Thoughts on the Tales of Vesperia PS3 demo

Aww...isn't this a wonderful scene? <3

I played through the PS3 Tales of Vesperia demo today, and I've got say that it was pretty...interesting.

The demo skips the opening movie and it takes you directly to the start screen, which meant that I didn't get to hear Ring a Bell. =( I pressed start and I was underway.

Instead of starting from the beginning of the game the demo takes place in the Forest of Keiv Moc. The party, consisting of Yuri, Estelle, Rita, Repede, and the PS3 exclusive character Patty Fleur are all level 25. Raven is also with the party but he remains an NPC throughout the whole demo. You get plenty of items to play around with, which consists of mostly gels and other random items.

There are plenty of opportunities for combat, which means that players can spend enough time playing around with Patty. Not in that way. >_> Although her panties are visible during one of her victory poses.

Despite the fact that Patty's in your party throughout the entire demo, you don't actually meet up with her until the middle. Umm...paradoxes FTW? Yuri rescues Patty from being assulted by a flying enemy, then picks her up then drops her. Way to go Yuri. >_> Patty returns the favor by beating the crap out of a looming mantis soon after.

The demo continues on with some more encounters and even a Mimic along the way? Yay? The final boss of the demo is the main boss of the Forest of Kiev Moc, Gigalarva. After its defeat after a long and hard fought battle you get the usual results screen and then a black background with the words "Coming Soon" on top in white text with a small icon of Repede on the top right corner of it.

All in all it was a pretty good demo. Its average playtime is around 30-40 minutes, so it kept my attention for a good and short period of time. I only played as Yuri so I cannot say whether or not Patty is good under manual control. She did do a decent job as a CPU.

I may import the PS3 version of ToV when it comes out since I've never gotten a real chance to play through it. And it's a Tales game, which means that I must play it. :P

Tales of VS. Full Roster Revealed

Majinken!

So a Tales of the Tempest character got into the game as a playable character yet Marta and Zelos were excluded? I had hope since Zelos has done very well in the Taleschannel character rankings and Marta didn't do such a bad job in last year's either. But it was not meant to be. There is no justice in this world. T_T

Oh well. At least I'll be able to play as Yuri, Judith, Luke, Tear, Anise and others. I'm still anticipating this game since it looks so awesome and you can't go wrong with a 2D fighter in the style of the Tales series.

Also, sorry for not updating the Golden Church often. I've been busy with other things.

Mana Khemia 2 Portable+

Ta~ru!

So Mana Khemia 2 is being ported to the PSP just like its predecessor eh? I've never played the PSP version of MK, but I look forward to MK2's port.

Looking at the site, I'm glad to see that Gust has opted to stick with UMDs as opposed to just making it downloadable on the PSN like developers are starting to do with future PSP games. I'm someone who prefers to go to a store and buy a physical copy of a game as opposed to having to download it onto my system.

Mana Khemia 2 Portable+ releases in Japan on October 1st for 5040 yen. Yay?

Another reason why I wish that I lived in Japan. ;_;

The US never gets cool stuff like this. Ever. I want the towels. Badly.

Oh well. ;o;

Clicky clicky!

The official Atelier Rorona countdown site is up. There's going to be a new video every day on this site until Rorona's release about the game's mechanics, featuring Rorona's director. Voice clips are also on the site in mp3 and wav format, and a new pic will be uploaded every day in Gust's oekaki section up until the game's release.

9 more days! *Is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the premium box that he preordered*

International Saimoe League 2009: ~Sapphire Period~ Round 7

ARENA 01: Misaka Shiori [Illyasviel von Einzbern]

ARENA 02: Shameimaru Aya [Kinomoto Sakura]

ARENA 03: [Saber] Hiiragi Kagami

ARENA 04: Kawashima Ami [Shinku]

ARENA 05: [Fujibayashi Kyō] Tsukimiya Ayu

ARENA 06: Nagi [Sunohara Mei]

ARENA 07: Evangeline McDowell [Fate Testarossa]

ARENA 08: [Tōsaka Rin] Kawasumi Mai

ARENA 09: [Kamio Misuzu] Alice Carroll

ARENA 10: Maria [Ichinose Kotomi]

ARENA 11: Katagiri Yūhi [Hakurei Reimu]

ARENA 12: Takamachi Nanoha [Abstained] Louise Vallière

ARENA 13: [Remilia Scarlet] C.C.

ARENA 14: Katsura Hinagiku [Asahina Mikuru]

ARENA 15: [Suiseiseki] Chiba Kirino

ARENA 16: Kawazoe Tamaki [Abstained] Vita

ARENA 17: Anya Alstreim [Kōzuki Kallen]

ARENA 18: Kushieda Minori [Suigintou]

ARENA 19: [Ryūgū Rena] Hinamori Amu

ARENA 20: Misaka Mikoto [Chii]

ARENA 21: [Suzumiya Haruhi] Yagami Hayate

ARENA 22: [Kirisame Marisa] Kasuga “Ōsaka” Ayumu

ARENA 23: [Kurata Sayuri] Sanzen'in Nagi

ARENA 24: [Shana] Minase Nayuki

ARENA 25: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Mizunashi Akari

ARENA 26: Izumi Konata [Sawatari Makoto]

ARENA 27: [Ibuki Fūko] Hiiragi Tsukasa

ARENA 28: [Konjiki no Yami] Nagato Yuki

ARENA 29: Index Prohibitorum [Ryōgi Shiki]

ARENA 30: Furude Hanyū [Furukawa Nagisa]

ARENA 31: [Aisaka Taiga] Furude Rika

ARENA 32: Holo [Patchouli Knowledge]


I decided not to vote in two of the arenas, I know. I just couldn't decide in either of them.

Kyou needs to win this and 2ch's Saimoe tournament later this year. She needs to redeem herself after losing badly to Kagami last year, who of course went on to win the whole damn thing. -_-

Looking back, I made one mistake. I regret voting Tomoyo over Akari.