RPG Crazy!
Posted: June 12, 2008
Category: Nothing in particular
So I watched an Inside XBOX download from the Japanese marketplace, called the RPG premiere Report. It was a lot about Tales of Vesperia, but since I don't understand Japanese, I had to look up more info. This is what I got:
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Xbox 360 RPG Premiere 2008 Report
06.10.08 - 8:16 AM
Microsoft has held its Xbox 360 RPG Premiere 2008 event in downtown Tokyo earlier today. At the event, it was announced that tri-Ace's highly anticipated next-gen RPG Star Ocean 4 will come to Xbox 360 sometime next year.
Another tri-Ace-developed title, the original RPG Infinite Undiscovery will be available in Japan on September 11th. Releases in North America and Europe will follow shortly thereafter.
Square Enix's multiplatform RPG The Last Remnant will go on sale simultaneously around the globe (in Japan, North America and Europe) this winter. The Xbox 360 version of the Unreal Engine 3-powered game apparently will be released earlier than the PlayStation 3 version.
Last but not least, Bandai Namco's Tales of Vesperia is set to go on sale in Japan on August 7th. Alongside the game, Microsoft will release a Tales of Vesperia premium pack including the game, an Xbox 360 unit, a special Tales of Vesperia face plate and a replica of the game's scenario book. The bundle will retail for 35,910 yen ($340.51 USD). Furthermore, later this month, a Tales of Vesperia demo will be available for download on Xbox Live.
06.10.08 - 8:16 AM
Microsoft has held its Xbox 360 RPG Premiere 2008 event in downtown Tokyo earlier today. At the event, it was announced that tri-Ace's highly anticipated next-gen RPG Star Ocean 4 will come to Xbox 360 sometime next year.
Another tri-Ace-developed title, the original RPG Infinite Undiscovery will be available in Japan on September 11th. Releases in North America and Europe will follow shortly thereafter.
Square Enix's multiplatform RPG The Last Remnant will go on sale simultaneously around the globe (in Japan, North America and Europe) this winter. The Xbox 360 version of the Unreal Engine 3-powered game apparently will be released earlier than the PlayStation 3 version.
Last but not least, Bandai Namco's Tales of Vesperia is set to go on sale in Japan on August 7th. Alongside the game, Microsoft will release a Tales of Vesperia premium pack including the game, an Xbox 360 unit, a special Tales of Vesperia face plate and a replica of the game's scenario book. The bundle will retail for 35,910 yen ($340.51 USD). Furthermore, later this month, a Tales of Vesperia demo will be available for download on Xbox Live.
Another article gives slightly more info:
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Today, Microsoft announced new RPGs on the Xbox 360 at their Xbox 360 RPG Premiere 2008 event in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Takashi Sensui, general manager of the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft was on hand to make the announcements, including the news that Microsoft is bringing the Western RPGs Mass Effect and Fable 2 to Japan.
Square Enix for its part announced that Infinite Undiscovery will release exclusively on the Xbox 360 in the U.S. on September 2, 2008. The previously announced The Last Remnant will launch late in 2008 on Xbox 360, with a PS3 version to follow. Finally, Star Ocean: The Last Hope will release on Xbox 360 in 2009, with a release on PS3 a possibility as well.
Namco Bandai also announced that Tales of Vesperia will be coming exclusively to the Xbox 360. A "Xbox 360 Tales of Vesperia Premium Pack" bundle will release in Japan, and the game will release in the U.S. in August 2008. Namco Bandai also announced that a free demo of Tales of Vesperia will release in June 2008 over Xbox Live Marketplace.
This is all nothing but good news for someone like me who LOOOVES rpgs. The last couple months of this year promise to be exceptionally kick ass months for gaming, and hopefully the 360 will start putting out more games that close the "fun" gap that exists between it and the ps2. I say ps2, because if you notice, even the games that are COMING to the ps3 will be delayed. It's definitely a pay off to RPG addicts like me who have stuck through the hard, dry years.
I'm not sure if the Tales of Vesperia demo will be out on the US or Japanese marketplace in June, the tone of the story makes it sound like the US, however it's unclear why they would announce that to a Japanese crowd. I guess all we can do it have our Japanese silver accounts ready, and then we're prepared either way.
It's a little sad that Star Ocean is so far in the future, but anything worth having is worth waiting for, so I'll bide my time. There's a lot to keep me occupied in the mean time. Add these titles to my frenzy over Fable 2 (which does have LIVE multiplayer, 1LOVE) and Fallout 3, and you can see why I'm thinking about robbing a bank. Or at least mugging some little old ladies at the ATM. Every little bit helps, right?
