Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (PS1) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Atlus's 2000 musical RPG for the Sony PlayStation, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is a game that has always reminded me of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest on the SNES. It has all of the basic components of a JRPG - turn-based random encounters, an overworld filled with towns and dungeons, and skills that can be learned with level ups, etc. The game play is all very much an «RPG for beginners» experience with its super-low difficulty and short length. Don't let that put you off if you like the game's style and vibe though - it still can be fun if you're in the mood for a game that won't demand too much from you. I bought this one when it first came out. I remember reading about it from a couple of game magazines, and though I remember it sounding super corny, it looked so unique that I had to try it out. The whole game tries to take up the mantle of an old 70s or 80s animated Disney film. You play as Cornet, a girl with a (surprise) cornet. She can talk to puppets, lives in a tiny pastoral village, an focuses entirely on impressing a prince, without whom her life would never be complete nor happy. Yeah, that's the setup. Okay, so she ends up trying to save the prince, but I still actually laugh when the game gives you objectives like, «wear a beautiful dress» for the competition that decides the prince's bride-to-be. It features one of the most blatantly misogynist setups that I can recall from the late 90s. So, besides that, the...