Yep,a list with the heaviest Rpgs (in my opinion) coming this year and the next:
10. Infinite undiscovery: This is the new Tri-Ace game, and although they barely have given pieces of information about it, i decided to put IU in the 10th place just because the developers never have disappointed me, and the over-artful premise of their games always end up grabing my attention.
9. Final Fantasy VS Xlll: The dark toned game of the Fabula nova Crystallis project have me hooked since the last year, and according to Nomura the development process for the game in the PS3 is going smooth, you know, he has been praising the PS3 capabilities, a good sign for VS Xlll.
8. Soul Nomad: Some people could argue about how "heavy" can this game be when compared to the cutting edge technology that others Rpgs are using in the current gen, but if SN, also known as Soul Cradle: Devourer of the world, was built with the basics of Disgaea in mind, i can expect a underplayed future cult ****c SRpg with over 50 hours of gameplay and a lot of cutesy 2d sprites (okay i am more interested in the battle system and the story :P ).
7. The Last Remnant: I heard of this game like a month (or two) ago, but the Remnant concept let me impressed. The idea of explore cities built near to giant ancient artifacts infused with some kind of magic gave me hope in the RPGs of the current gen, and the Square Rpgs specifically. If only the developers (the Saga series team) had given more information about the Battle system and the story this game surely would have been in the top 5.
6. Eternal Sonata: ES looks a lot like Radiata stories, and i used to love that game. Also, the battle system in ES (called Trusty Bell in japan) seems to have been overhauled, in relation to others ARPG, in pro of the strategic part of the battles which is a good thing.I could say other things about this game, but lets continue with the top10 :P.
5. Folklore: part action, part Rpg. The graphics and the story looks astonishing, and the ability to catch every monster in the world and then use them with the four main buttons of the Six-axis sounds like fun. But i will have to wait for a PS3 price drop though.
4. Jeanne D'Arc: The moment i saw this game for the first time, the moment i fell in love with it!. But that's not quite a surprise considering that final fantasy tactics is my favorite game of all time, you know, JD'A is a SRpg which uses mechanics reminiscent of FFtactics. I will have to buy a PSP if i want to enjoy 2xSRpg this year :P(the FFtactics remake will be available this year too)
3. Persona 3: This is my most anticipated game of the year!. P3 is very hard to explain. Well, lets start; P3 features two game modes, one in the day and one in the night. The first one is about the enhancement of relationships with school friends and the people of the city, and the second one is about the Tartarus, a creepy tower thats suddenly appear every night at the dark hour carrying monster, and where the battle system play it's role. The main character and his friends defend theirselves using personas, which supposedly are their inner beings and only can be freed when their carriers are on the verge of dying. So, here is the dilemma, how can the characters summon their Personas without being on the "verge of dying"?, they simulate their dead with a fake weapon pointing it to the head and firing. Sounds interesting, right?.
2. Final Fantasy Xlll: FF never ever have disappointed me (well, just with FFX-2), and the creativity and effort that Square is putting into this game is reason enough to give to FFXlll one of the first places in the top 10. Square always exploits the capabilities of the hardwares, and being the PS3 one (if not the most) of the best cutting edge pieces of technology, i can assure that this game will be a blast to play.
1. Lost Odyssey: The father of the Rpg is back, this is the new game of Hironobu Sakaguchi. I am very excited to see how LO turns out to be. We don't have a lot of information yet, but hey, Sakaguchi is leading the team, and being he the father of final fantasy, this game should be even better than FFXlll :P .
Games that aren't in the list but maybe should have are: Blue Dragon, the Level 5 PS3 Rpg (forgot the name), Dragoneer Aria, etc.
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