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RPGFTW!!!!! I don't know how interested I am in last remnant, but the rest of the lineup will be on my shelf guaranteed!! Infinite Undiscovery and Star ocean look rediculously awesome!!
You know how I feel about F2, Raine!!! For me, I think this years end of the year lineup exceeds last year's by a longshot!!
It's about time that the 360 delivers on the RPG front! If you count Mass Effect as an RPG (which I do) then that and Oblivion are really the only RPGs that I could not put down, and I played them like the Dragon Warriors, and chronotrigger, and FF series!! Hours and hours of gametime and I need me some next-gen RPG love!!
I agree about SO4, but I've learned patience by waiting for Fable for so long!!
I learned patience by waiting for Shenmue 3. IT'S COMING, DAMMIT!!! It's just a waiting game now...
I never got any achievements on the waiting game! lol! but I keep grinding it out!
The waiting game is the anti avatar. It's like- FFXI achievements.
Stupid Avatard!! I gained so much for doing so little! What a waffle!!
No, YOU'RE the waffle, not avatar. Don't blame the drug, blame the disease. Or whatever that phrase is.
no, It's don't blame the drug, blame the children. lol
No, I'm pretty sure it's don't blame the pedophile, blame the children.
Either way the children are to blame!
Alright... this is too horrible even for me.
1LOVE!
lol I shoulda never mentioned the 1love thing
And yay, I out eviled Evol!
Yeah, you f'ed up on the 1love thing!
I guess you did! touchet!
We threadjacked your thread! Is that koshier?
IDK- is it threadjacking if it's yours? I mean can you carjack your own car?
Surprisingly enough..the threadjacking counterpart to the two of you is going to bring it back on track...lol

I'm not that big into RPG's, well I am but not a fan of the turn based combat style. I have been waiting for Fable 2 to come out ever since I played the first one. It's to my understand that it is part of a 3 game series so it means that we have one more to look forward to after Fable 2.
I'll have to cash in for a lllooonnnggg vacation when it comes out....
Can't WaIt for the multiplayer. I'm even looking forward to the mini-games that are suppose to come to XBOX Marketplace.
Can I come in your game and kill your wife?
I'll probably be putting out hits on her halfway through the game from her constant nagging of me screwing the neighbors now legal daughter

so..to answer your question
I'd be honored to have you kill my wife
wait...we're talking about in the game right?

yeah..the game....
It's supposed to have 4 games kidd!! Now I have to wait for those too!
Yeah I'm gonna cash in on the minigames buddy!! Microtransactions suck, but at least we get to earn money, instead of just paying for money!
yeah i believe it's suppose to have three games...but i heard that not too long ago so I dont know if its including the first game as one of the three, or there are two more after Fable 2
Let me look it up, I might have got it mixed up with mass effect...but either way thats cool.
Damn evol..you havent been here as long as I have and your already and freaking ninja...lol...you talk more than me.....may-bae *puts finger to corner of mouth*
you do too much chatting! lol
I just keep posting my brand of nincompoopery!
yes yes...i am guilty
i loves the chat
heed rev's warning though...don't video chat with nongothic at 3 in the morning or you you get a wooly mammoth in a speedo staring at you through the boob tube.......im talking about non gothic's dad
EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit!
i believe Rev said he did....lol
-_- That's a disturbing image. Hey- Evol, we should video chat and you could show me the waffle iron tattoo burn, lololololololololololololololololololol!!!!!!!!
I told you, I'm 600 lbs. you don't have a tv big enough to video chat with my asstat!! lol
you're so full of shit. I've seen your pics buddy. You're maybe MAYBE 80 lbs. And 4'5" because you're barely taller than your Tv
LOL!!!!!
But my tv's 10' tall and mullet-proof.
mullet proof? Do many mullets attack TVs in Ohio?
I guess you've never been to Ohio! It's the heart of it all!
At least that's what the pamphlets say!
there are pamphlets about mullet attacks in ohio????
what has the world come to
you both should come to visit! My state is just one big mullet havin' disco party! with pamphlets.
i just thought about the whole movie attack of the killer tomatoes while talking about mullets
ha ha ha road trip to mullet- pamphletville? I don't think so- If I wanted mullets I'd go to Kidd's family hoedown err- reunion.
lol PWNED!
Fine... If you doon't want to see my state then you are uninvited!
Quote By PSORaine
they might be hillybillyish..but im proud to say that surprisingly none of them have mullets
Quote By theevol1
Fine... If you doon't want to see my state then you are uninvited!
fine if it means that much to you... I'll bring a razor and a LARGE bottle of sleeping pills *grin*
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OOOOOoooh! Don't threaten me with a good time!
