Now is not a good time to be a developer of Japanese role-playing games. JRPGs face an increasingly bewildering double standard: If a game sticks too closely to the norms established by series like Final Fantasy, it's labeled as derivative and uninspired. However, if a game ventures outside those boundaries, then it's criticized for straying too far from what games like Final Fantasy have conditioned us to expect from "good" RPGs. So, even if you're a reasonably established Japanese developer trying to create an original IP in the current console generation, you just can't win. Case in point: Infinite Undiscovery.
The gaming community lately makes jokes about companies making games that look like "PS3" or "PS2" games. While this is such a nasty dig, there may be some truth to this in the case of tri-Ace.
Sad really. I used to love these guys but man...they just aren't what they used to be.
The Cod games have been using an engine built in the mid 90s. Nothing wrong with using an old engine if they update it. Bioshock used UE2 and looked better than most UE3 games. Arkham knight used UE3 and looked better than most UE4 games.
Sh it does suck but I enjoyed star ocean 6 the most out of any game last year. I thought it was solid af start to finish. My favorite game that year.
I'd love for Sony to get ahold of them.
During the Inside Xbox live stream today, developers from the backwards compatibility team announced that the program would sadly be coming to a close.
The current game selection on Game Pass is impressive, but it’s still missing a handful of big games.Here are the 10 most dumbfounding omissions from Game Pass.
I can see most of these coming to gamepass sometime this year. Even some of them could make it GWG.
i agree when i got this game for $20 i thought man i just wasted my money but when i played the game i was surprise how good it was.
I still want the game. But can't find it, I was gonna get it for $10 but they were sold out.
well of course it cant win.....
an JRPG , new IP, exclusively on XBOX360? wut were they thinking?!?
You can win. Case in point: Demon Souls.
Can't wait for it to hit North American shores....so I'm importing it.
A JRPG on a console who's predecessor was built on FPS and online games. Of course most 360 owners wouldn't want to buy it, let alone care about it. Look at all the games that sold well on the 360 - Halo 3, Halo Wars, Gears of War, Gears of War 2.....Awesome games, but none are JRPG games. The PS3 is more of an RPG console. It has barely any RPG games, but the ones out for it sold pretty well. Recently, Valkyris Chronicles sales went through the roof thanks to Gamestop's sale, lol. White Knight Chronicles is the best selling and rated JRPG out now.
Now, I'm not saying the JRPG games on the 360 suck, because I personally love some of them, but the audience these developers are trying to target just aren't interested.