There's an option spotted in the menus to adjust the color saturation btw.  I get what Gooch was going for in unifying the aesthetic with stark color choices (and it works imo, reminds me somewhat of FFVI), but I'd agree, I want some green fields and blue skies too.  

Disagree on turn based though!  ARPGs > *

No localization info though? eh.

(starts ticking off days 'till January 19th)

Green fields and blue skies are aplenty in Xenoblade.

I'll take that too! <3 <3

It seems to me that even though the battle system is action-based they've maintained the depth of turn-based rpgs. I think they are going in the right direction. Mainstream gamers don't have the attention span to play a turn-based rpg.

I believe that giving the player a bigger sense of freedom(exploration and customization) will appeal more to an western audience as well. The Last Story seems like an crossover between western and eastern rpg, combining the best of two worlds.

I think the gameplay will be able to appeal more to mainstream gamers, but still  satisfy hardcore rpg gamers. Especially in the west.

I hope this game gets the recognition it deserves , seems very... well made

*sigh* I need a wii :(

On a side note , if versus XIII turns out to be something like this I would be very very happy , yeah I liked it that much

I don't play RPGs,but, I just watched the press conference just because everyone seems excited for this game. The game looks very impressive, the graphics look really good.

Not to derail the thread, but one of the biggest problems with FF13 and FF12 was the way the story was told. in The Last Story it seems that you will be able to interact with your characters in a type of 'open dialogue' system, much like Dragon Quest 8.

this seems like an excellent idea because it means you can just read the dialogue quickly and get what you need to learn more about your quest and your party memebers instead of having to watch more and more cutscenes to watch your party develop.

Versus XIII will be nothing like this. Its going to be a KH game under the FF name and more mature than KH in its story. Since KH games are still good, that isn't a bad thing.

Agree completely.