At 11/13/09 04:50 AM, puddinN64 wrote: You're not allowed to kill people there, right?

They hand out some pretty expensive fines should you break that law.

I too was hoping SoPhie wasn't just another Presea, but it seems that she does have emotion, I think she'll turn out pretty well.

Tales of Updates

The Tales of Graces official site has been updated today with two new character videos for Asbel Lhant and Sophie. In addition, we are treated to a short preview of the Dramatic DVD pre-order bonus contents, namely the "Yappari Tales of in TGS09 Digest" and the Special Drama "You Want to Be an Adult?". The latter videos mentioned have no audio for some reason. The last video is an interview with Takahiro Sakurai, Asbel's voice actor, where he talks about his character and various other topics. Said video has been up in the net for a while now, actually.

http://tinycartridge.com/post/248771420/
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Welcome Kiske.

That's cute, he's tough because he's cursing.
On the internet.

Bevus hit it on the money, if you have the Trilogy then it has the entire timeline right there, excluding Other M's spot, which was already announced to come after Super Metroid.
My favorite is Prime 2 however, love that game.

I'd grab a pack of Ramen and watch them, but the feelings the same.
Super Castlevania 4 is a really good game, it's the only Castlevania game I liked, and I owned the original NES Castlevania, and I hated it as a kid, never played it again to see if I feel differently about it.

This is it.

That was attributed to shoddy parenting, not an 18+ rating.

At 11/17/09 06:58 PM, Stretchysumo wrote: I hate when I have to preorder a game to get content.

I do too, advertisements and endorsements forcing us to do things that we have to otherwise wait for later.
And no, that's no sarcasm, I legitimately agree with you.

Because you might need to work on making non stupid titles.

But seriously, Australia has you guys on a short leash.
Aren't Xboxes and PS3s free of region lock?
If it's that big an issue, import that shit.

Why is this new?
The media always shone a spotlight on everything popular, leaving the more obscure creations, even more obscure.

Of course, through lack of conviction, it could be argued that it's the media that makes the popularity with the said spotlight.

Most Badass:
1. Lloyd Irving -Tales of Symphonia
2. Reid Hershel - Tales of Eternia
3. Yuri Lowell - Tales of Vesperia
4. Van Grants - Tales of the Abyss
5. Guy Cecil - Tales of the Abyss
Honorable Mention: Ryudo - Grandia 2

Most Funny and Stupid:
1. Carmine - Gears of War 2 {Emphasis on 'stupid'}
2. Colette - Tales of Symphonia
3. Taokaka - Blazblue

Most Cheap and Generic:
1. Just about every Shooting Game protagonist
2. Just about every Dead or Alive character before 4
3. Just about every GTA protagonist
4. Yuki - Grandia 3

Most Creepy and Scary:
1. Dead Space monster.
2. Nemesis - Resident Evil 3

The Best:
1. Sonic - Gotta Rep | P
2. Samus Aran - Metroid
3. Unnamed Contra Protagonist
4. Dante - Devil May Cry
5. Joe - Viewtiful Joe

Oh and Metroid Other M.

Tales of Graces, I've been dying for this game since April and it isn't even out in Japan yet.

At 11/15/09 06:01 PM, Aigis wrote:

At 11/15/09 05:57 PM, knuxrouge wrote: No one said shit about Seymour from FFX.
It's not only the main characters.

Every person in Final Fantasy X had a ridiculous fashion sense.

It was a common trend in Spira.

Seymour was in a league of his own.
In a game of universal fashion that makes the 1980s look like the Renaissance, you know the cake is taken when even through all that, you point and yell at Seymour's wardrobe--not Seymour.

Being a big fan of the Prime series, I hated Hunters, but I heard it's not that bad.
I'd stick with the trilogy for the real and best experiences.

It's a good thing the English adaptations are meant for kids.
You high class teens don't have to worry about being interested in it.

No one said shit about Seymour from FFX.
It's not only the main characters.

At 11/13/09 10:44 PM, Aigis wrote: If the game had any interest in realism--

Stop there, please. It's fantasy land.

I'm just saying that it lacks the evolution of, say, the Final Fantasy series.

Not true. It has plenty of evolution and it's has refined itself quite greatly.
It's another thing that you can only really establish a true opinion on if you know of the series.
It transitioned quite well from different systems and features.

There is more evolution than it Final Fantasy has, which only really started changing patterns around 10 or 12.

At 11/13/09 06:17 PM, Callum123456 wrote: No it only worked for half an hour after I left it overnight but now it doesn't work at all.
You are wrong about it being free.Unplugging it and plugging it in has been said several times and has not worked.
Try reading the thread before posting.

Calm down child, if you legitimately got the red ring of death, they will fix it free.

