Developed by SoftMax, the team behind the original 'Magna Carta: Tears of Blood,' and powered by the Unreal Engine 3, Magna Carta II combines a deep storyline, beautifully detailed graphics and a unique active turn battle system to create a fresh new RPG experience.Magna Carta II introduces an original storyline driven by intense themes of love, hate, politics, betrayal and the ultimate question of choosing one's own fate. Players are immersed in the world of the Lanzheim Continent, a conflict-ridden land deeply divided by a fierce civil war. Powered by the Unreal Engine 3 and featuring character designs by famed Korean artist Hyung-Tae Kim, the game bears a striking visual style unlike any other RPG through its blend of photo-realism and Japanese manga influences. The deeply emotional story is driven by beautifully rendered CGI cut-scenes featuring fully voiced dialogue to draw players into the immersive experience.Delivering more than 40 hours of gameplay, Magna Carta 2 features a unique battle system which combines strategic turn-based battles and real-time gameplay, creating a fresh twist on the traditional RPG formula. The game seamlessly blends world navigation and battles as everything happens in the same environment with no load screens or abrupt changes in the action when a fight begins or ends. Players can utilise objects found in the environment to their advantage and likewise, creatures and field objects dynamically react to the player's actions. A free-roaming camera further adds to the unrestricted interaction with the world. Players are also given flexible control over their party with the ability to pre-assign attributes for each AI character and the freedom to easily switch control between all the characters at any time.

Really fun. Simple, fast gameplay that although a bit repetitive was still enjoyable and occasionally challenging. Visually pretty good, character animation and detail is excellent as is the voice acting and overall feel of the world. Nice to have the story twist in a more …

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Really good jrpg. Combat is interesting and enjoyable, story is kind of typical for this type of game but entertaining enough. Graphics are really quite nice in places. Would definitely recommend.