Exploration is free-roaming, but in combat, the mechanics become turn-based. The battle system will allow the player to target specific body parts of an enemy, and the reaction will be realistic; hence, if you shoot out the legs of an opponent, his or her movement will be drastically reduced, while blows to the arms will weaken their attacks. By strategically striking key areas of the body, players can strip the enemy of their ability to fight. Players can switch back and forth between the two characters during battle. Since Nine and Aisha share a single turn, the player must strategically choose which character will execute their attacks first.
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This game looks fukken awesome, it's release date for NA is not that far off from JP which I find kinda strange. It has nice looking artwork. Sometime in February 2010 is it's release date for NA, a month after JP's.
Nine kind of reminds me of Luke from Tales of the Abyss.
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What you described sounds pretty cool. Wish the video showed more gameplay footage.
Random side commentary: What is with games having titles with final, last, end, etc. in the titles? It's not like any of them actually have the world blow up or all life wiped out at the end of the game.