The painful memories of XII are coming back with this one. The hours spent mindlessly trudging along, pressing only the thumbstick forward and the occasional setting of skills/equipment. All of this while trying to keep up with what little plot there was and forcing myself to at least try to care about one of the characters. (I chose to try to like Balthier, didn't work.) In the end, what I got was a 30+ hour Star Wars (there are too many plot similarities to count) in a fantasy setting. If this game is as much like FF XII as it looks, count me out.

Pickens

I HOPE that they've stepped up the voice acting, and the script writing. The seemingly 16 year old chick that gets kidnapped at the beginning sounds like she's 10, *whimper* "No...leave my brother alone!" Seriously, what teen talks like that? Couldn't they hire someone outside of the developement house to actually write a better script for the English version? It just sounds incredibly cheesey the way it's delivered. On the other side it sounds like the voice of Ichigo from Bleach is voicing the main character, which is good. But since he's using the EXACT same voice it feels like the character should have orange spikey hair and be carrying an oversized sword wrapped in ace bandages on his back.

brandonf

So IU is a pile now? Come on... really? A pile? Anything else in comparison is a work of art?

I'm going to pick it up when I finish Vesperia, so we'll see.

Madeira

cant wait, lets hope its not like the piece of shite infinite undiscovery -AKA the worst game from square since unlimited saga.

underground_slacker

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic: SE could let EA port it to PS3. ;)

2SBs

@GrassJelly: Developing on the Xbox 360 is much easier and takes much less time than on the PS3.

WatershipDown

@Foxstar Sixtail: Kind of yeah. Forgive me if I don't give a flying fuck wether or not a console I have no intention of buying thrives or fails.

It's not in my interest as a PlayStation 3 owner to have Microsoft buying exclusives. It is in Sony's case.

Why is that so hard to understand?

I have no intention of owning a 360...I think it's a shit system...and therefore I have no desire to see it do well/secure exclusives.

I do own a PlayStation 3...I think it's a good system...and therefore it is in my best interest to see it do well/secure exclusives.

Hardly rocket science.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

@vid3oman64: Regardless, it's apparently coming out for PS3 as well, which I do own, so yay.

Callin me a fanboy... are you serious? For Sony? Jesus.

vid3oman64

@Foxstar Sixtail: I definitely won't refute that Unlimited fell to the wayside, but all honesty and fairness, the only people who scored Romancing poorly are the people who either couldn't comprehend the unforgiving free-form design of the game, or the people who just don't like such open-ended'ness--just like all the other SaGa games (psx forwards, havn't played before then).

Lord Thayer

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:

I have the same feeling as well sadly.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@vid3oman64: not to mention this was supposed to get a simultaneous release with PS3 until a couple months ago when it all changed. Now, the PS3 version has no release date whatsoever.

I dont care for games i knew my prefered console wouldnt get because i dont have the other console (cant be bothered with RRoD), but to tell us its going to released at a certain date and then delaying it indefinitely sucks piles of dung.

Deus_EpS

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Thanks for that, sounds like mixed news there. No random encounters = good, high number of quests = good,(I was horrified when I played IU for 8hrs and the game told me to swap disks) quick time events = bad, turn-burst = *scratches head*, battling 70 enemies at a time = smells like a button masher :(

2SBs

@tripur: Of course this one will be on PS3. It's just timed exclusive for shady reasons.

Candlejack

I really want this game but don't have a 360. I'm curious though. The main site for the game shows the PS logos as well as the 360 logo. Anyone know if there are plans to release it on PS3?

tripur

It looks like Final Fantasy XII, both in art style and potential gameplay, and that makes me all sorts of excited.
It looks like Ivalice almost, but since they never tagged this one as part of the Ivalice Alliance, I'm sure they'll set it somewhere interesting, like Bivalice.
And I'll be damned if I didn't just see some pseudo-Ifrit in there.

Just from the looks of it so far, the characters look awesomely detailed and extremely emotive, and the battles look awesome. I already have extremely high hopes for this one.

TheWoj

Doesn't look too bad. Hope they give us PC/PS3 peeps a release date at TGS.

ayrkain

@Deus_EpS: I'm sure it's a combination of factors...UE3 difficulties included. I'd imagine this was a case where Microsoft saw Square struggling and chose to act on the situation.

