Namco Bandai's New RPG To Be Revealed In 5 Days
Tales of VesperiaNamco has been into the RPGs this generation; we've already seen Tales of Vesperia, Eternal Sonata, and Magna Carta 2, but it seems they're not done yet.
They're teasing a brand new RPG that will be officially unveiled in only five days time. We have no idea what "RPG Lost" means or stands for but you're perfectly willing to toss up a few guesses of your own. Thing is, we really don't know much about it but the site has recently been updated with a hint: we see one message that says, "That RPG Returns," which certainly means role-playing aficionados will recognize the name of this mystery title. But what franchise are we talking about? We've already seen a new Tales so maybe we should look back to the PS2 and the .hack days; Namco produced more than a few entries in that series and we haven't seen a new installment in quite some time. Ah, but wait; we mustn't forget about Xenosaga, which many will argue is Namco's best set of RPG titles, and fans have been pining for another shot at KOS-MOS and Co. We're hoping for this dream to become a reality on November 21...
Now, all we need is for Square-Enix to tell us all about Vagrant Story 2, and we'll be set. Either that or a fresh new Kingdom Hearts for the PS3.
11/15/2009 9:30:20 PM Ben Dutka
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 10:20:28 PM
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*Queue Highlander to bring the KOS MOS hype* ;)
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Highlander
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:19:58 PM
I refuse to be pulled into speculation about the blue haired one.
;)
Oh, I should point out - of course - that a major plot element in Xenosaga is 'Lost Jerusalem'. So 'lost' may be a clue, but then again it may be a complete red herring.
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Kiwi of DOOM
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 10:31:19 PM
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Kangasfwa
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 10:43:45 PM
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'Final Fantasy source not the same secret game source.' and "Either that or a fresh new Kingdom Hearts for the PS3."
[Adds to evidence folder...]
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Zi3kEN
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 10:53:06 PM
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godsman
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 11:03:52 PM
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sabitrulz
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 11:30:19 PM
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may b namco is mentioning the new xenosaga installment......that wud b pretty cool too
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Bo0mKiiD
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 2:21:21 AM
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Snaaaake
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 11:34:02 PM
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Yes, I might sound like I'm losing faith in SE, but I'm not an SE fan, I'm just a FF fan, I'm not sure whether you'd see the difference in that.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:10:34 AM
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Snaaaake
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:14:53 AM
Now that FF is multiplat, I expect this game to sell at least 7-9 million copies.
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Scarecrow
Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 11:51:00 PM
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Oh well, whatever they give us, hopefully it's a true jrpg and not a "westernized" rpg like FFXIII is aiming up to be (all those guns... *shudder*)
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:11:23 AM
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Highlander
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 2:48:38 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:13:07 AM
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A2K78
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 1:41:01 AM
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Geobaldi
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 8:03:44 AM
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maxpontiac
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 10:11:36 AM
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Where is Ace Combat on the PS3? An announcement would go along way for me.
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Highlander
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:18:40 PM
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Alienange
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 1:45:20 PM
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KevinCairo
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 2:34:21 PM
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Don't dig up that grave, Namco, for the love of god...
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Highlander
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 2:47:51 PM
Look deeper into the game and you'll find the story. Incidentally, to me, Shion is a complex character and I see why most players of the game dislike her. However if you look at the character's back story, and experiences in her life, her behavior isn't actually that hard to understand at all. She's basically a case study in PTSD and dissociative identity disorder. If you can't feel sympathy for her plight and can't look past the way she deals with people, then you're pretty much bound to dislike her.
If you like Shion, it's easier to get into the story. As for the battles, it's a turn based RPG, level up and you have not issues with enemies boosting all the time.
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KevinCairo
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 2:56:04 PM
Another seriously annoying issue with the game is that it fails so hard at trying to sound futuristic and high-tech; they might as well have used "gizmo" and "doo-hickey" instead of some of the names they tried to use for their gadgets and whatnot.
It's like the video game equivalent of Bleach in how frustrating the narrative is.
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I understood the story, but it was presented poorly. I mean I really don't think it would be possible to argue that the story is even remotely tasteful in its convolution.
As for Shion, they put a pre-teen in the place of a really intelligent, high ranking scientist. I understand that intelligent people can have emotional issues, even severe ones, but once you're like a quarter to halfway through III she just becomes absolutely unbearable. She's both an emotional wreck and a self-righteous pretentious b*tch about it (ex: "Why won't anyone help me!? No one cares about me!" -- seriously, why would they even try to pull that?).
The boosting was annoying in principle -- the AI was allowed to cheat and that's not really the right way to make a game harder, at least not without an explanation. They fixed that in the third one though, thankfully.
And since you've been mature about it, I want to clarify that I'm b*tching for my own sake, not to try to sway you or anyone about how they feel about the series.
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Highlander
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 12:50:49 AM
Nah, not at all.
@Kevin
(Funny your name would be Kevin...ironic really....)
Anyways, 'pre-teen'? Shion isn't a 'pre-teen' in any of the episodes, nor in the flash-backs when the archetype was awoken and went nuts. If you think she was a pre-teen, you need to go back and re-play. Momo might be described as a pre-teen, although by Episode 3 they're clearly going for early teen, and since she's a Realian anyway, she's more of a product than a person.
Shion falls apart completely during Episode 3. You yourself ask the question about her behavior - "seriously, why would they even try to pull that?". Indeed, why? That's the point, she's not in her right mind by this time, so her behavior is far from normal. When the various revelations about her history happen and she's confronted by the truth about her former love - Kevin. It's a classic situation where her conditioned love of him is in conflict with her knowledge of his wrong-doing. He manipulates the situation knowing that she's emotionally destroyed and desperate for someone to provide her stability and 'love'. Kevin plays on that to manipulate Shion back to his side, despite all that he's done. It takes a greater demonstration of unconditional love to break her out of that.
Psychologically, it's a decent enough plot. Yes, the hokum about Udo is just pseudo-science wrapped up in pseudo-religion, but then this is a JRPG in the science fiction genre, should be be expecting anything else.
Either way, you have to admit that Shion is cute in Episode 3, and although the combat is not perfect it's one of the better truly turn based combat systems in JRPG to date - boosting AI excepted.
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Geobaldi
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 4:16:50 PM
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KOSMOS111
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 11:11:46 PM
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Highlander
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 12:51:29 AM
TBH, I wouldn't care if it were another RPG or not, so long as the main characters were able to at least guest in another game.
That said, if they can't get Lia Sargent and Brigette Hoffman for Shion and Kos-Mos in the English version, they shouldn't bother.
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djbool
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 11:19:32 PM
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The Doom
Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 11:20:51 PM
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Azure-rain
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 2:18:04 PM
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Its certainly a lost rpg.
It fits the description and the artwork released.
And it was a great series.
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Zi3kEN
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 10:09:25 PM