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Hello guys,

This is my first time in the Video Games forum, and I'm quite surprised there is no thread about the Patapon games (for PSP).



Any one liking them?

I am currently playing the 3rd episode, and though I was a bit disappointed with a few things at first, I am now really enthralled!



Things I like :
- the experience system, with the characters levelling-up, learning skills, unlocking classes & equipping new weapons
- the variety of weapons available for each class
- the combinations & intermingling of classes & skills
- the few but new gameplay features (some levels going from right to left, the VS levels against the CPU Heroes)
- the "customizable" weapons & magic abilities (an Ice Sword that also has a Poison attribute, for instance)
- the added difficulty compared to the previous 2 episodes
- some new monster concepts are nice (treants, for example... annoying if raining though!)
- it's easier to get some gear for your Patapons (and you can buy some at the Meden Mart!)

Things I less like :
- visually, 5 patapons look less striking than a horde of 20!! It could have been nice to have a system close to Dawn of War II. We could have had 3 squads of 3-6 patapons, each with a customizable "squad champion", instead of just the "squad champion" without its squad...
- some class skills are painful & really long to get (like the shield ones for the first shield class, the freeze abilities of the white mage, or the stagger/knockback/freeze immunity for the chariot or goat classes)
- the scenario is even shallower than in the previous episodes (at least it seems), and there's less humour in it - or I'm not getting it
- Ka-ching (money) is hard to come by to improve the weapons
- some dungeons / monsters are only playable in Coop... And being where I am, it's hard to find fellow players! I would've been better to "allow" them for Coop!
- the "summon" ability/song looks weaker than the previous one

Still, I am really enjoying it!!
I am currently around the level 15 for all classes, and the fact that the Hero can jump from one of the 3 "main types" (Spear, Bow, Sword&Shield) to the others when he reaches Lv.15 opens a new range of customization for him!!

If anyone has experiences to share on that game, please feel free to do so!

I don't own a PSP but my Friend does and he owns all 3 games. I play it sometimes I never really got the hang of it but it is great fun. Every since he had show me the third game I have had this stuck in my head FOR WEEKS!!

PATTA PATTA PATTA PATTA BON BON BON!!!

AGGA, its just out of my HEAD now its BACK!!

PATTA PATTA PATTA PATTA BON BON BON!!!

Indeed, it's been haunting me too lol...

So it seems almost no one has ever played those games in here?

Kidding right?

Then get off & go buy them in your gaming stores!!!

I played through the first and most of the second, no idea there was a third actually.

Lots of fun.

I'd rather have this one:



Or this one:

Lol...

I bet the games aren't that different from the 300 movie... A small team of round Patapons, exterminating a load of square (Patapon), masked (Patapon 2) or "evil" (Patapon 3) Patapons!

Thanks for that, you just made my day!