I meant for the mullets... but whatever floats your boat.
dammit. and i just started ffxi. speaking of ffxi, i need to play some.
ffxi has the WORST achievements. I was SOOO into it for like- a year. I had an awesome character... but I couldn't find a decent party once I got to level 53 ish. No one to do the job quests with either. So my interest tapered out. I still miss it from time to time though. The days I spent cooking with my mithra shall never be forgotten.
Quote By PSORaine
bizzness in front, party in the back---yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaww!
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wow...that was wrong..just.....wrong *shutters*
thanks a lot livewire!
lol
Tales of Vesperia looks like it will be neato.
Have you played Eternal Sonata yet? It's an interesting and different diversion with a fun battle system. The story is a little on the slow-moving side though.
And you need to like piano music to really enjoy it.
I actually really like Eternal Sonata, but I got the 120 from the 1st playthrough and didn't want to do the whole thing again to get the rest. I'll be looking for it in the US though to play through again. I've found it to be more engaging than either of the other 2 turn based rpgs on 360 (lost odyssey and blue dragon)
I played eternal sonata's demo and was impressed with the battle system and how it was used in that game but never played it. For some reason, I can't get into Blue dragon! probably because I don't have the time for games that I did when I was younger.
I never played lost odyssey and two worlds was trash!
two worlds (While not what I consider an RPG
) is not TRASH. It is ugly. The story is boring. But it grows on you. I hated it the first time I played it. The 2nd, I forced myself to keep going and I actually beat the game. Actually, I beat it a few times to get all the endings. It's not BAD. It's just not GOOD either.
I was STILL playing oblivion when it came out (for the 4th time! lol) and that game just did not stack up at all! I wish I could delete it from my played games list!
well that's because you're an incredible tool.
YEA! Raine said I'm incredible! YEA!!!
yeah, that's the word to focus on.
What can I say! the glass is half full in 1LOVEland!
ha ha ha but full of what exactly???
I'm not sure but I wouldn't drink it if I were you! lol
Yeah, I don't drink... I mean alcohol, but gasoline either, so I'm gonna take your advice.
Good Girl!! lol
ha ha ha do I get a treat, or my ears rubbed or something?
You get a free copy of Big Bumpin'!!
pass
DAMMIT! I'll never get rid of these shi... I mean awesome games!!
lol I avoided them when the local BKs gave em out for free as well.
My ex bought them for me for Christmas!! I tried to get rid of them but they clogged the toilet!
wow you've been with some real givers, huh? I shouldn't talk, my exhusband gave me toilet paper for christmas once.
What a... functional gift??
there's a back story- see, I wasn't working, so he took the toilet paper when he went to work- he said since I didn't make the money to buy it, it wasn't mine. So then toilet paper did actually have to be gifted.
But it did it's job better than the BK games would have... so I think mine was a better gift.
The two gifts kinda go together! You need something to wipe with after you play those games! lol
ahhh, that makes sense...
Maybe those two should've been giving each other gifts!! lol
ha ha, he's remarried now, but he's always looking (like chuck norris). He's umm... well, he likes men as well... so she'd have to be open to that.
Maybe she would, she's f***ed up!
ha ha... they all are 1Love, they all are.
Oh well! we're better off not recieving BK or TP! lol
Yeah, I heard some women get jewelry for presents. Sounds like BS to me. Can't wipe my ass with a diamond after all!
And you like games- you got games, explain how that was a bad gift?
Seems to me like we're just ungrateful.
Yeah I guess we are D-bags huh?
intoxicating?
EEEEEEXACTLY!!!
That's completely ironic.
Irony is my favorite flavor!!
Really? Purple's MY favorite flavor.
I bet you like purple passion then. You can get it in a 2lt or a 4 pack. But watch out it's made with everclear. Just one = 2 beers!!!
lol I don't drink alcohol, I was being serious- the gasoline part was a joke though, I drink that all the time.
I want to go to texas to try Grape Drank though, lol.
MMMMMMMM!!!! GRAPE DRANK!!!!! lolololololololol
lol it's supposed to be the ANTI energy drink, so I could use that- I'm stressed lately. Maybe I can get Rev to send me some.
You guys are nuts, Pocketbike Racer is really fun and Big Bumpin' can be a gas when you have friends over.
Sneak King I did not like nearly as much as the other two but I've never liked hardcore stealth action games anyway.
-edit- also, Purple Passion is disgusting. The only humane thing to do with Everclear is mix it with Hawaiian Punch for "trash can punch" mm
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Sneak King I did not like nearly as much as the other two but I've never liked hardcore stealth action games anyway.
-edit- also, Purple Passion is disgusting. The only humane thing to do with Everclear is mix it with Hawaiian Punch for "trash can punch" mm
True that....pocketbike is soo much fun
Quote By ReverendMeta
Sneak King I did not like nearly as much as the other two but I've never liked hardcore stealth action games anyway.
