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martineatworld · 26-04-2014 12:12pm

megaten wrote: »

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/04/26/sony-registers-dark-chronicles-trademark-after-years-of-limbo/
I really hope this means something

I'd say it's just a Psn release as opposed to a new game. Both games were great, got stuck on a part in dark chronicle for ages though and never went back.

Sephiroth_dude · 27-04-2014 10:50pm

Dungeons in conception are getting tedious, theirs not a large variety of monsters either.

Sephiroth_dude · 28-04-2014 12:29am

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/04/27/atlus-teasing-persona-announcement-for-may-2.aspx

Xenji · 28-04-2014 12:32am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Dungeons are in conception are getting tedious, theirs not a large variety of monsters either.

I am losing interest in the game, really think Demon Gaze is gonna end up the same way, the ridiculous difficulty level and bland dungeons do nothing to hold my attention.

Sephiroth_dude · 29-04-2014 5:44pm

Anyone play shining force or grandia 3 and grandia xtreme on the ps2?

Retr0gamer · 29-04-2014 6:52pm

The shining games after the awesome Megadrive and Saturn games are a load of balls.

I've not played Grandia 3 but heard it's good even if the story and writing are dreadful.

Grandia Xtreme is a weird game. It's more a grandia dungeon crawler than anything. It's all about the combat system than story. Thankfully the Grandia combat system is one of the best ever but it can be exhausting to play. I never did finish it. Also the voice editing is woeful, they cut in long pauses after every line which sounds terrible. If you have Mark Hamill leading up your cast it should not sound bad!

Sephiroth_dude · 30-04-2014 9:56pm

Was hoping they might be on the American store but there not

Retr0gamer · 05-05-2014 3:06pm

Here's a good overview of what went wrong with final fantasy and where the series now stands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_uiFP1uleE

Sephiroth_dude · 05-05-2014 3:40pm

FF 15 has been in development for 8 years? ****

Retr0gamer · 05-05-2014 4:33pm

Well since it was announced, could have been in development even longer. It's why there's been no KH3 since that dev team is working on ff15. It's pretty much in duke nukes forever territory now.

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 8:48am

Atelier Rorona is coming to vita in English. I should have waited to play it on that.

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2014 10:56am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well since it was announced, could have been in development even longer. It's why there's been no KH3 since that dev team is working on ff15. It's pretty much in duke nukes forever territory now.

Ohhhhhh dear.........

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Atelier Rorona is coming to vita in English. I should have waited to play it on that.

Was gonna say its on the store already but that's atelier totori,I see ragnorok odyssey ace is up on the store too,didn't think that was coming over here at all.

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 11:44am

Yeah it's weird since Meruru (I think) and Totori are on the store but the first game in the trilogy isn't. I didn't expect it to come over because of it.

megaten · 06-05-2014 12:10pm

They skipped Rorona initially because the models are significantly worse than the later games. They redid the models for the new release and added the battle system from meruru. I'm 20 hours into the original so I'm not sure if I want to go back to the beginning but on the other hand its been a year since I last played it and I don't play console games anymore so I might have a better chance at beating it on the vita.

Xenji · 06-05-2014 1:42pm

SMT: Nocturne should be up on the US PSN when it updates today.

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2014 2:01pm

Xenji wrote: »

SMT: Nocturne should be up on the US PSN when it updates today.

I saw that on someones top 10 rpgs for the ps2,never played an smt game before though.

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 2:41pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I saw that on someones top 10 rpgs for the ps2,never played an smt game before though.

The guys at HG101 think it's far and away the best RPG on the PS2. Most people that know RPGs tend to agree. I played about 8 hours of it and absolutely loved it, really must finish it sometime. Work got in the way and I've not been able to play my home consoles as much.

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2014 2:49pm

Another series for me to look into so

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 2:56pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Another series for me to look into so

Hold on, you say you've never played a SMT game. Christ you need to sort that out! Persona 3 and 4 would be the best places to start, SMT Nocturne is a lot tougher (**** you Matador!).

Xenji · 06-05-2014 3:22pm

I still have a PS2 copy of Nocturne and gonna get it tonight when it comes up for download, I loved the game for its dark weird story and addictive gameplay that was actually challenging, would be great to see Digital Devil Saga released as well.

