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[john tv]

Oh, what a coincidence! Four-page fold-out Last Remnant poster/advertisement right in the middle of the magazine!

 

[BlazingDarkness]

anything else in this weeks famitsu?

 

[Monocle]

bingo ... 6/10 sounds bout right for Lost Odyssey too

:lol Not even close. A Thousand Years of Dreams alone moves it up to at least an 8.0.

 

[AgentOtaku]

:lol Not even close. A Thousand Years of Dreams alone moves it up to at least an 8.0.

cmon guy ...did you play past the 2nd disc? Yes, Thousand Years of Dreams is rather good ...but the game isn't called "Thousand Years of Dreams," nor do you only read said game

 

[Aaron]

:lol Not even close. A Thousand Years of Dreams alone moves it up to at least an 8.0.

Not enough to offset A Thousand Boring Battles.

 

[commissar]

Mini impressions:
I can guarantee this game is no bolt of lightning in a genre I admittedly dislike.
What it is however, is a well polished game with some genuinely interesting aspects to the battle system (for a game about menus).

What I would legitimately nail it for, would be having similar quests (find someone's son, and investigate missing girls) set in the exact same area, fighting the same monsters along the same path, to get to the same final area, to trigger a a cutscene preluding a battle, to teleport back to town.
Where you pick another quest which takes you to another area: where you've already been along that same path, fighting the same monsters, to get another 6 lines of new cutscene, before teleporting back to town to do it all again.
Perhaps the sidequests truly become amazing towards the end of the game, but such a revelation would surprise me.

If you enjoy jrpgs, I do think it's worth the money, as it does what it does well, repetitive early dungeons aside.

 

[Acosta]

Oh, what a coincidence! Four-page fold-out Last Remnant poster/advertisement right in the middle of the magazine!

:lol

Did they start the walkthrough?

In any case, the game looks... original at least, which is not a bad thing. I must say I'm curious about it.

 

[Psychotext]

Guess I'll wait for the PS3 version.

You want even more slowdown?

 

[painey]

I was curiously excited for this game, but then I played Infinite Undiscovery and all hope for this game was lost. I hope theres a demo.

 

[pswii60]

Oh, what a coincidence! Four-page fold-out Last Remnant poster/advertisement right in the middle of the magazine!

Let's hope the FFXIII review issue doesn't contain a poster or advert or I'll be revisiting this thread!

Spoiler

I'll admit that this game does look pretty shit though.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

You want even more slowdown?

And exclusive content.

 

[_Xenon_]

And exclusive content.

PS3 version has exclusive DLC? Never heard of it.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

PS3 version has exclusive DLC? Never heard of it.

Well apparently Sony demands exclusive content if a game is timed exclusive on another platform, look at bioshock, look at eternal sonata, look at lost planet...

 

[Paracelsus]

Well apparently Sony demands exclusive content if a game is timed exclusive on another platform, look at bioshock, look at eternal sonata, look at lost planet...

Well, the developers said the delay is due to (problems with the Unreal Engine). Having exclusive content on the PS3 version would mean this isn't the case.

 

[duckroll]

Well apparently Sony demands exclusive content if a game is timed exclusive on another platform, look at bioshock, look at eternal sonata, look at lost planet...

Okay, I'm looking at Lost Planet.... what am I looking for? :lol

 

[Brakara]

cmon guy ...did you play past the 2nd disc?

I thought the third disc was awesome, and easily the best of the four. I would rank them like this: 3 >>> 1 > 4 > 2.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Mini impressions:
I can guarantee this game is no bolt of lightning in a genre I admittedly dislike.
What it is however, is a well polished game with some genuinely interesting aspects to the battle system (for a game about menus).

What I would legitimately nail it for, would be having similar quests (find someone's son, and investigate missing girls) set in the exact same area, fighting the same monsters along the same path, to get to the same final area, to trigger a a cutscene preluding a battle, to teleport back to town.
Where you pick another quest which takes you to another area: where you've already been along that same path, fighting the same monsters, to get another 6 lines of new cutscene, before teleporting back to town to do it all again.
Perhaps the sidequests truly become amazing towards the end of the game, but such a revelation would surprise me.

If you enjoy jrpgs, I do think it's worth the money, as it does what it does well, repetitive early dungeons aside.

Thanks alot for the impressions friend!

I guess I only have one concern at this point and that if the techinical issues IE: slowdown/pop-in, are as bad as we've seen in media released thus far? ....also, are you playing it off a disc or NXE? (if you can say)

 

[PSGames]

Metacritic has a Last Remnant review from OXM listed.




Edit: They gave Infinite Undiscovery an 8/10 and Lost Odyssey a 7.5/10.

They obviously can't be trusted putting IU over LO is crazy talk.

 

[AgentOtaku]

They obviously can't be trusted putting IU over LO is crazy talk.

I'll actually agree with this a little....I couldn't even finish IU

 

[eXistor]

They obviously can't be trusted putting IU over LO is crazy talk.

I think LO is the better game, but I had way more fun with IU and played it lots more in spite of its flaws.

Anyway, realy surprised to see such an extreme score, I was always intrigued by the game, but the movies put me off. I might have to rethink this...if the other scores are 7.5+.

 

[AgentOtaku]

I'm thinking of preordering cause it is ONLY $39.99 ...if stateside reviews come out and they aren't so kind, I can always just cancel anyway

EDIT: said fuck it and preordered

 

[Lé Blade Runner]

Well, I am going to buy this regardless of the reviews - Infinite Undiscovery has been the only genuine disappointment regarding jrpg's this gen. I absolutely loved Lost Odyssey, too.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I'm thinking of preordering cause it is ONLY $39.99 ...if stateside reviews come out and they aren't so kind, I can always just cancel anyway

EDIT: said fuck it and preordered

The price of 39.99 is too hard to resist!

