Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny

by Konami

Product Features

• Based on the top-rated Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series from Cartoon Network
• Includes over 2400 cards which allow for new decks and duel strategies
• Duel characters that only appear in GX Tag Force 2 PSP
• Connect to GX Tag Force 2 (PSP) to obtain more cards
• Each game includes three exclusive trading cards

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UZVLB2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 9, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,718 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #15 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Strategy

Product Description

Continuing its tradition of events, the Duel Academy has decided to hold a "Tag Duel Tournament" this year. All the students are running about trying to find the right Tag Partner to ensure they'll win! You take on the role of a transfer student who has just joined in the midst of all the excitement. Players must duel the best duelists in Duel Academy, building trust and friendship in order to find the right partner for the "Tag Duel Tournament". In this tournament, whether or not you will find true friendship and "unity" depends on their compatibility with your partner and your dueling spirit.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I thought!, February 14, 2008

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CircleswithinCircles "It's YOUR story!" (Minnesota, United States,NorthAmerica, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Local Group of galaxies, ????) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny (Video Game)

I don't play PSP games so I have no idea what the other yugioh games were like so this review don't apply to tag force. However I will compare to Duelist of the Rose and Forgotten Memories which are both played on Playstation 2. I felt that Capsule Monster Colisum were too different to be compared to other Yugioh PS2 games because of its limited monster pieces and single direction storylines. It have been a while since Duelist of the Rose came out so it was exciting to see that a new Yugioh game finally comes out for PS2. Compare to PS1: Forgotten Memories, there are very little wasted monsters when you go for a ransom amount of cards as the rules for getting points to get stars were very frustrated and you often get gluts of weak monsters while builting the numbers of stars to buy stronger monsters. Some of the cards have very different functions when you had played Duelist of the Rose for a while so it can be confusing at first while playing The Beginning of Destiny. For a examples - The Duelist of the Rose have Rigras Leever as a Immoral Card - immune to Crush Virus. Rigras Leever was important for me in the game as it cause both me and the other Duelist to discard all cards when flipped up - after I made sure there were only worthless cards in my hand. In The Beginning of Destiny Rigras Leever changed functions a big deal. Now the card can't be flipped at the first play and its type is Plant/Effects and only removes 1 card from each player with each player choosing the card to discard so the useful of Rigras Leever decline for me in this game while other monsters previously worthless for me in Duelist of the Rose became more valuable in their uses.
Compare to Duelist of The Rose which plays only one on one, you play tag force, which can be both a blessing and a curse. The fun is picking the right teammate (you have to duel that person first in story mode - win or lose it doesn't matter the person will appear in free mode) and let the teammate shore up your weakness. The curse is that the teammate may make very stupid mistakes that have you cursing at the tv like for some reason the computer teammate loves to putting a weak monster that was on defense changed to attack mode and see more lp drained away when the opposite team attack that monster.
Star ranking is far very important in The Beginning of Destiny compare to Duelist of the Rose. In Duelist of Rose you can auto play Blue Eye White Dragon from the first play since there is no restriction on summoning it. In THe Beginning of Destiny which gets more complex later on - I will just explain the simple point - If you summon a monster on the first play, the card must have up to four stars on it - Blue Eye White Dragon can't be summoned in the first play it have more than four stars - instead you have to wait for two four stsrs or less to be played out first on your side of the field - on the third play of the game, the monsters are tributed (meaning they're out of the playing and in the graveyard) to summon Blue Eye White Dragon. There are monsters that can be summoned by only one monster tributed and other must require specific conditions to be able to be summoned.

There are much more to explain but I would rather let other people add more reviews.
Otherwise the game, Yu Gi oh GX THe Beginning of Destiny is intresting and kept me busy - already in two weeks of play I have 600 different types of cards and it's not even the weekend of the first week at Duel Academy - use free games often to build up dp (or gil, money) to buy more cards.
There are a few negative points to this game - For some odd reason some cards appear in your hands much more often - I believe that the game don't deal cards at random but are biased toward certain cards. The second and the most frustrated aspect of the game for me is you can't change a decision you made like putting the monster in defense mode when you want it in attack mode - it's easy to press a button by mistake and this is way before battle mode.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Yu-Gi-Oh! Title for PS2 to date!, January 11, 2008

By 

That Review Guy (Earth.) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny (Video Game)

this is an excellent game for both the novice and expert alike. it has an extensive tutorial that will teach you everything from the menus to the dueling system and even the gameflow structure chains and even combos! so this installment will be excellent for beginners in this aspect and as for veterans of the series well.
***USB CABLE REQUIRED for the psp/ps2 unlockable content such as card packs, and new cards***
there is a treat for you if you own tag force 2 for the PSP and that's Unlockable content such as new cards, new card packs, and even a few really special cards you might remember from the past.

another nice inclusion in this installment is MULTIPLAYER! finally for 2 players although, the book states tag teams of 2 on 2 but as of this writing I have not unlocked everything quite yet.

Now for a few gripes,
firstly this game is almost exactly the same game as "yugioh Tag Force 1" with a few exceptions and they are: you have to use a save point on the Main Map to save so no more PDA saving before a duel. also you will notice the random cards found lying about the island in the tag force installments is sadly missing here where getting cards is quite a bit harder without umd recognition (because it's ps2) and only a password option. trading with friends can be a hassle since you trade 1 card to 1 card with a friend out of a 5 card selection you each pick so you have to do each card singly if you want to trade all 5 for all 5. the story mode seems to follow the first seasons of Yu-Gi-Oh GX and has all the characters from jaden yuki and Zane trusedale right on up to crowler the shadowriders and quite a few other surprise guests. all in all this game plays well although a tad slower and choppier then tag force 1 or 2 but well done and the cards all work correctly sadly the rulings aren't always up to par but a blast to play and with friends playing along this will prove to be a blast to all fans of the series.
on another note: Monster animations during battle instead of more dueldisk animations would have been far better for this title.

Fun: alone it's good with a friend it's a blast! 5 Stars!

Gameplay: slower version of Tag force 1 but an excellent and fun game 5 Stars

Sound: jazzy tunes to relax to while you duel kinda sounds like they have the doors keyboardist. 4 stars.

Overall: while a few minor flaws bring my overall score of this game down it's just overall to me it's a blast to play especally with its rpg-esque style gameplay and yugioh! Card Playing it's about the best console yu-gi-oh game I have played so far. and it easily beats all the game boy advance titles as well. Fans of the series will think this a Must Buy and they would be right. 4 Stars

Buy Beginning of Destiny here!
Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny
PS 2 Only
**Note: as you duel characters in the game they become unlockable characters for the free duel and even for New Tag Partners!**

Buy the 5 star titles Tag force 1
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force
Or the mega spectacular Tag Force 2 for psp as well. 5 star title!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Gx Tag Force 2

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, January 21, 2009

By 

andymydear "Sam" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Beginning of Destiny (Video Game)

This is, actually, my sister's game. I bought it for her for Christmas. She loves it, can't stop playing it. I, surprisingly, hate the show and everything about the genre, in general. I know the songs, now, and people's names, whether I want to or not. She absolutely loves this game, and can't put it down. She says it's better than all the other Yu Gi Oh games, and she's played them all, on all platforms. Basically, it's addicting and fun.