Fantasy Life

I have been having such fun with Fantasy Life. It does seem almost addictive, and I have been enjoying it more each day. I am a long time Animal Crossing fan, and although I don't personally happen to think that Fantasy Life is very similar to Animal Crossing, still it has a lot of appeal. Since I enjoy fishing best in Animal Crossing, I chose to be an angler first, and that has been fun. Fantasy Life provides a lot of quests to work on - - you will have over a dozen after just a few hours of game play. For example, my quests included catching particular types of fish, finding out how to get a pet or a better home. You don't really have to complete most of the quests by any particular time, but completing them allows you to progress and improve your skills. The quests and story line are similar to an RPG, or at least those are my thoughts. These quests create a more structured environment for your game play than in Animal Crossing. Yes, I can just go fish when I want to, but always in the back of my mind there are these quests and story line. (Edited to add:I had to change my 4 star review to 5 stars after a week or so - - this game REALLY grows on you and the more I play it, the better it gets. I love the quests and story line so much more now that I have made some progress in the game. If you feel even slightly disappointed with it, just keep playing because this is an amazing, terrific game that takes a while to develop.) The music/soundtrack in Fantasy Life is great, in my opinion. Gameplay reminds me of older games in sort of a sweet, old fashioned way, but to me that is not a bad thing at all. Graphics could be better, I suppose. But it is still a lot of fun to play. Although I haven't done it yet, I love the idea that I can change my life. Will I be a woodcutter? A paladin? What a great game with so much to do.

I can't recommend this game enough. I've spent over 84 hours on it so far and it's just absolutely fantastic. I tend to not enjoy games that are overly repetitive (looking at you, Lego), but though there is some backtracking in these games, the career process still makes it fabulously rewarding. For people who enjoy mini-games and never feel like there's enough in a given game, this title has an entertaining if youthful plot and the career system is basically one long running mini-game. I cannot express just how much I adore this game! Without giving away any of the plot, a quick break-down of the career system: Collecting careers, where you wander around the map and do various tasks to get items to craft or sell. Crafting careers, where you can make armor, food, or weapons out of items you have bought or collected in other careers. Adventuring careers, where you basically go out and fight or hunt things (which will also allow you to collect materials). Not a fan of a given career type? There are others for you to try. You can buy and sell materials, so you don't have to collect everything you use. A well-rounded experience in each of the given careers is required to really reach higher classes in one, however, unless you have a lot of extra in-game currency! I was really nervous about switching careers for the first time, but you can still use the talents of a given career (and continue to level it up!) while actively pursuing another, so it's easy to build your skills more than one at a time. The only real exclusion to this that I've found is in the adventuring careers; most challanges for these are to defeat a certain number of monsters AS that career, so if you defeat a monster as a Hunter it won't help you advance as a Mercenary (or is it soldier? It's been a little while since I picked it up). In conclusion, get it, and go play it. Play it a lot. It's super freakin' fun. I definitely recommend it for anyone who enjoys collecting items and building up skills. There's a lot of career based "grinding" but the game keeps it so fresh and fun that I loved every moment of it! If I got tired of one area, I just moved on to the next until I wanted to come back to it. The RPG that's the main plot is a fun distraction, too (though I wouldn't buy the game solely for the plot). I played for 84 hours over a period of two or three weeks, then got distracted by a new game, but writing this now makes me want to pop it in my DS and fire it right back up. Again, get it!

One of the best RPG games I have ever played. I don't use the 3D effect too much but the features are still really beautiful. I like that you can chose 12 lives. I recommend to become efficient in every life class. I started off with the Paladin and use him as my main character with whom I do the Bliss Quests which is the main story line. To learn how to mine and fell trees and to fish is very useful while you explore the different areas. Other trades such as Blacksmith, Carpenter or Alchemist and Cook are also useful to learn. I like making my own furniture or cloths as example. Each life has its own set of quests. Even if I finish a quest while I am in a different life the game will let me know. The credit though for completing those quests can only be received once you change into the life to which the quests belongs to. I try to keep an balance between fighting my way through the game and trying to create items I can sell or use for myself or meals I can also sell. In the game you have a general leveling up and also a certain level you can gain through your quests within a that life. Once you finish a certain pain in the main story you also invite other characters in the game to fight with you and you can play through your internet with other players once you befriend them and they own this game as well. I know the game can be redundant, you always have to collect items or constantly have to battle monsters, but I also like games like Harvest Moon or Rune Factory or Pokeman. I received 3 DS games this Christmas from my children, I am an older player, and this is my favorite game ever. I will buy the expansion pack eventually and I hope that they will develop more expansions to this game. I am totally hooked on this game and I do appreciate the prettiness of the game. I would buy this game again.

Great condition, great game

This game is real fun. Character customization is great has a lot of selections.

Best RPG on 3DS till Date even batter than Zelda. LEVEL5 is the king of Fantasy RPGs.👍👍

Un juego muy casual y sencillo con una historia ridicula, pero las mecanicas son muy entretenidas y te dan ganas de llevar todos los oficios al grado de leyenda :)

Correct product within timeframe quoted - would buy again. Suggestion - this was a Canadian company - why not use Xpresspost at Christmas time?