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September 22, 2010

Ys Seven Wants My Blood, I Gladly Give It

Filed under: Editorial Rants — Tags: , , , — Jamie Love @ 8:31 pm

Ys Seven
My first few minutes with Ys Seven made me fear I’d fallen for an Albany ham scam, with the initial impression offering up some very typical RPG traits that encouraged turning off my PSP. There’s a tense peace after a long war, a King surrounded by vain and villainous characters (who hires these people?) and even a poor flower girl trying to get by just as we happen to stroll onto the scene – we being the ever eager Dogi and the ever silent Adol.

Sticking with it for a few more minutes led to a combat tutorial that seemed promising, teasing a free movement action RPG, and allowing the player to switch between actively controlled characters – a necessity because of attack types, which make certain characters more effective against certain enemies.

Holding down the attack button charges a gauge that allows for more powerful skill attacks to be used, and then it’s time to set off to investigate a newly discovered shrine as a favor for the King.

Between the kingdom steps and that shrine are plenty of the first come enemies, and suddenly this game is letting me charge around the screen, striking and killing, beating on carcasses after the fact to earn more items. It’s loose but focused, and most importantly, quick to get on with the business of being a game as I slash and level up at the same time I’m moving toward the destination in mind.

Then the game drops a large two-headed turtle on my head and instant death follows.

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September 16, 2010

Trailer Park – Valkyria Chronicles 3

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — Jamie Love @ 11:49 am

Valkyria Chronicles 3
Sega’s offered up a trailer for the PSP fan instigator, which consists entirely of cut-scenes sans any sign of gameplay – animated war is still hell.

I’d really like to know how many of you are disappointed that this wasn’t a PS3 release, and how many are content to simply get another dose of the series, so catch the video and give me an ear full after the break.

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September 8, 2010

Your Atlus 2-4-1

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , — Jamie Love @ 3:23 pm

Knights in the Nightmare
If you’ve been looking for incentive or reason in showing an interest for the upcoming PSP port/release of Knights in the Nightmare, Atlus is willing to give it a shot by offering another Sting PSP title for free.

Retail and digital launch purchases of Knights in the Nightmare will include a digital download of 2008’s Yggdra Union – not nearly as sweet as Knights’ original swag bag, but it’s the thought the counts I suppose.

You’ve got some time to decide if that’s enough of a reason to buy one of the best DS games of 2009 again on the PSP – Knights doesn’t release until November 9, 2010 – with an MSRP of $29.99.

September 7, 2010

Your Next Dose of Ys

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — Jamie Love @ 4:49 pm

Ys: The Oath in Felghana
XSEED Games sent word about their next release in the arrangement with Falcom, with Ys: The Oath in Felghana due for North American PSP release before the end of this year. As with Ys Seven, expect two packages, with a limited edition that includes a soundtrack CD and a 4-inch by 6-inch 2011 desktop calendar featuring artwork from the game – suggested retail pricing puts the regular edition at $29.99 and the limited at $39.99.

It’s a bit hard to top everything they packed into the Ys Seven Limited Edition, but at least your PSP won’t be waiting very long for another dose of the series. Catch the full image of the limited edition here.

August 16, 2010

Ys Seven PSA & Giveaway

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , , , — Jamie Love @ 7:53 pm

Ys Seven
Ys Seven hits store shelves tomorrow for your PSP, sporting a standard UMD release as well as an LCE that XSEED has stuffed with Falcom goodness. Being that I consider this year a pretty dreadful one for producing an RPG worth the investment of time and money, I’ve got plenty of expectations riding on this release.

But it occurs to me that maybe some of you don’t know what either a Ys or a Falcom is, and are left wondering if you should bother finding out. With that in mind, I’ve got my mitts on a couple of codes for a digital download of the title courtesy of Xseed Games – 2 to be exact.

So here’s the deal, drop me a line in the comment section of this post and tell me why you need this game to restore your faith in the RPG by Thursday August 19th at 11:59 pm est. I’ll draw two winners randomly from the comments on Friday and two of you can check the game out for yourself free of charge – and if you come back and tell me what you think, I’d probably dig that.

And finally, since I mentioned the LCE, you can catch two scans from the artbook that comes with that after the break.

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July 30, 2010

Zero no Kiseki

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , , — Jamie Love @ 3:35 pm

Zero no Kiseki
Falcom’s website / video for the latest entry to The Legend of Heroes franchise, Zero No Kiseki, has done a good job of slapping me upside the face today.

Aside from it belonging to the Sora no Kiseki line of titles, there’s plenty I don’t know about both the franchise and that particular series – but I know what I like, and it isn’t very often that I like a trailer for an RPG these days.

The game hits Japanese PSP’s on September 30, 2010, and you can catch the video after the break, and/or visit the game’s site here.

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July 22, 2010

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Coming to Your PSP

Filed under: News Feed — Tags: , , , — Jamie Love @ 9:39 am

Tactics Ogre
Square-Enix went and made it all official.

Yes, it’s clear that it was much more than a hunch.

That this group would revisit a classic franchise.

That’s the way they all become the Tactics Ogre Bunch!

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