Got Menus? Last Rebellion Does

So many AAA titles got pushed out of late 2009 and into early 2010 that some of this year’s niche titles were bound to slip through the cracks, and so it is with Last Rebellion for the PS3. Published by NIS America and developed by Nippon Ichi and Hit Maker, this is a title that will surely be overlooked by a majority of gamers as they scramble to pick up Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles, and pre-order FFXIII and God of War III this February.

Those gamers who have actually heard of Last Rebellion might be intimidated by the complex combat system and multitude of menus that you’ll have to navigate throughout the course of the game. CFD! is here to shed some light on the story of Last Rebellion and to help players understand how combat works, with some help from the PlayStation Blog.

The land of Junovald is governed by the power and will of two gods: Meiktilia and Formival. Meiktilia blesses two types of people with powerful abilities: Blades are granted the power to destroy the physical structure of things, while Sealers are given the gift to destroy the metaphysical/spiritual side. Players will take control of Nine, a Blade, and Aisha, a Sealer, as they travel across the land of Junovald and do battle with the Belzeds, beings who were once dead but by the power of Formival have come back to life. Infused with the power of a god, the Belzeds are more powerful and dangerous than they were before death.

Nine and Aisha have been summoned by King Arzelide who assigns them a  mission to travel to Nine’s homeland of Lorvin, which has been overrun by Belzeds, in an effort to put and end to this threat.

True to other games from Nippon Ichi, Last Rebellion features a deep and complex combat system with a multitude of menus to navigate through. When in combat, Nine and Aisha will be able to target specific body parts of enemies, and the key to racking up big damage numbers is to attack the body parts in a specific order. Figuring out which body parts to attack and in which order to attack them makes combat a much more intense experience as players will have to pay attention to what enemy they are facing. This shift in gameplay is a nice change of pace from more passive combat systems featured in other RPGs. Once a enemy drops in combat, Aisha will have to use her Seal ability to prevent it from coming back to life. Since this all seems fairly complex, the PlayStation Blog was nice enough to put a video up of the combat system in action so you can get a look for yourself as to how it works.

As you can see in the video, there’s a lot of menus and a lot of information to absorb, which should keep players glued to the screen when the game ships on February 23rd.

Last Rebellion seems to have completely slipped under the radar of all but the most dedicated Nippon Ichi fans and that’s a real shame since the game is shaping up to be a solid RPG. If you can find an extra $60 in your gaming budget this February, you might want to consider picking up Last Rebellion as it’s sure to have a limited print run and will be hard to find after its initial shipment.

[Via: PlayStation Blog]

Tags: Hit Maker JRPG Last Rebellion Nippon Ichi Software NIS PS3 RPG