Customer Reviews

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure

5 star:		(31)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This lighthearted, charming RPG has lots of appeal for preteen and teenage girls because the main character is a sixteen-year-old girl named Cornet. The heroine of this story, Cornet dreams of meeting and falling in love with a handsome prince. One day in the woods, she is rescued from an evil witch's cronies by a young man who turns out to be Ferdinand, prince of the kingdom she lives in and heir to the throne. Ferdinand will soon turn eighteen, and is looking for a bride. He and Cornet soon begin to fall in love, but Ferdinand is then kidnapped by the evil witch. The rest of the game follows Cornet's quest to find and save Ferdinand. Although the game was rather short (it only took me ten hours to complete) it was just so fun that I didn't mind. The songs were really cute. I hope Atlus decides to bring the other two games in this series to America. I'd certainly buy them the day they came out. Rhapsody's no Final Fantasy, but it's definitley an enjoyable game that I'd highly reccomend.

I began playing this game yesterday morning and just beat it a few minutes ago. Its one of the cutest games I've ever seen and a must have for anime fans. (Especially shoujo!) The character designers are creative, the backgrounds are rich and detailed and the music is wonderfully done. (Bravo Atlus!) If I had to pick my favorite part though it would be the option to hear the songs in Japanese or in English. (Atlus even makes references to the original Japanese throughout the game.) It may not be the widley acclaimed crowd pleaser Final Fantasy VIII is, but it certainly deserves a chance. I for one beat FFVIII a couple of months ago and haven't touched it since but I only beat Rhapsody a few minutes ago and have already started over from the beginning! This is one game that's staying in my collection (excepting a few trips over to friends houses so they can see how cute it is too)

Most roleplaying games are either Sword and sorcery ala AD&D, Final Fantasy style games or Buxom women bursting out of their clothing as they brutalize their monsterous opponents.

Rhapsody gives us something new. An RPG more based in comedy and song. Now comedy RPG's aren't new (Thousand Arms), and neither are Song filled RPGS (Lunar: SSSC). Rhapsody however combines the best of both worlds and creates a fun little game that kept me riveted with laughter andwell as suprised at myself that i was enjoying a storyline obviously geared for teenage girls (But there some subtle sexual comments.)

The battle system is easy to learn and none of the battles ever present a real challenge, but that's common and almost a trademark of Atlus games. Anyone should be able to learn the system in under 15 minutes.

So overall, Rhapsody is a must buy for those of you looking for a unique role playing game that will make you laugh and probably scare your parents that you have J-Pop coming from the Tv speakers. If you're looking for an RPG with blood, gore, scary monster, and items like "Superdeathimoblizer Sword," then try one of the other role playing games easily lost in the shadows.

I think the game has cute characters and a good story line, but it was super easy to beat. It was almost too easy. The songs are okay, but they could have done better. I really only like this game because of the story line. It has nice anime-style art though.

When I first heard of it, I was both eager to play it and a bit skeptical - a game targeted at girls is wonderful, but so amazingly stereotyped? Can it be good? Yes, it really can.
The game is played strategy-style [think FF: Tactics, only disgustingly cute] with the most adorible characters imaginable. You are [or rather, follow] Cornet, a girl with the ability to talk to [and animate] puppets. While she can befriend and talk to them, none are really as "alive" as Kururu - who is very animated and is Cornet's best friend. No one knows how or why Kururu is so very animated, but it's a blessing for Cornet, who lives alone with her grandfather.
The villians are far too funny to be fearsome, and the monsters are just too cute. The attacks, however, are the best: the special attacks are breakfast foods - Pancake attack!
The game is rather short [15-30 hours, depending on how much you level/strategize], but is a wonderful introduction to gaming in general, and strategy games in particular for girls. The songs, while sappy at times, can be downright hilarious, and a few can be touching, especially once you've finished the storyline. All in all a cute, sweet, lovable game that can be enjoyed best by women or guys who know how to enjoy something cute and funny. At the very least, it's a great collection piece, because how many actual MUSICAL video games have you seen?

If you are thinking about buying this game for a girl that has any self esteme issues about their weight, pick out another game!

I sure liked Rhapsody, finally an RPG that I can handle. I watch my friends play FF and other major RPGs and though I really like to watch, they always seemed just a bit more than I wanted to take on.

I'd love to rate this game higher, but I did have an issue with it. The only downside I saw (and the reason I am not giving this game 5 stars) was all the fat jokes. Since this is obviously aimed at female players, I could have done without the "no livestock please" message when the hero stepped on the scale and the comments about the hero being 5'4 and a "portly 100 pounds" (compared to the rival's slim 90 pounds).

Maybe fat jokes are still OK in Japan, but the last thing many girls need is a girl that is 20 pounds below the average weight for her height being called portly.

Rhapsody is one of those RPG's where you take the girl from nowhere(or Orange in this little song)and take her cross country to find true love. The plot is nicely worked out,i love the songs(which you can play in Japanese if you want^_^) and it's super fun to look at the little drawings.
Cornet(your character) can talk to people(and puppets for that matter), and watch them grow and mature(eg the kid and Koro, his dog) but sadly you can't interact w/them. also, no matter what you do, you can't change the ending(which makes me cry everytime is see it;_;)
I ACTUALLY ENJOY THE FIGHT SCENES, the Pancake attack is NOT to be reckoned with.
Finally all the little details(such as the rude little weight-scale and the ripeness of the oranges)are so much fun, and brighten up your day:)
I can't say serious RPG'rs want this, but if you want something fun, heart warming, and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, YOU WANT THIS GAME!!!

i saw rhapsody when browsing through a local store and i picked it up because i hadn't seen it before. i read the back and was like WOW! this must be a girls RPG! Thats so cool! so i immediatly bought it. i was just a little surprised when i started playing it though. first, i had thought that it was two disks long, when in fact one of the disks was a soundtrack, which only had the english versions of the songs on them. and the game only took about 10 hours to beat. i found that the plot was pretty predictable, while amusing and cute, it probably wouldn't appeal to boys of any age. The battle system also got annoying and required too many steps, and the dungeons were monotonous. The background music was nice, but the singing left something to be desired. some of the voice actors were okay, but many of them well... weren't, the songs themselves were usually pretty annoying and sappy sweet, but i do like the pirate song. i have no desire to listen to the soundtrack that came with this game. the character and background designs were cute. i would recommend this game to a girl, who wants to get into RPGs or already likes them, but this was no normal RPG.

I thought that Rhapsody was one of, no wait, my favorite game in the world but i can't get it because i live in Canada and they only ship within the U.S. right now. Other than that, it constantly kept me interested in it and I hope that it would come back on the market so that i could buy it. LOL. I loved all of the pictures and graphics, no matter what some old guy says, i thought that they were good. The main reason that I like it is because of the story that goes along with it, i find it so romantic.

People this game here is well its its got romance battle, fighting for something you have always wanted. This game should encourge some girls that just because that special person you like doesnt know you care doesnt mean you cant show him. Well back to the game I will give this 100/A+! Everything about this game is good.I love the songs. Oh yah at the menu screen you get to look at pictures of the character(Cornet and her husband) there are also her friends,puppets,and enimes. Well I can't tell you everything you just have to play it to find out if you like it or not.;but for me I just cant get enough of it!!!!!!!!!!!