Resonance of Fate (PS3)

Hyde here to report probably one of the best, most challenging games I've ever played. I see everyone is making extremely long reviews but, I'll just flat out state that I like to keep it short.
LET'S GET STARTEEDDDDD.

Resonance of Fate is made by a company called Tri-Ace and is a JRPG. Before even considering to play this game, you must prepare to actually try. This isn't the regular JRPG that has a some challenging monsters with a little frustration on the side. RoF however, is something that axes laziness with a rusty hammer. Even the most common battles you must plan to the utmost. Everything is different, so you must keep up. Please don't be torn away from this; because this isn't a game you play in a week without stopping. You must pace yourself, or you will break something. Then die.

I'm not going to go into the story that much, because it's one of those games that summarizing it would ruin it. The story is shown in all very meaningful cut-scenes. Everything means something in the story, so pay attention! Also, this game is hilarious. Seriously.

The combat system is like nothing I have played before, so hardcore gamers will not get bored! Everything makes some kind of logical sense in the actions so, the realism is definitely there! Somewhat of a con is that you'll only really get the battle system after you've played it more then three times. And this is a pretty long game. After grasping it though, the battle system is EXTREMELY fun. There is so many customizes-able and even useless outfit changes. AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY CUSTOMIZES-ABLE AND USELESS OUTFIT CHANGES. Also, the characters all have a different styles and they all work well in active combat.

A serious pro/con is the fact that there's a lot of side missions. Sounds fun, right? Well, it usually is but not when the backround characteristics look the same. You'll believe you're in the same area when you're into an entirely different one. Which can confuse the hell outta you pretty easily. 

Y'know, I just realized that I'm making this game sound rather hard so, I'm going to give a little summary of the story to make you gravitate towards this lovely game more. 
The bases of it is: We're in the future, and the climate has once again proved to be man's enemy. (Don't write off as generic.) So they solution is to run away by building a tower and putting all the inhabits of the world in it. (One big-ass tower) The down side is, humans became savage and monsters and greed and such started pouring out everywhere. You'll control three main characters (or heroes, if you prefer) and they all do some odd task that get them involved in something so much bigger. And it's epic. The story is also told in very short exerts that keep you interested. Going back to the characters, they are very realistic and rather easy to relate to.

To all you puzzle game fans out there, this game can involve some serious puzzle solving. And it's really fun. I cannot really elaborate on it, but it's similar to some standard puzzle games.

Overall, I give this game a 9.7/10.

YEAH. IT'S THAT GOOD GUYS.