In the prologue, Ashley is blamed for murdering the duke, and the game discloses the events that happen one week before the murder. The story centers on Ashley Riot, an elite agent known as a Riskbreaker, who must travel to Leá Monde to investigate the link between a cult leader and a senior Valendian Parliament member, Duke Bardorba. The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of Valendia and the ruined city of Leá Monde. Vagrant Story was primarily developed by the team responsible for Final Fantasy Tactics, with Yasumi Matsuno serving as producer, writer and director.
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The game was released in 2000, and has been re-released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita consoles. Some Sigils can only be obtained in a New Game Plus.Vagrant Story ( ベイグラントストーリー, Beiguranto Sutōrī) is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the PlayStation video game console. When the Sigil's counterpart, hidden away by Sydney in the more remote recesses of Leá Monde, is used on the door, both halves of the Sigil vanish, making the door accessible once more. They dissolve the Arcane obstructions created by Sydney and Hardin, constructed of warding spells merged with the more physical presence of ancient Kildean magical script. Sigils work on only one door and then crumble to dust. Some Keys can only be obtained in a Second playthrough. This Key must be carried to open the door if it is put away in a Container, the door cannot be opened. Some are held fast with either a normal lock requiring a named Key. None of these restrictions add to gameplay and there does not seem to be a very good balancing reason for them either.Īll locked doors are opened with inventory items. Grimoire drops can often get the spell before it can be found in chests, albeit not much earlier, in most cases, and in most cases it requires a lot of work. Grimoires can be retrieved from chests for all but a few spells. Grimoires will always cast the spell for zero MP, so additional copies of even single-target spells are useful, but additional books of multiple-target spells will also increase damage or range. Area of effect spells such as Explosion and Meteor will become more powerful as successive Grimoires are consumed.
Keys must be carried to be effective, and the door will always be locked without them.Īll spells in Vagrant Story are learned by using them, in the form of Grimoire (meaning Book of Spells) items obtained from Bosses and even regular enemies. Sigils open doorways, and the door will always be open thereafter. For the majority of Grimoires, there is an item with the same effect, such as the Eye of Argon that reveals traps in the same way as the Eureka spell, or the Angelic Paen item that cures Curse just as Blessing does. Grimoires will cast a spell for no mana cost when they are used, whether or not there is a valid target for them. Items can be accessed either from the main menu, with the Triangle button, or by holding the second left shoulder button (L2) and tapping the Up button on the D-Pad or joystick. Vagrant Story relies heavily on inventory items as part of gameplay usually consumable, except for " Key" items. Ideally it should be a little closer: in this case, the Lizardman would have to extend its head forward to be within the five-unit range of the Rusty Nail Another use for the Fixate spell (Halte grimoire): maintaining superior range made easy.