That's what I want to know.  I mean, it definitely sounds akward and embarrasing to read and listen to but I can't figure out why.

Hey, that's Torillian's line.

haha... sorry man, couldn't resist.

I told you guys this is how it would be....I always tell you how it will be.

In other news, WKS will probably end up like this as well. This isn't a genre you can phone in, in any way. Sparing expense, or even making very small mistakes often ruins a whole game. Not like shorter less focused games. They can afford mistakes. That's why this genre is the "favorite" genre of the core gamer. When done right, there is no besting it. It's like the lead Thundercat. It can do every strength of the other Thundercats better than they can.

It's just very hard to do it right, though. Bullet points are bullshit in a jrpg. All the conventions of other genres end up as shallow jokes. Any jrpg that isn't nearing perfection, will be viewed as shit. That's why it's so amazing when games like HoD, FES, and ToV come out. It's done so well in so many areas that it's shocking how many manhours must have been spent to make this boring ass premise so fun and interesting.

In the right context it sounds acceptable and logical. But out-of-concept it sounds embarassing. That´s typical in JRPGs and creates misconceptions when taken out-of-context.

 I'm with you in that IU is a good game. My persoanl gripes were the shortness of the game somewhat weak graphics and the game leaving you in the unknown at times not telling you or hinting at where you need to go next. Or my favorite it would tell you where you had to go but the map never showed where you had to head to get there. I did however love the gameplay and the story so it was fun to me. Let me know what your final impressions are once you get all the way through it.

I'm a fan of JRPG's, I know how it works. It's the same even in anime. I'm just pointing out the irony, hence why I wrote his name beside the quote.
They name the guy "Edge awesome fucking Maverick".
The name "Edge" alone sounds cool and badass, add "Maverick" which also sounds badass and cool and they give him such a ronery line...

"Professor... I.. I finally made friends...
I founds myself some new friends, professor..." -Edge Maverick
Oh Lawd. >_>

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's crazy

Hmm... I am semi-interested in this, but having never played previous SO games, the review sounds fairly damning to me. I guess I'll wait for some more opinions...

Hold on a minute. I didn't put much stock in the Famitsu review, but I put just as little in the game informer review -- didn't they give Vesperia a 7 as well?

Something about Game Informer's taste in games reminds me of my older brothers, who missed the entire SNES generation (they were too old) and pretty much just played the main food groups -- Mario, Sonic, EA sports, and then got into every FPS and RTS on PC that came along. I think to appreciate JRPGs you have to be a kid around the SNES age or younger -- or you have to be a natural fantasy/sci-fi loving geek. (Or maybe both..?)

From reading a couple of their JRPG reviews, I would say Game Informer might be a good yard stick for how silly a friend who's never played a JRPG will think the game is, but it's probably not a good measure for those who just want a good JRPG, conventions and all.

I definitely expect the game to average 1 point higher than the Game Informer Review, if not better. I guess we'll see once some more reviews hit. I'm still hopeful Tri-ace has turned on the juice for their main series and the game is not-to-be-missed (no matter what the review scores).

Reviews taking a while to come out, and not all coming out at once, could be a function of the game taking a long time to play through, couldn't it?


I looked it up, Game Informer gave Vesperia a 73, with a review that basically says "it's good, if you're into that kind of thing -- which we aren't. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you are."

Game Informer is also owned by the Devil, if you people haven't forgotten.

They talked me into subscribing to Game Informer.