By far the most surprising game at Sony's San Diego press event this week was the RPG Folklore. Previously known as Monster Kingdom: Unknown Realm, and bizarrely titled Folks Soul in Japan (thank-freaking-goodness they changed the name for the U.S.), it's a pleasant surprise from the folks who brought us Genji.
Garnett somewhat famously referred to Folklore as "the best looking RPG you've never heard of" at the Tokyo Game Show last year, and was absolutely correct in his assertion then and still is today. Folklore yet again came out of nowhere -- and yet again wowed everyone with its stunning visuals. Mixing color-rich high-def environments with characters featuring an almost Tim Burton quality to them, Folklore has a brilliant visual style. At times, its dreamy colorful world reminded me of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams.
Nine Over Ten investigate the reason behind cheap Korean editions of games for consoles such as the Sony PS3 and Xbox 360. The reasons can be summed up in two words, history and Starcraft.
you can get some really cheap games. i just bout the orage box (i know its old) for $16 and its US compatible in english. i also noticed they had FN4 for fo dollars and the new price of persia for 16 dollars. you guys shuould really check it out. ive had no problems so far.
PS-this isnt me advertising its like a review
Yoshiki Okamoto is a luminary of the Japanese gaming industry. He got his start in the '80s at Konami, producing arcade classics Gyruss and Time Pilot, before moving to Capcom to work on such hits as 1942, Street Fighter II and Resident Evil.
In 2004, Okamoto left Capcom and founded his own development studio, Game Republic, which has since produced a number of games, principally on behalf of Sony -- the Genji series for PS2 and PS3, Brave Story: New Traveler for PSP and Folklore for PS3 comprising the lion's share of the company's output.
Now, as the company moves forward into the mature next-gen market with a contract with Brash Entertainment on a Hollywood movie licensed title, Okamoto discusses his dissatisfaction with Game Republic's output up till now.
Sony Japan is set to continue a PlayStation tradition with the PlayStation 3: an official budget lineup. A Japanese online retailer has posted listings for the first set of PS3 titles to fall under the new "PlayStation 3 the Best" lineup.
According to the retailer, PS3 owners in Japan will soon be able to pick up PlayStation 3 the Best versions of Resistance, FolksSoul, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Gundam: Target in Sight, and Ridge Racer 7 for 3,800 yen ($35 USD) each. All five will arrive on 3/19.
This is great news... hopefully, this means the U.S. will get it's own greatest hits line-up soon!
35 bucks is 18 quids here. very cheap.
I hope they call it platinum. That is a cool name.
I think that Folksoul, Ridge Racers, Gundam, and Ninja Gaiden will sell a lot more now. I really don't know about Resistance.
I wonder how long before they're released in other countries (U.S. namely) $35 is not bad, it aint no $20 greatest hits but its better than selling a year old game for $60.
I hope they expand the list of games too, so far Ninja Gaidan is the only one im interested in since Resistance 2 might be out by the time this hits U.S. retailers.
I'd exepct the announcement for greatest hits in the U.s sometime in April after the start of the new fiscal year thats how they always do it..... Expect some more psp greatest hits and playstation cards to drop around th esame time too E3 is just to far off.
looks f-ing sick my god another sony game thats just looks fantastic...........
Me liky..
Looking good. Jeeze I didn't know they made that GENJI game, looks like they are learning how to make Much Better games. I wonder what this game is about, as far as the Story. Japanese Folklore is my guess..
Seems like these guys love to make titles involving japanese culture, nevertheless looks Great. Taking advantage of the Sixaxis, hopefully it works. I know this is SONY's day, well I'll keep an eye out for this one.
thx Deep.
personally i don't like RPGs but that looked very cool...
*thumbs up*
Sony is doing a timberlake.
Bringin' the sexy back.