Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires
2005 video game
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spectral Souls II (新紀幻想スペクトラルソウルズII, Shinki Gensou Spectral Souls II) is a tactical role playing game developed by Idea Factory and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. In 2011, it was ported to the PlayStation Portable as Spectral Souls II: Unlimited Side (新紀幻想 〜SS II アンリミテッドサイド〜) and to mobile devices as Spectral Souls. The PSP port was published both in the U.S. by NIS America and in Europe by Ghostlight under the title Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires.
Ghostlight
| Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires | |
|---|---|
| |
| Developer | Idea Factory |
| Publishers | NIS America Ghostlight |
| Series | Spectral Souls |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Android iOS Windows 8 Windows Phone 8 |
| Release | PlayStation 2
Android
|
| Genre | Tactical RPG |
| Mode | Single-player |
Development
The opening song is "Blue Sky", performed by Dogschool. It is now sold in the Apple App store. Later on, this game was ported to Android and iOS devices.
The iOS port solves the problem of the extreme long loading time issue from the PSP port.
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 47/100[2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 1Up.com | D−[3] |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 3.33/10[4][a] |
| Famitsu | (PSP) 28/40[5] (PS2) 26/40[6] |
| Game Informer | 5.5/10[7] |
| GameSpy |   [8] |
| GameZone | 6.9/10[9] |
| IGN | 5.5/10[10] |
| Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | 3/10[11] |
| Pocket Gamer | (AND) [12] |
| RPGFan | 43%[13] |
The PSP version was criticized for its long load times. It received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one six, one seven, and one six for the PlayStation 2 version,[6] and one seven, one six, one seven, and one eight for the PSP version.[5] GamePro called it "a game which -- while nominally a PSP exclusive -- is a landmark in programming incompetence. Exclusive or not, it's a bigger embarrassment than any retro port could have been."[14][b]
Notes
- Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PSP version each a score of 4.5/10, 2.5/10, and 3/10.
