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* GlassCannon: ALL the returning Arc 1 characters suffer from this when they first join, in part to keep them from being game breakers. Kukuru and Sania are also like this all the time, having strong magic but low HP and defense.
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* MoneyForNothing: The game showers you with ridiculous amounts of money from wanted monsters and hunter jobs, but unless you are really dedicated to using the item-weapon smiths and combine shop, there is really nothing to spend money on after the first few hours. You might need to buy healing and revive items every once in a while, but the stores never upgrade their inventories, and pretty much everything you will need is either found or dropped by enemies. Most notably, stores never sell anything but the most basic, weakest armor and weapons, which will all be far surpassed in just a short time.
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* PermanentlyMissableContent: In Arc 2 pretty much all the major dungeons cannot be accessed again once you complete them, so any treasure chests you fail to open will be gone.
** Job #55, Theft at Senor Generale's, can only be accessed before the God Tower. Notably its one of the only jobs in the game that has a limit on it.
** Job #55, Theft at Senor Generale's, can only be accessed before the God Tower. Notably its one of the only jobs in the game that has a limit on it.
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* LateCharacterSyndrome: Sania is the last plot mandatory character to join the team, and thus suffers a bit from this trope in both gameplay and storyline.
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: In Arc 1 the Temple in Greyshinne is the best place to train, as the battles give you a ton of enemies to fight, and you keep your experience even if you lose. For the mid part of the game, it is the fastest way to level up. The only downside is once you complete all the battles, that's it.
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: In Arc 1 the Temple in Greyshinne is the best place to train, as the battles give you a ton of enemies to fight, arranged very conveniently in relation to the party, and you keep your experience even if you lose. For the mid part of the game, it is the fastest way to level up. The only downside is once you complete all the battles, that's it.
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: ''Arc II'' ends with [[spoiler:the Dark One being sealed away, but not before several party members and ''90% of the world'' die in the process, with the camera having lingering shots of all the towns that he destroyed as well as the villagers' dead bodies. The only good news the survivors can claim ''is'' that they survived, but are left with nothing.]]
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-->[[spoiler:'''Elc''':]] [[spoiler: [[WasItReallyWorthIt It makes me wonder what we were fighting for. Arc died, and for what? So we could inherit this desolate and hopeless future? We didn't stop the world from ending, we survived it. And, now we are left with nothing.]]]]
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** [[spoiler:End of the White House story arc]]: Elc & co. appear successful at first, [[spoiler: rescuing Mariel and finding the other orphans; but at that point, Gallarno turns all the orphans into monsters, forcing Elc & co to kill them. Afterwards, Gallarno entraps Elc and [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Mariel]] and uses his MindControlDevice to force the two to fight, nearly destroying Mariel's mind in the process. When she manages to regain her consciousness because she [[PowerOfLove refuses to hurt Elc]], Gallarno uses a [[CrazyPrepared contingency plan]] and uses the bomb he had [[WhyAmITicking implanted in Mariel's body]], critically injuring Elc and leaving him nearly dead.]]
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** [[spoiler:End End of the White House story arc]]: arc: Elc & co. appear successful at first, [[spoiler: rescuing Mariel and finding the other orphans; but at that point, Gallarno turns all the orphans into monsters, forcing Elc & co to kill them. Afterwards, Gallarno entraps Elc and [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Mariel]] and uses his MindControlDevice to force the two to fight, nearly destroying Mariel's mind in the process. When she manages to regain her consciousness because she [[PowerOfLove refuses to hurt Elc]], Gallarno uses a [[CrazyPrepared contingency plan]] and uses the bomb he had [[WhyAmITicking implanted in Mariel's body]], critically injuring Elc and leaving him nearly dead.]]
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* ''Arc the Lad II'' (1996) [=PS1=]: A direct sequel, which starts off by following the adventures of Elc, a bounty hunter who is the last survivor of a nation of [[ElementalPowers fire users]] slaughtered by Seirya, the country Arc hails from. Being longer, more complex, and considerably DarkerAndEdgier than the previous episode, ''Arc the Lad II'' [[TrueArtIsAngsty has been lauded as the best game in the series]] and a legitimate contender for the title of "game with the most {{Player Punch}}es thrown."
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* ''Arc the Lad II'' (1996) [=PS1=]: A direct sequel, which starts off by following the adventures of Elc, a bounty hunter who is the last survivor of a nation of [[ElementalPowers fire users]] slaughtered by Seirya, the country Arc hails from. Being longer, more complex, and considerably DarkerAndEdgier than the previous episode, ''Arc the Lad II'' [[TrueArtIsAngsty has been lauded as the best game in the series]] and a legitimate contender for the title of "game with the most {{Player Punch}}es thrown."
