Is this worth renting bro? Have to take back FFXIII to Blockbuster in three days (After paying 9 bucks for five days and a dollar every day since like the 14th) and I'm curious as to whether I should pick up this one.

I'm getting my JRPG on. One day I'll be reminded of the days of Star Ocean: Til the End of Time.

Fuck I loved that game. But I digress.

>>53277379
Totally. You can blow through the main story in 30-ish hours if you forget the side quests. A lot longer if you don't.

>>53277528

Thanks, I'll be sure to try it.

Side Quests are actually well done though, They're rather fun, and provide items that make the main quest a lot easier.
Also, am I the only person who plays their own music for boss fights?
Stress - Justice
I have to kill them before the song ends.

>Tri-Ace once again breaths fresh life into the genre.
If they really did that they'd let you have choices.

>>53277224
>Tri-Ace once again breaths fresh life into the genre.

And then smothers it under a pillow by forcing the player to listen to the same lines over and over again until they lose all charm they once had.

360?

>>53277784
WeeabooS3 only.

>>53277784
Yep. Multiplat. No differences beyond one shirt between the two.

I do like this game's sense of humor though. It's a tinge whacky and not overly stale. JRPG humor tends to be pretty formulaic...and lame. Great interplay between the three mains, I wish there was a way to view the cinematics at any time though.

>>53277784
Yes.
>>53277891
You're dumb.

Is there anyone who DIDN'T put the Boss shades on Zephyr?

Only thing though, getting new guns takes forever if you're buying clothes. Also, there's something kinda off about the mouth movements for most of the characters.

>>53278201
Nope. Makes him better, all the way around.
Boss Shades + Rose Hair Tint = badass merc

>>53277689
wait, you mean it has custom music like superstardust/burnout paradise?

>>53278232
Scope B crafting brah, makes an insane amount of cash.

>>53278552
>>53278232
>Go down to level 8
>Buy 500 Scrap Irons and 500 Glass Shards from Waterless Bridge
>Go to level 4
>Craft it into 500 scopes in Ebil
>repeat, enlarging both numbers each time

i heard this shit sucked, why should i get it over just cause 2

>>53277379
>Blockbuster

Dude....just get Gamefly.

Late Fees are so 90s.

How did they get such fabulous clothing?

>>53278937
In a steampunk world where half of it is filled with monsters and uninhabitable... fuck if I know.

>>53278817
see
>>53278928

>>53278937
All my dudes are as fabulous as possible, makes the game better.

Every other JRPG needs to do take after RoF, I need a huge fucking selection of clothing so my characters don't look like douches all the time.

>>53279203
>I need a huge fucking selection of clothing so my characters don't look like douches all the time.

So do I.

I love games that let me change the character's appearance and it actually shows during gameplay and cutscenes.

I hate equipping a hat or something and seeing no physical changes.

>>53278201
I didn't

Because I don't really care to spend any money on that faggot emo pretty boy NO CLOTHES 4 U

Why didn't Sega advertise this? You'd think a game with a lot of gunnan and stuntan would make commercial material, it even has some humorous scenes to show. Seriously if the publishers would just show off the good stuff more people would buy it.

>>53279633
>Why didn't Sega advertise this?

>>53278937
The same place they get all their bullets

Looks interesting, but I have to save for textbooks.

Next month maybe ;_;

>>53279633
Because we all know what kind of masterminds Sega are concerning marketing.

>>53279633
>Sega

That's why.

>>53279607

I saw some clips and he didn't seem "emo" to me. But then, those were comedy scenes. But he wasn't moping and shit, he was arguing with them like they were friends.

>>53278552
I just did this coming up from Level 11. Turned 70000 into 570000 monies.

>>53279795
Good luck finding it

This game's weapon customization would troll /k/ hard.

I was thinking of picking this up tomorrow (because despite the EU release date being a week away, it's listed as "available" at the game store I go to).
Any major differences between the 360/PS3 versions? I've already looked at screencaps and while there are some differences, I don't mind either version. I do prefer the 360 controller, so I'll probably go for the 360 version. Anyway, is there anything big that sets the two apart that I should know of?

>>53279872

"Emo" is just another buzzword everyone tosses around like "weeaboo" and "rehash".

No one really knows what it means anymore.

