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Wild Arms 4

January 01, 1970

Wild Arms 4, known in Japan as Wild Arms the 4th Detonator (ワイルドアームズ ザ フォースデトネイター, Wairudo Āmuzu Za Fōsu Detoneitā), is a role-playing video game developed by Media.Vision and the fourth installment in the Wild Arms video game series. The game's overall look and feel is a departure from the Wild West feel of Wild Arms 3 to a more modern look. The game was originally announced alongside Wild Arms Alter Code: F under the title Wild Arms Another Code: F before being renamed.[1][2]

Wild Arms 4
North American cover art
Developer(s)Media.Vision
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Nobukazu Satō
Producer(s)Takashi Fukushima
Yasuhide Kobayashi
Designer(s)Akifumi Kaneko
Programmer(s)Takao Suzuki
Artist(s)Tetsuya Ōkubo
Yukihiko Itō
Writer(s)Akifumi Kaneko
Composer(s)Michiko Naruke
Masato Kouda
Nobuyuki Shimizu
Ryuta Suzuki
SeriesWild Arms
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: March 24, 2005
  • NA: January 10, 2006
  • EU: October 13, 2006
  • AU: October 26, 2006
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Story edit

Jude Maverick has grown up in an isolated town called Ciel, which is completely enclosed in a large sphere floating thousands of feet above the surface of Filgaia. His sheltered world changes forever when he sees the sky "tear" and ships enter his homeland. Upon inspecting the campsite set up by the intruders, he sees something else that he has never seen before: a girl.

The girl's name is Yulie Ahtreide and she is being held captive by the intruders after being captured by a "Drifter" for hire, Arnaud G. Vasquez. After the invading army attacks Ciel and brings the sphere crashing down, Jude, Yulie and Arnaud join forces to find the army's true intention behind Yulie's abduction. With the help of another Drifter, Raquel Applegate, these four idealistic teens travel the war-torn land of Filgaia in search of truth, their own identities, and their separate paths to adulthood.

Gameplay edit

The HEX battle system is composed of seven hexagons on the battle field, with random beginning placement for all characters and enemies. The HEX battle system is area based; any attacks or spells given to certain hexagon, or HEX, will affect all characters on that HEX. Multiple allies or enemies can occupy a single HEX, but enemies and allies cannot occupy the same HEX.

Localization edit

In the North American version, two monsters (Dalawa Bunny and Accident Rabbit) were taken out of the game, but not out of the monsters list, making it impossible to finish the game with 100% completion. The PAL version still contains this error, and is also known to crash in certain places when played in 50 Hz mode, leaving those areas potentially impassable to players whose television does not support 60 Hz PAL signals.

Some PAL copies also have another issue where triggering specific Material summons would freeze the game. A workaround is to disable the battle movies in the game's options. This bug affects both PAL and NTSC modes.

The English localization copy is known to freeze when loading the area at the top of a ladder at "The Great Wall" roughly 5 hours into the game when played in PAL mode. A workaround can be achieved by saving the game in the area prior and loading the game in NTSC mode, going past and saving on the world map. No other areas are known to have this problem.

Reception edit

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40.[7]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 8/10, 7/10, and 6/10.

