Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata is a PlayStation 2 RPG released in 2004 in South Korea by Softmax, and in Japan by Banpresto. It is the sequel to the 2001 CRPG, Magna Carta: The Phantom of Avalanche, and the second installment in the Magna Carta series. Sofdec was also associated with the game's development.

The game was released on November 15, 2005, in North America by Atlus, under the name Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, and in Europe April 7, 2006, simply named Magna Carta.

The game uses a battle system that takes elements from Shadow Hearts and the Star Ocean series. Battle consists of up to 3 characters who may move around the battlefield in real time. The player can only control one character at a time and can only attack when the "leadership meter" (which will not fill as long as a character is moving) fills up to an appropriate amount. When that happens, a character initiates an attack by performing a series of 3 timed button presses (known as the Trinity Ring). If successful, the attack initiates, but if not the leadership meter empties and the player must wait for it to refill.

The game takes place in the land of Efferia, where a seemingly endless war has raged between the continent's two species, humans and Yason, who in appearance are like humans only lighter in skin tone and with different shaped ears. The protagonist of the game, Calintz, is a high-ranking leader of the Tears of Blood, a mercenary squad hired out by the human Alliance to deal with problems they otherwise won't, or can't touch. Since they are not part of the official army they aren't well liked by the Alliance soldiers. The core group also consists of Azel, a youthful sword wielder who looks up to Calintz; Eonis, a powerful mage; and Haren, a martial artist. Save for Azel, they all have a heavy grudge against the Yason for the deaths of friends and family. On the other side is the Blast Worms, Yason elite soldiers. They are led by the Four Warriors, who wield great power and magic.

Alternative Titles

Magna Carta, Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata

Platform

PlayStation 2

Developer(s)

Softmax

Publishers(s)

Banpresto

Genres(s)

RPG

NA Release Date

November 16, 2005

JP Release Date

November 11, 2004

EU Release Date

April 7, 2006

AUS Release Date

April 7, 2006

ESRB Rating

Teen

PEGI Rating

PEGI 12

CERO Rating

CERO A

ACB Rating

PG

MVGL User Score

7.2 by 23 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

-

Composer(s)

Sung-Woon Jang

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63 User(s)

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