Let's list all the Good J-RPGs from this Gen

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haha

xenoblade on the wii
 
I've got both 360 + PS3 so which is the better console to get Tales of Vesperia on? If I remember correctly didn't it come out on 360 first and then PS3 about a year later with extra content?

Nevermind it looks as though the PS3 was only released in Japan so 360 it is then.
 
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Just bought Lost Odyssey, Enchanted Arms and Infinate Undiscovery all pre-owned. Plenty of hours of game play for only £19 :D
 
This thread reminded me I still need to play Nier, and give The Last Remnant another go (on PC this time).

My three favourites on console this gen have been Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata and FFXIII!
Currently a few hours into Xenoblade chronicles on Wii but not feeling it yet. :(
Had a lot of fun on DS with remakes:- The Dragon Quests (iv, v, vi) and Chrono Trigger.:D
 
The Last Remnant on PC is such an improvement over the 360 version, though being an Unreal Engine 3 game, it still has some small annoyances i.e. texture load and popup between loading etc. But otherwise, it runs very smooth and fast. Some harder battles too since some enemies and bosses have larger HP.

Apart from FFXIV, I wonder if we will see any other major JRPG from Square-Enix for the PC. Would have been great if FFXIII was given the treatment, hell I would have loved to see FFXII.
 
Demoniser said:
Tales of Vesperia - Awesome game, with quite an engaging story tbh. One of the nicer looking jrpg's of this generation tbh, with some fantastic cell shading effects. Great gameplay and it lasts a good long while as well.

Eternal Sonata - A different approach, as you're essentially playing as the composer Chopin as he dreams on his deathbed. Some really, really nice artistic visuals. The gameplay is fun, but it does get a bit repetitive after a while. Definitely worth picking up though.
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These two and Lost Oddysey. I haven't played Xenoblade yet, but thats the only biggy bar FFXIII I haven't. Eternal Sonata was utterly charming and the story took more interesting turns towards the end. As a music guy, I also loved how reverential the title was about the music and everything else. Not the best JRPG ever, but certainly a game with merit, and a lot of love poured into it. Very nice looking for it's release date on the 360 too from memory.

Tales of Vesperia is probably my favourite JRPG this gen; to add to what Demoniser said, the characters weren't the standard cliches, especially Yuri as the protagonist, the skit interactions were sometimes rather funny, and had far more sarcasm, humour, innuendo etc than we usually get, the voice acting was good, and also the final villain was actually understandable. You weren't facing someone who wanted to end the world because he could or for the sake of evil, you were against someone who was fighting for a cause, a cause that had perhaps become slightly twisted or had shifted away from the greater good as he'd persued it, but a cause nonetheless. In other JRPGs you could have been easily rooting for him as the protagonist.

The realtime battles with emphasis on move chains, combos, finishers and the like also made a more interesting change from the usually more static JRPG combat styles.

As an example of why I liked the series, heres some of the skits on youtube I linked in another thread
(To avoid spamming the thread)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4RPIFf4RY&feature=related
Even funnier when you realise the main guy's name IS Yuri and then Raven comes out and says that :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilGzGFiD3mM&feature=related

I'm pretty sure there's even jokey conversation skits if you decide to do stupid things like eat really hot food to restore health in the desert, or eat really cold food in the ice areas. :D

Edit: Lol'ed at this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PaXlDjy5U&feature=related
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Honestly, I think the poor sales of Tales of Vesperia have far more to do with how HARD it was to get a copy; even the online shops were selling out and not getting more for long periods of time [I heard only 10k copies were produced for Europe full stop]. It was a really good game for people who like this sort of title.

I was gutted we didn't get the extended PS3 version TBH, I would have bought it again, and am looking forward to Tales of the Abyss on the 3DS; and perhaps Xillia/Graces if we get them. Although ToSymphonia is perhaps more highly rated, I enjoyed Vesperia more!


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I had completely missed Magna Carta 2. If it's getting some recommendations I'll see if I can get hold of it after payday.
 
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Slightly OT but I have to mention a PS2 game, Persona 4. Released in March 2009 over here I think and is being released with extra content and better visuals on the PS Vita next year (Persona 4: The Golden). I wasn't gonna get a Vita but the announcement of this game means I will be!!!
Anyone else on here a Persona fan? If not play it and you will be. ;)
 
And adding to that OT is the upcoming Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena which is a fighting game. Looks ****ing good though since it's by the BlazBlue team.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
Honestly, I think the poor sales of Tales of Vesperia have far more to do with how HARD it was to get a copy; even the online shops were selling out and not getting more for long periods of time [I heard only 10k copies were produced for Europe full stop]. It was a really good game for people who like this sort of title.

I was gutted we didn't get the extended PS3 version TBH, I would have bought it again, and am looking forward to Tales of the Abyss on the 3DS; and perhaps Xillia/Graces if we get them. Although ToSymphonia is perhaps more highly rated, I enjoyed Vesperia more!


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I had completely missed Magna Carta 2. If it's getting some recommendations I'll see if I can get hold of it after payday.
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I really want the other Tales of games to come over here it would a day one purchase from me.
 
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