>>53279911
Stolen from neogaf, but ya, dude, shit is fucked.

>>53279872
That's the problem. He's pretty funny usually, but occasionally he mumbles "I'm used to being alone..." or tries to jump to his death.

The fact that he looks like a ginormous pretty boy fag doesn't help either, nor the fact that Vashyron is a manly bastard.

>>53279888
Well 'next month' I mean as in 'a week from wednesday'.

>>53280088
Some people are having freezing issues with 60g PS3s.
Other then that, there pretty much the same, oh and they have a different shirt for each version.

>>53280088
>>53278016

>>53279911
God yes. The first time I put two scopes on a pistol, I did a LOLWAT? I probably would've had a tantrum had that shit actually appeared on their weapon models.

>>53280116
Agreed in general but it was used in the proper context this time.

>JRPG character that joke and banter with each other as well as the bad guys, and in general don't take shit seriously while acting like friends than fellow soldiers.
>breaths fresh life into the genre
>Every Tales game

Yeah, okay.

>>53280284
I see, thanks. Guess I'll pick up the 360 version.
>>53280288
Thanks and sorry, didn't check the thread.

>Vashyron and Zephyr dressed in suits with shades
>Leanne dressed like a slut with a short skirt, tight t-shirt and thigh-highs

The only way to play.

>>53280216
Normal teen angst. Even the clothing descriptions make fun of him for it. Haven't seen him try to jump to his death though (On Chapter 8)

>>53280504
>implying Bandai Namco will ever localize another Tales game.

At Ch5

So pretty much most of my battles consist of Vash leaping in with an SMG (and getting shot up), one of the other two following him afterwards (to clean up his scratch damage) and then I use the 2 resonance points to fuck some shit up before it has a chance to do any real damage.

At that point the enemy force is usually weak enough to not be a big issue.

Am I doing it wrong? Somehow I feel I could be handling things more efficiently. Haven't had any problems with the bosses aside from the occasional CONDITION CRITICAL which is pretty much an immediate restart, because you cannot get out of that shit.

>>53280143
TOTALLY realistic!

>>53280772
bottom left

Vash is straight pimpin.
eh fucks the fashion store owner and doesn't afraid of anything.

>>53280880
Because the most fun games are realistic amirite?

>>53280812
Thats what I am doing as well, pretty much 2 shot all the bosses so far, don't know what the fuck that game trailers review was talking about, game is fun, but its not that hard.

>>53280812
Only doing it wrong if you're not swapping weapons to level up faster. Do whatever works for you.

Is there a way to reset hexes you've put down on the world map?

I'm trying to connect some terminals and the white hexes I've put down are getting in the way.

>>53277891
uhhhh.... no

PS3 AND 360

>>53281089
You can overwrite them.

>>53281057
>game is fun, but its not that hard.

Now now, think about it...and JRPG players in general. Imagine someone coming to this game straight from one of the mainstream turn based series. It will fuck them in the eye sockets, especially if they don't go through all the tutorials.

Remember that we're not average gamers. We are GRIZZLED VETERANS.

>>53281058
I've been doing that though the lack of another SMG is pissing me off, as is the lack of any place to purchase grenades.

Also do we get more weapon types? Like shotguns, ARs, BARs?

Best JRPG this gen. Hands down.

>>53277224
>>JRPG character that joke and banter with each other as well as the bad guys, and in general don't take shit seriously while acting like friends than fellow soldiers.
Explain to me how that doesn't apply to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ACoTMFBGhU

>>53281280
>Remember that we're not average gamers. We are GRIZZLED VETERANS.
This. I stopped listening to reviews when I realized they're written for the usual "Well I'll just trade it back into Gamestop if I don't like it" gamer and not me.

>>53281395

You have to craft grenades and such.

Forgot exactly what items you need, but after going through the Forest of Idols, I had enough materials to craft like 50 grenades and molotovs.

>>53281395
You can get another SMG from the mine place on level 9.

Also no, only handguns, smgs, and thrown weapons.

>>53281467
>SO4
Get out.

>JRPG character that joke and banter with each other as well as the bad guys, and in general don't take shit seriously while acting like friends than fellow soldiers.

Tri-Ace once again breaths fresh life into the genre.
Glad they ditched Square for Sega with RoF.

