Overview Sōru Kureidoru Sekai o Kurau Mono Japanese Box Art Soul Nomad & the World Eaters is a Strategy-RPG developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. It was released in Japan on Februas Soul Cradle: World Eaters, then in North America on September 25, 2007. KOEI later released the game in Europe on June 20, 2008. As opposed to the vast majority of Nippon Ichi titles, Soul Nomad focuses a lot heavier on the overhead-map, troop control aspect of a the SRPG genre. The player has the option of choosing the main character's gender as is given the task of creating and managing massive armies to defeat the antagonist and save the world, despite being put in the role of a character that can become powerful enough to beat the end-boss by himself.Īlso opposing much of the developer's previous titles is high amount of customization and the non-present need to grind levels, since players can just buy new units. Soul Nomad also has far more NPC interaction than previous Nippon Ichi titles, in that you can attack and steal from neutral NPCs, recruit NPCs into your party, and even have your relationships with NPCs be effected by selected conversation choices. You play as a character named 'Revya' who is infused with the soul of Gig, The Master of Death who came to the land of Prodesto 200 years ago. Along with three powerful creatures known as World Eaters, Gig and the World Eaters were trapped into a sword, which in turn came into the possession of the main character. Though the Hero can use Gig's power to become unstoppable, he in turn loses control to Gig which leads to the world being destroyed. The Hero is instead relies on creating and commanding squads to save the world from the World Eaters.The Gameplay of Soul Nomad and the World Eaters is extremely different from the Disgaea series, even moreso than Makai Kingdom and Phantom Brave.Ī key element of the game is customization, as the game is a strategy RPG, much like the majority of Nippon Ichi Software's games, giving the player many more options to choose from when progressing through the story. When the game begins, the player chooses the gender and name of the main character, a change from other Nippon Ichi games.Īt the very beginning of the game the main character can become powerful enough to destroy even the final boss, but relying on Gig too much would be the equivalent of just letting the world be destroyed. Instead, the player is expected to build and train an army of units capable of handling whatever comes her or his way, relying on Gig's powers as little as possible. The player is given the ability to create "Rooms", which hold a squad of up to nine characters in a 3x3 area. Each Room confers a specific bonus or effect to the squad.
One spot is reserved for the Room's leader, and the positioning of the squares is randomly determined when the room is created.
Up to 25 different character types can be created, each filling a unique position in the squad with its own strengths and weaknesses. Characters' individual abilities can do such things as increase the range of an effect or give each unit a bonus to its inflicted damage. Tedious tasks like visiting the same area over and over in order to level new characters (a staple of older Nippon Ichi titles) are no longer necessary as any new units may be purchased up to the level of the main character. Also, unlike the older Nippon Ichi titles, the player is not allowed to return to older levels. Squads can also be merged together in order to increase their power. Maps, unlike other Nippon Ichi games, are completely two-dimensional. Squads can be summoned from the Hero's location at any time, but the grid space they are deployed from must be able to fit the squad's grid configuration of the room.Ĭombat is done similarly to La Pucelle: Tactics. When a squad attacks another, the battle is moved to a separate screen, where each member of the squad attacks the other squad. An individual's attack within the squad depends on it's position in the squad's room. Units in the first or second rank usually perform a direct attack, while a unit in the rear will activate a status buff or perform an area-based attack that can hit an entire rank, line, or even the whole room. Any surviving members of the targeted squad may then make a counterattack. What moves and attacks are available for each row and their effectiveness depends on the class of the character. Some classes are more effective in the front row, while others should hang in the middle or back.īefore the attack is initiated, the leader of the squad may choose to perform a special attack. Depending on the attack, this may come into effect before or after their attack.
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