References edit

  1. ^ GameSpot staff (August 27, 2003). "Two Wild Arms games in development". GameSpot. Red Ventures. from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "【9/10】「ワイルドアームズ アナザーコード：F(仮)」の正式タイトル決定". GameIroiro (in Japanese). September 10, 2004. from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Wild Arms 4 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Review: Wild Arms 4". Computer Games Magazine. No. 185. theGlobe.com. April 2006. p. 93.
  5. ^ J.S.; Bettenhausen, Shane; Parish, Jeremy (February 2006). . Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 200. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  6. ^ Parkin, Simon (October 4, 2006). "Wild Arms 4". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "ワイルドアームズ ザ フォースデトネイター". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  8. ^ Juba, Joe (February 2006). . Game Informer. No. 154. GameStop. p. 107. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Dodson, Joe (January 20, 2006). "Wild Arms 4 Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  10. ^ Massimilla, Bethany (January 10, 2006). "Wild Arms 4 Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  11. ^ VanOrd, Kevin (January 18, 2006). "GameSpy: Wild Arms 4". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  12. ^ Grabowski, Dakota (January 27, 2006). "Wild Arms 4 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  13. ^ Dunham, Jeremy (January 12, 2006). "Wild Arms 4". IGN. Ziff Davis. from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  14. ^ Maragos, Nich (February 2006). . Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 101. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  15. ^ Stone, Cortney (December 30, 2005). "Wild ARMs 4 - Staff Review". RPGamer. CraveOnline. from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  16. ^ Young, Billy (2006). "Wild ARMs 4 - Staff Review". RPGamer. CraveOnline. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  17. ^ Wilson, Mike (January 6, 2006). "Wild Arms 4". RPGFan. Emerald Shield Media LLC. from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Wild Arms 4 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Wild Arms 4 known in Japan as Wild Arms the 4th Detonator ワイルドアームズ ザ フォースデトネイター Wairudo Amuzu Za Fōsu Detoneita is a role playing video game developed by Media Vision and the fourth installment in the Wild Arms video game series The game s overall look and feel is a departure from the Wild West feel of Wild Arms 3 to a more modern look The game was originally announced alongside Wild Arms Alter Code F under the title Wild Arms Another Code F before being renamed 1 2 Wild Arms 4North American cover artDeveloper s Media VisionPublisher s JP SCEINA Xseed GamesPAL 505 Game StreetDirector s Nobukazu SatōProducer s Takashi FukushimaYasuhide KobayashiDesigner s Akifumi KanekoProgrammer s Takao SuzukiArtist s Tetsuya ŌkuboYukihiko ItōWriter s Akifumi KanekoComposer s Michiko NarukeMasato KoudaNobuyuki ShimizuRyuta SuzukiSeriesWild ArmsPlatform s PlayStation 2ReleaseJP March 24 2005NA January 10 2006EU October 13 2006AU October 26 2006Genre s Role playingMode s Single player Contents 1 Story 2 Gameplay 3 Localization 4 Reception 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksStory editJude Maverick has grown up in an isolated town called Ciel which is completely enclosed in a large sphere floating thousands of feet above the surface of Filgaia His sheltered world changes forever when he sees the sky tear and ships enter his homeland Upon inspecting the campsite set up by the intruders he sees something else that he has never seen before a girl The girl s name is Yulie Ahtreide and she is being held captive by the intruders after being captured by a Drifter for hire Arnaud G Vasquez After the invading army attacks Ciel and brings the sphere crashing down Jude Yulie and Arnaud join forces to find the army s true intention behind Yulie s abduction With the help of another Drifter Raquel Applegate these four idealistic teens travel the war torn land of Filgaia in search of truth their own identities and their separate paths to adulthood Gameplay editThe HEX battle system is composed of seven hexagons on the battle field with random beginning placement for all characters and enemies The HEX battle system is area based any attacks or spells given to certain hexagon or HEX will affect all characters on that HEX Multiple allies or enemies can occupy a single HEX but enemies and allies cannot occupy the same HEX Localization editIn the North American version two monsters Dalawa Bunny and Accident Rabbit were taken out of the game but not out of the monsters list making it impossible to finish the game with 100 completion The PAL version still contains this error and is also known to crash in certain places when played in 50 Hz mode leaving those areas potentially impassable to players whose television does not support 60 Hz PAL signals Some PAL copies also have another issue where triggering specific Material summons would freeze the game A workaround is to disable the battle movies in the game s options This bug affects both PAL and NTSC modes The English localization copy is known to freeze when loading the area at the top of a ladder at The Great Wall roughly 5 hours into the game when played in PAL mode A workaround can be achieved by saving the game in the area prior and loading the game in NTSC mode going past and saving on the world map No other areas are known to have this problem Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic69 100 3 Review scoresPublicationScoreComputer Games Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Electronic Gaming Monthly7 10 5 a Eurogamer4 10 6 Famitsu32 40 7 Game Informer7 5 10 8 GameRevolutionC 9 GameSpot7 8 10 10 GameSpy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 GameZone7 8 10 12 IGN7 8 10 13 Official U S PlayStation Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 RPGamer3 5 5 15 16 RPGFan90 17 The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 3 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40 7 Notes edit Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 8 10 7 10 and 6 10 References edit GameSpot staff August 27 2003 Two Wild Arms games in development GameSpot Red Ventures Archived from the original on September 23 2022 Retrieved September 21 2022 9 10 ワイルドアームズ アナザーコード F 仮 の正式タイトル決定 GameIroiro in Japanese September 10 2004 Archived from the original on September 23 2022 Retrieved September 21 2022 a b Wild Arms 4 for PlayStation 2 Reviews Metacritic Red Ventures Archived from the original on February 14 2019 Retrieved February 2 2018 Review Wild Arms 4 Computer Games Magazine No 185 theGlobe com April 2006 p 93 J S Bettenhausen Shane Parish Jeremy February 2006 Wild Arms 4 Electronic Gaming Monthly No 200 Ziff Davis Archived from the original on February 13 2006 Retrieved August 14 2022 Parkin Simon October 4 2006 Wild Arms 4 Eurogamer Gamer Network Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved August 14 2022 a b ワイルドアームズ ザ フォースデトネイター Famitsu in Japanese Enterbrain Retrieved August 14 2022 Juba Joe February 2006 Wild Arms 4 Game Informer No 154 GameStop p 107 Archived from the original on September 14 2008 Retrieved August 14 2022 Dodson Joe January 20 2006 Wild Arms 4 Review GameRevolution CraveOnline Archived from the original on October 9 2015 Retrieved August 14 2022 Massimilla Bethany January 10 2006 Wild Arms 4 Review date mislabeled as May 17 2006 GameSpot Red Ventures Archived from the original on February 2 2018 Retrieved February 2 2018 VanOrd Kevin January 18 2006 GameSpy Wild Arms 4 GameSpy IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved August 14 2022 Grabowski Dakota January 27 2006 Wild Arms 4 PS2 Review GameZone Archived from the original on October 6 2008 Retrieved August 14 2022 Dunham Jeremy January 12 2006 Wild Arms 4 IGN Ziff Davis Archived from the original on September 5 2021 Retrieved September 5 2021 Maragos Nich February 2006 Wild Arms 4 Official U S PlayStation Magazine No 101 Ziff Davis Archived from the original on February 13 2006 Retrieved August 14 2022 Stone Cortney December 30 2005 Wild ARMs 4 Staff Review RPGamer CraveOnline Archived from the original on September 23 2022 Retrieved August 14 2022 Young Billy 2006 Wild ARMs 4 Staff Review RPGamer CraveOnline Retrieved August 14 2022 Wilson Mike January 6 2006 Wild Arms 4 RPGFan Emerald Shield Media LLC Archived from the original on September 5 2021 Retrieved September 5 2021 External links editMedia Vision Inc page Sony Computer Entertainment Inc page XSEED Games page Wild Arms 4 at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wild Arms 4 amp oldid 1221237356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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