>>53281467
Because in that video they aren't acting like friends. They're just plain acting really really fucking awkward.

>>53281089
just put a colored hex on them

>Tri-Ace once again breaths fresh life into the genre.
>implying that Star Ocean was ever more than just overly cliché bullshit

YOU FUNNY GUY

>>53281057
>>53281280


Once you learn to not waste Hero Actions, it gets much easier.

There's still the occasional time where a battle will fuck you in the ass if you're not prepared though. Got stuck on a level 44 enemy for about 30 minutes before finally taking it down.

>>53281521
So do I but that faggot tinkerer hasn't changed his inventory since I met him. Do I have to do something to unlock new items?

>>53281615
FFFFF lame. Especially since the enemies have bazookas, chainsaws, flamethrowers, shotguns, etc.

>>53281653
fuck yeah Radiata Stories!

Brb trolling people by kicking them

>>53277224
This is a game I really want to play, I am still wating for the goddamned ps3's to get restocked; nobody has them.

Do you have the characters "specialize" in a particular weapon type?

I haven't played the game yet but Zephyr looks like the pistol type. Vashyron looks more like the machine gun type. Leanne would be a grenade-tossing maiden of destruction.

>>53281768
More stuff opened up for me after I met another tinkerer in cranktown on level 7.

>>53281768

I think the shop's inventories update depending on the chapter. Or in the case of the clothing store, after doing certain quests.

>>53281746
We all know Star Ocean is Tri-Ace's weakest games. They hit a sweet spot with 2 and were never able to replicate it.

Game is awesome. I'm only on chapter 2 or 3 and I'br put about 7 hours into it.

>>53281653

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Tht game went grimdark real fucking fast.

One minute you're hoping you'll turn into a super hero while kicking people to piff them off the next you have to choose between getting the (IMO bitch) girl and not killing the entire human race.

>>53281408

He looks like that one chick from BlazBlue.

>>53281878
Vashyron would be badass with a revolver.

Do they have revolvers in this game?

>>53281878
Vash is a good SMGer since he has the most HP, and SMGers tend to get shot up a lot since they're first in.

I think I'm using grenades wrong since they just seem to suck ass and enemies rarely get close enough to hit multiple.

Honestly I haven't had any reason to do anything but scratch then direct.

>>53281878

No character has a "set" weapon for them or does better with one than the other. You can pretty much customize them however you want.

If you think Vash looks better with dual guns, go for it. Want Zep to use grenades or be the healer? Why not? Or you can just have Leanne bomb everything like you said.

>>53281878
Vash kicks grenades in Hero Actions, looks badass
Leanne is a pretty cool looking pistolier, and her SMG stance isn't bad.
Zeph, dual wielding SMGs only. Final destination.

>>53281408
Seconded.

>>53281878
No, you want everyone to use everything at certain points.

Max level is 300, you get that by combining the level of your weapons, 100 HG, 100 SMG, and 100 thrown.
Switching weapons also makes it so you level up faster, which means you get more HP, and have more encumburance.

>>53282007
Betray the human race and go with the fucking bitch who got you kicked out of the knights or help ascend the humans to glory by purging the enemies of man?

Tough choice

>>53282158
I dislike Leanne's SMG spread when jumping. Zephyr always seems to hit center though.

>>53281858

>>53281974
That's just a kind way of saying they got lucky as fuck to make a good game out of Star Ocean 2.

>>53282237

Hey, I'm with you. She was a bitch and totally not worth betraying all your friends for.

Sad thing is you lose your captain if you don't choose her.

>>53282237

To be fair, Ridley is hot and it wasn't like she wanted you kicked out of the knights. Her father was just an overprotective douche.

Only problem I had with going for the non-human route was that I had to betray all my bros back in Radiata. But, you get to meet up with Ganz again, and overall, I thought the ending was more satisfying.

>>53281653

Which one of the endings was supposed to be the true/good/whatever ending?

>>53282539

Non-Humans ending seems like the better one.

Ganz and Gawain die, but you save Ridley and stop the Gold Dragon or whatever. Jack and Ridley then return to Radiata together.

The Human ending was a bit more depressing.

Gawain dies, Ganz vanishes, Ridley dies, Jack leaves Radiata and becomes a wandering hobo.

