Brigandine: Legend of Forsena

This is an old game, had it before and played it so much I gave it away. Now I have it again and I'm playing it too much.

I played this when I was a kid. I dug out the old PS2 with a PS1 emulator and has to buy this game back. Not sure where my copy had gotten to. The game disk I received from this retailer was in perfect condition. Was missing the original package and case but had good replacement case. Mid 30s now and my teens are playing this with me.

defective disk.

Not hard to beat at all if you are into it, even on hard mode. There are limited classes and units. The gameplay gets redundant after awhile. The music is good though. The learning curve is short. There is little tactics involved if you can build a good army. There are many underhanded way to kill and defend. For example, you should keep the hydra on water so it can heal itself to infinity. The graphic is terrible in 3D but awesome in 2D because it is hand-drawn.

Haha, I probably should give this one star- ever since I bought it for my son's birthday, he and my husband have been playing it non-stop. But actually, it arrived when expected, in excellent condition, and we couldn't be happier.

Strategy games by their very definition usually mean that you're in for an in-depth experience that will challenge your brain cells. Not so with Brigandine. It doesn't have enough options to attract hardcore strategists, and it's too dull to draw neophytes to the genre. You select one of five kingdoms, differing only in geographical location and in initial Rune Knights (human characters with classes such as Witch, Druid, Berserker, etc.). The world map is divided into battlegrounds connected by roads, and you're given a certain amount of game time to take 'em all by force (except for those two kingdoms on the west coast that are all buddy-buddy). Each Rune Knight controls a squadron of monsters (which can be created and, occasionally, swiped from defeated enemies) which can increase in size as their experience level goes up. To conquer new territory, you can send 1 to 3 Rune Knights (one is suicide, two isn't much better) to a neighboring location in enemy hands and do battle. The fighting is done on large maps divided into hexigons and it's about as simple as can be. There aren't many spells to cast and the cardinal rule here is that whoever has the biggest, baddest monsters wins. When one unit attacks another, the game cuts to a battle scene where you see the attack and, sometimes, the counterattack in duller-than-a-bowling-ball 3-D. Mercifully, you can turn this option off to expedite the fighting. The "story" (such as it is) is told through dialogue boxes superimposed over the world map. At the end of the day, this game just doesn't try hard enough to draw the player in. It's a time-killer, nothing more. Fans of "grid" style strategy/RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics (which happens to be my favorite video game EVER in spite of its occasional if-you-don't-have-the-right-skill-equipped-for-this-fight-you-are-utterly-screwed unfairness) may be drawn to it since this genre is not the most populist, but it's a limp-wristed production. Without the superfluous 3-D scenes, it could have easily been done on the Super NES rather than the PlayStation. Not a terrible game, but not worth the time required to finish it.

I'm only 20, but I grew up playing this game and have always thought that it is one of the best games ever made. It also came in perfect condition. I also didn't really care about the price considering how much the game means to me.

game is not rare and is over prised it's 10 dollar game being sold for 70+ when you can get it digitaly. I had it back in 2000 it not that old yet. poplar game yes worth 70+ no way please reduce prise