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mrstickball on 25 December 2008
DMeisterJ said:
There was no need for MS to have Mistwalker anymore. Aside from Lost Odyssey, they didn't have a hit, and MS has SE and Namco under their thumb (read: checkbook), so it's no reason for Microsoft to pay for crappy JRPGs, when they can pay for good ones.

Mistwalker was this over-hyped company that delivered two 360 JRPGs that were okay, and 'good', but nothing astoundingly good like the upcoming SO4 or FFXIII, and then they tried to do the DS route, but found little success. And given how much MS has been trimming the fat off of their studios, it was bound to happen.

Goodbye Cry On, whatever you were.

So how much did you play of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey?

Last I checked, the majority of VGCers put Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey near the top of the JRPG list for the X360. Blue Dragon has done something no other IP has done in Japan, and Lost Odyssey has done something no other JRPG has done in the West. Both are great titles.

At any rate, this is very dissapointing, but I guess AQ is to blame for this....Maybe if the game showed merit another studio (feel plus?) could pick it up. I hope MW still makes a 360 title or two, as both of their entries are great JRPGs. Lets hope that the new title Sakaguchi talked about a few months ago will be announced in short order.

 



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Legend11 on 25 December 2008
mrstickball said:
DMeisterJ said:
There was no need for MS to have Mistwalker anymore. Aside from Lost Odyssey, they didn't have a hit, and MS has SE and Namco under their thumb (read: checkbook), so it's no reason for Microsoft to pay for crappy JRPGs, when they can pay for good ones.

Mistwalker was this over-hyped company that delivered two 360 JRPGs that were okay, and 'good', but nothing astoundingly good like the upcoming SO4 or FFXIII, and then they tried to do the DS route, but found little success. And given how much MS has been trimming the fat off of their studios, it was bound to happen.

Goodbye Cry On, whatever you were.

So how much did you play of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey?

Last I checked, the majority of VGCers put Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey near the top of the JRPG list for the X360. Blue Dragon has done something no other IP has done in Japan, and Lost Odyssey has done something no other JRPG has done in the West. Both are great titles.

At any rate, this is very dissapointing, but I guess AQ is to blame for this....Maybe if the game showed merit another studio (feel plus?) could pick it up. I hope MW still makes a 360 title or two, as both of their entries are great JRPGs. Lets hope that the new title Sakaguchi talked about a few months ago will be announced in short order.

 

 

If there is one it'll be interesting to see if it's the MMO game that Sakaguchi stated he wanted to make for the 360.

 



DMeisterJ on 25 December 2008
mrstickball said:
DMeisterJ said:
There was no need for MS to have Mistwalker anymore. Aside from Lost Odyssey, they didn't have a hit, and MS has SE and Namco under their thumb (read: checkbook), so it's no reason for Microsoft to pay for crappy JRPGs, when they can pay for good ones.

Mistwalker was this over-hyped company that delivered two 360 JRPGs that were okay, and 'good', but nothing astoundingly good like the upcoming SO4 or FFXIII, and then they tried to do the DS route, but found little success. And given how much MS has been trimming the fat off of their studios, it was bound to happen.

Goodbye Cry On, whatever you were.

So how much did you play of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey?

Last I checked, the majority of VGCers put Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey near the top of the JRPG list for the X360. Blue Dragon has done something no other IP has done in Japan, and Lost Odyssey has done something no other JRPG has done in the West. Both are great titles.

At any rate, this is very dissapointing, but I guess AQ is to blame for this....Maybe if the game showed merit another studio (feel plus?) could pick it up. I hope MW still makes a 360 title or two, as both of their entries are great JRPGs. Lets hope that the new title Sakaguchi talked about a few months ago will be announced in short order.

Well, being at the "top of the list" for 360 JRPGs, is pretty easy, with TLR and IU not being as good as them, and them only being bested by ToV.  It's not like it's a hundred JRPGs on the 360.  Being at the top of ten isn't that awesome.  >_>  Compared to any JRPG in general, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are pretty low on the list critically, and commercially. 

Any game can look good based on the standards you use.  Not saying the games aren't good, but compared to JRPGs in general, they're pretty crap, but based on 360 JRPGs, they're okay.

Of Lost Odyssey, I played the first disc, and got pretty far (apparently) into the second disc.  I played through the first disc of BD.  But let's not mince words here.  The games aren't that awesome, compared to other JRPGs.  I'm sure you'll admit that too.



KichiVerde on 25 December 2008

LINK TRANSLATION

Once again I have put my Japanese abilities to use and translated the Famitsu article in the link. It more or less reads as follows:

AQ Interactive announced on Dec. 25, 2008 that development on its action RPG Cry On for the Xbox 360 has been cancelled.

