Lord of Arcana (PSP)

30%
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Lord of Arcana (PSP) (2011)
genre: action

score: 30%

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'It's not Monster Hunter, but it's desperately trying to be. If you like RPGs will little story, even less of a battle system and an endless amount of missions, this one's for you.'
Read more » GamerNode
'Tedious quests and dull, infuriating combat make this one fantasy adventure whose monsters you won't want to hunt.'
Read more » Gamespot
'Without additional players, it's extremely tough to enjoy the game or make much progress, so I can't quite recommend it in place of the far better offerings out there.'
Read more » GameShark
'It's barely got any good ideas, and the few it does have are not its own. It could have been a Monster Hunter Lite, with more emphasis on big bosses and gory finishing moves and less on collecting raptor talons and moss to make into a hat – but instead it's just a hollow, characterless echo of the game it's trying to be.'
Read more » Eurogamer
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'For a portable game, it's a time sink that shouldn't be because there's really nothing to it but the pure grind.'
Read more » GameRevolution
'Lord of Arcana commits the cardinal sin of game design: Beyond being painfully lacking in variety or original ideas, it outright wastes your time, and then punishes you for your determination to not give up.'
Read more » GameZone
'Lord of Arcana has made a painfully deliberate attempt at riding the wave that Monster Hunter started, and lamentably, it's wiped out.'
Read more » GamesRadar
'Lord of Arcana is one of those games where the amount of fun you're having is directly proportional to how many people you play with. But there's the catch: if you're playing by yourself, you'll have little to no fun at all, and the lack of online play makes getting a party together unnecessarily difficult. Online play should be standard for this kind of experience, and the game suffers immensely for it.'
Read more » GamePro
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