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2014 4:14pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hold on, you say you've never played a SMT game. Christ you need to sort that out! Persona 3 and 4 would be the best places to start, SMT Nocturne is a lot tougher (**** you Matador!).

I have 3 and 4 in a big stock pile waiting to be played.I think i'll get persona 1 and 2 as well and play them in order.

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 4:17pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I have 3 and 4 in a big stock pile waiting to be played.I think i'll get persona 1 and 2 as well and play them in order.

You need to prioritise Persona 3 and 4. Just start with 3 and 4 they are very different games and there's little to no connection with previous games in the series. Persona 1 was never really that great and has aged badly. Persona 2 is good (there's two parts to that game) but really P3 and P4 are what you should be playing.

ghostchant · 06-05-2014 4:34pm

Definitely start with P3 and P4. I will say that I really enjoyed Persona 1 (the PSP port), but it's a completely different beast to the later games, and certainly not without its flaws.

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2014 4:36pm

I Should really finish off dues stella.

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 4:37pm

Persona 1 is a hard game to get into because of the slow battle system. I much prefer the battle system of SMT 1 and 2. There's some enjoyment to be had but you have to work for it.

The worst thing about the PSP remake is they changed the soundtrack and it's no where near as good as the originals.

Love the old soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn8v6u8EnwI

jaffusmax · 06-05-2014 4:40pm

Ive been glued to No ni Kuni for days. I cant believe how many great jrpg's i missed over the years. It would be perfect on the vita.

Can ye recommend any others that i wont feel like i have wasted my time playing

Retr0gamer · 06-05-2014 4:42pm

... I would be hard pushed to call Ni No Kuni a great RPG.

We've been singing the praises of Shin Megami Tensei and it's Persona spin-off series. I'd check those games out, they are far better than Ni No Kuni.

On PS3 I've a soft spot for the Atelier games. They're light hearted, fun and have loads of charm and character.

Also if you've not tried Valkyria Chronicles you need to play it asap.

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2014 4:44pm

jaffusmax wrote: »

Ive been glued to No ni Kuni for days. I cant believe how many great jrpg's i missed over the years. It would be perfect on the vita.

Can ye recommend any others that i wont feel like i have wasted my time playing

You'll like child of light so if you haven't played it yet.

jaffusmax · 06-05-2014 4:46pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

... I would be hard pushed to call Ni No Kuni a great RPG.

We've been singing the praises of Shin Megami Tensei and it's Persona spin-off series. I'd check those games out, they are far better than Ni No Kuni.

On PS3 I've a soft spot for the Atelier games. They're light hearted, fun and have loads of charm and character.

Also if you've not tried Valkyria Chronicles you need to play it asap.

I completed persona 4 golden. Valkyria chronicles will be my next stop. Before persona the last jrpg i played was ffvii. I gave them up after putting 99hrs into it and my memory card got wiped. Cloud storage has made me venture back in :-D

Sephiroth_dude · 07-05-2014 12:06pm

Dunno if anyone's interested but transistor is out in 2 weeks for ps4,its an action RPG.

Xenji · 08-05-2014 2:55pm

Atelier Rorona Plus is coming to PS3 and PS Vita on June 20, 2014 (EU), June 24, 2014 (US) Physical on PS3, Digital only for Vita.

My poor wallet has been taking a pounding recently, but this is a must get on the Vita.

Sephiroth_dude · 08-05-2014 2:56pm

Nice!!!!!!!!!!

imitation · 08-05-2014 5:08pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

FF 15 has been in development for 8 years? ****

I somehow get feeling xv ii & iii are on the flipcharts at square enix, gotta pay 8 years wages sonewhere. I wonder how incoherent the plots for those will be..

Retr0gamer · 08-05-2014 5:45pm

imitation wrote: »

I somehow get feeling xv ii & iii are on the flipcharts at square enix, gotta pay 8 years wages sonewhere. I wonder how incoherent the plots for those will be..

FF15 is being written by Nomura. No matter how long it's in development the plot will be incoherent tripe.

