Sudeki

If there's one thing the original Xbox needed more of it would be games in the RPG genre. The ability to manage a screenfull of stats, tactically approach battles, sort through extensive items menus and direct a group of characters at once would be rare on this console. Sudeki would be one of the titles to fill in the gap.

The game starts off on a bad note with the overall atmosphere, mainly due to the audio and story. The music itself is quite good, often matching the style with the current environment and providing some wonderful set piece tracks to highlight key sequences. There is strong variation and some quality tunes in here to make it work. Sound effects in general do a very solid job of reflecting the onscreen action and translating that into audio cues.

The issue here is the voice acting. To its credit everyone in the game, even down to random NPC villager number 6, possess actual voice clips to listen to. For a RPG that alone is outstanding. However,...

THE GOOD:
Price (now only $20 new). Excellent graphics. Lots of spoken dialogue in battles and cutscenes. Real-time combat.

THE BAD:
High difficulty level. The battles feel clunky at times. Some puzzles are very hard to solve.

SUMMARY:
Although Sudeki is a rather deep RPG, it, like many other games of the day, uses sex appeal as it's primary selling tool as evident on the package-it shows one of the main characters, a rather scantily-clad girl striking a quite seductive pose. But there's more to a game than just looks, of course.
The storyline revolves mainly around Ailish, a young princess and daughter of Sudeki, and Tal, a young warrior serving in the military under his father and who is assigned to protect Ailish. They soon meet up with Buki, a powerful woman who also looks a bit like a tiger, and Elco, a geek of sorts skilled with technology. It's their job to save the land, rid the place of evil monsters,...

THE GOOD:
-The Graphics
-The Gameplay
-The Story
-The Attacks

THE BAD:
-Sort of easy
-A little short

SUMMARY:
Sudeki is a pretty good RPG. For all you people who are into the fast-paced action with quick thinking then this game is for you. If your into the whole turned-based thing then this may not be the RPG for you. Sudeki is all action and never slow.

At first, this game is slow. Your Tal. A member of the elite guard who is out to fight some Aklorian raiders. Nothing special. The thing that makes Sudeki slow at first is because you don't have your 3 other friends yet (Ailish,, Buki, Elco) and you can't do SP attacks neither. It's just basically slashing and hitting and you'll drain through a lot of potions because at first it's so friggin' though! But afterward, when you gain some friends and SP attacks, well, that's Sudeki at it's best.

The story is just basically the same for all...

THE GOOD:
The best RPG game on the xbox and also the best writtena and spoken RPG game.

THE BAD:
Nothing bad about it. Its perfect in everyway

SUMMARY:
Looking for a good looking and heartfelt storyline with interesting characters, look no further because this is the game you are looking for. Graphics are unbelievable, outshines all the RPG games i have played including FF10 and all other games that have been released on other consoles. This game is without doubt the best so far because of the exclusion of the turn based battle system every RPG fan is used to.

This game puts you in the battle, giving you the chance to fire at will to your oponnents, not wait for your turn like in FF10. This is a great game for newcomers, RPG lovers and also those who love FF10 and despise the turn based battle system. They will find that this game offers all that makes a good game.

if you need a fun game to play,...

Graphics: The sceniory and characters are both done very nicely. Its Xbox graphics at its finest. Not that many CGI clips but with how nice the graphics are I could care less.

Story: Not anything and RPG fan hasnt seen before but done nice enough to keep you interested and wanting to play more. It gets deeper and deeper as the story unfolds and you start to feel for the characters.

Character: All have different personallitys and abilitys that they contribute to the team. The main character has a trouble past and the game really makes you feel for him and the rest of the members who have equall storys to be told.

Gameplay: The controls are done nicely. Its very easy to pick up on how to do certian moves and abilitys and the configurations is done wonderfully. The fighting in the game is so the greatest part. Replay value is medium, you should be able to play it atleast 2 times around and if you are a big fan atleast 3 or 4.

Overall: I'm not telling you...