[ SECRET POST #2321 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2321 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.


__________________________________________________



10.


__________________________________________________



11.


__________________________________________________



12.


__________________________________________________



13.


__________________________________________________



14.


__________________________________________________



15.


__________________________________________________




















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 100 secrets from Secret Submission Post #332.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[gobbledigook]

Yeah, it seems people in "general" gaming communities tend to view Western RPGs as better than Japanese ones. Reminds me of that 3 part video series in Penny Arcade where they did a completely biased comparison between many WRPGs and, well, Final Fantasy, as a proof that WRPGs were better.

RPGs have always been my main reason to game but nowadays I kinda wonder if I can even say I prefer japanese RPGs at all. The Tales series is my favorite ever and I really don't have any shame of it because they really are awesome games, but there aren't many more are there? There were so many good RPGs in the PS2 era, too. :(

[ex_valour601]

There's actually one coming out this... August? It's smushed somewhere between SMT IV and the other JRPGs releases/re-releases coming out. I think Graces f also came out sometime last year.

I find the WRPG v. JRPG thing exhausting, and I do play both now. Yeah, the market's stagnant, but there's still some good stuff. All the sites I check that aren't heavily biased bring up Xenoblade now, which tickles me pink. Heck yes, former Squaresoft employees.

EDIT: I totally misread your comment, and I agree. There aren't a lot of new series coming out lately. I think the only one people cite outside of FF or Tales is Persona and SMT. Aside from those, the best we can expect come from lone games. At least Nintendo's getting some stuff going.

[gobbledigook]

Tales of Xillia is coming out in english this August! It' apparently comming out the same day as Dragon's Crown, I guess.

And I think Graces f illustrates how OP might feel about anime games very well too- it has great characters and an awesome battle system, but if someone already dislikes the anime style will probably not look too well on she shoujo flowery style of the cover art.

[ex_valour601]

Ah, man. I hope that doesn't hurt either one's sales. I was already going to buy Dragon's Crown no matter what, so that just means Xilia's lower on my list. No wonder I wasn't sure though--for some reason I thought it was Xillia 2 already, but you reminded me that was announced recently in JAPAN, not here.

Yeah, especially for Graces. Vesperia's got cel-shading and a fairly neutral cover going on, so the anime style isn't as... inaccessible? IDK how to put it. For some reason I just remember them in different categories, but it's probably because a lot more of my friends played Vesperia versus Graces f. Maybe the fact that we only got the 360 version, too.