Siliconera.com has more news about Ar Tonelico 3 - "Gust's next big game is Ar Tonelico III and it's a PlayStation 3 exclusive. The game stars Aoto, a strapping lad who is accompanied by two reyvateils, Saki, a lab born Reyvateil on the run, and Phinnel, a pure blood Reyvateil. These characters live on a third tower known as Sol Cluster. (Thanks for the tip Bradley!!)
Song magic is still a key feature of Ar Tonelico III, but the battle system has been revised. Players can make custom songs with the R.A.H. system and change the background music in real time. Diving into the minds of your party members, an Ar Tonelico hallmark, returns and just like the other games, the feature is used to procure more songs. It also looks like Gust shifted the game's presentation from 2D to 3D."
This series is your standard RPG with strong guys and cute girls, who this time become more powerful the more they strip. The storyline and characters are fine, if not a bit generic and the battle system is actually fun, but not very challenging.
Sounds like a Japanese-ass Japanese RPG to me (as good or bad as it may sound).
If I may... You referenced a few other RPGs in your introduction and, while hardcore JRPG fans may understand what you're trying to say, it can detract from your review. I haven't played Cross Edge, but I have tried Atelier Rorona so I have an idea what you're trying to say.
At the very least, link the reviews to those games you mention so reading can be smoother. And hey, you'll probably get more clicks as well!
I invite constructive criticism. Your comment, however, was just immature and thoughtless. Thank you for that.
Hey Dan,
Sorry I thought I replied earlier but it seems like my post didn't get through. Thank you for the suggestion, I can understand it would have been hard to understand the beginning paragraph so I implemented the changes.
"I invite constructive criticism. Your comment, however, was just immature and thoughtless. Thank you for that. "
wasnt that your comment?
"When I first picked up the Ar tonelico series on the PlayStation 2 on a whim, little did I know exactly what I was getting myself into. Sure, it had moé characters along with the infamous catchline, “you never forget your first” but the series completely flew under my radar. Although Gust’s Atelier series had been out, I was never really into the “girlish” look of the series nor their products. However, after I purchased Ar tonelico I was honestly amazed by the company’s j-rpg title. Not only was it a nice throwback to the Super Nintendo 16-bit era, where character development and storylines superseded graphics, but the music was absolutely gorgeous. Needless to say, I became an instant fan of NIS America and Gust as they began to carry the torch, along with Atlus, as the premiere j-rpg developers."
Look ma, there's underaged girls on my screen and dey be undressing. But see? They're only drawn that way, so I'm not a total creep. And look, the game is pretty good as well.
So, what I'm hearing is that, like the other Ar Tonelico games, this is very, VERY Japanese.
As Japanese as warm sake doused on the head of a young child in a school uniform wrapped in sushi on a bamboo board.
Been waiting along time for this game have the game playing the hell out of the game. Saki does get a little annoying at times specially when she talks in the 3rd person. Too me it feels like the took what was wrong in the second game and fixed it by making the game feel like your playing the first game again. I hope this is not the final installment of the game if it is its a very good trilogy i got to enjoy very much. What NIS and Gust should do is rerelease the first and second game as an HD collection for the PS3 like Sony did with God of War so other people can enjoy the Ar Tonelico franchise and the voice of Akiko Shikata.
Gotta say, I did develop a crush with Soma. That girl be fiiiine. I don't know about HD releases, but if they had a PS2 channel on the PSN like they do with the PSOne game rchives, that'd be enough for me.
I believe you enjoyed that certain Soma uninstall scene, then? Heh.
Also, I like Sakia better, myself.
Honestly, Sakia's the only reason I'm doing Saki's route at this moment.
Starting to regret said choice considering the third reyvateil just joined me, however.
Soma is great I chose Finnels route but I still like installing and cosmosphere diving into Aurica better and Lady Shurelia alot more that Tyria
This game is awesome and ain't a gay FPS. Loving it and when you buy the game it comes with extras. I'm winning more then Charlie Sheen.
I love these games and cant wait to see some gameplay now that they went to 3d.