Wild Arms comes again, now in PSP. Present by XSEED, this Wild Arms XF (Crossfire) start with introduce you to Clarissa and her brother Felius. They’re both confronting a man named Rupert, who has stolen their mother’s sword and plans to use it for some evil doings. Rupert gets away and so Clarissa and Felius follow Rupert to the continent of Elesius where a case of mistaken identity gets Clarissa involved in a political struggle over power and rule.
The game makes good use of the series Hex Battle system in a tactical way. Like every other Tactical RPG out there, you’ll move and execute attacks. Like Final Fantasy Tactics, there’s a job system active in Wild Arms XF. However, these aren’t the same old “Knight” and “Monk” type of jobs. They’re jobs like “Elementists” who cast elemental magic spells and Fantastica that use support spells. You’ll start the game with four basic classes. In addition to that, each of the story mode characters has a class completely unique to them. You’re able to learn abilities from each of the jobs and use them with other jobs upon doing so.
Wild Arms XF is a game that had so much potential to be so much better. Even die hard Wild Arms fans may not take much of a shine to it. The game has an incredible story, incredible artwork and an incredible soundtrack.