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* BattleCouple: Arc and Kukuru, Elc & Lieza, Darc & Delma, Shante & Gruga, [[HoYay Tosh & Shu]].
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Hemo-ji are this, with a heavy helping of UncannyValley thrown in. And your party members can be ''[[StandardStatusEffects turned into them by touch!]]''
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* BullyingADragon: During the [[MoralEventHorizon slaughter of the Pyrenians]], Seirya's soldiers and researchers find a young Elc who proceeds to burn half a dozen of them to a crisp. The survivors then decide that such a prodigy would make a very good guinea pig. Three guesses at what happens when he turns into an adult...
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* BullyingADragon: During the [[MoralEventHorizon slaughter of the Pyrenians]], Pyrenians, Seirya's soldiers and researchers find a young Elc who proceeds to burn half a dozen of them to a crisp. The survivors then decide that such a prodigy would make a very good guinea pig. Three guesses at what happens when he turns into an adult...
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* LastOfHisKind: Elc is the last living Pyrenian.
** Theo from ''Arc'' 3 is the last cardist.
** Edda from ''End of Darkness'' is the last exorcist.
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** Edda from ''End of Darkness'' is the last exorcist.
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* LastOfHisKind: Elc from ''Arc 2'' is the last living Pyrenian.
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* SmugSnake: Galarno, one of Romalia's generals (who serves his country by being a [[FridgeLogic a mob boss and politician on another continent]]) is the worst offender.
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* SmugSnake: Galarno, one of Romalia's generals (who serves his country by being a [[FridgeLogic a mob boss and politician on another continent]]) continent) is the worst offender.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Ironically, this is the ONLY version of the [=PlayStation=] games to ever be sold outside Japan.
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''Arc the Lad'' is a tactical RPG series published by Sony Computer Entertainment, with individual titles developed by several different companies. The first three numbered games (as well as the spinoff ''Arc Arena: Monster Tournament'') were developed for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation by G-Craft. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 entries, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' and ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadEndOfDarkness'', were developed by Cattle Call. There is also an iOS and Android game, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadR'', announced in 2016 to be developed by ForwardWorks.
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''Arc the Lad'' is a tactical RPG series published by Sony Computer Entertainment, with individual titles developed by several different companies. The first three numbered games (as well as the spinoff ''Arc Arena: Monster Tournament'') were developed for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation by G-Craft. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 entries, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' and ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadEndOfDarkness'', were developed by Cattle Call. There is also an iOS and Android game, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadR'', announced in 2016 to be developed by ForwardWorks.Creator/ForwardWorks.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Working Design's infamous "Sucking Diek" page header in the manual. [[NotWhatItLooksLike It's actually talking about how to share Diekbeck's]] [[DontExplainTheJoke accrued experience points with the party.]]
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Working Design's infamous "Sucking Diek" page header GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the manual. [[NotWhatItLooksLike It's actually talking about how to share Diekbeck's]] [[DontExplainTheJoke accrued experience points with future, please check the party.]]trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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The first game in the series was a launch title for the PlayStation in Japan, however, internal policies governing game releases during the early portion of the Playstation's life in the U.S. prevented it and its sequels from being released. It finally saw the light of day in the U.S. courtesy of Creator/WorkingDesigns, who, after several lengthy delays, finally released a collection of the entire PlayStation part of the series in April of 2002. This put the collection about a year and a half into the lifespan of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.
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The first game in the series was a launch title for the PlayStation UsefulNotes/PlayStation in Japan, however, internal policies governing game releases during the early portion of the Playstation's life in the U.S. prevented it and its sequels from being released. It finally saw the light of day in the U.S. courtesy of Creator/WorkingDesigns, who, after several lengthy delays, finally released a collection of the entire PlayStation UsefulNotes/PlayStation part of the series in April of 2002. This put the collection about a year and a half into the lifespan of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.
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''Arc the Lad'' is a tactical RPG series published by Sony Computer Entertainment, with individual titles developed by several different companies. The first three numbered games (as well as the spinoff ''Arc Arena: Monster Tournament'') were developed for the original PlayStation UsefulNotes/PlayStation by G-Craft. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 entries, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' and ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadEndOfDarkness'', were developed by Cattle Call. There is also an iOS and Android game, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadR'', announced in 2016 to be developed by ForwardWorks.
