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This weeks ZOMG JP magazine NEWSSS (PERSONA 3!!)
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OokieSpookie
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MarkMan said:Hey duckroll what magazine did this info come from?
Thanks btw.
Famitsu
DarknessTear
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Beezy said:Am I the only one happy about Wild Arms 5?
cough cough
Though I am disappointed in the music.
And they better bring back individual tools!
Speaking of WA5, I saw a preview a few weeks ago in Famitsu (I actually bought it for the Lost Odyssey demo) and they showed a giant mech walking around the map with some actions you could pull off with O too. Looked kinda cool, but after 4 WA games... I'm not sure what to think of the series.
DarknessTear
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duckroll said:Speaking of WA5, I saw a preview a few weeks ago in Famitsu (I actually bought it for the Lost Odyssey demo) and they showed a giant mech walking around the map with some actions you could pull off with O too. Looked kinda cool, but after 4 WA games... I'm not sure what to think of the series.
Hmm.. which ones did you hate?
DarknessTear said:
I don't hate WA at all. It's just a totally forgettable mediocre generic first party RPG franchise. Nothing about the games strike me as them trying hard enough for me to give the series another shot. I've played WA1-3 and they all have similar problems. There's cool stuff but it's far and few inbetween, quite a waste really.
DarknessTear
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I like the puzzles, tool system, music, setting. In Wild Arms 1 I loved the whole Western feel until all of a sudden the sky shatters and demons come down and you go to all these neat kinds of ruins. I liked the personalities and dialogue, Zed and Boomerang are the best enemies ever.
Wild Arms 2 had good music and used the Tool system decently again but then there's the poor translation and the introduction of the search system which is something I wish they hadn't made.
Wild Arms 3.. I never completed it, I got to the end and then lost interest after I got lost for like a month at some stupid spot. It did use the tool system properly and everything, and I thought it looked prettier than people were saying.
Wild Arms 4 I didn't really get far in, I need to replay it and give it another chance. I didn't like the fact that there were no individual tools and I don't really like the hex system very much either. And they haven't been giving me much Michiko Naruke lovin' either.
Wild Arms 2 had good music and used the Tool system decently again but then there's the poor translation and the introduction of the search system which is something I wish they hadn't made.
Wild Arms 3.. I never completed it, I got to the end and then lost interest after I got lost for like a month at some stupid spot. It did use the tool system properly and everything, and I thought it looked prettier than people were saying.
Wild Arms 4 I didn't really get far in, I need to replay it and give it another chance. I didn't like the fact that there were no individual tools and I don't really like the hex system very much either. And they haven't been giving me much Michiko Naruke lovin' either.
duckroll said:Too bad it's all blocked by Mr.Vendetta's anti-jeuxfrance rant though.
Yeah, that's unfortunate... but god damn, man, those backgrounds look absolutely wonderful. And much as I dislike the actual artwork, the in-game characters are fantastic. God, I am getting such an enormous vibe of FFT visuals look at this. Holy shit.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Wow, Revenant Wings is sexy.
Aslo, Famitsu either hate a buttload of games or they're trying to screw more advertising bank from those companies.
Aslo, Famitsu either hate a buttload of games or they're trying to screw more advertising bank from those companies.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
Another week, another PS2 announcement that is more interesting to me than any other...
I guess Tekken 5 DR is the(/one of) Namco title announcement for PS3....uh...
FFXIIRW looks Heroes of Mana, at least the combat...so it looks good, I like
I guess Tekken 5 DR is the(/one of) Namco title announcement for PS3....uh...
FFXIIRW looks Heroes of Mana, at least the combat...so it looks good, I like
Jonnyram said:
FYI, whether they take bribes are not is not the issue at hand here. When I lived other in Japan I'd read Dengeki PS each month and the difference between it and Famitsu is that while Famitsu reviewers are brain-dead idiots who put stuff like "umm..I like the color red in the game", Dengeki PS reviewers are intelligent and detail what works and doesn't work in each game and why they chose the scores they did.
While Famitsu is lol, I'd say all the Dengeki reviews I read were just as high quality, in terms of the reviewer being a gamer who knows what the hell he's talking about, as EGM/Gamespot/1UP/Edge/etc... Maybe they have shady relations with publishers, but Dengeki reviewers are harsh when harsh is needed and praise well when games are of high quality. I've probably agreed more with Dengeki scores than any other magazines US or JPN I can think of.