But seriously, what incentive is there for Square (assuming their UE3 woes are real) to go back to work on a troublesome PlayStation 3 version hen the 360 version is already out the door...particularly when the game in question has been designed with more Western appeal in mind?

My answer is not much. And I'm sure Microsoft offered up a fuck ton of money to eliminate any doubt.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

@acrana: wow, I've never been called that before. Seriously.

How about this for your pea-brain: I was significantly dissappointed because I don't own a 360? Wow! That's a farfetched thought isn't it?

=\

vid3oman64

@Lord Thayer: Honestly, the FFXII vibe I got kinda worried me. I couldn't force myself past a certain point in FFXII.

vid3oman64

@Foxstar Sixtail: And so does my thumbs whilst im playing a quality looking RPG come November!

teeps1981

Looks really good, I'm no 360 fan but from a graphics perspective it's pleasing. Some of those town shots remind me of FFXII, can't be a bad thing.

mikeleddy83

I am loving the character and monster designs! This game looks gorgeous, I hope its storyline is half as good as the visuals.

Shellypants

@vid3oman64: Its for both you stupid fanboy

acrana

@Foxstar Sixtail: I think its more to do with Sony's Neglect of Japanease Devs in recent years.

teeps1981

@Foxstar Sixtail: :(

vid3oman64

@vid3oman64:Aww, my heart bleeds for you.

Foxstar Sixtail

@Lord Thayer: I thought the same thing looking through the screenshots--it does have an FFXII feel, which makes me even more excited!

I hope its more engaging than Infinite Undiscovery, I loved the first few hours but now I'm having a hard time staying interested.

Shellypants

@Lord Thayer:Saga as a Square IP has been in the shitter for years and now Mana has joined it. Saga is widly reviled among the gaming press and many gamers too from the crapfest that was Romancing and Unlimited.

But there's folks who like it, so..

Foxstar Sixtail

@Lord Thayer:

Now FF12 WAS a steaming Pile!

teeps1981

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic: yea, i dont for a second beleive its Unreal Engine 3's fault. Not when 360's been getting first bids and exclusivity to all JRPGs so far. And whats more, we have to wait for the 360 version of FFXIII to be completed before we can play it on the PS3 which probably will be ready months before the 360's is. Either Microsoft is throwing a lot of money at these things, or Sony's not really giving a good fuck about it...im for a combination of both.

Deus_EpS

@Lord Thayer: At least he's on topic, as it IS the guys responsible for the Saga series that're developing Last Remnant.

muu

/impressed.

caleb

....this is for 360?

I am significantly less excited.

vid3oman64

@GrassJelly:Microsoft spent millions of dollars to make it worth it.

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:The 'stink of money passing hands'? Dude, no one's making games for your good heath. It's quite okey when Sony pays for games, but god forbid Microsoft do it?

Foxstar Sixtail

Did you just diss Saga Frontier ?

Fabrice

@peacefuloutrage: I lol'd
But yes, all in all, I'm liking the look of this game, can't wait for a release date for the PS3 version though, maybe it's been announced and I'm unaware, does anyone know?

Strife56

November on 360 is going to be incredible.

WatershipDown

This is so not coming to the PlayStation 3. Sorry for the pessimism guys, but I detect the stink of money exchanging hands and decisions being made between Microsoft and Square.

I'm excited for it...I'll be happy if it comes to my console of choice...but I think a combination of cash and circumstance is going to forever keep it from my shiny black box.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

Not that I'm complaining, but I don't understand why the 360 is getting the glut (whether its exclusives or first dibs) of JRPG releases when the installment base in Japan is so pitiful.

GrassJelly

@Lord Thayer: I guess I really couldn't sound like any less of a festering fanboy in that post, as I have a Saga Froniter II sprite as an avatar to boot. Shit.

Lord Thayer

@2SBs:

According to Wikipedia:

"The Last Remnant will feature a brand new battle system labelled by Hiroshi Takai (director) as a "Turn-burst, command-based system using symbol encounters." There will be no random encounters.[3] It will also contain quick time events, sequences where the player must press a combination of buttons with a correct timing to defeat enemies. This system has appeared in other video games before The Last Remnant, for instance in Shenmue, Dark Cloud, Kingdom Hearts II and God of War.