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* NostalgicMusicbox: In the second game a nostalgic music box theme is played whenever Elc has any dreams of his time in [[OrphanageOfFear the White House]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Sania is Millmana's princess; Kukuru, being Arc's betrothed, is technically Seirya's princess; Delma, being the Orcons' leader's sister might count as well.
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* ProlongedVideoGameSequel: The first ''Arc the Lad'''s main story takes about 10 hours to complete on average; ''Arc the Lad II'', however, can take up to ''five times'' as long at about 50 hours for the main story alone.
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* DarkMessiah: Arc. He's a genuine MessianicArchetype, but he has very little concern for collateral damage when fighting against the forces of Romalia and the Dark One. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo If civilians are killed when he blows up an enemy facility]], that's one thing he ''won't'' angst about. Romalia intentionally puts their doomsday devices in the middle of population centers, specifically to discredit their enemies. Civilian casualties are inevitable when fighting them.
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* DarkMessiah: Arc. He's a genuine MessianicArchetype, but he has very little concern for collateral damage when fighting against the forces of Romalia and the Dark One. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo If civilians are killed when he blows up an enemy facility]], that's one thing he ''won't'' angst about. Romalia intentionally puts their doomsday devices in the middle of population centers, specifically to discredit their enemies. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Civilian casualties are inevitable when fighting them.them]], and that's one thing Arc ''won't'' angst about.
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler: In the ending of ''Arc 2'', Elc wonders why he even fought. After all the death and sacrifice, including the death of his girlfriend, he and the others defeated the BigBad, but they couldn't save the world from him.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Played straight except in ''Arc'' 2, when characters have two or three weapons of choice.
** While every other character in ''Arc'' 3 is limited to a single type of weapon, Alec averts this by being able to use any weapon in the game.
* WeaponOfChoice: Played straight except in ''Arc'' 2, when characters have two or three weapons of choice.
** While every other character in ''Arc'' 3 is limited to a single type of weapon, Alec averts this by being able to use any weapon in the game.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Played straight except in ''Arc'' 2, when characters have two or three weapons of choice.
** While every other character in ''Arc'' 3 is limited to a single type of weapon, Alec averts this by being able to use any weapon in the game.
** While every other character in ''Arc'' 3 is limited to a single type of weapon, Alec averts this by being able to use any weapon in the game.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Arc II'' is much more cynical than ''Arc I''.
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* CompilationRerelease: ''Arc the Lad Collection'' was contained the first three games in the series. Of note is that this is the only release of the first three games in the US. With the first games was also ''Arc Arena: Monster Tournament''.Tournament'' which worked with save data from the second game was also packaged into the collection.
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* BloodsuckingBats: Bat monsters all have the ability to suck life out of enemies, animated as sucking blood.
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* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadR'' (2018): A mobile entry in the ''Arc'' series and an attempt by Sony at reviving the franchise, announced in 2016 and released in 2018. Notably, unlike many mobile spinoffs, ''R'' is positioned as being another sequel to ''Arc 2'', taking place some time after ''Arc 3'' and following up further on some of the plot developments from ''2''.
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* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadR'' (2018): A mobile entry in the ''Arc'' series and an attempt by Sony at reviving the franchise, announced in 2016 and released in 2018. Notably, unlike many mobile spinoffs, ''R'' is positioned as being a game in the primary canon, in this case being another sequel to ''Arc 2'', taking place some time after ''Arc 3'' 2'' - it's an interquel between ''2'' and following up further on some of ''3'', features characters from the first two games, and helps bridge the plot developments from ''2''.
between the two.
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''Arc the Lad'' is a tactical RPG series published by Sony Computer Entertainment, with individual titles developed by several different companies. The first three numbered games (as well as the spinoff ''Arc Arena: Monster Tournament'') were developed for the original PlayStation by G-Craft. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 entries, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' and ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadEndOfDarkness'', were developed by Cattle Call. There is also an iOS and Android game that was game, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadR'', announced in 2016 to be developed by ForwardWorks.
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''Arc the Lad'' is a tactical RPG series published by Sony Computer Entertainment and Entertainment, with individual titles developed by several different companies. companies. The first three numbered games (as well as the spinoff ''Arc Arena: Monster Tournament'') were developed for the original PlayStation by G-Craft. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 entries, ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' and ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadEndOfDarkness'', were developed by Cattle Call. There is also an iOS and Android game that was announced in 2016 to be developed by ForwardWorks.
