Help finding name of PS action game?

Sorry for the upcoming vague description, but it is the best i could remember.The game starts with some teenage boy who is at his village and he gets attacked by a group of guys who works for the main villain of the game. A companion comes along and assists the boy and teaches him about his destiny or some wierd stuff like that. The boy then proceeds on an adventure to beat this guy, the last fight takes places with the villain in what i believe is a cathedral or castle.The mechanics of the game were you were placed in a 3d area with bounds so you can't get away. You fought opponents with punches and kicks and also magic attacks like shooting a giant beam of energy from your hands. You also had the ability to fly. The game was pretty story based, as in between fights you learned new information and where to go and such.Any help would be greatly appreciated. I remember renting this game from around 98 or so.Help finding name of PS action game?
lol this is bugging me now because I can't remember the name of it either. But if it helps, I remember it. Help finding name of PS action game?
I'll just guess the Tales game (I don't remember, I'm guessing ''of Destiny''), mainly because it sounds like a JRPG, the battle system fits, and none of that is anything like Star Ocean, the next best thing that comes to mind.
I have 80 PS games and I don't recognize this one, hmm. All I can suggest is Heart of Darkness, it's the closest I can think of even though it's 2D and you have a gun.
Punches and kicks makes me think of Legend of Legaia for ps1. Your village gets attacked at the beginning also but by monsters. You get these aliens on your wrists that let you absorb magic out of enemy monsters and then you are able to cast that type of magic (beams maybe?). Each character had Action Points and during your turn you created your own attack out of those action points like weak weak weak or weak strong or medium medium....I hated LoL2 but it might have been that one. I dont remember anything about it but it may have used the punch/kick system too??I guess this wasnt an rpg was it? Hmm I wasnt that into action games... cant think of any game like that....
Well, no one here was correct, but after a while of looking through a list of PS games and checking out the screenshots, i found it! The game was called Destrega, and there a clips of it on youtube if anyone is interested. i thank you all for the effort.
A happy ending then. So it was a fighting game... I thought when you said 3D and you fight people, it was something like Super Mario 64 or a 3D action game like Urban Chaos for the PS. Oh well at least you found the name. If you like really old games you should check out these 2 videos of a game called ''out of this world'' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGn4FwZfWnU%26feature=related The music is good.
Destrega was pretty cool. its played almost EXACTLY like the mech fighting mini-game in XenoGEAR.
[QUOTE=''_AbBaNdOn'']the mech fighting mini-game in XenoGEAR.[/QUOTE]

*flees in terror*
Hey at the time and in a RPG??? That mini-game was pretty dope. Better than making chobo's hump until you get the right color so you can run around a one way track =P
[QUOTE=''_AbBaNdOn'']Hey at the time and in a RPG??? That mini-game was pretty dope. Better than making chobo's hump until you get the right color so you can run around a one way track =P[/QUOTE]

Well, I have many fond memories of Xenogears (I loved it actually, one of the few jrpgs I'd replay today), but I also remember endless waves of pain from the punishing difficulty level. The fighting minigame made no exception. *flees*