In addition to the main character, the player's team (called a "Union") is composed of a number of soldiers whose skills vary according to different parameters. One parameter is the "morale" bar, which is affected by the events in battle and affects the way characters perform in battle. Battles can involve up to 70 enemies at once and will be at the core of the gameplay. Nobuyuki Ueda has commented on the battle system, claiming that it is "much deeper than the few seconds it received in the movie".[3] Additionally, a high number of quests are expected"

[en.wikipedia.org]

LittleBigPlaneteer

Looks nice. Very nice actually. Enough Screenshots. Next is a video of actual gameplay, then gameplay itself. >:|

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

Looking great. Giving me a bit of an FF12 vibe in some of the screens, which I think is a wonderful thing; I think more RPGs could learn a thing or two from that game.

Also, was that a stab at the SaGa series (Frontier, Romacing, Unlimited?) If so, that deeply wounds me; they are probably my second favorite Square franchise. Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song especially, as I truly think it was one of the most underrated RPGs I've ever played.

Lord Thayer

@peacefuloutrage:

It's over 9,000 (screenshots)!!!!

LittleBigPlaneteer

@peacefuloutrage: I'm not sayin it.

vid3oman64

god damn i hope this isnt another hit/miss JRPG. Well, not that i will be able to play it yet, not that i will want to yet either...too busy with the other games out this Christmas~

Deus_EpS

I wonder what the battle system will be like in this game. I hope it won't be nothing like the battle system in IU. The city in one of the pics looks massive.

2SBs

[kotaku.com]

Vegeta.. what's his power level?

peacefuloutrage

@vid3oman64: I see November release at the end. Don't hurt me!

vid3oman64

Pretty harsh on Infinite Undiscovery. I've actually gotten a fair amount of enjoyment out of that game. It's rough around the edges but nowhere near a steaming pile.

Guild_Navigator

Man this game looks awesome. I just hope it's better than Infinite Un...interesting. :\

TheMurderer

....lolwut? This game doesn't even ring a bell. Looks nice though. When's it coming out?

vid3oman64

Damn you weren't kidding when you said screenshot explosion Fahey. The game looks pretty nice, though a bit hectic in many of the screens. Nice and colorful too.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@KINGZ: Or, make PS3 lead platform and not gimp the game at all for the 360. Porting from insanely complex/difficult code to simpler one is a lot easier than vice-versa, trust me. Although neither are THAT easy.

Candlejack

@Madeira: Yes, IU is terrible. The one saving grace is the battle system, which is mildly fun, but coming from Vesperia you're going to be highly disappointed. I know I was.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

@Candlejack: @Candlejack: @Candlejack:

Yea the days of pure exlusivity comes closer and closer to an end everyday and is just about there.

The new trick is:
1. "Timed Exclusive" titles
2. "Content Exclusive" titles

I will say its a shame when games are made for the Xbox then later ported to the PS, all it does is gimp the system. I rather them make it for the PS and then gimp the game for the Xbox.

As for the game is self, WOW!

KINGZ

Wow, is it holiday budgeting time already? How the time flies. This one may well hit the "Don't wait till Christmas" list.

Rebochan

@GrassJelly: Seems to fit in with the idea that Japanese developers are trying to score with Western audiences. If you want to start getting big numbers in the West, PS3 exclusives are not the way to go.

That doesn't answer the question of why so many developers are producing exclusives in the first place, but it helps explain why so many JRPGs are 360 exclusives rather than PS3 exclusives. If you're going to make an exclusive, it makes sense to do it for the console that best fits your target audience. And strange though it may seem, Japanese gamers are increasingly not the most important audience even for JRPGs.

Vaegrin

@TheWoj: I'm not sure I follow at all. The art style is nothing like FFXII and the gameplay is definitely nothing like it. From what I've seen, it looks like it'll work more like a menu-based Valkyrie Profile 2.

Ueziel

@Pickens: It plays nothing like FF12. And the story is definitely nothing like it at all. I don't share your sentiments about FF12, but it is definitely nothing even close to resembling it.

Ueziel

I am REALLY looking forward to this. After being disappointed with Infinite Undiscovery (which I assume was really rushed out the door because damn Tri-Ace has NEVER made a game that poorly before), Last Remnant is really the biggest game I've got on the horizon. I've even got one of the themes on my 360 right now, along with one of the gamer pictures.

