Well SMT has gotten popular as of late thanks to the Persona games. GameSpot has always seem to like the SMT series though. As for the others listed, they're new IPs.
@firelogic, I'm amazed they gave it a 7.25 after saying that.
"How often arent jrpg jrpgs taxed of being generic in their plot and other crap ?"
Because they are? I'm a big JRPG fan, but I have to admit at lot of JRPGs' plot have been done to death.
Lost Odyssey - main character has amnesia. Haven't seen that before /s.
Cross Edge - Waking up in an unknown world. Has been done since Ys II.
WKC - Rescue the princess story. Sound familiar?
I've been playing JRPGs for years, but the...
It is for a magazine, and the game doesn't take 500 hours to complete.
Demon's Souls isn't like your traditional JRPG. I think that's why it got amazing scores; it tried something new.
Persona 4, Devil Survivor, Valkyria Chronicles (not sure if you count this as a JRPG), Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story, The World Ends With You and others have gotten great reviews.
Maybe I should Gamefly it first.
So I take it they'll be putting BC back? I already own the games; not looking forward to buying them again.
It's a well known fact that Teletext is biased against PS3.
Hope the HR demo arrives on the US store. If not, European PSN account for the win. Haven't used it since the Valkyria Chronicles demo.
LOL yeah. My first day on WKC will be spent on creating my avatar and making sure I like it. I'm going to create a female avatar. Everything is funner as a chick.
"For those of you who are going to be investing significant time in your characters, there will be an option to remake them without having to start the game over by purchasing a special key through the PlayStation Store for only $4.99. This will allow you to redesign your avatar at any point and keep all that hard work you’ve put in intact. This feature will go live this Thursday on the PlayStation Store."
I said it many times: the story in WKC is awful.
Agreed. The single player is awful; here's hoping the online is good.
Very generous score.
Looks better than the single player. The story is awful.
Despicable...that's all I can say. Pathetic that they're using nudity to sell the game, but of course HR's gameplay won't sell software. It's dull like pancakes without syrup, so I suppose this is the way to go to sell the game.
Thank you Square-Enix for selling me the game ;-)
Online looks like a blast.
There's no way anyone can defend this game. 4 years of waiting, and we get an extremely linear game with no towns. They also promised us a complete game with no DLCs. BULLSH1T!! The DLCs better be free.
Star Ocean 4 has towns and the maps aren't a piece of string, same goes for Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, WKC; you can explore the whole wasteland in Fallout 3 and the galaxy in Mass Effect 2, etc.
Final Fantasy XIII will be a USED purchase but a rental first :)
Will hit the nail on the head. I would be ecstatic to get a C- on my intermediate accounting course.
After all the years of waiting, this is turning out to be a disappointment. I'm renting it instead; I'm a bit iffy on some stuff I've been reading. $60 isn't exactly pocket change.