Baten Kaitos Origins

Baten Kaitos Origins

Strengths: Exclusive RPG for the GC, beautiful graphics, hard-core card-based RPG play

Weakness: The card-based battling may not be for everyone

Baten Kaitos Origins is a prequel to the Gamecube-exclusive RPG Baten Kaitos. In this second iteration, which was one of the last big game releases for the Gamecube (followed really only by Zelda Twilight Princess), the card battle system has been simplified a bit. However, the game can still be very difficult if you get the wrong mix of random cards from your deck during any given battle. Also,...

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Baten Kaitos: Origins

Strengths: Great story, nice character designs, entertaining battle system

Weakness: Voice acting

This is the prequel to the original Baten Kaitos game for the gamecube and is a wonderful addition to the gamecube library. This game provides many hours of fun and entertainment.

BK 2 worth your money?

Strengths: +battle system improved +graphics improved +limited characters

Weakness: -new battle system can have a learning curve -new strategy is involved in gameplay

If you've played the 1st BK would be worth picking up after all this game can be found for about 20-30 USD depending on your location. Also an excellent consideration for others as this game as some outstanding RPG elements to be found. Although this game is a prequel to the original you may still find the story satisfying after all.

One of GC's Best RPG's (not really saying much...

Strengths: Interesting Card System, prequel to original Baten Kaitos

Weakness: like the first one, HORRIBLE voice acting

BK: Origins is a fun game, and a good (just shy of great) RPG by anyone's standards. Being on the RPG starved Gamecube, it ranks even higher. It has a nice long quest, but the randomness of the battles (you get cards from your "deck" to do actions, but you rely on a lot of luck to get the cards you want when you want them) and the overall difficulty of some of the battles may make this more for...

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Card Battle RPG Gaming On The GameCube Again

Strengths: Long Game, Sharp Graphics, Good Blend of Music

Weakness: Voice Acting Can Be Lacking, Randomness of Battle System

Baten Kaitos Origins is a prequel to the first Baten Kaitos game on the GameCube hence the Origins sub title. The gameplay itself while changed around with some minor things is still a card based battle system RPG so for the most part it is a love it hate it kind of game and if you enjoyed the first Baten Katios you'll also like Origins. Baten Katios Orignis is a long game just has the first one...

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Spirit of the Wings

Strengths: voice acting-its excellent, especially the dual voices of guillo, battle system-is fast and its fun to rack up combos, sidequests-game has a ton of sidequests including a colisseum, music is superb.

Weakness: can't skip cutscenes, some unfair boss battles, not enough new towns, dungeons-

baten kaitos origins is a great rpg, it improves greatly on the original baten kaitos game. the new battle system is excellent-it makes competing in colisseum battles so much fun. the music is great best music in any gamecube, xbox or ps2 rpg-its that good. i've enjoyed both baten kaitos games, its made me a fan of card playing rpgs.

Pretty Good Game

Strengths: Good story and nice graphics

Weakness: Some fights can be unreasonably hard

If you've played this first Baten Kaitos and enjoyed it, then there's no doubt you'll like this as well. If you didn't like the first one, then you'll probably have the same opinion about this game as well. For those that don't know, it's a pretty good RPG if you can get past how the battle system works. To make it easy, you basically use cards to determine your attacks. The only downside is if...

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A great followup to an underappreciated game

Strengths: Intriguing storyline, awesome battle system

Weakness: Gets bogged down in RPG "deliver X to Y" tasks

Baten Kaitos Origins was a title I was looking forward to for a long time, based on the fun I'd had with the original. What I got was a game with a completely revamped (and probably superior) battle system, a great story, and a lot of new trappings--such as a coliseum and some neat sidequests--that showed just how to make a sequel to a great game. Unfortunately the game did bog down somewhat in...

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A Definite Improvement

Strengths: Graphics and sound, story.

Weakness: Too many fetch quests, battles can drag on too long due to the card system.

Baten Kaitos Origins improves on its predecessor in almost every way. Primarily, the battles are generally faster, the card system is simplified, and the storyline is less cliche. The graphics and music are just as excellent as in Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings, though some locations will be very familiar. Recommended for RPG fans looking for something different.

BK Origins is not about Burger King.

Strengths: Plays well. Card style game that doesn't suck.A lot of gameplay.

Weakness: A little hardcore. It's card based for those that don't like that.

BK Origins is the sequel to one of the first RPG's on the Gamecube and is actually one of the last. It's a turn/card based RPG and can seem very difficult at times. But if you liked Baten Kaitos, there's a lot here. Well over sixty hours of gameplay and more. It's really meant for the hardcore RPG fan because of the bruising difficulty of some of the battles and combat system.