>>53282393

Which is pretty much true.

>>53282696

For the non-human end you forgot how the non humans wipe the entire human population from Radiata. They win the war after all.

What's the weapon customization like? Is it complex (in a good way)?

>>53282393
Yeah... that's exactly what I said.

>>53282696

For the human end you left out how you get any of the other female party members to wait for your return like any good bitch should.

>>53282696
I think Jack actually becomes the vessel for the Gold Dragon instead of Ridley in the non human ending.

Still the worse ending, because Ganz dies.

Just beat the boss for Chapter 1, took me forever but felt so good once I got it done. Also, the conversation about Leanne's rack was hilarious.

Why did they change Reanbell's name, but kept Vashyron?

I haven't played RoF, but this sun creeps me out.

>>53278201

I didn't. Makes him look like a complete douche.

>>53283052
Because Vashyron doesn't sound shit, and Reanbelle does.

"What's small and insignificant, yet gigantic at the same time?"

Watching a friend play and I was the only one who laughed at that line.

>>53283052

R/L romanization or something. They probably thought Leanbell didn't sound right.

>>53283052
Because everyone would be calling her Ring A Bell.

>>53283063

That face looks like it's from a meme, but I can't think of what.

>>53282833

>the non humans wipe the entire human population from Radiata

I thought they ended up preventing that, didn't they? Been a while since I played.

Either way, both ending could have been done better. In the Human Path you start killing Non-Humans because the Humans are insecure and easily swayed faggots.

in the Non-Human path you end up killing the humans because the Non-Humans are insecure and jaded faggots.

No one really wins in the end. I just consider the Non-Human end the "better" one since you manage to save Ridley, which was Jack's goal in the first place.

>>53283223

I don't get it.

ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE

>>53283293

I'd ring her bells, if you know what I mean.

>>53283356

I dunno, I liked the human end a lot more.

Fuck those fairies, very few of them were actually good characters too. In the human end you get all the fucking great ones.

>>53283468
They were pushing a huge statue of Leanne.

>>53283356
Me and Jack had some conflict with that.
He was all, WE GOT TO SAVE RIDLEY! and I was all FUCK RIDLEY WE NEED TO SAVE GANZ!

>>53283204
I think Leanne sounds like shit to be honest, especially when her partners are Vashyron and Zephyr.

>>53283248
Well it's not like they called Vashyron, Vashylon.

Oh well. Not a big thing but Leanne is such a mundane name and it seems arbitrary to change just her name.

Any tips for moving the Leanne statue in Chapter 4? The enemies keep destroying it. My characters are all sitting at level 18, so maybe I should grind more?

>>53283516

Some of them were cool. The problem was that you spend the first half of the game in Radiata, getting allies and making friends with the people there. Then when the route split comes you have to leave them all behind if you go with the Non-Humans, which sucks.

But, the Non-Human let you beat the shit out of that dickhead, Cross, which was satisfying.

>>53282837
You have to pay some attention or else you're　gonna spend a shit ton of money. It's ridiculous but just spent 30 mins customizing my guns, and it's no where near the level of
>>53280143

>>53279468

You're going to love Dragon Quest IX. I sure did.

>>53283556
>FUCK RIDLEY

An excellent idea.

>>53283671
focus as much as possible on blasting weapons off those hot hot forest sprites and then destroying them outright. Try to get them to focus on you instead of the statue.

>>53283556

Nah man, he wanted to save Ganz too. Ganz WANTED to stay behind with Gawain and die with him though. He had time to come with Jack and Ridely but he pretty much told them to go on ahead so he could be with his father.

Manly tears bro.

ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE
ARE THERE ANY SKIMPY OUTFITS FOR LEANNE

>>53283671

It's not your level, as I was able to complete it when my characters were only in the 10-12 range.

Make sure you land your characters near the enemies so they'll focus on you instead of the statue. Also be sure to take them down as quickly as possible, as the longer the battle drags on, the more damage the statue will take.

>>53283986

>>53283986

YES, NOW STOP YELLING YOU FAGGOT

Traded in FF13 on the last day of the GS +50% sale and got this for $5 more. Feels good man.

I wish you could use more types of guns than just handguns and SMGs.

I mean, there's even a shotgun in Zephyr's room. Would have been cool if you could use those.

