Tales of Vesperia hits Europe in June
Atari set to release 360-exclusive RPG.
Atari has announced plans to bring Namco Bandai's Xbox 360-exclusive Tales of Vesperia to Europe in June.
The latest in the long-running RPG series puts you in the role of Yuri Lowell, a former Imperial Knight, who lives on the planet of Terca Lumireis, where the people exist in an uneasy bubble of protection afforded to them by the Empire's control of an ancient technology, "blastia".
As you'd imagine, Yuri "will explore the complex relationship between blastia, the government and its people, setting foot outside the safe confines of the cities to explore a mysterious and dangerous world", according to Atari.
Then he will of course do some punching, using an upgraded version of the Tales of the Abyss real-time battle system, which now includes encounter-linking (bringing roaming enemies into battle) along with the old surprise encounter system, and special objectives within boss fights.
You will be able to chain together attacks, deliver commands to others in your party as you fight, and take advantage of Fatal Strikes, Burst Artes and a multistage Overlimit (see Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Symphonia). Later you can do some cooking, which is something of a series mainstay.
Tales of Vesperia has been out since last August in Japan, where it made a decent impression on the charts and picked up some impressive scores (35/40 in Famitsu), and also came out in the US around the same time, doing likewise.
For some reason we didn't take a look at it at the time, which is unlike us. Why else did we buy that US Xbox 360? We'll grab a copy soon and let you know what we reckon.
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Great game though so can highly recommend it.
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Can;'t wait for this. Tales of Vesperia looks incredible, and I've enjoyed a lot of the other Tales games. Plus, the 360 hasn't had a decent JRPG for a while. Last Remnant does NOT count.
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Fantastic news though, Symphonia is probably my favourite Gamecube game and I've been looking forward to this for ages. Only problem for me is its gonna clash with Star Ocean 4...
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I'll be buying both Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean 4
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Was wondering when this would get a release.
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Protip: If you have to choose one of the two, Star Ocean IV isn't it.
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I second that.
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Europe usually get 360 games the same week as the US so i think this is VERY far behind tbh.
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You mean on the xbox, or..? Secret of Mana still ranks as my favorite RPG of all time because of the co-op. I loved Tales of Symphonia on the Gamecube to death because of the co-op and will definitely buy this one to play with my gf. Co-op adds so much to the experience of RPGs that I'm absolutely baffled as to why so few games incorporate it.
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Why do you even read EG if they're so wrong you wish they stopped reviewing games?
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You're comparing an medieval action RPG with a turnbased occult high school sim. Apples and oranges.
I own both but Fable 2 kicked ass, so much so that it's the first game in years I actually played through 2 times.
Oh and Eternal Sonata was Co-Op as well I think, at least in part.
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WANT!
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Eternal sonata also had co-op and worked really well - you could choose who controlled each character, so each player could pick their favorites and control shifted around automatically, across however many controllers/players were hooked in. As someone else said, the GF loved it, and we've even talked about a little chopin at the wedding
Tales still my favorite series, so this is extremely happy-making!
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You won't have any joy with any NTSC version on a PAL console I'm afraid.
I took the plunge and bought a Japanese console and my US version works on that but not on my PAL machine.
Play Asia does say that but thought I'd reaffirm so you don't waste your money.
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Star Ocean 4 gets my money that month
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The full game is absolutely amazing though, there's not a better way to spend £40 on the Xbox 360, trust me.
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hmm,......as thats exactly how i felt with the Blue Dragon demo/game i may be swayed nearer to release date...depends on the money i have i suppose