 

[batbeg]

I would like to see it for slightly cheaper somewhere here in the UK, but if it doesn't get to a certain price, I'll just be buying it in-store day one. Sooo close to it now

 

[Amir0x]

:FamitsuDirgeOfCerberus7777.gif:

 

[Hunahan]

Awesome. Really looking forward to playing it.

Hopefully it lives up to the promise.

 

[glaurung]

Pre-ordered from HMV since the local retards are not even going to sell it here.

I actually remember seeing this listed as 360/PS3 simultaneous release, but now the PS3 versions have all disappeared. What happened?

 

[AgentOtaku]

Pre-ordered from HMV since the local retards are not even going to sell it here.

I actually remember seeing this listed as 360/PS3 simultaneous release, but now the PS3 versions have all disappeared. What happened?

Xbox360 timed exclusive ...PS3 and PC versions drop sometime next year

 

[glaurung]

Xbox360 timed exclusive ...PS3 and PC versions drop sometime next year

I actually googled this and the developers blame the PS3-UE3 middleware toolset.

This makes me a very sad panda, my 360 is incredibly loud, it is the old model and I doubt I would shell out the money to buy a new unit once this one - inevitably - dies.

 

[gkryhewy]

Looking forward to this now. I can also give it to my JRPG-loving father as an xmas gift without hesitation

The mix of large-scale and small-scale battles sounds intriguing.

 

[neojubei]

- There's slowdown and stuff when there are tons of characters on screen.

- Last Remnant is a refreshing and original RPG in the vein of the Romancing SaGa series.


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I'll wait for the PS3 version and if that version does not improve the slowdown then I'll just pass on the game.

 

[Lebron]

Cool, hopefully I'll be able to enjoy this along with ToV over the holidays.

 

[Blimblim]

I'll wait for the PS3 version and if that version does not improve the slowdown then I'll just pass on the game.

You are hoping that a UE3 game, in the hands of Japanese developers of all things, will run better on the PS3 than the 360? Well, miracles do happen I guess.

 

[Lebron]

You are hoping that a UE3 game, in the hands of Japanese developers of all things, will run better on the PS3 than the 360? Well, miracles do happen I guess.

:lol

Btw, does anyone know who the composer is?

 

[WrikaWrek]

I'll wait for the PS3 version and if that version does not improve the slowdown then I'll just pass on the game.

You'll wait? As if you had a choice.

 

[Aeana]

:lol

Btw, does anyone know who the composer is?

Tsuyoshi Sekito.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

You'll wait? As if you had a choice.

I'll wait. Too many games too so it really doesn't bother me.

 

[WrikaWrek]

I'll wait. Too many games too so it really doesn't bother me.

I'll wait for a drop in price, after Infinite Undiscovery i'm a bit on the fence regarding JRPGs.

 

[eznark]

I'm gonna pick this up on the PC. It's kind of a relief to have it pushed off a bit with the rest of the games piling up.

 

[Error]

I'll wait for a drop in price, after Infinite Undiscovery i'm a bit on the fence regarding JRPGs.

One shit game is enough for you to dismiss an entire genre (that has tons of sub-genres, too)? I really don't understand.

 

[Lebron]

Tsuyoshi Sekito.

Ah, thanks a lot.

 

[AgentOtaku]

I actually googled this and the developers blame the PS3-UE3 middleware toolset.

This makes me a very sad panda, my 360 is incredibly loud, it is the old model and I doubt I would shell out the money to buy a new unit once this one - inevitably - dies.

Install to HDD? ...that's the SOLE reason I'm keeping my 360 and still playing it ...that and my son loves PGR4

 

[neojubei]

You'll wait? As if you had a choice.

oh its wrikawrek...

You are hoping that a UE3 game, in the hands of Japanese developers of all things, will run better on the PS3 than the 360? Well, miracles do happen I guess.

You never know. most likely if it is buggy then I won't buy the game at all. After LO I do not want to pay full retail price on a RPG if it isn't up to snuff.

 

[WrikaWrek]

One shit game is enough for you to dismiss an entire genre (that has tons of sub-genres, too)? I really don't understand.

Well, i didn't finish Lost Odyssey, didn't like Sonata from what i played, didn't like Blue Dragon, i didn't finish FFXII either because it was long as fuck.

So i'm kinda looking at a streak of "unfinished JRPGs", and considering the latest i've played have been mediocre, i'm a bit wary of asking for more at full price.

Waiting for a price drop isn't dismissing anyway, it just means i'm cautious about it. But sure, if impressions on GAF and some reviews recommend this game, maybe i'll give it a shot at full price.

oh its wrikawrek...

...stating the truth as always. Don't hate because i don't bs around.

 

[neojubei]

...stating the truth as always. Don't hate because i don't bs around.

Everything you say is bs. Time to put you on ignore.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Everything you say is bs. Time to put you on ignore.

:_(

Another good poster puts me on ignore. I have to change my ways.

 

[Psychotext]

Everything you say is bs. Time to put you on ignore.

Is what he said bs though? If you don't have a 360 so you'll be waiting whether you like it or not. Seems a fairly reasonable thing to post.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Neojubei accusing somebody else of spouting nothing but BS is pretty laughable I must say.

OXM complains there's too much grinding btw.

 

[PhatSaqs]

A good Famitsu review is like having the ugly girl tell you you're cute.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Neojubei accusing somebody else of spouting nothing but BS is pretty laughable I must say.

OXM complains there's too much grinding btw.

One of the things that JRPgs really need to fix.