Well I finally sat down and played the Culdcept Saga and it is every bit as amazing as the last one. While the computer will inevitably cheat its ass off to try and win there are many cards which will force the computer to stop cheating. Amongst the best are the "Holy Word X" cards which force the target to move X spaces and creatures like Kelpie and Old Willow. Those two creatures have the "Quick Sand" effect (if Quick Sand actually made it back) which forces your opponents to stop on your land. The computer seems incapable of accounting for this and will stop on your land every turn. I don't know for sure that Old Willow returned, but I do know that Kelpie did due to the most amazing stroke of luck allowed me to get it after just the first match.
Hmm, I might finally import my first game if I end up really liking Culdcept saga. That seems like one of those games where you don't need to Japanese to play it since the story is beyond worthless.
The story is well beyond worthless but you will want to understand the language the cards are written in. New cards are added and old cards new artwork and new abilities sometimes. Not being able to understand the effects of a card will be a crippling disadvantage that will make it nearly impossible to win games. The PS2 version had horrible translation issues which made it nearly impossible to determine if a given card was great or trash.
