Castle Fantasia 2: Seima Taisen
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| Castle Fantasia 2: Seima Taisen | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, War |
| Game | |
| Developer | Studio E-Go! |
| Publisher | Studio E-Go! |
| Genre | Eroge, Tactical RPG, Dating simulation |
| Rating | Ages 18 and over (Japanese PC version), all ages (Official Chinese) |
| Platform | Windows, Dreamcast |
| Released | December, 2000 |
Castle Fantasia 2: Seima Taisen (??? lit. The Sacred War) is the second in a three-part Japanese tactical RPG game, created by Studio E-Go! and saturated with even better illustrations by E-Go! artist Yamamoto Kazue. It was rereleased on December 22, 2000 as Castle Fantasia 2: The Sacred War Renewal as a prequel to the first game.
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[edit] Description
Castle Fantasia 2 is a turn-based tactical RPG, with extensive visual novel-like story intermission scenes. The Castle Fantasia 2: Renewal re-release includes high-resolution CG images, voice acting for all text spoken by the characters in-game and CD audio music.
The tactical RPG portions of the game are in the standard "All player units do their actions, then all enemy units do their actions" format. Units are laid out on a grid of squares. At most one unit may occupy a square, and each unit faces on of the four sides. Each unit may move and change facing once per turn, and may also do an action: either attack, defend, cast a magic spell, perform a limit attack or perform an "Ougi(Special)" attack. The units may move and do actions in any order, and may interleave their moves and actions. Each units have a certain amount of HP and LP. Attacks reduce the enemy's HP, and attacking the side or the back of enemies causes extra damage. Attacking, defending and being attacked increases the LP. When the LP meter is full, the unit can perform a Limit attack, which does extra damage, or an "Ougi" attack, which does extra damage and can target multiple enemies. A unit also gains experience when attacking and eliminating enemy units. With sufficient experience, a unit will gain a level, increasing attack and defense. Spellcasters may learn new spells at each level, and characters can also learn their "Ougi" attack.
During the intermission scenes, the player controls the actions of Hewie, and is given choices for Hewie's actions. The consequences of these actions affect Hewie's relationship with the other characters, potentially unlocking a romantic relationship with some characters.
[edit] Characters
[edit] The Holy Knights
[edit] Hewie
The main character, he is a soldier, following in the footsteps of his parents. He has a keen mind for strategy and tactics, seeing through and predicting enemy plans. However, his laid-back attitude results in a demotion. He is the commander of the seventh holy knight corps. His weapon is a sword
[edit] Gurou Estoban
He is romantically involved with Seria. He is the commander of the fourth holy knights corps
[edit] Ducis
A friend and mentor/guardian to Hewie. He is the commander of the first holy knight corps.
[edit] Seria
The leader of the third holy knight corps. She is killed by an attack by a magical cannon.
[edit] Somia
Inherited the leadership of a group of shinobi. Rumour has it she is a homicidal maniac. She becomes a holy knight. She dies later on in the story. When the Renewal version was released, playres are able to save her.
[edit] Members of the Seventh Holy Knights Corps
[edit] Aria
One of the seventh holy knight corps first members. She takes being a soldier seriously, often taking Hewie and others to task for their relaxed unmilitary attitude. She is often found studying books on strategy and tactics, but is bad at cooking. Her weapon is a sword.
[edit] Hannah Hamilton
The other of the seventh holy knight corps first members. She is the head of the Ducis fan club, and is good at cooking. Her weapon is a hammer, and she also knows a variety of healing, status-enhancing and attack magic.
[edit] Cecile Forward
A witch from the borderlands, she initially meets Hewie while defending a group of orphaned children in an abandoned town from monster attacks.
[edit] Tia
Hewie and the seventh holy knight corps rescue her from a monster attack only to find out that she is a new member of the seventh holy knight corps. She speaks and acts a bit slowly. Her weapon is a poleaxe.
[edit] Ciruela
Initially one of the holy knights and commander of the eighth holy knights corps. After the loss of her unit, she is reassigned to the seventh holy knight corps. Her weapon is a naginata.
[edit] Renoir
The head of a band of thieves that captures the seventh holy knight corps. After her hideout is discovered, she joins the seventh holy knight corps. She is seen in the bath naked by Hewie, and decides that they will be married. She calls Cecile "lobster", and Hewie "Hew-pon" ("Hewie-pewie" in the translation).
[edit] Translation
An English translation patch for Castle Fantasia 2: The Sacred War Renewal was released by BTAxis. The patch requires a copy of the original game to work, and translates the entirety of the original Japanese text to English. The version 2 patch was released on March 1, 2005.
Official Chinese version of this game for all ages was published through authorized distributor Symbio in Taiwan, including the first version in 1998 and renewal version in 2000.
