Help me identify this old Playstation Role Playing Game

Question

I remember playing this game back around 2000 or 2001. It was an RPG game. It had amazing computer generated cut scenes for it's time. It was turn based. You has your characters normal attacks, some sort of magic form, and items that you could use. Each character had different normal attacks that required timing a button press to continue the attack. If you got every button press timed properly you would complete the attack and do more damage. I think there were some button mashing moments with attacks or items too. I don't remember much about the story, but I think it was like other RPGs. Save the world, save the girl, live happily ever after. Oh an like I said in the title, I am pretty sure it was on the original Playstation.

Answer

I believe the game you are looking for is The Legend of Dragoon. It was on the original Playstation and was released in North America on June 11, 2000.

The combat system you are refering to would be the Addition system. There would be a square in the center of the screen and a box that would close in around that center square. You would press the X key when the box hit the center square. If you did this successfully for each part of the attack you would finish the attack and your character would call out the name of the attack. The longer additions (more button presses) had a chance to be "countered" by your enemies which made a sound and made the screen turn red. You would then need to press the O key when the box hit the center square.

I think the magic forms you are refering to are the games Dragoon Spirit forms. You would transform into a Dragoon, each with their own element (fire, water, shadow, etc). You could do a sort of melee attack that needed button presses based on a rotating circle continuing on the Addition style system. You also had different magic spells unique to each form that did single target damage, aoe damage, or in some cases healed your party.

There are also items that you can hit the X button as fast as you can to increase the multiplier damage from the item.

The protagonist in the game is Dart, and yes it is similar to what you said... Dart's childhood friend Shana is taken and he sets out to rescue her. This of course leads him further into the struggle to save the world from the God of Destruction.

If you couldn't tell from my answer... I freakin' love this game! Now I must go play it again for the 100th time!

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