Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Just plain fun"

For those who didn't even know what the heck is Fullmetal Alchemist won't like it at all, too many cut scenes, never ending talking, and reading, and explaining, and after all that too little of real game - although while you're playing is really cool. But for those who're fans of the anime or manga series, and have seen, or read, in a long time, is cool to play to remember, and feel nostalgic about the story. Is very nice the way they were capable of abstracting the series story just right, and the feeling of the anime too - the serious and fun stuffs. Anime's games often just do the serious part, like in all of the fighting games, but anime and manga is all about laughing too.
Very beautiful graphics and a very well responding game play. Just enough attack's variety - and after you end the game you can unlock other alchemists tricks -, fun and fitting mini-games - not just anything to use the stylus - and a fine sound effects and soundtrack - they used a lot of the anime's musics, which is great.
But is a short game, almost looking like a casual game, but there's too much story things, what makes this not be a casual game. Casual gamers do not like to be reading and waiting for the real fun - PLAY!
Is a cool game to play, I've enjoyed and I will play it again, but is very understandable how could someone do not like Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy.