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Skies of Arcadia

200090/100
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
Airship battles are the beating heart of this JRPG, a swashbuckling adventure that soars above the typical turn-based fare. The core gameplay loop of exploring vibrant, floating continents, discovering secrets, and upgrading your ship kept players hooked. Its charming aesthetic and a sense of wonder created a world that encouraged exploration, even if the combat could feel a bit basic by the genre's standards.

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The game takes place in the fictional skies referred to as Arcadia, where six civilizations coexist on floating continents orbited by six moons of different colors. Thousands of years prior to the present time of the game, the civilizations, one of which existed for each moon, developed technologically to the point where each created a Gigas, a colossal living weapon of mass destruction, controlled by a Moon Crystal. Using the Gigas, the civilizations warred with one another, threatening the extinction of humanity. The most advanced, the Silver Civilization, used their Gigas to summon the Rains of Destruction, which pulled meteors from the orbiting moons and crashed them down onto the planet's surface. The catastrophic destruction stopped the rampage of the Gigas, as well as nearly destroyed the other five civilizations, thus ending the war. A seal was placed on the Silver Gigas to prevent it from being used again, and the Moon Crystals were hidden away, while each civilization worked on rebuilding itself. Vyse and Aika are members of the Blue Rogues, a faction of Robin Hood-minded air pirates gathered together to resist the militant and tyrannical Valuan Empire. Led by Empress Teodora, the empire seeks the Moon Crystals to reawaken the Gigas and take over the world. Teodara directs the Valuan Armada, a fleet of warships led by admirals Galcian and Ramirez, to find them. Upon the Silver Civilization learning of this plan, they send Fina to find the Moon Crystals first. She is captured by the Armada, but saved by Vyse and Aika, who, with mutual enemies, agree to help her mission.

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  • Criteria — RPG elements through character progression and equipment upgrades, allowing for build customization.
  • The game's story is based on Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, ensuring a strong narrative.
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