Tales of Vesperia Comments by Simon Parkin
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Emilia'sHorse
06/05/09 @ 08:25
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I am so angry about the DF review, so very... Oh hang on wrong review.
I am so happy with this review, so very happy. Wants |
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Ashen-Shugar
06/05/09 @ 08:30
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Hugely looking forward to this!
The combat sounds very Infinite Undiscovery, in realtime using environmental elements in combat (for example using cover to avoid tsunami during the chain on the beach boss fight). Very pleased to hear about the fun little elements like monster collection, crafting and sidequests. These things tend to elevate JRPGs above the mundane. It's nice to have a range of both turn-based and realtime JRPGs to play through. Any idea when it will hit Euro 360's? Hopefully I'll have time to finish Lost Odyssey! |
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Ninja_Tino
06/05/09 @ 08:40
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@viper, I couldn't say but Tales of Symphonia (the gamecube game, and at the time the greatest Tales game by a country mile) isn't really that similar to ES. The fighting was much quicker and did require some skill with a controller rather than knowing what move to select next. Although, that was on a 2d plane, so it's hard to say but I'm sure it's closer to ToS than ES.
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Sounds great and looks gorgeous graphically like the charming Eternal Sonata. Deffo interested in the UK version when it arrives here in June. At long last another good J-RPG arrives on the Xbox 360, after the depressingly dull Lost Odyssey and the technically shoddy/mediocre The Last Remnant, I was beginning to think that Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon were flukes! :)
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NegativeZero
06/05/09 @ 09:05
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@viper_h: it's far more accurate to say that Eternal Sonata's battle system is ripped from Tales. Vesperia uses basically the same system as Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Legendia and Tales of the Abyss. It adds better framerates, higher level of detail, and a bit of polish.
Eternal Sonata is the prettier of the two cel-shaded Namco JRPGs, but the tradeoff was that the character models are static, there are only a small range of enemies, and the environments are restricted and very linear. To mark Vesperia down because it's not as nice to look at is really losing sight of the big picture. Vesperia is the best JRPG on the 360, bar none. |
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Ashen-Shugar
06/05/09 @ 09:14
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"To mark Vesperia down because it's not as nice to look at is really losing sight of the big picture."
Hear hear! It really bothers me that so much stock is placed in stupid things like resolution, shaders, etc. JRPG's are about character, location, plot and advancement. I am constantly wowed by the gorgeous visuals of Lost Odyssey (Eternal Sonata was quite a looker too), but I still prefer playing the sub-HD Infinite Undiscovery because of the charm of it's characters and world. LO seems very stoic and a little bland in comparison. |
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albertofustinoni
06/05/09 @ 10:18
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On one hand, I do want really badly, on the other one I seriously want to boycott this as a F*** YOU to Failco for their handling of the PAL release.
What to do, what to do..... |
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Matt_Edwards
06/05/09 @ 10:28
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With both Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean: The Last Stand coming out around the same time, I can't decided which RPG I want to play first?
Star Ocean: The Second Story and Tales of Symphonia are two of the best RPG's I've ever played... however, I'm leaning towards The Last Stand at the mo. But Vesperia does sound better than Legendia or the Abyss... |
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Monkey_Puncher
06/05/09 @ 11:10
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Albert I don't think you not buying the game will make much difference to the eventual sales figures, no point in cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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muscleblade
06/05/09 @ 13:15
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I dont feel like paying full price for an old game. If it had been released over here at the same time as the US it would have been in the bargain bins by now.
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muscleblade
06/05/09 @ 13:17
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"When is the PS3 version due? "
In Europe. Not for a very long time i guess. |
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A polished, enjoyable, and well made JRPG on the 360? Hmm, aside from Lost Odyssey which has terrible technical faults, and Eternal Sonata which is more boring than watching paint dry, the 360 is still extremely poor for Japanese RPGs, I find.
Going off Eurogamer reviews, I think I'll reserve my purchasing decision until I have enough information to know whether this game is worth buying or not. |
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monkeywithnoeyes
06/05/09 @ 14:58
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points should be marked off for them giving it us a year after the US release, and announcing the ps3 version will hit in a few months time with aload of extra parts to the game
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I am going to give a pass on this.
I watched it on YouTube and not only have a meaningless Simon-says button press sequence but I found the whole story rubbish, I am going to go with SO4 since even if they story is also not not to write about, at least there is humor and I did not spot any Simon-says button press sequence. Also I am not a fan of Namco that continued to give us the middle finger in Europe and also the PS3 version does not really sit well with me. |
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SharksInYourMouth
06/05/09 @ 17:23
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I'm elated this actually got an EU release in the end :D Characters look great, how's the soundtrack though? Not that that's something huge to me that will impact my undubitable purchase, I'm just curious
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Wastelander
06/05/09 @ 19:39
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I just completed Lost Odyssey and never saw any technical faults apart from a lot of loading screens.
Pissed off that my Immortals have reverted back to level 50 with all my hard earned items gone on New Game+ though. |
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Ashen-Shugar
07/05/09 @ 10:25
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I've had absolutely no technical problems with LO.
The pop-in is cured by installing to hard disc, and that also sorts out a lot of the framerate issues too (which are only prevailent during some cutscenes) as they are largely caused by loading and decompressing textures while the cutscene is running. |
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