15th October 2016, 9:59 PM
Playstation 3
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Kung Fu Rider - $3, complete. This is a pretty basic Move game. It's supposed to have quite a limited amount of content, but hopefully is amusing enough to be worth a few bucks.
Trails of Cold Steel (Lionheart [Limited] Edition) - $36, new. So why did I get this? Uh... well, this is from Falcom, a quite well known developer of JRPGs, and it's a game I've had an interest in trying. It released late last year, and has a sequel also on PS3 that just released last month. Both are also on Vita. This is Falcom's first traditional (menu-based) RPG with polygon character models ingame, surprisingly enough, and it does look dated. Now, this game is also on Vita so it doesn't push the PS3, but while the polygon counts are way higher, some things about the graphics here remind me of Dreamcast stuff... which isn't only a criticism, Skies of Arcadia is my favorite JRPG ever, but... comparing Tales of Xillia to this, that has way better graphics. In gameplay, though, the battle system is traditional but has some nice elements to it such as being able to move around the map during battles, positional special moves that hit a line or circle like those in Skies, and such, which is nice; the battle system seems good. As for the story and characters, this is a modern Japanese anime-style game so while this game has the classic "Legend of Heroes" name, it has the now-required highschool setting, school uniforms, and anime-stereotype characters, because what else would there be? The story seems generic but decent so far. I was really hesitant about getting this because of the price, but I'm liking it so far.
As for the limited-edition extras, it comes with an outer box with space for both this game and its sequel inside, a nice thick artbook, and a silly little metal pin for the school. I don't care much about the pin, but the artbook's got a lot in it (over 125 pages), which is nice.
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Kung Fu Rider - $3, complete. This is a pretty basic Move game. It's supposed to have quite a limited amount of content, but hopefully is amusing enough to be worth a few bucks.
Trails of Cold Steel (Lionheart [Limited] Edition) - $36, new. So why did I get this? Uh... well, this is from Falcom, a quite well known developer of JRPGs, and it's a game I've had an interest in trying. It released late last year, and has a sequel also on PS3 that just released last month. Both are also on Vita. This is Falcom's first traditional (menu-based) RPG with polygon character models ingame, surprisingly enough, and it does look dated. Now, this game is also on Vita so it doesn't push the PS3, but while the polygon counts are way higher, some things about the graphics here remind me of Dreamcast stuff... which isn't only a criticism, Skies of Arcadia is my favorite JRPG ever, but... comparing Tales of Xillia to this, that has way better graphics. In gameplay, though, the battle system is traditional but has some nice elements to it such as being able to move around the map during battles, positional special moves that hit a line or circle like those in Skies, and such, which is nice; the battle system seems good. As for the story and characters, this is a modern Japanese anime-style game so while this game has the classic "Legend of Heroes" name, it has the now-required highschool setting, school uniforms, and anime-stereotype characters, because what else would there be? The story seems generic but decent so far. I was really hesitant about getting this because of the price, but I'm liking it so far.
As for the limited-edition extras, it comes with an outer box with space for both this game and its sequel inside, a nice thick artbook, and a silly little metal pin for the school. I don't care much about the pin, but the artbook's got a lot in it (over 125 pages), which is nice.