Jade Cocoon - Story Of The Tamamayu

JADE COCOON ?
STORY OF THE TAMAMAYU

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Developer(s) Genki
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Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Crave Entertainment
Genki
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Distributor(s) Genki
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Platform(s) PlayStation
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Release Date 1998-12-03 (Japan)
1999-07-29 (North America)
2001-04-27 (Europe)
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Genre RPG
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Mode Single Player / Multi-player
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Rating(s)ESRB ESRB Teen (13+)
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I played this game roughly around the time it came out in North America and it was absolutely stunning. Voice acting was still sort of a new thing for games, and I was surprised to find that all major dialogue, if not all, was voice acted in a way that would live up to today's standards.

The controls are similar to Resident Evil or Silent Hill, which annoys me a lot but you get used to it. The idea that you could merge monsters and actually have them change appearance was revolutionary for it's time, especially on a platform like the 32-bit playstation.

The game can be very long or very short, depending on how you want to play it. I always made an effort to build up my minions as strong as they could be. And damn they look cool.

A very cool, underated game that's incredibly hard to find nowadays, even on torrent sites.

Enjoy!