SO3 originally had 8 party members so I really hope they mean 10 (or 12) and not 8.
And I can tell if a game is hyped depending on a number of factors. IU is on the 360 so there's a limited hype factor in Japan since we know few people will actually be picking it up, tri-Ace's last new IP didn't do that great on the PS2, expected sales, the fact that it's preceeding Star Ocean 4 (which for all intents and purposes will be a better game), etc. Right now it looks like IU won't pass Vesperia, and Vesperia is already low for a Tales game.
EDIT: Isn't Hillary Goldstein the Sony fanboy? Why on Earth did they let him review this? This is almost as bad as that heifer on Gamespot that doesn't like RPG but they keep making her review them anyway.
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