Yggdra Union

 Game Boy Advance
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
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  1. XandK.
    Nov 30, 2006
    9
    Highly entertaining, amazingly complex and oh-so FUN. If you buy it used or run a ROM, make SURE to get the Instruction book somewhere. The game is very, very complex. But that's where it shines. Battle animations are beautiful, and control over trooops is deeper than most SRPGs.
  2. julianozuca
    Feb 6, 2012
    8
    Yggdra Union is an awesome strategy game, but it is also unapproachable to casual players.

    The Good: Superb graphics and characters design; innovative gameplay system (cards, morale, union/link, offense/defense bar); very-long-lasting adventure The Bad: Complex strategy is not well explained in the tutorials; lack of pattern in the buttons mapping; difficulty crosses the line of    Yggdra Union is an awesome strategy game, but it is also unapproachable to casual players.

    The Good: Superb graphics and characters design; innovative gameplay system (cards, morale, union/link, offense/defense bar); very-long-lasting adventure
    The Bad: Complex strategy is not well explained in the tutorials; lack of pattern in the buttons mapping; difficulty crosses the line of frustration

    When Atlus started developing games for Nintendo in the NES era it was all about traditional genresâ    … Expand
  3. Froozog
    Feb 4, 2020
    10
    A bit complex to pick up but a truly awesome game that is impossible to put down once you get into it.
  4. Yojimbo2015
    May 5, 2023
    6
    Turn-based strategy game with a card game format. The maps are just a set of basic squares and player input seems to have comparatively limited impact on the outcomes of battles which makes it feel like one of those games you watch rather than play. Not terrible, but the Fire Emblem games are much better and neither are a patch on the Advance Wars titles.

Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2006
10
#10 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2006
10
#10 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Eurogamer
    50
    Indeed, if you can get your eyes past the epilepsy-inducing menus, and your head round the aneurism-inducing unions, there is a decent game struggling to break free of its gratuitously obfuscated difficulty curve. [JPN Import]
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  2. GameCritics
    85
    It's no easy feat to invigorate a genre that has remained fairly set in its ways for the last few generations, let alone do it with the imagination and energy present here.
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  3. RPG Fan
    85
    At this point, I don't think it's reasonable to recommend playing this particular version of the game, unless you absolutely loathe voice acting (and/or refined graphics, and/or the PSP as a platform).
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