It'll be a joy to see if it can save the arguably tarnished FF series.
It'll be even more of joy to see the people debate whether it's truly of originality or is it just the same tree with decorations.

At 11/13/09 02:40 AM, Aigis wrote: It? Are you trying to imply something?

Nothing at your expense, I assure you.

With regard to Tales of Graces, I took a look at a trailer of it and, while the trailer included no gameplay footage, here are my impressions:

Oh, if you want gameplay footage.

The game seems to have that trait all too common in JRPGs where all the main characters dress in ridiculous impractical outfits in order to give themselves individuality, while the rest of the populace dress in more reasonable styles.

So, the cliche is that they all dress original?
Oxy moron much? Would you prefer that they dressed like a common civilian?

It seems to be set in generic JRPG fantasy land, where everything just looks like England in various centuries in the past, only with a crazier fashion sense and maybe a few monsters and steampunk robots. I'm guessing that all the Tales games look like this.

This universe is specifically set to resemble Mid-evil Europe.
Not all Tales game look like this.

I'm guessing the battle system, for better or for worse, will be basically the same as all the other Tales games.

That's a cruel generalization, the main spice of the Tales games is that they all have individual features unique to that specific game, although the foundations are similar, everything else has their own taste to it, generally why Tales of Legendia didn't go so well, because it didn't have it's own individual feature.

I really disliked the irritating song that was playing over the trailer.

I may get it if it gets good reviews, since there's been a pretty significant RPG drought lately. However, I'm much more interested in Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon at this point. I've been wanting to play that game for a while. I hope it's good.

Well, I never intended to get you interested in the game, I just wanted to show you where the announcement of the 70 hour story was placed.
Personally, I'm psyched about it, as well as another member of the crew.

To each it's own...

On the 70 hours comment, we'll never really know until we play it for ourselves.
But...

Get an emulator and the Roms for all of your GBA games, it's legal that way and you can play them on a computer.

Or, you could head to a local game shop and see if you can get it fixed.
Or... buy a DS or DS Lite.

At 11/13/09 12:15 AM, Aigis wrote: You're clearly not just investigating the basics of the gameplay. From the small amount that I've skimmed of your updates, you've got stuff like 'this game has a place called Riot Park which is like an arena' and 'the characters look great in swimsuits'.

That's really common for Tales games, it's not a surprise in the slightest for someone who knows the series as well as I do--and I'm a common Tales fan in that respect. If anything, it'd be a surprise if they didn't have it.
Same thing for Cameo Boss Fights and those playful kind of places that have absolutely no impact on the story or vise versa.

If it was a new feature, then the surprise factor would be even greater, and really, there isn't any story related surprises that have ever been announced outside the plot base, so it's natural to believe that it still doesn't play a big part in the plot should they have any news on it.

That's the sort of thing that I like to find out while I'm playing a game, otherwise it just ends up a series of "oh, I read about this part".

Why can't it be, "oh, I read about this, I wonder how it'll be--oh wow, this is pretty cool!"?
If it ends up being a disappointment, it wouldn't really matter if you read about it prior. It's the gameplay that counts and hearing about it beforehand logically shouldn't ruin that.

The only things I want to know about before I play a JRPG is whether or not the story is good, what sort of battle system it has, and what the art style is like. There are a few more things I like to know before I play a Western RPG but that's not important here.

Well, that's you, I'd like to know whatever they give me, as the Story is the real shock I'll ever get, that and the exploits I'll find in the battle system--and the multiplayer experience.

Unfortunately it tends to be very difficult to find a story in an RPG that really grips you.

That's personal taste and standards, I trust a Tales game to give me at the very least an above average plot. I personally haven't been disappointed yet.

To conclude, when a game company gives out news, they naturally wouldn't spoil everything, there will be plenty of other things outside of what they announced that will properly raise an eyebrow in intrigue.

The game is 70 hours of plot alone, the sidequests, battles, grinding, skits and minigames are all up for grabs on the surprise bus...

At 11/12/09 06:32 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: Mine was made before any of those

Prrrrrrrrove it.

At 11/12/09 03:06 PM, Callum123456 wrote: It's ok my mum is gonna buy me a new one tommorow.I didn't think she would because she always complains about not having any money.

So....you're really young huh, did you tell her that you could send it in for free and get it fixed at the expense of a 14-21 day wait?
Because I'd be a bit skeptical to takemy mother for granted like that, but..I'm not a scientist...

At 11/12/09 07:25 PM, letiger wrote:

At 11/12/09 07:24 PM, letiger wrote: You should ask the vg forum

oh shit i thought i was in general sry

At 11/12/09 09:09 PM, Goldfire64 wrote: I must now kill myself.

You're not getting any attention.