Tales of Vesperia

Sephiroth_dude · 24-06-2009 8:58pm #1

Anybody getting this friday?Its look cool.

joe123 · 24-06-2009 9:06pm

Downloaded the demo and hadnt a clue what I was at so gave up on it. Liked the look of it though reminded me of Final fantasy 9.

Thinking of picking up Lost Oddyssey instead on the cheap.

jomz27 · 25-06-2009 12:01am

yea i played the demo aswell all i can say it's ok it's very kiddish game i prefer playing star ocean the last hope though...

Atavan-Halen · 25-06-2009 10:25am

I probably won't get it on fri, but I definitely will at some stage. It's about time we got this game.

Gran Hermano · 25-06-2009 10:55am

£35.94 on Gameplay.co.uk including postage

Vyse · 25-06-2009 1:30pm

At this stage I'm thinking of getting the PS3 version with the additional content. This game came out almost a year ago in the US. Shouldn't have to wait so long for it on this side of the pond.

GothPunk · 25-06-2009 1:50pm

Vyse wrote: »

At this stage I'm thinking of getting the PS3 version with the additional content. This game came out almost a year ago in the US. Shouldn't have to wait so long for it on this side of the pond.

Same here, I mean I still haven't even started Lost Odyssey properly (which btw joe123 I got new in Xtravision for €10!). I'll probably be able to pick up Star Ocean 4 from a bargain bin to tide me over until Tales of Vesperia comes out. Assuming of course a PS3 port of Star Ocean 4 doesn't get announced in the mean time.

fitz0 · 25-06-2009 1:58pm

I like the look of it but I'm after my second playthrough of SOTLH and I don't think I could go for another rpg just yet. Maybe Ill pick it up in a month or two.

Retr0gamer · 25-06-2009 2:20pm

Vyse wrote: »

At this stage I'm thinking of getting the PS3 version with the additional content. This game came out almost a year ago in the US. Shouldn't have to wait so long for it on this side of the pond.

You sure it will be out? Namco can be a bit funny. They had a port of tales of symphonia out in japan for the PS2 that they never localised.

Podge2k7 · 25-06-2009 2:23pm

Not my type of game so i will be giving it a miss.

Gran Hermano · 25-06-2009 2:40pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You sure it will be out? Namco can be a bit funny. They had a port of tales of symphonia out in japan for the PS2 that they never localised.

My copy shipped yesterday from gameplay uk.

Retr0gamer · 25-06-2009 2:42pm

Podge2k7 wrote:

Not my type of game so i will be giving it a miss.

To be honest it's not really a JRPG. The game has no random battles and all the battles play like streets of rage and nothing like a normal JRPG. There's levelling up and the stories are usually good fun saturday morning cartoon fare. Worth giving the demo a go anyway. All I know is that Tales of Symphonia was one of the best games I've ever played.

Gran Hermano wrote:

My copy shipped yesterday from gameplay uk.

I meant the PS3 version.

Sephiroth_dude · 25-06-2009 9:55pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Tales of Symphonia was one of the best games I've ever played.

Same here loved that game,Is the battle system in vesperis similiar to symphonia then?

Molly · 26-06-2009 1:02pm

Vesperias battle system is a bit different. There is more to it and it's harder to get used to. It is more enjoyable once you are used to it. There are random battles in Vesperia.

Sephiroth_dude · 26-06-2009 2:58pm

anybody get it?I mite get it tomorrow.

rejkin · 26-06-2009 4:30pm

friend got it in dublin city centre,only place that had it was gamestop and they only had one copy of it :eek:

OctavarIan · 26-06-2009 11:13pm

rejkin wrote: »

friend got it in dublin city centre,only place that had it was gamestop and they only had one copy of it :eek:

Weird, I checked around at about midday-ish and everywhere had plenty of copies. Cheapest was €50 in Gamestop though. €60 in the GAME I checked and €53 in HMV.

Battle system does take some getting used to if you haven't played any of the versions since Tales of Symphonia! Seems slightly slower and more calculated.

rejkin · 26-06-2009 11:20pm

he prob just went in before they started stocking them on the shelves. yeah i tried out the demo and its a lot like star ocean and eternal sonatas style of fighting. nothing like the turn based fighting of other rpg's

Sephiroth_dude · 28-06-2009 4:57pm

Well I got it yesterday,Have'nt had a chance to play it yet will report back when I've had a bash off it

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Cold|Fusion · 29-06-2009 12:20am

pretty decent game, it does remind you of Final Fantasy as someone said already, the battle system is nice once you get used to it. I really dont like the way you gotta hold LS down then press A to fire the mad stuff (forget what it's called). Hell I still need to get back to SO4, Lost Od and Blue Dragon, not enough time.

Anyway, on first impressions, I think that anyone who liked the cartoonish style FF's will love this game once they have the battle system sussed.

C|F

Burning Eclipse · 29-06-2009 9:44am

I'm gonna hold off on this one for a while, reason is 2-fold. Firstly, I've a stupid amount of unfinished games left to play. Second, I've bought a few of the JRPGs new, just had to have them at release! But they always drop in price faster than your average game, so I'm gonna hold it out.

Zeouterlimits · 30-06-2009 4:40pm

Really liking it so far, just "picked up" Karol.
Story is progressing a little slowly, but I can deal with that for now.

Retr0gamer · 30-06-2009 4:54pm

The storylines usually aren't anything special, it's mostly the combat you play for. They are all usually very long games.

Sephiroth_dude · 30-06-2009 9:29pm

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

Really liking it so far, just "picked up" Karol.
Story is progressing a little slowly, but I can deal with that for now.

Same here,Im a bit ahead of you,just gone to a certain mages house.I would'nt mind playing some of the other tales games,too bad most of them dont get released over here.

Retr0gamer · 30-06-2009 11:01pm

Tales of Eternia got a PSP release and is excellent. Avoid the GBA port of Tales of Phantasia though and get the emulated and translated version. It's a real shame a lot of them never even make it to america let alone Europe.

Shryke · 01-07-2009 8:38pm

I'd have this already only I'm so broke. I'm just about affording food until friday. I had a quick look around Galway today and didn't see any copies, though I only looked in Smyths and Xtravision. Anyone know are they around town? Ideas on price?

Sephiroth_dude · 02-07-2009 12:05am

you'd be better of looking in game or gamestop,I payed 59 for my one in game.

quarryman · 15-07-2009 6:07pm

anyone selling their copy of Tales of Vesperia? Seems to be a tricky one to track down and i don't really want to shell out €60 for it!

Gran Hermano · 15-07-2009 6:18pm

quarryman wrote: »

anyone selling their copy of Tales of Vesperia? Seems to be a tricky one to track down and i don't really want to shell out 60 for it!

Check the link I posted in an earlier post above, 40 euro delivered from UK.

quarryman · 15-07-2009 8:39pm

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Check the link I posted in an earlier post above, 40 euro delivered from UK.

thanks, but looks like its sold out

Shryke · 15-07-2009 9:04pm

I picked it up in Gamestop for 50..

Headshot · 15-07-2009 9:43pm

might pick up this games

love my RPG

my sig ftw

Knasher · 16-07-2009 9:03am

I'm playing it at the moment, about 40 hours in. Its pretty fun overall, though it obviously does suck up alot of your time. No real grind in the game, thankfully, apart from one boss relatively near the start.
Only other gripe is that it doesn't have the Japanese audio track, but the voice acting is reasonably okay (unlike star ocean) so I can live with it.

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