WOW that is beautiful!

Damn thats an awesome book.

The disc is so damn pretty too

Stop staring at the disc and stick it in a PS3!

I'm telling you, if my blarry phone does not stop ringing I am going to have a fit...

@Teb

I am still at work :'(

hahahah switch it off

Wish I could... its all about my homeloan, and some work stuff I quickly need to sort out

@Teb

Ok yea homeloan slightly more important than video game, just slightly

Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty! Pretty!

Yes this game is pretty.

As a straw poll,. who is playing in english and who is playing japanese?

I'm playing Japanese, since it just fits Ghibli better IMO. Though the subtitles have been left to reflect Drippy's accent anf can be a bit weird. Saw some spelling/grammar mistakes to.

I'm playing in English. I'll put it on Japanese for the inevitable second playthrough.

Playing it in english, listened to the Japanese and the English a-bit and preferred the english cast.

Drippy being Scottish is amazing

I'm kind of regretting never pre-ordering the wizards edition this game is amazing it would make a cool anime movie

Are there any copies at Brightwater left?
Me wants it. Somehow I have more money than I thought I'd have

I see it shows out of stock in BWC but in stock in Fourways...

edit: Whew, reserved a copy at Fourways. Damn they sold fast

Tidy! Glad you reserved a copy Tiggi

I am only 2 hours in but enjoying it so far. Playing English dub - I watch Ghibli movies in english and the voice cast is pretty good.

Cravinho said ...

I'm kind of regretting never pre-ordering the wizards edition this game is amazing it would make a cool anime movie

Lol me too. That book is sweet!

The wizard edition is sprinkles on the awesome cake. Really the drippy doll is a bit manky (They could at leat have given him a real lantern) but the book is amazing. The DLC seems pointless. You get 2 "golden" versions of things you alreay have? They don't even appear stronger.

Also 2 free DLC on PSN, and there is a third coming on the 12th

This game is huuuuge. It's like they crammed every rpg time-waster in here. Exploring for invisible places, capturing monters, repeating dungeons for previously unreachable places, cooking, alchemy... if they add fishing later I will have a nerd-gasm. again.

7 hours in to the game and it just keeps getting better @teb it would be cool if you could fish or catch bugs ?

No fishing or gambling as far as I can tell...
but there IS a colloseum and 138 sidequests/Bounties

I think that would be my only gripe with the game. No cardgame or other mini-game.

Isn't the jump ability just the cutest and most useless ability EVER

@Teb

I actually found some uses for jumping

1. When monsters are running away on the field, makes catching them a lot quicker (yes you actually move faster on the world map if you jump).

2. The golden orb things that give you the miracle move, jumping in battle also lets you get to those things and catch them before they touch the ground.

But yea other than that it's pretty useless

That having to catch the babana tree monster thing was the most annoying quest ever. Took me 50 fecking tries and an hour and half of play time. Stupidly low capture rate.

How's the combat. I really prefer turn based combat, grew up on all the FFs, but this game looks really interesting. Just don't want to buy it and then get turned off by the real time aspect of the combat.

@Woofles, there is another annoying one comming involving killing a spesific enemy with a specific spell. This ais after you leveled up, so the specific enemy runs waway when it sees you. have to sneak up on the little tosser

Magius
Fighting is interesting. You need to keep on your toes, so it's a bit more involved than the normal turn based stuff. Timers, blocking, random drops, alignments etc makes every battle involved, since you need to be able to switch out characters fast and accurate.
Bosses tend to rip you a new one

Monsters also get very strong very fast. This is good, since it keeps battles interresting and you level quick. Also, when you become powerfull, weaker enemies run away. It's a great feeling to walk through the land you used to fear, swinging your massive wand, watching enemies scatter before you

Corrosive said ...

Tidy! Glad you reserved a copy Tiggi

Now I get the reference

Only had time to play for about an hour, so still in very early stages. Gorgeous game, and the combat seems like it'll be fun as it evolves.