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Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome

Makai Kingdom is the fourth Nippon Ichi-developed tactical RPG on PlayStation 2 and it follows closely in the footsteps of the previous games of the same style, which are Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, La Pucelle…

83 17 March 2005 ESRB T

Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 17 March 2005 on PlayStation 2.

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What Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome is

Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2005. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Makai Kingdom is the fourth Nippon Ichi-developed tactical RPG on PlayStation 2 and it follows closely in the footsteps of the previous games of the same style, which are Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, La Pucelle: Tactics and Phantom Brave. Lord Zetta, the king of Netherworld, tried to rewrite the history of the land but didn't succeed, and in the process brought demise onto himself. Three evil Overlords appeared before Zetta and promised to help him in his quest to take over the land once more. The player takes control of Zetta and his army to return Netherworld to its rightful owner. The game mechanics consist of several stages in which the player must defeat the enemy or fulfill other tasks…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome launched on 17 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

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When did Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome come out?
Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome was released on 17 March 2005 for PlayStation 2.

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