So yeah, it's not so simple as you may think.
No scans yet, but I hear they made a special last minute addition to the reviews, giving it a stunning score of 10/9/9/10 (38/40). The reviewers were especially impressed by the ability to multiple threads in such short time periods, but they complained that during the multiplication the loading on the GAF console was rather slow. :/
OK... I'm just saying because all we know are the scores now, and the Famitsu and Dengeki scores for Wild Arms seem about the same. Famitsu reviews seem to be written pretty simply and I don't agree with some of their scores, but often the Dengeki scores just seem to be a blanket of 75-90 and you can't really tell a great deal about the quality of the game from them. The text is another matter though, I agree.Bebpo said:
Mr_Furious
Member
Tekken 5 DR announced for PS3 = good news
Tekken 5 DR being DL only = bad news
I guess I'm gonna have to pass.
Tekken 5 DR being DL only = bad news
I guess I'm gonna have to pass.
Error2k4 said:
Nah, I think they've decided it's less work to just localize the expansion pack and remove the rest of the game. 30 hours is plenty, you guys shouldn't complain! It's Eternal Punishment all over again! Mwahahahahahaha!
Remember, if I spread a rumor far enough it comes true!
ooohhh, exciting news. I really dig that FF12:RW closely mirrors the style of FFT. If the system is even half as fluid as PS2 FF12, this is a definite get. I was curious to see if they would adopt the FF3 engine for RW, but I am pleased to see that they are going for the ultra-stylized 2-D route. Also, Persona 3 made me say WOW.
WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay I've read the entire preview and the interview with the director and character designer. Here are some details that will better explain what this "Append Disc" really is.
After Persona 3 was completed, the team sat down and thought about what they wanted to do for the fans before they went on to work on their next big project. They decided to study the feedback for SMT3 Maniax as well as what fans were interested in for a "Maniax" version of Persona 3. The result is Persona 3 Fes, with the Fes referring to how the game is pretty much a Fan Festival package targeted to meet the requests of those that enjoyed the game.
The Aegis Chapter takes place after the true ending of Persona 3 itself, and this is where the additional 30 hours of gameplay takes place. This expansion chapter will NOT forward the calendar of the game or work in the same way as the main game itself. Instead it is focused as a story and dungeon chapter with story segments and anime FMVs forward the story between dungeon segments.
As far as the storyline of the chapter goes....
All the other elements of the expansion revealed previously takes place in the main game. I know this is bad news for those that don't want to replay P3 again (Bebpo ;_ but that's how they've decided to do it.
To clarify, this means that upon starting a new game in any difficulty from this expansion, the new elements will be integrated into the game. This means 2 more datable female communities (Aegis and Elizabeth), 23 extra Persona, newly added events for character communities that have been maxed out, weapon synthesis at the equipment store, new things to do at the Shrine and costume changes for the characters.
After Persona 3 was completed, the team sat down and thought about what they wanted to do for the fans before they went on to work on their next big project. They decided to study the feedback for SMT3 Maniax as well as what fans were interested in for a "Maniax" version of Persona 3. The result is Persona 3 Fes, with the Fes referring to how the game is pretty much a Fan Festival package targeted to meet the requests of those that enjoyed the game.
The Aegis Chapter takes place after the true ending of Persona 3 itself, and this is where the additional 30 hours of gameplay takes place. This expansion chapter will NOT forward the calendar of the game or work in the same way as the main game itself. Instead it is focused as a story and dungeon chapter with story segments and anime FMVs forward the story between dungeon segments.
As far as the storyline of the chapter goes....
It will be both a prequel and sequel to P3 in the sense that the focus on one hand is a new enemy that appears after the ending of the main story, but on the other hand to uncover the mystery of the new threat the characters will have to explore their own hidden pasts in previously untold flashback segments that reveal things about the characters not known before.
All the other elements of the expansion revealed previously takes place in the main game. I know this is bad news for those that don't want to replay P3 again (Bebpo ;_
but that's how they've decided to do it. To clarify, this means that upon starting a new game in any difficulty from this expansion, the new elements will be integrated into the game. This means 2 more datable female communities (Aegis and Elizabeth), 23 extra Persona, newly added events for character communities that have been maxed out, weapon synthesis at the equipment store, new things to do at the Shrine and costume changes for the characters.