GV writes: "Over the course of this year, I have developed a more friendly relationship with tactical RPGs. It was previously a genre that I didn't take the time to get to know, as I usually like my role-playing games either traditionally turn-based, or of the action variety. However, with the growing number of tactical RPGs showing up in the western hemisphere on various platforms, they're getting harder and harder to ignore. Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone is actually a remake of a 2006 Game Boy Advance tactics game developed by Sting and localized for North America by Atlus, one of my favorite publishers. Even though I originally feared the hard-to-pronounce title, promise of card-based combat, and notably difficult gameplay, I found Yggdra Union to be a fun and challenging experience, even with occasional frustrations.
The plot centers around Yggdra, a young princess from Fantasinia who has lost her parents and fled her kingdom with only her trusty sword. Along the way, she meets several other characters that join her party, among them thieves, knights, witches, and Undines (the game's version of mermaids). Yggdra's quest is to reclaim her kingdom, defeat the evil Empire that pursues her every step of the way, and eventually bring peace to all the land. It's not the deepest storyline, but the characters are highly likeable, with most of them bringing unique assets to the party."
Atlus fans confined to Sony’s duo of handhelds shouldn’t feel slighted over this week’s generous eShop savings, as a mountain of sweet discounts have spilled over to the PSN store this week as well.
Agreed. 20 bucks can score you a few hundred hours of excellent gameplay with this deal.
If you're new to the series I'd start with Persona 2: Innocent Sin as it's a lot more polished and enjoyable than the original.
PlayStation Blog - "Money. It’s like a baby in a burning building or a snail in the middle of a busy sidewalk; pretty much everyone wants to save it.
Since nobody wants to be the jerk that steps on that poor, innocent snail, we (the fine people at Atlus) are dropping prices on our PlayStation Store library of PSP system titles, not unlike the PS Vita’s undocumented ability to drop smaller articles of sub-clothing. We’re calling it…"
woohoo for people who don't own these great games.
now when is the US release of P4 The Golden and P5????
their sale came too late, i already bought 6-7 games that went on sale in the past 2 weeks, i would have bought some of their games over these, but now im stocked up. ill buy them later but :((((((
GamingUnion: "It's a well known argument that JRPG fans haven't really had much in the way of home console hits this generation. Only recently have publishers begun to announce highly anticipated titles such as The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles – albeit only in Europe. Now I've heard this complaint many times and what I find is that many a JRPG fan simply don't bother to look elsewhere, especially when that elsewhere is a portable device. Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS systems are breeding grounds for the genre, where many traditional, as well as experimental titles, can be found. One such title is Atlus and Sting's Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone."
I knew about this game sincw its japanese launch.
And let me make this clear. The consoles are not doing well in japan. THATS WHY THEY ARENT COMING OUT IN BULK for the consoles.
BUT considering there place theirs more japanese rpgs on them than any system in history
