The problem with the release was partially that it came so late in the PSone's lifespan that everyone had already seen every trick up Arc's sleeve - but mostly that the compilation was simply too bloody expensive. The latter allowed Arc 2 players to import their own save data and fight tournament matches with monsters captured in the full RPG title. It was a lavish collection Arc 1 and Arc 2, which comprised a single full-scale storyline between them, were brought together for the first time along with proper sequel Arc 3, and peculiar title Arc Arena: Monster Tournament. The series scored a number of notable firsts, including bringing orchestral music and computer-generated full-motion video to the field before any of its rivals - it's hard to imagine the RPG genre today without such trimmings, but at the time, they were a revelation.Īs such, it's perhaps surprising that Arc the Lad never made it to the west until 2002, when a compilation of no fewer than four games in the series was launched on PSone. Sony's own internally developed series, Arc The Lad, kicked off the genre on the platform - the first title in the series popped up in mid-1995 in Japan. While the PlayStation era was unquestionably a golden age for the Japanese RPG genre, one series never quite pushed its way into the consciousness of gamers outside Japan.
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