I wouldn't call IU a pile though. I would call it a massive amount of UNDISCOVERED potential. For every cool idea it had, it was bogged down by 10 other problems. If it had another 10 hours of just character development/quests and sidequests that actually mattered, along with some serious graphical overhauling, I think it would've been entirely fine.

Ueziel

This is the game that's based on the Unreal engine, right? I hope it doesn't suffer from that texture loading lag that's in so many UE games. I briefly replayed BioShock, Mass Effect, and UT3 the other day, and wow, that lag is really bad...

All that aside, I hope this game is turns out well. I'm a bit starved for non-FF, non-DQ new games from Squeenix.

Altersparck

Hmmm, those giant thingies look like the Colossi from Shadow of the Colossus. I gave up expecting sharp, zesty writing from Japanese games a long time back. Unless they actually re-do the dialogue as opposed to translate, the language style isn't particularly compatible with English.

Chupakun

Here we go again. "I don't have a 360 so..."

If you're unwilling to spend $199 on the console with the best game library this generation, you really can't bitch about it.

*goes off to play Castle Crashers*

WatershipDown

@Madeira: If you are thinking of picking up IU then don't, the game's price got slashed in half just a week after release in UK. The game is short, the battle system is shit. Voice syncing is so terrible that sometimes you hear a whole sentence, yet the characters mouth is not moving.

2SBs

2 questions:
1) how many DVDs is this RPG gonna take?
2) when is it cooming to PS3? 2009?

Alex_Mexico

@underground_slacker: I got 10 mins into unlimited saga and traded it in. It's soooooo bad. I've seen 10 copies in the bargin bin recently after not seeing it at all even the new copy i traded in on the shelves anywhere.

Archaenon

just awesome texturing!

tenske

This game looks great , a little on the baron , nothing in the background side or anything really going on in the background side. Compared to most Squeenix games it's also really dull looking color wise . I can let that slide though.

Now , heres hoping it actually really good , because Infinite looks amazing , I mean good , minus the poorly timed mouth animation and horrible horrible voice sync. It has the gameplay of herding a 1000 mules , I'm going to beat it , but it's difficult and random and story is oddly pieced together.

I'd probaly wait for a PS3 port unless I saw a really good trailer showing what Squeenix is actually capable of doing on the 360. I have yet to see a RPG look and play better then Lost Oddyssey for the 360. ( Even though tales is alright , I'm not a fan of it's almost limited button mashing battle system ).

Archaenon

Hope to have my 360 by end of next week... with all the back RPGs and new stuff - I'll have stuff to play for months!

scdnyc

Hey, I think I see a certain Bart Fatima in that pile of screens.

Razgriz1

@2SBs: @Revenge_of_Nekojin: A good friend of mine says it's enjoyable, but maybe you're right... The reviews are all over the place too, so that's not helping. Although the fact that Destructoid's is the lowest score on Metacritic is almost enough to convince me it's good.

One thing that is really intriguing me about IU is that it's supposed to be kind of quirky, and I have a soft spot for B-grade RPGs (I liked Cosmic Fantasy 2 as much if not more than Chrono Trigger).

Madeira

Looks beautiful and much better than Infinite Undiscovery.

DigitalHero

@SavidDaunders: "I really wish Square would start making UNIQUE looking characters. Instead, I feel like I'm playing the same old Tidus/Yuna story over and over and over. A rose by any other name..." Would smell as sweet? So you like Tidus/Yuna over and over?

As for the game I really want more info on the battle system, Morale bar in particular. I do like the idea of large scale battles. The town looks like a direct rip from ff12.

Flowen

@Fabrice:

Or as I always called it (because of some really iffy graphic design on the title of one of the PSone games): "Salsa Frontier".

BigSpottedCow

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:Then go cry to Sony for not spending the money for it. But it's no one's fault but your own you limit yourself.

Or go get hired by SCE and get put in charge of the money hats. But crying about it showing up on 360 and then saying "I think the 360 is a shit system." does nothing to help your case or your various augments here.

Foxstar Sixtail

@WatershipDown: But how do you feel about the Last Remnant screenshots?

