantasia has probably sneaked out onto the retail shelves unnoticed by the masses but Gamestyle is going to that right. ![]() Konami have been one of the biggest and best supporters of the PS2, offering some quality releases such as Z.O.E., Ring of Red and plenty more to come before Christmas including Silent Hill 2. So far the PS2 offerings have been fairly poor (Summoner, Eternal Ring, Evergrace) but this didn’t dampen my enthusiasm for Ephemeral Fantasia with its typical Japanese touches. If the Dreamcast and Playstation 2 have one thing in common it’s the fact that both machines have had to wait too long for a decent RPG. ![]() Gamestyle Archive intro: we’re back in September 2001 with a rather unusual RPG from Japan that arrived on the PS2 complete with guitar. ![]()
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