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[ethelred]

Remember to pick this up along with BioShock next week, fellas.

I'm picking this up -- not Bioshock.

 

[Oldschool]

New Reviews are UP! Check in the initial post!

Gamevortex gave it a 9.7! The highest score till now.

 

[Gantz]

How are the load times?

 

[the-iek]

It is 40€ in Europe?
Glad I am importing it then if so.

nah, there's no release date set for europe yet. i have to import it, which makes it a bit more expensive than picking it up at a local store in america ;(

 

[Killthee]

If anybody missed out on the free EB/GS demo or couldn't download it, Sony is mailing out the demo. Visit the official site and click on "Get A Free UMD Demo" on the lower left.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

How are the load times?

Better than FFT's. And no slowdown between turns like FFT's.

Spoiler

I love FFT though

 

[Kadey]

What is the deal with Level 5 and that frog/toad? Is it a Japanese thing to associate an amphibian with weapon/item synthesis?

He's cute though. For a frog....thing.

 

[Johnny Konami]

I'm far too lazy to read all 4 pages of this thread to find out if anyone else thought so, but I thought this was about the rock band before I saw screenshots. Hey, Gackt had a game too, you never know these things!

 

[iapetus]

A curse on this thread. That just made my Persona 3 order that bit more expensive...

 

[Gendal]

Does anybody know if this has an option similar to Dungeon and Dragons Tactics "Chess Mode"? One of my big hang ups with turn based tactic rpg games is the crazy long animations. After a few battles even the 3 second animations irritate the crap out of me, and god give me patience on the enemy turns. Loving DDT because Chess mode eliminates all that crap, and just lets me concentrate on the game play.

 

[Tiktaalik]

Damn this game looks hot. Too bad it's going to get Bioshocked. I'll try to pick it up, but no guarantees.

Oh god this fall is going to be rough.

 

[Radius]

Any word on the european release?

It' been on Sony Germany's release list for a while, with a Q4 2007 date but strangely it doesn't look like they will be showing it at the Games Convention...

 

[mint]

yea gonna get my copy . heres some fanart

 

[the-iek]

yea gonna get my copy . heres some fanart
*fanart*

reminds me a lot of the style used for hotel dusk. aw, can't wait till i have the game on saturday :Q

 

[warthog]

Have to get me this game, import it will be...

 

[mint]

import? it comes out tomorrow..

 

[iapetus]

import? it comes out tomorrow..

Not in Europe, it doesn't.

 

[Median]

I may quickly run up to a game store downtown Toronto if I manage to get out of work early enough to see if I can get it, otherwise I'm waiting 'till later this week. I'd get it with Bioshock but new releases don't tend to make it to my town until a day later. I have to say, I was getting my ass kicked in the demo (I suck lol) but when I decided to give it another play, I actually managed to play a little more strategically and not only did I win, but it was much more fun.

 

[Aeon712]

Can't wait to play this next month, still picking it up tomorrow to help first month sales.

 

[Oldschool]

Gamespot 8.0

WOW, wednesday is coming!

 

[chemicals]

hell... I have a close friend that is buying a PSP for this game. Good stuff.. I hope the PSP really improves with the revamp and if it does, I'll f-ing get one for myself.

 

[Galactic Fork]

import? it comes out tomorrow..

Well won't be in stores till wednesday, though.

 

[jjasper]

I don't know why but I thought it was coming out next week. I am buying this on wednesday.

 

[mint]

its really wed? i called GS and they said tues afternoon..

 

[oBa]

For those in the s.f. bay area and want the game a day early, the PlayStation store has this in stock today.

 

[NomarTyme]

Damn TRU doesn't have it in stock yet, I wanted to use a coupon.

 

[Mejilan]

Gonna try to pick this and Dragoneer's Aria up tomorrow. It's now or never, since I have an early morning flight on Thursday and will be out of town for a few weeks... (Metroid!!!! Nooooooooo!!)

 

[Tiktaalik]

This game is going to get MASSIVELY overlooked. A huge percentage of my office got Bioshock. I mentioned how Jeanne D'arc was going to get overlooked to someone, and they said "what?"

 

[typhonsentra]

I really wish I could get this game as it looks great, but there's no way I'd be able to get around to it anytime soon.... I might just cave and get it.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

This game is going to get MASSIVELY overlooked. A huge percentage of my office got Bioshock. I mentioned how Jeanne D'arc was going to get overlooked to someone, and they said "what?"

This will be one of those games that people will ignore, but then when they find out how good it is they will jack up the resale price to unreasonable levels.

 

[icecream]

It isn't an Atlus game... I think it'll do just fine. The more people that stumble upon it, all the better.

 

[Sallokin]

Eugh I called up my local Gamestop asking for this game and after talking to three employees I was told it "doesn't exist." I even spelled the fucking name out for each of them and still nothing. Is it really that hard to understand for some people?

 

[PistolGrip]

Eugh I called up my local Gamestop asking for this game and after talking to three employees I was told it "doesn't exist." I even spelled the fucking name out for each of them and still nothing. Is it really that hard to understand for some people?

Same thing here in New York. Many places dont even have orders. WTF SONY a little more hype Please!!!!! Biggest PSP title of the month and retailers dont even know it exist!!!

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Eugh I called up my local Gamestop asking for this game and after talking to three employees I was told it "doesn't exist." I even spelled the fucking name out for each of them and still nothing. Is it really that hard to understand for some people?

It is in french, and people are stupid.

How hard is it to spell Jeanne D'arc?

 

[john tv]

1UP Review is up: http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3162159

Spoiler

8.0

Reviewed by none other than the Mangod himself, too!

 

[ethelred]

1UP Review is up: http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3162159

Spoiler

8.0

Reviewed by none other than the Mangod himself, too!

The what?

 

[Killthee]

The what?

Not "the what", THE MANGOD

 

[ethelred]

I've never felt more disturbed by GAF's constant and desperate cult-of-personality adoration than I am right now.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Why is Shane called Mangod?

 

[Jiggy]

To be honest, I'm kind of glad this game has been getting alternating 9s and 8s from different reviewers. Most games I really enjoy tend to score that way, for whatever reason.

 

[mint]

almost time to pick this up!!! i drew another fanart :/

 

[Flynn]

New Reviews are UP! Check in the initial post!

Gamevortex gave it a 9.7! The highest score till now.

Don't forget The Onion: AV Club.

 

[the-iek]

nice work, mint! looks pretty so, nobody got this game today?

 

[spineduke]

Seriously, as a person whose never played FFTactics, Disgaea or this, what should I start with? Haven't got the time to indulge in 3 srpgs!

nice one mint, you drew both?>

 

[lastendconductor]

Seriously, as a person whose never played FFTactics, Disgaea or this, what should I start with? Haven't got the time to indulge in 3 srpgs!

nice one mint, you drew both?>

FFTactics outclasses the other 2... but on the other hand the learning curve is horrible, a true newbie killer (thats the PSX ver., dont know about the new one). I'd say go for JdA.

 

[Aeon712]

I have it but all I can do is look at the cover for the next two weeks .

 

[the-iek]

you could take some photographs for us ;(

 

[mint]

i got the game. time to rock and roll

 

[Mejilan]

5 stores in NY (Manhattan and Brooklyn) and I totally struck out with this and Dragoneer's Aria. I really wanted both for tomorrow morning's flight.

 

[mint]

game is really good. Its a solid SRPG for PSP. Anime cutscenes are cool, and the story seems pretty interesting considering its coming from a history background. Graphics are stellar, especially the water. Colorful and vibrant. They shouldve added more music though. And, characters are kind of limited.

I miss good FFT music.