>>53283671
You can grind up some rubies and use the 'restart and refill hero gauge' option to refill its bar.

Or you can just fuck up the enemies faster. Try to keep your guys away from the statue or it will get hit by stray bullets. Don't let the mannequins get point blank in range. Also the last room will probably fuck you up bad.

Also fuck that statue, Zephyr kept running into it when I tried to start a tri attack.

>>53284197

ANYTHING SKIMPIER

>>53280892

I'm still not believing that they'll do it. You can't place too much hope in Namco.

>>53280772
>Implying they aren't going to localize Graces

>>53284563

They aren't.

>>53284377
What the fuck. How many costume sets are there in this game anyhow (not individual outfits, sets)

Also does Leanne's pig shirt become available?

>>53277224
>breathes fresh life into the genre
>it adds absolutely nothing new other than the battle system
Looks like someone used to only play that melodramatic trash called Final Fantasy and called himself an RPG fan.

>>53284789
>Implying the battle system isn't the worst part of most RPGs

>>53284563
They aren't, the 360 version of Vesperia sold the same amount as graces for the Wii. They fully abandoned the title even when some small magazine claims they didn't.

>>53284977
Not in JRPGs. That only applies to WRPGs which is why ME2 became so popular amongst reviewers. Oh shit a WRPG that isn't boring to play, i'll take 20.

Are... are those female officers wearing assless chaps and thongs?

>>53285055
jesus christ what is he wearing

>>53285055
Wait, why does Zephyr have a bra, too?

>>53285055

This looks dumb.

Were they scared to put them in actual swimwear? But then again I wouldn't wanna see the guys in actual swimwear....

>>53281858
>nobody has them

Is this true? I've yet to have stock problems in my store.

>>53285220

>This looks dumb.

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they were going for.

Giving fanservice to the people who wanted it....just, not in the way they expected.

>>53285220
Are you stupid? It's a gag costume.

Pretty funny, especially Zephyr's bikini.

>>53285264
Took me a couple days to actually find a place that had gotten them in and then it was a Gamespot with only one copy left.

Guess it all depends on if your area is rich in weeaboos who might've snapped up all the copies or not.

>>53285220
I'm guessing the developers didn't want to have to make another model for each of the characters just for swimwear.

>>53277224
We only got RAISINS

>>53285642

>>53285220
>BAAAAAAW I WANT MY FANSERVICE PLS PANDER TO ME SEXUALLY

>BAAAAAAW THIS ISN'T MY FETISH WHY IS THIS NOT MY FETISH I DON'T LIKE IT

>>53285105

What're you talking about?

>>53285642

I love that dance he does.

>>53285264
I had issues finding this game and Fragile, both of which were supposed to be released last week. I have yet to see Fragile available anywhere other than Gamestop and online retailers.

>>53285772

You're overreacting.

It isn't even like that.

>>53285629

That makes sense.

>>53285807
Chapter 8 enemies.

>>53285055

I prefer this, actually.

Having them run around and do battle in actual swimsuits would look ridiculous, even in this game.

>>53285938

Looks like I'll have to wait for a while then. It's got me all interested though. This game does have some ridiculously sexy stuff though. Like Cardinal Barballa. If I was Vash I'd be doing that dance in my head too.

>>53286104
It suits the game's quirky sense of humor. Besides bleh pandering. I already feel pedo enough, dressing Leanne up all the time.

>>53286223
Isn't she 21?

burger shirt for zephyr here all other shirts are shit look at me. I am a fucking badass with black hair boss shades and a fucking burger on my chest

>>53286223
But Leanne's 21. If you're gonna have issues dressing the characters up, then it should be with Zephyr, who is 17.

>>53286324
Sure she is. Yeeeep.

>>53286223
>Pedo
>21 year old girl
Yeah yeah I know. Japan never tries to hide it. Not with that body frame

>>53286223

>pedo
>Leanne

But she's 21.

Zephyr is the only underage one in the group.

Sounds like homo shit.

Could I get some help /v/armits?

I've never been a big fan of RPGs(of any sort), but I was playing around with this game at a friends house earlier and really enjoyed it. I liked the tinkering/crafting, the way the map was revealed and the combat. What is another RPG that I might enjoy?
(only have a PC)