This game is looking beautiful. Huge battles? Huge Bosses? Sign me up. Sadly, playing this game with my current console configuration is TBD.

subterfunk

I really wish Square would start making UNIQUE looking characters. Instead, I feel like I'm playing the same old Tidus/Yuna story over and over and over. A rose by any other name...

SavidDaunders

@Foxstar Sixtail: I think I do a good job expressing my views on the crap-tacity of the 360 independently of threads such as these, thank you.

And if you don't have a decent retort in the future please don't bother with the schoolyard mainstay of "Well then go work for X".

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

@WatershipDown:

"Best" is a matter of opinion. I dislike shooters and sports games. I know 360 has more to offer than that but there isn't really anything that interests me other than Dead Rising Lost Odyssey and Vesperia. Everyones saying the 360 has all the JRPGs but it really doesnt have many more than PS3 has/will have. I think there's a huge split this generation.

cakeman19

@Alex_Mexico: They got all of IU on one disc , it might not be multi-disc who knows.

According to Sascha 23's post , it's spring for the PS3. It's probably worth the wait.

Archaenon

That's one cool eye-patch, kid.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

@subterfunk: I can't argue with that, I just don't have the money.

vid3oman64

@WatershipDown: I wouldn't say that is has the best games library , all the systems have awesome games. I personally have more games for my PS3 then I do my 360. It's needs more Rpgs to really appeal to me , but everyone has prefs right?

Castle Crashers is about the only thing I play right now on my 360. Disgaea III is the best rpg/srpg out at the moment.

Archaenon

@vid3oman64:

Where have you been? This game is being considered a AAA title for the holiday season

cakeman19

@Pickens: get out of my head, Pickens. My same EXACT complaints with FFXII righ there. I hated to "play and pretend being a programmer" with the gambits crap and then just moving the left stick.
Last Remnant (and FFXIII) better not play like an offline MMORPG in that sense.

Alex_Mexico

Far too many things on my plate to pick up on PS3 this year and my 360 titles are Fable 2 and Gears of War 2 for 2008.

But, I will def plan to pick this up when the PS3 version hits in the Spring. Afraid to play anymore epic/long titles on 360. Mine is just extra loud.

sascha23

@Madeira: It's not that bad , if you can get over the horrible voice acting and the somewhat all over the place story. It's battle system is actually quite nice once you get used to it. It's a heck of a lot better then Vesparias battle system and copius buttom mashing that takes place.

It reminds me of old star oceans , alot like Star Ocean 2. Honestly the only thing that kills it is the story. I really like the way it looks once I get past the voice acting and timing. Reminds me alot of Grandia for the DC when it comes right down to it.

It's not as bad as people make it , I'm more then half way though it and I don't regret the purchase , but I can see that Tri-Ace will sweep this one under the carpet. It's right up there with Alundra , quality goodness all around.

I'd say pick it up , but then again I'll play anything.

Archaenon

@Deus_EpS: Ah. That sucks. Hopefully they'll give us something.

vid3oman64

@Foxstar Sixtail: Neither are the ramblings of bitter cranks who feel its out of place to ever complain about anything, ever. If the solution to every game related problem was to simply throw another $200 - $400 at the issue then forums like these wouldn't even exist.

And if you don't agree with my views then don't read them...I'm not going to censor myself just to satisfy your world view.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

I wish this was coming out on PS3 soon but then again I'll be going head-first into Rock Band 2 next month and who knows when I'll be able to tear myself away from that. I'm still playing RB1 like crazy!

torgojones

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:Your good job of stating your views is subjective. And your retorts aren't of a fitting level to merit much more then what I stated. Sour grapes are not fun to read about.

Foxstar Sixtail

Went through more of the screens. Seriously, this is what happens when you use the Unreal 3.0 engine. It's frikkin' brown all over again... Yes, there's a bit of colour, but not a lot. Does the U3E have some uber desaturation tool that's enabled permanently?

Chupakun

@cakeman19:As it currently stands, it has more JRPG's then the PS3. It has more RPG's period.

Foxstar Sixtail

@vid3oman64: If it means anything, I still love you *kiss* <3

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@Madeira: From the moment I saw the first screens and video I knew it was going to be a generic, poorly made cash in, I just knew it. It's a shame because I really wanted to believe otherwise, but after reading reviews and hearing a good amount of people's opinions on it my predictions were confirmed.

