Sōkaigi

Sōkaigi
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Developer(s)	Yuke's
Publisher(s)	Square
Artist(s)	Natsuki Sumeragi (character design)
Composer(s)	Hiroki Kikuta
Platforms	PlayStation, PlayStation Network
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	Action role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Sōkaigi (双界儀, lit. Twin Dimensions) is an action role-playing game developed by Yuke's and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Sony PlayStation video game console. It was released in 1998 in Japan, but was not released in other territories.

This game features character designs by manga-artist Natsuki Sumeragi and a musical score by Hiroki Kikuta.

Story

Sōkaigi takes place in December 1998. An explosion on Mount Fuji, as well as in other areas of Japan, has killed 14 percent of the nation's population. The explosions have caused several fireballs to unite into a gigantic pillar of fire 150 kilometers in height and 10 kilometers in width. Stone pillars known as "Gallan" have also appeared throughout Japan, and ghostly demigods known as "Yorigami" have taken claim to the now ruined country.

The day of the explosions, a high school student in Noborito named Mizuho Mikanagi, along with four of her friends, takes on the task of saving Japan.

Gameplay

Sōkaigi plays from a third-person perspective with a camera that stays behind you. X performs attacks, and may be held to use green orbs to perform more powerful ones. Square uses a dash, which can be used in the air or attacked from Triangle makes your character jump Circle allows your character to use cards to cast magic spells. Double tapping Left, right, or back you will perform a short jump.

Using all these skills you need to destroy all the Red crystals while not being killed by the various monsters that will try to kill you

Cast

Character	Voice Actor (Japanese)
Mizuho Mikanagi	Kotomi Kyono
Naoya Mabui	Kōichi Tōchika
Hifumi Sudou	Yuri Amano
Azusa Kotohira	Ikue Ohtani
Daiki Yashima	Akio Ōtsuka
Yato Saegami	Takehito Koyasu
Kaname Gabu	Kōichi Yamadera
Kahaku	Michio Hazama
Yanron	Ken'yū Horiuchi
Infu	Shinobu Adachi
Princess Nami	Hiroko Kasahara
Sae Tateshina	Yō Inoue
Minami	Mayumi Tanaka
Shuuzou Azuma	Takkou Ishimori
Hisagi Shiosato	Junko Takeuchi
Kongou	Kōji Takahashi
Yorigami	Yūji Mitsuya

Music

The soundtrack for Sōkaigi was composed by Hiroki Kikuta, best known for his work in other games such as Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3. The score uses a mix of progressive rock and ethnic sounds. It was recorded using only live instruments. It contains two vocal tracks, "Quake" and "Lovely Strains", the latter sang by Japanese actress Kotomi Kyono. The track "Angel's Fear Again" may be a reference to another of Kikuta's pieces from Secret of Mana called "Angel's Fear".

Soukaigi Original Soundtrack tracklist
Disc 1 (50:57) "Ancient Power" - 4:02 "Angel's Fear Again" - 1:00 "Quake" - 2:52 "Fire Wire" - 2:52 "Strange Promise" - 2:48 "New Day" - 2:52 "Absolute Lady" - 2:45 "Riot Emotion" - 3:12 "Sign" - 2:59 "Frequency" - 2:37 "Labyrinth" - 2:35 "Broken Memory" - 4:11 "Energy" - 3:16 "Die On Destiny" - 2:38 "Regret" - 3:07 "Lovely Strains" - 5:25 "Silence" - 1:37

Reception

GameSpot gave Sōkaigi a 5.6 out of 10 ("mediocre"), complimenting its character designs and framerate, but criticizing its graphics, sound effects, and lengthy cut scenes.