Enchanted Arms

Monday 7 August 2006 This RPG follows the Final Fantasy formula rigidly. But what a formula it is: a dramatic narrative, fastidiously detailed backdrops, technically astonishing magical effects, a sprawling sense of scale and a cast of doe-eyed gender-confused heroes. And while these are the same familiar ideas and ideology that have driven turn-based adventures for years, they again make Enchanted Arms compelling beyond the boundaries of its orthodoxy and unoriginality. You see, while the