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Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir

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Curse of the Crimson Elixir is a 2004 PlayStation 2 action role playing game from Racjin and Square Enix. Edward and Alphonse investigate a string of disappearances tied to a former alchemist bent on reviving his dead lover through forbidden science.

Genre: Action role-playing
Platform: PlayStation 2
Developer: Racjin
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Year: 2004
Japan Release Date: 2004-09-22
North America Release Date: 2005-07-12
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Gameplay

The game plays as a single player action RPG, sharper in presentation than its predecessor Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel. Every line of dialogue carries full voice acting, and combat pairs Edward's melee alchemy with support from Alphonse as the brothers fight their way through Amestris.
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Story

Edward and Alphonse look into monster sightings and vanishing townspeople and trace the trouble to Jack Crowley, a disgraced alchemist trying to bring his late partner Elma back to life by fusing her remains into a golem. Their pursuit of Crowley becomes a meditation on grief and the cost of chasing forbidden alchemy, echoing the manga's own warnings about human transmutation.
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Reception

Square Enix published Curse of the Crimson Elixir in Japan on September 22, 2004, and in North America on July 12, 2005, where it shipped with a bonus DVD containing two episodes of the anime's second season. Reviews landed in the middle of the pack, with Metacritic and GameRankings both averaging 67 percent; GameSpot scored it 7.3 out of 10, and critics generally called the improvements over the first PS2 game incremental rather than dramatic. It sold roughly 160,000 copies in Japan within a year of release.
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