Publisher: Aksys Games
Developer: Idea Factory
Genre: Tactical RPG
Players: Single
Release Date: June 14, 2011 (US)
Rated: T – Teen

There are always some bad games in one’s life. Sometimes it’s just a matter of personal taste. Sometimes the game is a failure of modern technology and creative human invention. And sometimes even a board game like Monopoly is enough to unleash the merciless financial conqueror that can never be satisfied inside.

But this…I was not prepared for THIS.

Record of Agarest War Zero (PS3) is successor/prequel to Record of Agarest War (Xbox 360) that was released in 2007. This tactical role-playing game is shorter than its predecessor in how many generations of protagonists you get to play through, but the gist of it is the same. Forces of darkness battle the armies of light in a growing threat against the world, and the overall problem can’t be solved in one lifetime alone. Direct the main man, Sieghart, through a war that sets the basis for heroes to come.