***Official Thread -- Resonance Of Fate PS3/360***

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UK Release Date 26/3/2010

Havent done one of these in a while and this looks a bit different from the norm

If you fancy your JRPGs more fruity than vanilla (FFXIII ;) )...... Guns over swords n sorcery... towns over uhhh long corridors? :D
then this JRPG may be more up your street....

WIKI - OFFICIAL WEBSITE - HD TRAILER



Story
In the distant future, Earth has undergone a drastic change in the environment. For reasons unknown, poisonous layers of gasses permeated the land, which resulted in near extinction for mankind due to humanity's inability to adapt to the new changes. The remaining humans built a gigantic device called Basel, an environment purifier buried deep in the ground, which cleanses the air in the surrounding land and hopefully the rest of Earth as well. Civilization began to reform around Basel itself, building a city around the tower. The upper classes live in luxurious apartments at the top of Basel while the lower classes reside among the many districts built around the base and stem of the tower. For countless years, all is well, until one day the purifier inside Basel begins to malfunction.
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Theres also a demo on the japanese PSN if anyone has tried it?

The battle system looks immense! A wee bit like Star Ocean but better and sorta turn based as well. Certainly looks interesting! I reckon i'll probably get this over FFXIII tbh.

Gametrailers video preview

Eurogamer review

snippet from the review

At times you'll have no doubts that this is the best JRPG of the generation, a fast-paced, interesting and creative detour from a stagnant mainstream. At other moments, usually when facing the tenth Game Over screen during a difficult boss battle, you'll wonder whether the game suffers from poor balance, born from its developer's stubborn insistence on novelty for the sake of it.
Either way, by the end of the adventure you'll be certain that Resonance of Fate's approach is a one-time affair, unlikely to inspire any copycats. Its ideas are simply too leftfield, and too fully realised to be closely imitated.
Nevertheless, this is a hugely interesting game, as fascinating as it is frequently frustrating, as engaging as it is eccentric and, for those who are hooked by its quirky charms, it will provide one of the most inspired approaches to the JRPG seen in a decade.
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Btw the official sega website for this is pretty impressive imo - tons of info on it

Cheapest place to pre-order ive seen is £32.85 :)
 
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Gametrailers review is up, 8/10. Seems this game is getting 8/10 almost across the board so far, if you put weight into reviews.

I really like the look of this. RoF has had very little hype at all, and it looks like this is going to be a bit of a gem. The difficulty might frustrate me a bit but the battle system looks fantastic, as does the art direction. I really like the gritty look of the world its set in.

Definitely going to pick this up next week :)
 
Just seen a few videos on Youtube for this and it looks great. Especially a certain 'boob' scene :D .

Definitely getting this it looks pretty good, although the title has changed. This was called End of Eternity for the Japan release, which confused me a little as I could'nt find it anywhere to buy it.
 
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Wasnt available at my local rental place - anyone else played it? Reviews around the 70 - 80 on avg. Bit reluctant to pay out £30+ atm as i just bought Assassins creed 2.
 
yeah saw that was a bit surprising... but that is a bit subjective imo. Think its similar stlye to other tri-ace games (ie piecemeal story) Its a slow-burner anyway from what i hear :D
 
I've been interested in this game ever since it was announced but unfortunately for now I just do no have the time, but will pick it up later, and hopefully it would be cheaper by then.

I tried the demo from the Japanese PSN when that was out and got silghtly lost in the way the combat works as it really is difficult, but nevertheless it is great and quite different from traditional JRPGs.

No surprise that it feels like Star Ocean: The Last Hope as it is made by the same people, so the graphics and everything look a little simliar. Shame the English voice acting from what I seen in the gameplay trailers is just as bad though. All the acrobatic moves is similiar to the Blindside techniques in Star Ocean, only in this game they are obviously more insane and part of the combat.
 
Definitely hitting this up when it drops in price a bit.

I'm not sure if it's true but I heard somewhere the game contains the Japanese dub. Not sure if it's true though
 
I've just started chapter 3 and im 8 hours in lol. I heard there's 16 chapters although I've done quite a bit of grinding and trying to figure out the combat system. The first 2 chapters I struggled like hell because I kept going into condition critical. I didnt realise that when you used those jumping moves it took away one of the crystals/bezel things and when they run out you go into condition critical. :(

Soon realised that the best and easiest way to win battles is to stay well away from melee enemies and lure enemies while behind a wall and then try and take them down one by one. Also use normal attack as much as possible using scratch damage first then use pistols to kill enemies easily.

I haven't got a clue what's going on in the story yet, just aload of random cut scenes at the moment, Hopefully it all comes together later on in the game.

I can't seem to find any grenades which is bugging me aswell.
 
you can only upgrade guns as far as im aware. You can change scopes,clip size and add loads of other addons to guns to make them shoot faster, be more powerful etc. Unfortunately there isnt any armor upgrades, but there is a whole heap of characters customisations. You can change their hair colour, eye colour (contact lenses) and pretty much any other piece of clothing.

Leveling is different to most other games aswell. Each character has a level for pistols/machine guns and grenades and they're overall level is an average of the 3 I think. When you get to certain levels you get skills depending on what level each of your weapons are.
 
I got my hands on this for just a hair over £21. The battle system is just sublime, at its base it's utterly simple, but there's many subtle complexities underneath. The characters are a bit naff so far and the storyline is very basic but so far i'd rate this as an excellent JRPG for the battle system alone.
 
^old thread bumpage :)

Been playing this game for a few days now, and after an extremely frustrating start (first couple chapters or so) I've really got the hang of it it seems :) 5 chapters in, good battle system, a lot of depth to the game as well. This is probably one of my favourite (j)rpg's this generation with Valkyria Chronicles but not for the easily frustrated though :)
 
Can someone teach me how not to suck on level 6? (some woman gave me a rose thing to take there) - I'm getting my ass handed to me bigtime by some fat gangster types, a drum carrier thing and something wearing an oil drum.
 
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