PSP - Tales of Eternia

Several years ago I watched an anime called Tales of Eternia. I got it by accident but still watched it. In April 2006 I got a game called Tales of Eternia for PSP. I started to play the game but I did not finish it. Now five years later, also in April I decided to continue.
Anyway this is the third game in the Tales series, but well this is the only one for PSP or at least I though it was in 2006.
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Reid and Farrah are witnesses to an object falling from the sky. They go investigate and come across a little blue animal that leads them to Meredy who does not seem to speak their language. They later find out that Meredy is there to investigate how to stop the two worlds - Celestia (Meredy's world) and Inferia (Reid's and Farrah's world). Reid, Farrah and Meredy embark on a journey to find out how to save their worlds. Your main task is to collect the Great Spirits (Craymels in this case).

The game looks pretty nice, nice looking graphics with anime pictures and full motion cutscenes. (it looks cute^_~) The music is fine too, I have to say that some of the music is really awesome.

The combat is in done in real time even though you can be giving commands during the battle. You can control only your main character (Reid) but still give commands to the rest of the party (you can adjust their AI - if they should be attacking or using mainly 'magic' etc. You can also disable spells they should not be using which is good when you know that a certain enemy has resistance against water - so you just disable those). The Great Craymels give you additional magical powers. The Craymels also level up and give you new spells. You can also kind of merge/melt the Craymels to get new abilities from them as well.

To win a certain battle (against bosses mainly), you'll need to use your tactical thinking and be quick^^ (use of right equipment, good formation of the characters etc can help as well). But well if you are used to play RPGs you'll figure this out easily.

No matter what, the combat system is unique and is actually pretty well done, but you'll discover this soon enough. Button-mashers won't just easily beat the game (if that exists among RPG players...)

The game has some puzzles that none of them are too difficult. But it's nice to stop and try to figure something out.

The world map is 3d and looks pretty good. It's quite big actually and it takes some time to go to all the places and get all the items you can get. (especially collecting all the Lenses). You'll be able to go anywhere you please on both worlds.
Actually the whole game gives you a lot of freedom even though the story is pretty linear and sometimes it makes it too easy for you to follow.

Perfect game for someone who wants an RPG and does not want a full 3d action on PSP.

Personal Rating: 4.5/5

note: the English dubbing is not actually THAT BAD.