Kartia: The Word of Fate

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Kartia: The Word of Fate

Developer(s)	Atlus Software
Publisher(s)	Atlus Software (JP/NA) Konami Corporation (EU)
Release date(s)	March 26, 1998 (JP) July 31, 1998 (NA) December 25, 1999 (EU)
Genre(s)	Tactical RPG
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Media	1x CD-ROM

Kartia: The Word of Fate is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed and published by Atlus for the Sony PlayStation video game console in 1998. It was originally released in Japan under the title Rebus, and was issued in Europe as The Legend of Kartia. It is best known for the work of its art designer, Yoshitaka Amano, who had previously worked on the Final Fantasy series.

Atlus USA originally released Kartia (and Eggs of Steel) as Block Buster Video rental exclusives. They were both later released for retail sale. There is a slight variant in the packaging - the BBV rental version does not have foil lettering for the title "Kartia" on the front cover - it is a blue that nearly blends in with the background. The BBV rental version has a different disc number as well - it is PSRM-010600.

The game is divided into two "volumes," each centering around two different characters: Toxa Classico and Lacryma Christi. Each volume presents a different perspective of the same story, and, through completing both of them, the player comes to understand what the true story of the game is actually about.