-edit- also, Purple Passion is disgusting. The only humane thing to do with Everclear is mix it with Hawaiian Punch for "trash can punch" mm
LOL if you say so Rev... If you say so.
Quote By theevol1
I was drinking that through my whole CPR class...i kept getting some grape coke out of the vending machine and saying "GRAPE DRANK!" to myself the whole time...LOL
should have seen the faces of the people I was teaching!!...priceless
WTF is grape coke??? Oh right- you're in the south. There's coke, grape coke, orange coke, sprite coke, etc...
The south is irritating. Do you call carts at stores "buggies" too?
no I call them carts....and it was coke...it sure as hell wasnt juice in the can...i think it was Fanta...some shit like that.
ANYWAY..the point of it was that I was walking around saying grape drank everytime I saw my can....LOL
thanks for ruining it raine, another job well done
FANTA IS NOT COKE, SOUTHERN BOY!!!
well it aint forking JUICE!!!!
leave me alone, this was about GRAPE DRANK...not my southern ash roots
Of course it's not juice!
It's POP. But not COKE, which is short for coca cola, which is a brand name for a cola drink!!! LOL I love messing with country folk!
*looks down, shakes head, and rubs forehead*
sonuvabitch
.......soda..Fanta is FORKING SODA...HAPPY?!?!?!!?!
pop. Geez. Soda. Who says soda???

I SAY IT DAMN IT!
LoL
and soda is a yankee word so you can pull that southern bs with me now!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!
I say soda too. I hate it when people say Pop. I'm from jersey and we all say soda, no matter what flavor. People here in Washington say Pop as well. It drives me crazy, lol.
LOL!...good to hear someone else use the proper word of SODUH!
It just sounds weird. "Let me have a pop". Stupid.
if i asked someone for a pop i would expect someone to hit me, lol
you playing shadowrun tonight?
Yeah, I'm addicted to that game.
saw you playing it last night but was in the middle of quake wars...not really getting to into that game so i might jump on shadowrun tonight.
alright, ill see you than. I'm off today, so I'm actually going to play right now, lol.
i need to do some rearranging around this room before i jump on xbox...im still having trouble finding someone to knock out the online ach. for frontlines fuel of war too
I wish I would of known. I had it for a while. A friend let me borrow it. I have most of the online achievements. I haven't played the campaign yet.
Midwest is pop, lol. Of course I've lived in so many places I have an accent and vocabulary that is a hodgepodge of all of them. I barely have any Chicago accent!!!
Everyone I know and talk to say that I have a mixture between a yankee and a cajun accent..but if you ask repo and meg they swear Im country as hell...lol
It's cool man, I made a thread asking everyone on the site if I can get some help. I just love how I help out everyone on the site when I can but I don't get anything in return, not that I really expect it, but if i needed help it would be good to get some back...lol
No biggy though, hit me up sometime and we can get the rest of the stranglehold ach..idk which ones you havent got or if you got them all now, if you lack any let me know, i need to get them all and i will be getting the DLC today
lol I'd help you if I could!!!! Maybe we should work out some kind of trade system for it! Like, "I want help in xxyxyxyx, I'm willing to help others in xxyxyxyxy, I'm available to play these days at these times."
For people who are really serious about getting help, I mean.
If Evol helps me with all the insane Gears levels, IDK what amounts of time I'd end up owing him!!!
I'm down for whenever. I still need a lil help in stranglehold. I have most of them I think, but still could use the help.
Yeah I know what you mean Raine...Evol said he would help me in those too but my NAT settings are all F'ed up, if me and him jump on it, it will def. be a process....LoL
Evol will do anything for an excuse to play Gears!
and thats good enough for me

The last time I ran through gears on insane, It took about 9 hrs. spread over two days! If anybody wants Gamerscore help, I'm about to start giving away some of my older games that I have 1000 points on! 2k games, Madden games, Bionicle! Check out my played games and I might be willing to send them out! They are just taking up space here, and I won't get ANY trade in value for these!
gimme games!!!!!!!
Let me know what you want! I'll let you know if I have it!
LOL IDK, let me know what you've got! I'll pays!
I was never much into RPG's...The only ones I can really get into are MASS EFFECT and FABLE...I tried real hard to get into Lost Oddisey or however you spell it. I actually really wanted to also because it had a great story and the graphics were unreal!
I guess the only thing that turns me off of those games are the turn based fighting style. Thats why I couldn't get into Final Fantasy despite the fact of having everything L.O. has, at least I think they usually have a great story behind them.
I just hope I can get into FALLOUT3 with them having the combination of turn based fighting style and real time fighting.