Wild Arms 2

Wild Arms 2 is a role-playing game that involves the player controlling several characters as they progress through a number of environments, battle enemies, and solve puzzles. The game is presented in an isometric fashion where the player has an overhead view of all the action taking place on a particular screen. While characters are represented as two-dimensional sprites, backgrounds and environments are instead rendered in 3D. The game's camera is centered on the currently controlled character, which can be rotated by the player through 360 degrees.

In order to advance, the player must overcome a number of story-based scenarios and sequences that involving navigating through dungeons while fighting monsters and other enemies that appear randomly every few steps. Oncoming battles are indicated by a speech balloon with an exclamation mark appearing over the character's head, and can in some instances be avoided. Characters progress and grow by gaining experience points after a battle and thereby gain levels, giving them better statistics and making them able to battle increasingly difficult enemies. Progressively more powerful armor and weapons can be purchased for each character from specialized shops in towns throughout the world, and new skills can be learned to help the player complete tougher challenges.

Wild Arms 2 is set in the world of Filgaia, a planet with science fiction, steampunk, and traditional fantasy elements such as magic and demons.

Firearms called "ARMs" represent Filgaia's ever-growing warfare technology, and, unlike the first Wild Arms, are not considered inherently dangerous. Similar technology is used to create other mechanical weaponry, including cybernetic limbs and miniature robots. Other forms of high technology such as aircraft, motorized vehicles, and radio devices also appear, though some of their usage is attributed to magic rather than science.

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Eric Bracher of NextGen called it "An adequate title, but one that doesn't have as much to offer as competitors such as Vagrant Story or Alundra 2." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40.

Four-Eyed Dragon of GamePro said, "Wild Arms 2 returns to the classic role-playing style where story and character-building are at the heart of the gameplay. While it doesn't offer anything new to the genre, it's still worth every minute of playing time." In another review for GamePro, E. Coli called it "a good game.