After a bit of a wait, it finally arrived. My copy of Fate / Extra Type-Moon Box for Playstation Portable. Also came with an unexpected bonus item, a mock magazine called Fate / the Fact.
Rin side of box with Fate / the Fact. Lovely Rin is lovely =D
Back of the box. This was the Limited Edition of the game, which came with some extra bonus items. These items included a mini artbook, limited OST, and the main reason I wanted this bundle – Saber Extra figma!!
Caster side of the box. Basic premise of the game is this:
Fate / Extra is a Japanese dungeon role-playing game. At the start of the game, the player may choose to play as either a male or female character, as well as selecting one of three Servants. Players spend one ingame “week” interacting with other characters, viewing scenes that advance the game’s story, talking to their Servant in their room, and gathering clues to the identity of the enemy Servant. At the end of each day, they enter the Arena, a dungeon in which they can battle monsters to gain experience points and strengthen their Servant. Servants’ stats are raised manually using skill points gained upon levelling up. At the end of each week is a decisive battle against the enemy Servant and Master, after which the player progresses to the next round of the tournament-style war.
The game’s battle system is comparable to rock-paper-scissors — “Attack” overpowers “Break”, Break overpowers “Guard”, and Guard overpowers Attack. During battle, both the player and the opponent line up six such moves at the beginning of each turn. Landing three successful hits allows use of an “extra attack” that cannot be countered. Most types of enemies have their own distinctive attack patterns, and memorizing these allows the player Servant to deal high amounts of damage while receiving minimal damage in return.
Peek inside Fate / the Fact. Little mini magazine on one side and a special disc on the other. I would share the contents of the disc, but then I would have to kill you ^^
On a side note, I love this alternate version of Rin Tohsaka. Very nice.
Cover of the Fate / Extra visual works book. Lovely Saber Extra. Originally thought that this Saber was related to the Saber of Fate / Stay Night. Mainly, thought she was Mordred. But in fact, this Saber is a completely different character not related to the original aside from being the same class. By now, many know true identity of this Saber. But if you don’t, I will talk more about her when I review Saber Extra figma in a later post.
Inside cover and soundtrack. One of the key design differences between Saber Extra and the original Saber is that this version of Saber is a bit more revealing with her attire. Not only is the back of the dress revealing…
but the skirt is also revealing. Can see right through it ^^
Also like how the player character and Saber meeting is (imaginary wise) the same as when Saber and Shiro first met in Fate / Stay Night. Very familiar scene to fans of the series.
Revealing Saber is revealing =D
In this version of Fate, Rin’s servant is Lancer and not Archer. Instead, Archer becomes one of servants you can chose to join you.
Rani VIII. I believe she is the Master to Servant Caster in the game.
Rin and Rani doing something. Pretty cool looking at least lol
Saber – clue to her true identity is obviously in this image.
Game and bonus books
And Saber Extra waiting to be set free. Review coming soon!
If you haven’t already, still a chance for you pick up a copy of Fate / Extra at following retailers.
Fate / Extra (Limited Edition)
Fate / Extra (Regular Edition)
Be advised that may need to use proxy / deputy service if you want to order game from Amazon Japan. I believe they don’t sell software outside of Japan.
Saber Extra also currently featured on my desktop. I really love this image of her. Funny note, twitter comrade @maridahcosplay had the following to say about my dock. Believe it or not I use most of programs often so try to keep them handy =D
How is the gameplay itself? Is it doable to play with only basic Japanese skills?
So this Saber is not based on Arturai (King Arthur) from the original game?
I don’t have the basic Japanese skills to tell you LOL!! Nor do I have a PSP to play the game on ^^;
But from what I heard, it is manageable to play.
And no, this Saber is not Arthuria Pendragon from Fate / Stay Night. This Saber is actually a Roman
SWEET artbook! Do want :3