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Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia is a role-playing video game developed by Gust Corporation for the PlayStation 2 and originally published by Banpresto in 2006. Journey throughout the world of Ar tonelico to find…

70 26 January 2006 ESRB T

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia is an adventure developed by Gust, released 26 January 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia is

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia is an adventure game developed by Gust and released in 2006. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story of Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia takes place in the world of Sol Ciel, a world consisting of two floating islands connected by the Tower of Ar tonelico. Long ago people had built up a great civilization under the guidance of the goddesses the Trio of Elemia, but over the years things have changed; there were two disasters that have lead towards the destruction of the world. In the first disaster most of the lands and skies were lost, in the second the super civilization was lost; now in the third era another disaster is beginning. Viruses born in the Altar of Apostles have begun to appear, though normally not in physical form have now taken on the form of monsters and could…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ar tonelico series

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia is the first of 10 entries we hold in the Ar tonelico series. The next entry was Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica in 2007. Its critic score of 70 is 12 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: Melody of Elemia holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia launched on 26 January 2006, within three weeks of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition, 25 To Life and Star Wars: Empire at War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition, 25 To Life, Star Wars: Empire at War.

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When did Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia come out?
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia was released on 26 January 2006 for PlayStation 2.

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