Here's hoping The Last Remnant, White Knight Story and the Final Fantasy games deliver.

Đipic

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:Now that is a schoolyard mainstay. "If you don't like what I say, don't read it." Nay sir, we are here to debate and debate we will. No, I don't agree with your views, thus I will debate you over them, more so when there's bias and slanted views poisoning the water.

Foxstar Sixtail

Can't wait to pick this up for the PS3... assuming (praying) that it's better than Infinite Undiscovery.

Đipic

@Pickens: *The ONLY reason I have some faith in XIII is because Kitase left halfway through XII.

Pickens

@Alex_Mexico: And most other people can't like it that much. I saw a slew of FF XIIs at Target brand new for $10 the other week. I still have no idea why the reviews for it were so positive when it came out (well, other than the fact that it's a mainline Final Fantasy). I just haven't had much faith in Square since this and the Final Fantasy VII Compilation were such huge disappointments. The ONLY reason I have some faith in XIII is because Kitase left halfway through.

Pickens

@Foxstar Sixtail: Bias and slanted views? Are we suddenly not allowed to dislike anything anymore? Divorce yourself from the notion that the only true gamer is one who finds no serious fault with anything. That sounds more like a retard than a gamer.

And in case you haven't bothered to notice, subjectivity is kind of an unavoidable part of critiquing any game, console, or developer. Consider that games and the systems they're played on are subject to the same types of personal reactions reserved for literature, art, film, and music...then get back to me about the whole "bias" thing.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

@Lord Thayer: Weren't the three Final Fantasy Legend games for the original gameboy originally released as SaGa titles in Japan? Those were pretty linear.

I couldn't get into the PSX ones... I don't think I had the time to invest in them and my pirated copies didn't have instructions, so i sorta gave up.

CaptaiNeNN

@vid3oman64: @vid3oman64: @vid3oman64: amen! That game just depressed me. It was a constant struggle from moment one and then I just gave up on it. How did those gambits get past beta...?

CaptaiNeNN

Looks good.

belo

@Chupakun: They're pictures of a town in a wasteland and fighting in that wasteland. Are you expecting the ground to be purple? Wait for screens of different areas before coming to that conclusion.

Ueziel

@Archaenon: Infinite Undiscovery was 2 discs.

It's more impressive to note that all of Tales of Vesperia is on one disc with an immense amount of voice acting and a story that's well over 50 hours long.

Ueziel

@Foxstar Sixtail: Which is done by the fact it's had a head start of the PS3... So that goes w/o saying. It's only a matter of time.

Archaenon

@Archaenon: Awesome...I hate this comment system. This is for a completely diffrent thread. Sorry about that.

Archaenon

@Pickens: @Foxstar Sixtail: Which is done by the fact it's had a head start of the PS3... So that goes w/o saying. It's only a matter of time.

Archaenon

@Ueziel: I forgot , lol. I haven't made it to the second disc and haven't taken the game out of the case in over a week. =x

Archaenon

Is this turn based, or have they not announced anything yet?

amishmofo

@Alex_Mexico: Have you tried turning the gambits off if you hated them so much?

2SBs

It looks so much like FF, but it isn't FF...
I hope it turns out well! It'll be nice to see another new, good, thing from Square.

em

Too many games too little cash.

Nexus6

If the quality is anywhere close to Lost Odyssey they'll have me hook, line, and sinker.

psychobaka

@TheWoj: I don't really like the boring medieval towns reminiscent of FFXII either. The gameplay seems sufficiently unique to override this, though.

Swift_

The way most JRPGs have been going lately, I would be a little surprised if Square Enix doesn't snatch mediocrity from the jaws of victory. Please, oh please don't ruin this game somehow with:

- 14-second loading times for each battle (looking at YOU Lost Odyssey)
- slow-moving random battles that are a chore to get through
- main character who's a gigantic douchebag
- the obligatory little kids who join your party at some point

I'm not getting my hopes up too high, but maybe this could be the second great JRPG this generation, after Tales of Vesperia :)

smartpatrol

I cant wait for this game. I just wish SQEX would start releasing ps3 games already, this is just ridiculous. Nobody's buying them on 360. I would if i had one, but i dont, and i wont. >.< How come this is getting a 360 release first?

