So... You can sacrifice yourself before others sacrifice you! And no one of them get points/exp/anything... trolls get trolled Strategic..XD

hehe I'm not 100% on how it works but my guess is moves like exculiber will not kill you for a certain time period..so fr example you summon the sword after sacrificing your spine but my guess is you will have a certain period of time that if you can defeat the beast before the time ends you won't get killed. But such a spell will have a huge impact on you and will convert you considerably

I might just kick my fellow mates towards the beast :P or if i  turn in to a salamndr I will just turn around and attack the group instead lol

dat speed!

and also

Ragnarok Odyssey Preview from Destructoid

http://www.destructoid.com/preview-ragnarok-odyssey-227246.phtml

Oh god, both games look awsome!  That top one is Soul Sacrifice, right?  

ragnarok Odyssey is looking better by the day. I don't think I can afford to keep up with the Vita, PS3, 360, AND WiiU.  

I'm Getting Hyper HYPED!

Ragnarok, Disgaea3 (nice and great review Runa!), Gravity Rush, Resistance: Burning Skies, and now Soul Sacrifice... plus Rayman, Blazblue, Wipeout 2048.. GOD! I NEED MORE MONEY!

Yes it is :D and I agree both games are looking fantastic

Here's a new gif. 

The character uses his magic to freeze the boss for a few seconds while other players attack.

Now with this better quality gameplayvids i am getting hyped too. Only thing i am worried about is the one thing i hate on almost every japanese game: the static movement. Seems a bit unperfect, but that's just my first impression. I was worried that there will no melee, but the speaking person clearly states that that you will be able to fight "as" a melee, but there is no typical knight class or something like that.

How are reactions on japanese gaming websites and communities? Because that is way more important, than getting us hyped. japanese masses consisting of those little antpeople have to stream into the malls just like when other big games release. they have to become hyped.

One other question i am asking myself is: will there be items, will there be grinding? Or do i play it through and then i won't have much more to do, maybe killing optional bosses. i'd like the idea of grinding and becoming able to kill harder bosses. And man, i hope for a ton of different bosses. This boss who looks like he consists of goldcoins seems very interesing. Hopeful, they will use more of this unusual kind of enemies.

I'm really loving the speed and pace of the game from what I see so far, I think that's what gets me the most. In addition, the graphics look console-worthy. Maybe some will disagree, but I Seriously think these graphics are fantastic! (I don't even care about graphics, but sometimes they wow you)

It sounds like there will be. I don't know of any "hunting action" games that don't have this, and Inafune seemed to allude to this being the case when he said that if you die and your teammates sacrifice you, you won't get anything.