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Aj_habfan on 23 July 2008

What exactly is an SRPG? I love RTS games on the PC, and the only other strategy type game I've played is Advance Wars and that series is one of my favourites. Do you think I will like this?



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memory2zack on 23 July 2008
Kasz216 said:

Meanwhile Fire Emblem sold better in the US then Japan. Which is... weird for a SRPG. I attribute it a lot to the Fire Emblem name... people know the name... it was some fanatical fans.

It´s not a surprise, since FE has been selling less and less in Japan with each iteration. The first FEs sold well over 500k in Japan. I attribute that to the fact that FE has always been a stale franchise with minimal improvement. 

 

Valkyria Chronicles is making lots of steps forward as a SRPG and I am confident I will enjoy a lot, I haven´t honestly enjoyed  SRPGs since FFT and FE: Sacred Stones. AS for Operation Darkness, don´t even mention that abomination in front of Valkyria Chronicles :P

 



outlawauron on 23 July 2008
Aj_habfan said:
What exactly is an SRPG? I love RTS games on the PC, and the only other strategy type game I've played is Advance Wars and that series is one of my favourites. Do you think I will like this?

It is a Stratgety Role Playing Game. It is a very niche genre that has a small rabid fanbase.

And yes Advance Wars is a SRPG.

 



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alucardremixed on 23 July 2008

I bet no one knows what those words in Latin stand for from the excerpt of the poem. " It is sweet to die for one's country " read the entire poem to understand why it's a lie :)



alucardremixed on 23 July 2008

Im definitely getting this game, i played the crap out of Fire Emblem and another FE for the GBA, and Advanced Wars Dual Strike, and a few other AW games on the GBA. Though i beat NONE of the games that i mentioned above because they all get incredibly difficult and time consuming towards the end. Hopefully its different with Valkyria Chronicles



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Words Of Wisdom on 24 July 2008
outlawauron said:
Aj_habfan said:
What exactly is an SRPG? I love RTS games on the PC, and the only other strategy type game I've played is Advance Wars and that series is one of my favourites. Do you think I will like this?

It is a Stratgety Role Playing Game. It is a very niche genre that has a small rabid fanbase.

And yes Advance Wars is a SRPG.

 

No, Fire Emblem is a sRPG.  Advance Wars is a TBS game.



akuma587 on 24 July 2008
Aj_habfan said:
What exactly is an SRPG? I love RTS games on the PC, and the only other strategy type game I've played is Advance Wars and that series is one of my favourites. Do you think I will like this?

Your best bet is to look at some of the gameplay vids. If the really long one that includes a lot of gameplay isn't on here I will look for it, but there is also one on the PSN that includes some gameplay. This is actually really different for an SRPG, and is more like a fusion of an SRPG and a FPS, but more turn-based than a game like Mass Effect.

Edit: Look on Page 3 of this thread and you will find a lot of vids.

 



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Zuhyc on 24 July 2008

This game looks pretty good. I'm pretty sure I'll buy wen it releases, but it'll depend on the situation. I hope it doesn't get released near R2.



Words Of Wisdom on 24 July 2008
Zuhyc said:
This game looks pretty good. I'm pretty sure I'll buy wen it releases, but it'll depend on the situation. I hope it doesn't get released near R2.

Make room in your budget for this one.  Keep in mind, the purchases you make dictate the game variety on the console.



Zuhyc on 24 July 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
Zuhyc said:
This game looks pretty good. I'm pretty sure I'll buy wen it releases, but it'll depend on the situation. I hope it doesn't get released near R2.

Make room in your budget for this one.  Keep in mind, the purchases you make dictate the game variety on the console.

 

I know that. And that's the reason why I'm looking at Disgaea 3 as well. All PS3 fans should stop whining about the shortage of PS3 RPG's and buy these 2 to show the devs RPG's will sell on the PS3.

I just noticed something, the EU site of Sega says the game will release in november 2008, while the American says Fall 2008. The releases will be really close!