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Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

The setting for the game is the same as the previous game: the planet of Ar Ciel, albeit centered on a different region this time. The Tower of Ar tonelico from Metafalss is different from the tower in the…

65 25 October 2007 ESRB T

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Gust, released 25 October 2007 on PlayStation 2.

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What Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica is

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Gust and released in 2007. It was published by Banpresto. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The setting for the game is the same as the previous game: the planet of Ar Ciel, albeit centered on a different region this time. The Tower of Ar tonelico from Metafalss is different from the tower in the first game since it doesn't look like a tower initially, but still has some of the same essential facilities (Rinkernator, Plasma Bell (represented as the Lift Generators) and Musical Corridor). The Song Magics are still used like programs, but in this tower there are two Song Magic servers: the Sol Marta server and the Infel Phira Server. The Sol Marta server is located in the upper zone of the tower, acting like a stationary satellite. It is collocated with the S. P. U. and Rinkernator…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ar tonelico series

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica is the second of 10 entries we hold in the Ar tonelico series. It arrived 2 years after Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia. The next entry was Cross Edge in 2008. Its critic score of 65 is 7 points above the series average of 58. The highest-rated entry is Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star at 78.

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How it was received

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored about average for its year.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 88 hrs.

What it launched against

Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica launched on 25 October 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and The Witcher. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Witcher.

Official trailer

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When did Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica come out?
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica was released on 25 October 2007 for PlayStation 2.

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