Officially announced on Dec. 20, 2005 at an AQ Interactive strategy presentation, Cry On's development was to be headed by Mistwalker. It was expected to be a major production with character designs by (some Japanese dude??) and music by (some Japanese dude??). AQ Interactive who cancelled the development has stated, "Taking in to consideration the current economic climate we have re-evaluated our line up of titles, and as a result have decided to cancel the project. We deeply apologize to those who have been looking forward to the game's release."





Phoenix_Wiight on 25 December 2008

they shoulda never left square.



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MonstaMack on 25 December 2008

If theres a LO 2 in the works then i'm ok with this, but this is disappointing to say the least.



It's just that simple.

wakawakawa on 25 December 2008

Right now it looks like they can put out better games than Square (or whoever actually developed IU and TLR). Blue dragon sold better in Japan, Lost Odyssey sold better in NA, so MS can choose which one they want developed based on what market they are interested in.

I'm crossing my fingers for LO2. I really like the art and battles of BD, but the story was so boring and kiddie, so I'm not sure they won't do the same for BD2. You can't imagine how far on the edge of my seat I was, since i knew both Shiro and Shu sorta liked Kluke



Darc Requiem on 25 December 2008

It is disappointing but as others have stated it was not an MS backed title like BD and Lost Odyssey. Given the fact that BD is still the best selling 360 title in Japan, I seriously doubt MS would sever their relationship with Mistwalker. BD is their biggest hit in Japan and Lost Odyssey is the only JRPG that has sold well in the West this generation.

@DMJ

Lost Odyssey is the best turn based JRPG of this generation by far. It is far better than a good deal of SE's efforts. I'd take Lost Odyssey over just about every Final Fantasy released after VI, with only IX and X coming close to it. If Lost Odyssey had the been titled Final Fantasy, I guarantee you it would have been scored higher in reviews.



masterb8tr on 25 December 2008
mrstickball said:
DMeisterJ said:
There was no need for MS to have Mistwalker anymore. Aside from Lost Odyssey, they didn't have a hit, and MS has SE and Namco under their thumb (read: checkbook), so it's no reason for Microsoft to pay for crappy JRPGs, when they can pay for good ones.

Mistwalker was this over-hyped company that delivered two 360 JRPGs that were okay, and 'good', but nothing astoundingly good like the upcoming SO4 or FFXIII, and then they tried to do the DS route, but found little success. And given how much MS has been trimming the fat off of their studios, it was bound to happen.

Goodbye Cry On, whatever you were.

So how much did you play of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey?

Last I checked, the majority of VGCers put Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey near the top of the JRPG list for the X360. Blue Dragon has done something no other IP has done in Japan, and Lost Odyssey has done something no other JRPG has done in the West. Both are great titles.

At any rate, this is very dissapointing, but I guess AQ is to blame for this....Maybe if the game showed merit another studio (feel plus?) could pick it up. I hope MW still makes a 360 title or two, as both of their entries are great JRPGs. Lets hope that the new title Sakaguchi talked about a few months ago will be announced in short order.

 

 

blu dragon imois far from great. Lost odyssey is the only decent jrpg i have played this gen though.  So being on the top of the 360 or ps3 jrpg list doesnt give the game much credit.



mrstickball on 25 December 2008
masterb8tr said:
mrstickball said:
DMeisterJ said:
There was no need for MS to have Mistwalker anymore. Aside from Lost Odyssey, they didn't have a hit, and MS has SE and Namco under their thumb (read: checkbook), so it's no reason for Microsoft to pay for crappy JRPGs, when they can pay for good ones.

Mistwalker was this over-hyped company that delivered two 360 JRPGs that were okay, and 'good', but nothing astoundingly good like the upcoming SO4 or FFXIII, and then they tried to do the DS route, but found little success. And given how much MS has been trimming the fat off of their studios, it was bound to happen.

Goodbye Cry On, whatever you were.

So how much did you play of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey?

Last I checked, the majority of VGCers put Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey near the top of the JRPG list for the X360. Blue Dragon has done something no other IP has done in Japan, and Lost Odyssey has done something no other JRPG has done in the West. Both are great titles.

At any rate, this is very dissapointing, but I guess AQ is to blame for this....Maybe if the game showed merit another studio (feel plus?) could pick it up. I hope MW still makes a 360 title or two, as both of their entries are great JRPGs. Lets hope that the new title Sakaguchi talked about a few months ago will be announced in short order.

 

blu dragon imois far from great. Lost odyssey is the only decent jrpg i have played this gen though.  So being on the top of the 360 or ps3 jrpg list doesnt give the game much credit.

Still doesn't change the fact that, outside of ToV, Mistwalker has had the best track record with JRPGs this gen. They've done a much better job than Square, Tri-Ace, and others so far this gen - and that's saying a lot, IMO.



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