http://toz.tales-ch.jp/

Im loving the steady stream of tales games but i think namco needs to slowdown a bit. tales is starting to feel a bit cheap.

same with persona and ffxiii

I read that they want to try make Tales a yearly franchise.

As long as each year is not a mothership title, they do not do random spinoffs (persona) and tons of unneeded sequels (FF13), it may not be a bad thing.

A JRPG going yearly to me is a very bad thing.

it's one thing when it's games like Call Of Duty and Assassins Creed which are 8 - 10 hours story maximum and largly similar gameplay the entire way through.

A JRPG which is typically 40+ hours long minus all the side quests and stuff, to release something like that every year the quality is going to be very mediocore.

I have been playing through a lot of old JRPGs recently especially off the ps1 era, they all shared one common thing. The details to just about everything, that is something I feel most of the new JRPGs are lacking.

A yearly release I cant see them being very captivating.

@Woofles
While I shudder to think of it, JRpgs might be going episodic then. Release the first 20 hours of gameplay, see how it sells, release more content as DL*spit*C...

@Teb

I actually have some hope for the JRPG's of the next gen. So far X, KH-3 and FFXV are all shaping up nicely. Granted still a lot has to be seen with all these games, but for the initial offerings it brings me more hope.

Than when i think back to the start of xbox 360/ps3 era and I ended up buying an xbox 360 because it had Lost Odyssy and Blue Dragon which were like the only two JRPGs for ages.

Tebulot said ...

@Woofles
While I shudder to think of it, JRpgs might be going episodic then. Release the first 20 hours of gameplay, see how it sells, release more content as DL*spit*C...

Ah you see I wouldn't mind that. Telltale have done brilliantly with The Walking Dead and now A Wolf Among Us. I know that adventure games are different, but I think that episodic RPGs (western and JRPG) could be a good thing.

@Magius

Depends entirely on the price, Both Walking dead and Wolf Among us arent that expensive.

If they are going to be charging me R500 plus for 20 hours of a 60 hour rpg yeah not going to happen lol.

^^Maybe they should take a page out of Mass Effect's book by making each game not too long(each game in the trilogy can be finished in 20 hours) but for those who like exploring and doing side quests add those in that could add an extra 20 hours or more to each game. And then they could also let you carry over levels, skills or whatever to the next game by importing the save file of the previous game.

But to be honest i would prefer it if JRPG's didn't have sequels.

Anyway a new Tales game should be good.

Woofels said ...

@Magius

Depends entirely on the price, Both Walking dead and Wolf Among us arent that expensive.

If they are going to be charging me R500 plus for 20 hours of a 60 hour rpg yeah not going to happen lol.

Oh absolutely. A Wolf Among Us is $29 for all episodes and I just picked it up during the recent sale for $16. If they keep the price down then I am happy with episodic content.

Magius said ...

Tebulot said ...

@Woofles
While I shudder to think of it, JRpgs might be going episodic then. Release the first 20 hours of gameplay, see how it sells, release more content as DL*spit*C...

Ah you see I wouldn't mind that. Telltale have done brilliantly with The Walking Dead and now A Wolf Among Us. I know that adventure games are different, but I think that episodic RPGs (western and JRPG) could be a good thing.

then we get something like FF XIII-2 where we get a 20 hour game and we have to download the ending

lol no thankyou

Wii U game that will eventually be ported to the PS4

SupaPhly said ...

Wii U game that will eventually be ported to the PS4

Namco posted the countdown site on the community PS blog in Japan, so no... its definitely going to a PS console from the very beginning.

^I was kinda being sarcastic, but since I didn't know about the ps blog thingy, guess it's fools on me -_-

SupaPhly said ...

^I was kinda being sarcastic, but since I didn't know about the ps blog thingy, guess it's fools on me -_-

fair enough.

but yeah, they announced the countdown there. I think its the final PS3 game myself

more ps3 love

lol heard this name a couple of weeks ago but didn't think namco would actually go through with it. it sounds a bit silly

reveal trailer


not the best quality but its something
hmmm no party battle system?