Resonance Of Fate Set To Launch One Week After FFXIII
Resonance of FateMaybe you were planning on playing both Final Fantasy XIII and Resonance of Fate and you figured it wouldn't be a problem. After all, there just has to be a significant gap between the two launch dates here in North America, right?
Wrong. Role-playing fans already have hurting wallets due to the likes of White Knight Chronicles and Star Ocean: The Last Hope International in February, and next up, Final Fantasy XIII releases on March 9. Then there's Sega's Resonance of Fate, the modernized sci-fi action/RPG that features massive gun battles rather than epic sword fights. According to Joystiq, this anticipated RPG will be on US store shelves on March 16...exactly one week after FFXIII. So this means that if you're a little short on cash or time (or both), you may have to choose between the two role-playing titles. The good news is that despite the fact the games fall into the same genre, they're still two very different experiences. Furthermore, there should be a playable demo of Sega's effort on the Japanese PlayStation Store, so at least you can check it out before making your decision. We kinda like the idea of a firearm-focused RPG, although we can't be assured of its quality until we actually sit down and play it.
Well, at least you won't have to shell out again until the end of April, when Square-Enix comes at you again with another RPG, Nier. If you can find the time, though, it's gotta feel good to be a fan of this category of games right about now.
Related Game(s): Resonance of Fate
2/14/2010 9:20:41 PM John Shepard
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:12:16 PM
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godsman
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:12:52 PM
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Not getting Nier though, it's the least impressive JRPG out of the list.
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Mystearica
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:18:26 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:25:22 PM
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Orvisman
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:04:50 PM
As for, NIS America's PS3 exclusive Last Rebellion, the last I heard it was releasing on Feb 23.
All this JRPG PS3 love is just too good to be true.
What's even better is the extremely short turnaround time on all these JRPGs: Last Rebellion, End of Eternity (Resonance of Fate), and Star Ocean International were all released in January in Japan, which puts the U.S. release at a mere two months for all these games... unheard of in the PS1/PS2 days.
Heck, the longest conversion time was for WKC, which came out early 2009 in Japan; and we all know FFXIII came out a short four months ago in Japan.
Like I wrote previously, the turnaround times for U.S. release this generation has become increasingly short for most games. It goes to show you how important the U.S. market has become compared to the shrinking Japanese market.
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Mystearica
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:17:59 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:26:26 PM
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Jed
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:42:17 PM
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Drake_RB3
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:01:27 PM
Yea, its gonna be crazy. Luckily as a teacher I'm off in the summer so I'll have to wait till then for a lot of these games. (Please keep in mind that also means I don't get paid in the summer either.)
P.S.
I'm with Coco too!
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michiganfan1983
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:43:32 PM
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Feregrin
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 5:32:27 AM
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King James
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:57:43 AM
Respect the exclusives.
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GuernicaReborn
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:51:56 PM
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King James
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:59:22 AM
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Alienange
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:59:37 PM
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PS - Started up inFamous tonight. Dear lord it's fantastic.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:26:05 AM
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godsman
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:12:53 AM
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Jawknee
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:48:04 AM
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Alienange
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WorldEndsWithMe
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Alienange
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 7:12:33 PM
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johnld
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 5:42:12 PM
just a tip, dont clear out each island until you beat the game. Once you do, there wont be much to do afterwards. If you hold off clearing each territory, you can lower the difficulty to get more experience for powers.
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napoleon85
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:39:46 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:43:08 AM
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___________
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:49:15 AM
thats why MW2 sold through the roof!
maybe if sony started being so tight a$$ed and started spending some money on advertisement things would change.
wont hold my breath though!
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godsman
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:17:21 AM
Looks like FFXIII won't attract much US & European newcomers for PS3. Game sales will rely on those that bought their PS3 before 2010. This makes me so angry.
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___________
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 6:25:47 AM
i mean FF has always been bigger in japan, it caused a massive spike when it came out.
sure it wont have the impact it could but there is plenty of games in the US that will.
tell you the truth even if M$ did not get all this exclusive advertisement, i doubt it would of had that much a effect.
FXIII has had allot of bad publicity and i think thats really going to effect it.
$E made a bad game, there relying on their company name to carry them through, i doubt that will happen.
their trying to pull a bungie, but what there forgetting is there no where near as popular.
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___________
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 12:47:50 AM
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mmmm interesting i might check it out if i have enough time.
FFXIII and neir are a big no no to me after what $E has done to its fans, and to its series they will never be seeing another cent from me.
well, except for edios games i just hope $Es tight a$$ style does not brush onto edios there making some of my favorite games.
HITMAN 5 FTW!
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Feregrin
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 5:35:26 AM
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___________
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 6:28:47 AM
only $E game i will ever buy is kingdom hearts 3, and it would have to be ps3 exclusive and it would have to blow me away before i would think of buying it.
i dont buy games of developers who are so lazy they cant be stuffed creating cities because its "too hard"
there are thousands of people out there who have lost their jobs like pandemic, sony london who would kill to have a job, they would kill to have the opportunity to create HD cities.
but for $E? nahhhhhh thats too hard!
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Milonakis
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 7:27:11 AM
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Jawknee
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:47:24 AM
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Roach721
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 6:35:56 AM
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Square really went down a couple notches in my book also for selling out our exclusive. Bad Square bad. ;)
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jami
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 7:22:45 AM
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Bandit King
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 10:57:08 AM
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This game is very much turn based, but has a bit of RTS mixed in. You plot a course and run along it but there are different elevations and cover spots to keep you out of range from enemy attacks. You can attack multiple times per turn for scratch damage and then follow up with explosives for direct damage. Also you can surround an enemy by forming a triangle around them which will let you execute a special attack where all 3 characters attack at once. You can also change between weapons on the fly and can switch which enemy you attack all in the same turn. You have plenty of time to plan but once you initiate your turn everything moves very quick.
The game also has towns (lol) and you find keys to unlock different portions of the many levels and areas on a grid based system and can do so as you see fit, so the game is not linear. There are also NPC's to talk to, shops and you upgrade your weapons by equiping silencers or different gun stocks (think RE4 but deeper). This is a very traditional RPG but has some new ideas that make it fresh. Well thats my take on it anyway.
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Arvis
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 2:00:11 PM
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Do you really only have three characters throughout the entire game? I like a bigger cast, personally.
-Arvis
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 11:27:06 AM
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Banky A
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 10:09:18 PM
But hey, if it isn't John Shepard..