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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses | 
 enlarge | From: Konami
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: $2.82
New (5) Used (37) from $2.82
Rating:  159 reviews
Sales Rank: 4384
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: strategy_games;action_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: r083717200437
UPC: 083717200437
EAN: 0083717200437
ASIN: B00006F2ZT
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Gameplay is based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. | | • | Two completely unique stories to choose from. | | • | Includes 3 Exclusive Limited Edition Trading Card Game cards. | | • | Card Movement Battle System enhances the strategy. | | • | Features characters based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series. |
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Product Description
The first Yu-Gi-Oh! game to emerge on a next-generation videogame console, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses, traces the lineage of Yugi and Kaiba - as the two duelists clash yet again. Battling each other, as well as characters from the hit animated TV series, players will attack with a powerful deck, ferocious monsters and mystical traps. The new Card Movement Battle System ensures that you will have to think strategically in order to become the supreme Duelist, while 680 beautifully 3D rendered
Amazon.com
Like the Pokemon games, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses is essentially a computerized trading-card game. Unlike Pokemon, however, Duelists of the Roses is distinguished by a peculiar historical-fiction context and a startlingly steep learning curve. Yu-Gi-Oh newbies be forewarned: This game is better suited for die-hard fans. Not only does the story of Duelists of the Roses stray from the Egyptian setting of the cartoon show, it strays into a fictional history of the War of the Roses, a 15th-century civil war for the English throne. In this version of events, the war was fought with cards, not swords and bows, and series-protagonist Yugi is actually Henry VII. There are lots more real and adapted history in the game, but it's really just stage dressing for a series of card battles. Players can choose to fight for the side of Yugi and the house of Lancaster or for the Rival house of York. Either choice leads to different opponents and cut-scenes along the way. The gameplay itself falls between the simplicity of rock-paper-scissors and the complexity of chess. Players blindly deal monsters off a deck against what your opponent pulls, and the stronger monster wins the hand--and the winning opponent gets the balance of points between the winning and losing cards from the losing player. When a combatant's life points are gone, the game is over. Duelists of the Roses introduces a leader card to the game, which players use to store their life points and to earn special abilities. Also new is a terrain map that will influence the power of the cards being drawn. For example, pulling a water monster near the ocean will pack more power than a fire monster. What makes the game so hard is that the computer opponent is an ultimate master of the game's many arcane rules and the in-game tutorial is a little rushed. The game is forgiving to losers; one needs simply to try the battle again and hope for better luck. The graphics and sound are a little disappointing, but it is the first time we've seen these card monsters in 3-D. --Porter B. Hall
Amazon.com Product Description
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses features all of your favorite characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! animated TV series. The new card-movement battle system encourages strategic gameplay, while 680 beautifully rendered 3-D monsters keep the onscreen action exciting and engaging. The game includes three exclusive trading cards.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 154 more reviews...
 Not what most people are expecting May 20, 2008
Cynthia Wakefield (Somerville, MA)
First of all, ignore the backstory. This game could very easily have been set at any point in history; aside from inspiring the classical background music, the setting has as much influence on gameplay as in any Yu-Gi-Oh game: nil.
Duelists of the Roses is a cross between Duel Monsters, Dungeon Dice Monsters and shogi (not chess). Duels are fought on a 7x7 board; you have a Deck Leader that represents your encampment, and from there summon monsters from your hand to the board to fight for you. Monsters move around in different ways and the boards and comprised of varied (and mutable) terrain, so there is a great deal of maneuvering to lure your opponents onto ground that will favor you.
Aside from the fusion mechanic, which combines specific weak monsters to make stronger ones and requires experimentation and taking notes, the game is remarkably simple and -- provided you have the manual or the strategy guide -- easy to learn. (Do NOT attempt to play it without either. The in-game tutorial is terrible.)
Overall the game is fun, although very hard at first ... for the most part I see this as being a two-player game, with the NPC opponents as a means of training. (Once you have a decent deck you can stomp the AI in any match.) I'd recommend it more to wargamers and strategy gamers than Yu-Gi-Oh fans, though. Really, it's far more fun against an opponent who can actually think, and I don't believe there is any online play function.
...Well it deserves some recognition April 20, 2008
OMNIGOSS (UK)
Before you say anything I am not a Yu-Gi-Oh card freak (sorry fan) and my younger brother bought this for one of my birthdays.
This game does have some historical content (war of the roses) and tries very hard to make you think that you have free will by letting you choose at the beginning whether you can be good or evil (With Kaiba or Yugi.)
That aside though, the rules are different to regular duelling. It involves a grid of sqaures where each card is moved like a piece on a chess board and you have to defend your king known as the leader of your deck. I'm used to complex rules in games and once you get to grips with the rules this can be quite a strategic game with advantages being affected by the terrain, monster affects and trap cards.
Yu-Gi-Oh nuts will love this...if you're not though you'll get bored in the end. But then again isn't that the case with everything?
 rose duelist November 19, 2007
Teng Xu
its pretty good if you cheat in it according to my son. he looked passwords but he still thinks its hard!!! he also says it takes forever for him to rank up!!! the enemy has extremely good deck leader abilities lke lp recovery. Its only fun if you are very experianced (and cheat alot). Always rent this first
ps if you want the best deck type in for the name jeff, you get kaiser dragon 2100 atak as strongest with sky dragon 1900 attack
 listen people heres some tips from a pro at the game April 14, 2007
Kyle Mckinney
alright people heres how it is this game ..........rules espically if you pick the white rose thats where the best beat is and its actually easier to win from seriously..........also if you wanna get a really good deck heres how you do it its truely based off of your name.....so fiddle around till you find a deck master who calls to you anyways if you pick the red rose side believe me its like fighting in titan mode of god of war........which is rather difficult.......anyways this game is total stratgy and look some tips cheat alil its okay seriously you can beat the game the straight way but if you wanna do that i'd say pick the white rose side ........its way easier because all the enemies are weak compared to the white roses side.....anyways it'll allow you to prepare for the final bout being as its possible to obtain the blues white dragon card and replicas of it.....another thing is you gotta build your deck right and heres how just get a bunch of strong cards cuz this is totally different from the actually game though be advised to have a couple of magic cards with some good abilities .......the only bad part is in the begining the game totally crushes you if you pick the red rose side and i know i've said this like 5 times but thats really the only way to really lose anyways the red rose side sucks cuz of the beat they give you its really lame seriously but i enjoy the white roses one plus who wants to help people who can't help themselves?.........really though just look online for the card codes and you'll really be able to enjoy the game cuz it actually takes awhile to build a really powerful deck........
jeff review October 9, 2006
Adam Townsend (sullivan MO)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this game was very fun and very uniqe in short its a must buy
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