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[Sammy Samusu]

http://exstetra.furyu.jp/

When will Tales serve this kind of realness?

Exstetra was just released in Japan, it's a turn based JRPG for 3DS and Vita, developed by Furyu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exstetra

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqBwH0la4vo

They have also developed Unchained Blades, available digitally for 3DS and PSP thanks to Xseed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unchained_Blades

Now will Xseed ever localize this great looking game? I mean they are currently wasting time with shit like Valhalla Knights, who asked for that? Exstetra looks so much better.

Anyway, post and let us know how you feel about this game. If you have more info, feel free to share too, I admit I don't know much about it.

 

[Stuart444]

I've been tempted to get it off the JPN store. So not exactly excited but it has been on my radar at least.

 

[Anonymous Tipster]

The highs and lows of that op are staggering.

 

[weemadarthur]

I can't get excited unless it somehow is translated to English.

Maybe I should finish playing Chulip.

 

[Tex117]

The highs and lows of that op are staggering.

Thought the same thing.

 

[kunonabi]

I was but now I'm not so sure.

 

[ohlawd]

I like the girl with the drill hair.

 

[Salsa]

those are some generic anime looking dudes

 

[dakkumauji]

I was having lots of enjoyment from seeing RyougaSaotome's impression on Twitter last night for sure.

 

[Ken]

is this the one where you have to kiss people to get powers or something

 

[Dead Prince]

those are some generic anime looking dudes

but not generic anime kissing!

 

[PaulExcellent]

I like the girl with the drill hair.

It should be pink hair.

 

[twentytwo22]

Looking like a good candidate for kusoge of the year.

 

[PsionBolt]

Generic animu...
Magical girls!
Kisses...?

I don't know what to think.
I'm always up for another good 3DS JRPG, but this one seems kinda shaky.

 

[Nev]

The three girls have the same face. Same happens between the two guys.

You better hope it's not representative of the effort put into the rest of the game.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

I was having lots of enjoyment from seeing RyougaSaotome's impression on Twitter last night for sure.

the massive drag happening on his timeline

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/RyougaSaotome/view/16184356

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

You will not destroy my thread like that.

 

[Stuart444]

So having looked at the pics/comments RyougaSaotome posted on twitter (had to look when I saw it mentioned above), my first thought was "is it as bad as Tokitowa?"

 

[Zephyx]

Hoping for an English locallization.

 

[Shahed]

Too much kissing for my liking.

 

[Ennoia]

LOL, this game is about kissing every character, including male and female.
There's even some trophy (vita) for kiss each one 50 times.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

That specific anime style or that particular artist has waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much influence nowadays.

 

[Byronic Hero]

It looks decent, if buy it if it were localized.

 

[Ashodin]

holy shit, this will be DedicationThroughLight's favorite game

 

[Tohsaka]

I would be if I thought it had any chance at all of being localized.

 

[IvorB]

Hello!

 

[Zafir]

That is one interesting premise....

I would be if I thought it had any chance at all of being localized.

Prettty much.

 

[DangerMouse]

Hopefully it gets localized.

 

[hongcha]

Early impressions say it is a very good old school JRPG, with challenging, strategic battles. Here's a nice thorough review scoring it 8/10.

You can kiss girls or boys, but rest assured you can turn off kissing animations if you do not want to see one or the other gender getting kissed.

Music is by Yoko Shimomura, one of my favourite video game composers.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Okay I want this game now, reaally hoping that it get localized.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

How is it compared to Arc Rise Fantasia?

 

[NoirVisage]

It's stuff like this that makes the west think that Japan is devoid of creativity as far as character designs.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Looks like pandering shit.

 

[perorist]

It's stuff like this that makes the west think that Japan is devoid of creativity as far as character designs.

Blame Tony Taka, all his characters have the same face

 

[Canis lupus]

In September 2013, Xseed Games commented that the game was an unlikely candidate to be translated into English.[10]

nop

 

[ohlawd]

It should be pink hair.

Only if she's kinda chubby and hyper.

Music is by Yoko Shimomura, one of my favourite video game composers.

WHAT.

SOMEONE LOCALIZE THIS.

RIGHT NOW.

edit: okay Xseed's not doing it. Who else can?

 

[AtomskEater]

Boys kissing boys, oh yeah.
It's not really on my radar now, but I'd buy a copy if it got localized.

 

[Zephyx]

Early impressions say it is a very good old school JRPG, with challenging, strategic battles. Here's a nice thorough review scoring it 8/10.

You can kiss girls or boys, but rest assured you can turn off kissing animations if you do not want to see one or the other gender getting kissed.

Music is by Yoko Shimomura, one of my favourite video game composers.

Kissing or establishing relationships with boys would be really really awkward for me if the protagonist is male. At least let us pick the gender of the main character (ala P3P).

 

[Shouta]

DTL the game?


Looks like they took the game engine used for the PSP Shining games for this and got Tony Taka as a side effect.

 

[Stuart444]

I wouldn't be surprised if NISA picked it up myself.

 

[randomkid]

So, an RPG version of Chulip with garbage art?

 

[dakkumauji]

edit: okay Xseed's not doing it. Who else can?

Aksys is a possibility but I rather have them localize more otome VNs.

There's also NISA, but I assume they have their hands full with the Neptunia Vita games and Danganronpa. They better focus on Danganronpa.

 

[hongcha]

Kissing or establishing relationships with boys would be really really awkward for me if the protagonist is male. At least let us pick the gender of the main character (ala P3P).

I agree.

From what I have read, you have to kiss each member once when they join your party, then you kiss them if/when you do a special move with them in battle. If you just focus on one character and ignore the others, the others become jealous and look/act sad. Not sure if it has any impact on how they perform in battle (though I would assume it does).

I have also read that the whole kissing thing is very tongue-in-cheek (no pun intended), rather than romantic, so it's more of a goofy/silly thing.

 

[Zephyx]

Aksys is a possibility but I rather have them localize more otome VNs.

There's also NISA, but I assume they have their hands full with the Neptunia Vita games and Danganronpa. They better focus on Danganronpa.

I think this has no possibility to be localized. It would get a lot of flak here just like what happened with Dragon's Crown.

EDIT: It's also too niche.

Spoiler

But I'm hoping though...

 

[flatearthpandas]

Wasn't a big fan of Unchained Blades and have quit a backlog brewing.

Would probably grab a physical day one and a digital sometime, depending on impressions

 

[Puru]

Might be interesting but definitly not fond of the art style. Typicaly the kind of game i'd only give a try at a huge discount though (if i still remember it exists).

 

[Black Door]

I like the character designs (except for not-Mami on the left there,) but could do without the otakubait "snog for powerup" angle

 

[Takao]

No, and that's some extreme same face in that group shot.

 

[dragonlife]

Will buy just for male-on-male kissing power-ups.

 

[Aeana]

Ryouga said it reminded him of Tokitowa. I'm scared.

 

[2+2=5]

No, stupid premise and bad graphics, shining games for psp looked better imo.