


There's a wide variety of powers offered across all classes and they cover everything from different attacks (each one targeted for short, medium, or long range), to defenses, to special moves (such as jumping 30 feet in the air or levitating for 15 seconds), to draining powers, which can sap your enemy of his abilities. It's a nice visual style and coupled with the hundreds of powers you can use (each with an attractive special effect attached), creates what is easily one of the better-looking Xbox titles to date. Even your character - who battles in gritty, realistic environments - looks like an anime character, with slightly oversized hands and an expressive, almost cartoonish face. The story throughout is like an anime waiting to happen. The voiced dialogue (of which there is surprisingly little) and the text dialogue have been translated without any strange malapropisms. Here, your character (whom you can name) runs around talking to different NPCs, following subplots as each character searches for the truth to their past, and engaging in the constant battles on the surface in hopes of researching the strange phenomenon that has overtaken Earth. The story of the single-player Scenario Mode takes place mostly in the underground headquarters of the human resistance group known as the Visions. Phantom Dust's story is pretty much your standard anime plotline, complete with troubled friends, betrayals, and the ability to create large-scale destruction wherever you go. Your goal throughout the story mode (which will take you 8-12 hours to complete, depending on your skill) is to uncover your past (as you and your fellow bunker-mates are amnesiacs) and find a way to return to the surface for good. By harnessing the phantom dust above ground, you can battle using incredible abilities, aiding other humans and taking on droids and other strange creatures in large arena battles. The surface world has been invaded, overtaken by mysterious circumstances, and you are one of many humans living in the underground who've developed amazing powers. Dust Story Set in a science-fantasy world where humans have been forced to live underground due to dangerous levels of mysterious dust on the surface, Phantom Dust offers an anime-style take on the online fighting genre.
