Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires

Spectral Souls II (新紀幻想スペクトラルソウルズII, Shinki Gensou Spectral Souls II) is a tactical role playing game developed by Idea Factory and released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. In 2011, it was ported to the PlayStation Portable as Spectral Souls II: Unlimited Side (新紀幻想 〜SS II アンリミテッドサイド〜) and to mobile devices as Spectral Souls. The PSP port was published both in the U.S. by NIS America and in Europe by Ghostlight under the title Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires.

Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires
Developer(s)Idea Factory
Publisher(s)NIS America
Ghostlight
SeriesSpectral Souls
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
Android
iOS
Windows 8
Windows Phone 8
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • JP: January 27, 2005
PlayStation Portable
  • JP: October 22, 2005
  • NA: September 26, 2006
  • EU: January 26, 2011
Android
  • WW: January 15, 2011
iOS
  • JP: July 11, 2012
  • WW: July 12, 2012
Genre(s)Tactical RPG
Mode(s)Single-player

Development

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The opening song is "Blue Sky", performed by Dogschool. It is now sold in the Apple App store. Later on, this game was ported to Android and iOS devices. The iOS port solves the problem of the extreme long loading time issue from the PSP port. [1]

Reception

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The PSP version was criticized for its long load times. It received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Spectral Souls Info – Spectral Souls Information – Spectral Souls Release Date
  2. ^ "Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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