Memoirs of a PAL RPG gamer. (News/releases/etc)

admeister · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:01 pm�� Post subject: .

lol.

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on Dragon Quest 8 at the moment, that and FFXIII.
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EvilHayama · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:35 pm�� Post subject: Re: .

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EvilHayama · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:33 pm�� Post subject:

Dude, i just got home now!

OK, initial initial impressions:
2 DVDs, there's going to be a lotta CG here. Manual is nice, looks like a complex battle system (woo!)
Opening movie: Looks spoilerific, one of those "Cut all the CG together" deals. I looked away.
Opening song: AWFUL! Sounds like Avril Levignenge, who I both hate and can't spell.
There's the traditional grandia theme behind the opening page though.

More later

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EvilHayama · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:05 pm�� Post subject:

After actually playing a dungeon it's pretty cool. There's a lot of cutscenes so far but it's only the start. The battle system is like the earlier grandia games, like a realtime Star-ocean system with turn-based stuff. You can cancel attacks if you use the right attack at the right time (including judging the distance to the enemy) So far it's a little tricky to judge that stuff.

Graphics are good, nice lighting, models and animations (and PS2 jaggies

) So far I've only been forced to listen to the avril impersonator twice, the other music is non-vocal.

Speaking of vocal, there are voices in major cutscenes, so far they don't suck much, so I don't hate any characters yet. The main two are both 16 so they're bound to act stupid later but Miranda is cool (kick-ass MILF XD)

Pespy · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:56 pm�� Post subject:

...Sounding good so far, keep the impressions coming. ^___^
(Damn, I wish I had a modded/NTSC PS2

)

On a side note, I played my friends copy of Evergrace the other day and it was so horrible, it nealy made me cry.

I suppose I could've expected it to not be perfect for being such an early game on the PS2. But still... If you haven't played it, avoid it like the plague! ......imo >_>
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Quin · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:00 pm�� Post subject:

The opening song to Grandia III didn't sound too bad in the JP version. I got TotA and KHII over GIII though, didn't have enough Yen for all three.
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EvilHayama · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:26 pm�� Post subject:

More Grandia3/Radiata Stories impressions:

Up to 5 hours in Grandia now, still impressed. I now have a party of The Boy, The Bimbo, The MILF and The Stud. Some funny scenes and lots of battles happened in the last 2 hours.
Enemies are on the map, you can whack 'em and run past if you like.
Dungeons very linear, most of the interest is in the battles and the shiny graphics really, no real plot yet.
Bimbo and Boy are boring (typical for main characters -_-) but MILF and Stud have some character to them.

Only done a bit of Radiata Stories so far. Story is pretty funny, the main character is called Jack Russel, and acts like one (not boring! He must change later...)
Opening movie and game are more cartoony than G3, but no vocals in the song.
Initial plot stolen straight from Naruto, Jack=naruto, Ridley=Sasuke, Ganz=Kakashi. Speaking of Ridley, they changed her last name to Silverlake from Timberlake, thank god.
There's a whole thing about recruiting arseloads of people, but it doesn't seem to be available yet...
Fights are realtime spazzfests so far, I hope it gets more interesting than that later :-/
Edit: oops, forgot the best bit! You can kick anything. Furniture, chickens, people... Endless fun

That's the basics, should give you an idea of what they're like (at the start anyway)

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Matt · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:42 am�� Post subject:

Was just looking at a release schedule, noticed this little nugget;

April 13: Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King.

RRP is $99.95, but eh, should be able to get it cheaper if you look harder.
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mangaman · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:13 pm�� Post subject:

notice how many decent rpg's come out for gamecube?
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i've counted 2.
not that i've played anything decent lately, mind you. I've been having some good 'ol snes street fighter lately. Just found me old copy of street fighter 2 in the cupboard. Ah, good 'ol fighters.
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Pespy · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:13 pm�� Post subject:

I'd count 3 for Gamecube. Baten Kaitos, Tales of Symphonia and Paper Mario. Then there's your DC port of Skies of Arcadia. But Baten Kaitos II is coming soon and it looks fanastic, to me at least. But I don't count on my Gamecube for RPGs anyway, that is what my trusty PS2 is for.
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Pespy · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:52 pm�� Post subject:

I know there's a boxart thread here, but this is RPG related... So hey, I posted it in both topics. Of course expect an english subtitle "Journey of the Cursed King". >____>

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NismoR34 · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:34 am�� Post subject:

Nice cover. It screams "draw me". Hope we get that cover here so I can draw it.

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EvilHayama · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:53 am�� Post subject:

I just dislike Toriyama art so much, I can't bring myself to play any Dragon Quest.
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Mark · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:59 am�� Post subject:

Charly · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:34 pm�� Post subject:

So Radiata Stories is out? How did I miss that?

Has anyone played Magna Carta? I have seen mixed reviews about it.
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EvilHayama · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:59 pm�� Post subject:

Radiata stories has been out in the US for a while now, nothing PAL yet. I understand Magna Carta has a decent story, a weak system a cool art. I bought the artbook, but I think I'll skip the game ^_^
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Quin · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:07 pm�� Post subject:

I just surpassed 80 hours on Tales of the Abyss, I'll probably start a New Game+ but only after I have enough Grade to purchase more options when starting over.
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Charly · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:55 pm�� Post subject:

Will Tales of the Abyss have a PAL release? I am embarassed to admit that I have never heard of it. I didn't get on the Tales bandwagon until Tales of Symphonia.
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Bitchacho · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:59 pm�� Post subject:

I can't keep up with the Tales series. Can someone explain the games, and a quick impression of each one?

Charly · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:10 pm�� Post subject:

How many are there? Which ones got (or will get) a PAL release?
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Quin · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:22 pm�� Post subject:

Tales of Phantasia - 1994 (SNES), not sure if this one got outside Japan
Tales of Destiny - 1997 (PSX), made it to the US in 1998, no PAL release.
Tales of Phantasia - 1998 (PSX), I don't think this version made it to the US
Tales of Eternia - 2000 (PSX), released in the US in 2001 as Tales of Destiny II. Re-released on PSP in 2005.
Tales of Destiny 2 - 2002 (PS2), Japan only
Tales of Symphonia - 2003 (PS2/GCN), 2004 in US/PAL
Tales of Phantasia - 2003 (GBA), this one made it to the US in early 2006, is being released to PAL regions in April.
Tales of Rebirth - 2004 (PS2), possible US launch, otherwise Japan only.
Tales of Legendia - 2005 (PS2), US launched in 2006. This was released while I was staying in Japan
Tales of the Abyss - 2005 (PS2), US release possible.
Tales of the Tempest - 2006/7 (DS), work in progress.

I think that's it, i've only played two out of that list, Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss, although I have seen the other games in action in one way or another.

I think Namco said at one point that US/PAL audiences were uninterested in the "older" sprite based Tales Of games, preferring to release the 3D games to the US market. Same reason none of the Super Robot Wars games will ever get released outside Japan (All sprite based).
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