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Lost tears of Kain on 24 August 2007
Desroko said:
Hus said:

And Famitsu gave it - 8/9/8/8

Yahh typical asian looking jrpg character

 As opposed to this "typically Asian" blue-eyed, blond-haired fella:

 


wow he looks like he kicks some ass



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*~Onna76~* on 24 August 2007

Got the JP version... no PS3 yet *LOL*.

Mind you, the game has English voice actings. Normally I don't like them, therefore I always buy Japanese language games, but these voice actings are really good! Perhaps that's somehow a turn off... I don't know.



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Morier on 24 August 2007

This game is incredibly fun. I love doing the click and flick.



Space20man on 24 August 2007

IS THIS GAME OUT IN JAPAN?



ssj12 on 24 August 2007
Lost tears of Kain said:
bbsin said:

550 dollar system + new IP + AWFUL MARKETING = bad folksoul sales....
The way you market a game is a key factor to game sales (obviously), while folksoul may be a pretty good and innovative game it just wasn't marketed right. If you look at the facts Folksoul looked like it was going to flop before it hit the street date. Sometimes it doesn't matter how good a game is, look at ICO,shadow of the colossus, okami, systemshock, etc all those games were great but widely unknown.

EDIT:

ziff said:
"Another PS3 game with good graphic and bad gameplay.
But the graphic is not good enough."

I honestly doubt you actually played the full game (or demo) to pass judgement and call folklore "bad gameplay"

 


I havent played so i wouldnt know, but from what ive seen, gameplay looks great and cool, but it gets boring maybe. BUt again i have not played, and it looks great, it just comes down to gameplay


 the gameplay doesnt get boring at all as you are fighting majorly annoying enemies. 

The fact that it uses the sixaxis to capture the enemie's abilities is awesome and adds quite a bit to the overall game.  



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SamuelRSmith on 24 August 2007

I loved this demo.

I'm thinking about preordering it (gotta wait 'till September 7th = my birthday and cash) along with Uncharted, Ratchet, MGS4 and Killzone.



mitsuhide on 24 August 2007

Downloaded,Played,Preordered.



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friedtofu on 24 August 2007
Hus said:
Its some Irish fantasy story.
Characters are not asian.
Its not chokobos giant swords and crystals.
Its not a jrpg.

 Seems like Oblivion did ok, and its definitely "Western" looking (kind of ugly looking even)



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robjoh on 24 August 2007

I think it simply was the problem of bad marketing and the wrong system.



 

 

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ssj12 on 24 August 2007
robjoh said:
I think it simply was the problem of bad marketing and the wrong system.

 the controls would have been horrid on the Wii and the 360 just doesnt sell at all in Japan. Plus JapanStudios is owned by Sony. 



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