thedarkmarc

@GrassJelly: The number one reason is that the 360 came out first. So developers, in this case Square-Enix, started working on games for it. (system owner base not that established at this point anyways). Developers are also having a difficult time making PS3 games (just like they had a difficult time with developing for the PS2, remember any good RPGs come out soon after release?) and more specifically RPGs. They know the Japanese likes RPGs, so the only reasons RPGs haven't come out for it (there might have already been some, but Japan only, okay besides Oblivion) are they don't feel it is cost effective yet OR they are working on games for it but it's taking a long time to develop. Counterpoint to my argument: Disgaea 3 is a PS3 exclusive.

transcend

@smartpatrol: Lost Odyssey's load times weren't that bad. Either your 360 is dying, or you're lying as I've actually timed my load times to be 9 seconds for battles, which is really not very bad at all. And that will also be alleviated with the release of the fall update, allowing you to just play it off the hard drive anyway.

The battles were slow-moving but hardly a chore. Maybe if you barely played the game but even within a few hours, those random battles (which hardly ever even popped up considering the game's unbelievably low encounter rate) were quickly ramped up to be fairly good strategic exercises.

Kaim isn't a douche at all. In fact, if you have actually played the game, you'd know that's far far FAR from what he is. He doesn't show it to people he barely knows or doesn't trust, but he's one of the most loving characters in an RPG I can think of.

The kids join your party for a good reason and they're both probably the best-written and most uncliched pair of kids in gaming history.

Like some other guy said, we can only hope Last Remnant is close to Lost Odyssey in quality.

Ueziel

Yeehaw! Finally, an RPG I'm excited for. Can't wait till November rolls around.

DXY!

Wow!!! Im lost for words...I cant believe the complete 180 this game is making! It was looking like utter crap and now it looks amazing...Go figure...And here I was betting on Infinite...Oh well... 360 is the best seller in japan at the moment as it should've been and more Japanese developer are throwing away their Bias and giving it a shot to find out it's easier to develop on than the George Foreman 3! I might have to pick this game up if the screens are a new indication of what the game will be like. Where's a sperm bank when you need one... (Sing) I get money...I, I get money!...

aang001

@Deus_EpS:

Actually the PS3 version is being worked on first and foremost...AFTER that has been completed than they will try and figure out the 360.

Nice try though

Tietsu

This looks very, very..enchanted arms.

Sanjo

Wow, news about that game! Finally. I always confused The Last Remnant with Infinite Undiscovery, because they look a bit similar, imo. But wow, those screenshots are nice, I'm really excited for this game now, more than ever! And yay for cat-head people.

Rutt

Thanks for the info. I can't wait for it, was gonna add it to my list of reasons to get a 360, but if it's coming out on the PS3, it'll only save me money!

everybest

@Guild_Navigator: You forget that its a 360 exclusive, which automatically makes it crap even though people commenting on it have never played it.

Sweetsauce

This game looks awesome. I'm praying like hell that it doesn't suck.

JenovasWitness

@Candlejack:

I agree there, porting to a simpler code is easier then porting from a simple code to a Complex code.

KINGZ

I'm so EXCITED.

EskimoDave

Looks pretty good, I have to keep an eye on this game for sure.

zigurat

they release this game but they make sure hold back the ps3 final fantasy just for the xbox360 squaresoft nothing but money they want microsoft dumped right at there front door ,it makes me wonder though if microsoft offered them a deal if they give them there loyality that they make there dream come true to finally step deeper into amaericans audice

RileyIshank

Coming out for PC too

LucyPatroclus

epic fail.

BettinaEchetus

how many discs will this one be?

Godsman

anyone know when this will be out for PS3?

Godsman

I can't wait for Last Remnant. Infinite Undiscovery was so very broken in so many ways, this will be a nice recovery. There is no excuse to having slowdown like it had. Or having to pull out or sheath your sword to do everything. How about some sitting while we navigate menus during a fight? Cmon folks, pile doesn't even begin to describe that atrocity. Hope Remnant can give me a real RPG diversion until Fallout

k20adam

yea thats totally bart from xenogears

TaylorProteus

looks fantastic, much better looking that infinite undiscovery!

excel_excel