RobbingBandit · 08-05-2014 5:49pm

Would imagine everyone probably already bought Final Fantasy X/X2 HD for PS3, if not Argos have it for €30. In stock in most stores too, only ones and twos though.

http://www.checkargos.com/StockCheckPage.php?productId=2132048

Kiith · 09-05-2014 12:42pm

So, The Last Story or Xenoblade? I got the Dolphin emulator working properly, and want to get stuck into one of these. I played a fair bit of Xenoblade when it was initially released, but only got around 50% through it.

Retr0gamer · 09-05-2014 12:48pm

Last Story is short but sweet with lots of innovation.

Xenoblade is an incredible game but will take you 100 hours just to get through the main quest.

Really you can't go wrong with either.

Sephiroth_dude · 09-05-2014 1:17pm

Kiith wrote: »

So, The Last Story or Xenoblade? I got the Dolphin emulator working properly, and want to get stuck into one of these. I played a fair bit of Xenoblade when it was initially released, but only got around 50% through it.

Ahhhhhhh Xenoblade..........amazing game,I stopped playing after I got stuck on some bastard of a dragon boss....must play it again actually.

megaten · 11-05-2014 12:30pm

La Purcelle tactics ragnarok, the psp port of Disgaea's predecessor has gotten a fan translation with all the bonus content translated. I must give it a go if I can find my old psp.

Retr0gamer · 11-05-2014 12:45pm

I tried playing the ps2 version, didn't gat far. I adored the characters but the combat just grated on me. I'd say it works a lot better as a portable title.

Retr0gamer · 12-05-2014 1:24pm

Looks like FF15 will be MIA from E3 this year. Can anyone say Vapourware?

Kiith · 12-05-2014 1:42pm

The amount of side quests in Xenoblade is ****in ridiculous. I think i'll just have to start ignoring them completely, at least for a while.

Retr0gamer · 12-05-2014 2:01pm

Kiith wrote: »

The amount of side quests in Xenoblade is ****in ridiculous. I think i'll just have to start ignoring them completely, at least for a while.

Take them all on. There's no real limit to how many you can take and since you don't have to return to the quest giver you'll end up completing them by just exploring. They are far and away the best way of leveling up as well as finding landmarks. If you don't take quests on you'll end up underlevelled for bosses. Just take as many as you can on and go exploring. You'll have completed loads before you know it and you'll be at a level to take on the bosses.

Kiith · 12-05-2014 3:00pm

I do tend to pick them all up, and there are a lot of them completed as soon as i pick them up. They do seem to be never ending though. I tend to just go after the named mobs, and kill stuff along the way. So far so good though, and haven't really had any trouble with the bosses yet.

The music in the game is also fantastic.

Retr0gamer · 12-05-2014 3:07pm

I tend to just take on as many quests as I can then explore the area completely and do a few of them. I know some people that didn't and ran into a wall with being underlevelled for a boss.

At least it's relatively quick to level up in the game by doing some quests. It's the kind of game where a level or two makes a huge difference in battles. If you are 3-5 levels lower than an enemy you can find yourself doing little to no damage but within 3-0 levels you can take them on easily.

Sephiroth_dude · 17-05-2014 7:46pm

Playing a lot of Ragnarok Odyssey ACE,on chapter 3 now.

Sephiroth_dude · 17-05-2014 7:51pm

Sounds interesting,was just looking at it on vgp last night

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/natural_doctrine/b/playstation4/archive/2014/05/17/nis-america-39-s-new-gen-strategy-rpg-gets-a-trailer.aspx

Xenji · 17-05-2014 8:12pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Sounds interesting,was just looking at it on vgp last night

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/natural_doctrine/b/playstation4/archive/2014/05/17/nis-america-39-s-new-gen-strategy-rpg-gets-a-trailer.aspx

Hopefully they have worked out the bugs in the game which are pretty widespread in the JP release, they seem to solve one issue and create 10 more with the patches, it had a game breaking bug at launch and then when they fixed that the game would crash before every battle.

Xenji · 19-05-2014 3:58pm

Not quite a typical JRPG, but is anyone picking up Drakengard 3, it will be out here on Wednesday for digital download, have it ordered from VGP.

Also did anyone ever play Nier, picked it up for a fiver and I know it has got very mixed reactions from players.

Sephiroth_dude · 19-05-2014 8:02pm

Drakengard looks interesting,the same people who did nier did that too?

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