@mrstickball

It's refreshing to hear that about Vesperia. I'll rent it first, if there is no demo, though it may be a while as I want to play BD and LO first. I think I may give IU a run as well, the last Tri-Ace game I played was Radiata Stories and while it wasn't great I thought it better than many had given it credit for.

@De85

I much prefer that route, purchasing straight from the console, it's much more convenient and it's what I'm used to on the PS3.

Thanks all. That pretty much covers everything.

One thing Pearl Jammer! Get the difficulty patch for Blu-Dragon or otherwise its far too easy. If you do that you'll enjoy the game a whole lot more.

Well I bought a 360 last summer for the same reason, I'm also a huge rpg fan! And now... I'm selling it! Honestly 360 rpg's suck. I bought blue dragon first, and it's just awful, LO is boring...

I think you should wait a little more and don't forget that you're gonna have to buy a battery for your pad and a wi-fi thing to go online.

If I were you, I'd wait for eternal sonata, valkyria chronicles, the last remnant and white knight chronicles.

Too bad you missed out on Tales of Vesperia. Truly, you should be ashamed. And don't dare suggest Eternal Sonata, it's the worst JRPG this generation. >_>

And why are you trying to tell him NOT to buy a 360 when he clearly is going to buy one anyway? What's it ever gonna do to ya?

Because I bought a 360 for the same reason and I've been really disappointed... And I think that buying a 360 to play rpg's is a waste of money because of the low quality of the actual rpg production. That's my opinion, you do not have to agree with me, but that's what I think.

Well, it doesn't seem like he's buying a 360 just for the JRPG on the system, and I can't believe you did that, seriously. The PS3 offerings weren't as much there either, so there's no point trying to make him not play the ones that are ACTUALLY available now. o_O

Besides, it's almost at the same price as the Wii, so it might not be such a waste of money (if that's ever the case). Don't forget: Star Ocean 4 is coming, The Last Remnant as well (which looks like it's going to be a 360 exclusive after all).

TLR on ps3 too, SO4 on ps3 too...

Nothing is confirmed, but I hope it will be available on both consoles. ''Just in case,'' like they say. ;)

@Pearljammer you can't use radiant mythology to compare...no you can't...you must understand how the Tales team works. There's a main team and there's the ok teams, I'd say tales of the world was made by the WORST TEAM ever. I still put 20 hours into because I love Tales so much, but really Radiant Mythology only appeals to people like me because it contains every Tales character made. It's really a game made for fans so they can use their favorite characters and see them.

@Tremble get out of this thread =P the OP already has a PS3 you trying to convince him to buy two instead of getting a 360 to make a more balanced gaming setup? You missed ToV on 360 and SO4 wasn't confirmed on PS3 I thought.

Oh to add to Blue Dragon, if you enjoy old RPGs like the first Dragon Quests, or earlier Final Fantasy, you will love Blue Dragon as I did. I have no idea why but it had that oldschool magic. Like old Disney movies, Blue Dragon (at least to me) retains that old simple style.

My answers in bold.  Hope this helps.