All that said, even in light of the four-minute-long opening we've dropped above (from the Japanese Xbox 360 version, titled End of Eternity), we're about as worried as can be for any game set to release alongside Final Fantasy XIII. Will the intensity of the opening scene's suicide jump entice you enough to snag a copy over the much ballyhoo'd Square Enix release? We're not quite sure, but it certainly got our zipper-clad boots all in a tussy.
Fall through the four minute opening to Resonance of Fate
by Ben Gilbert 
on Jan 28th 2010 12:00AM
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All that said, even in light of the four-minute-long opening we've dropped above (from the Japanese Xbox 360 version, titled End of Eternity), we're about as worried as can be for any game set to release alongside Final Fantasy XIII. Will the intensity of the opening scene's suicide jump entice you enough to snag a copy over the much ballyhoo'd Square Enix release? We're not quite sure, but it certainly got our zipper-clad boots all in a tussy.
Reader Comments (42)
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:07AM Crimsic said
This says End Of Eternity! I've been lied to!
Ah, I'll watch this tomorow, I'm going to bed, someone tell me how it is.
Ah, I'll watch this tomorow, I'm going to bed, someone tell me how it is.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:58AM (Unverified) said
that's the original name for it, they changed it over here for some reason
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 2:46AM Pure Black World Tendency said
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:33PM 343 Guilty Fart said
"This is the most blatant case of fradulent advertising since my suit against the film The Neverending Story!"
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:08AM n1ner6er said
This makes absolutely no sense. They fall from the rope then appear thousands of feet higher than they were previously and it it suddenly night.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:24AM (Unverified) said
It was night in the clip, and they're on a large structure that is high in the air, it's pretty obvious from the start screen. They've fallen completely off that and towards the surface.
I know watching things and paying attention at the same time is really hard, so it's not your fault.
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I know watching things and paying attention at the same time is really hard, so it's not your fault.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:09AM wicko said
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:15AM atrimus said
tri-Ace is a weird one to peg. they've been responsible for the largely forgetable Radiata Stories, Infinite Undiscovery and Till The End of Time, but Resonance of Fate is looking closer to the Valkyrie Profiles-end of their spectrum. hopefully it'll deliver.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:08AM Nier said
Whoa whoa whoa, Radiata Stories was awesome. It was a very fun, light-hearted RPG. I know, opinions, blah blah, but come on! Infinite Undiscovery was horrific, however.
Hopefully this game will be up there with the Valkyrie Profiles. I think my heart might explode if it's even half as good as Valkyrie Profile 2.
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Hopefully this game will be up there with the Valkyrie Profiles. I think my heart might explode if it's even half as good as Valkyrie Profile 2.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 3:44PM RagingStormX said
@ Rein - You tell him, Radiata Stories was a great and brilliant RPG...it was a good change of paste to have an RPG with dialogue that was humourous and most entertaining. Shame it doesn't get the props it deserves.
+1 to you Sir Rein!
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+1 to you Sir Rein!
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:27AM (Unverified) said
This still looks much better than FFXIII and seems like it won't fall into the same cliches as most JRPG's. Plus it's nice to have a JRPG come out that focuses on guns instead of giant swords.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:38AM AramanTSG said
I played the Japanese demo of this and while I'm sure part of the blame on what I'm about to say falls on my lack of understanding the Japanese language, but... the battle system just did not seem fun. It was basically run over there near the enemy, jump and go hog wild on shooting guns, then land and do the same thing with the next character. There were combo moves available as well, where you can string together multiple character's moves for massive damage, but that really wasn't necessary as the mobs really didn't hurt you all that much.
It just seemed too chaotic and not very streamlined.
It just seemed too chaotic and not very streamlined.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:57AM (Unverified) said
as opposed to final fantasy's "mash the same attack over and over"
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 10:29AM dotzeno said
I agree with Araman. It was chaotic although, i'm pretty sure they'll summarize and explain everything better in the retail version of this game. in any case, FFXIII is much prettier than this game and with the exception of FFXIII (because I don't remember much about xii's battle system), all other FFs I have played don't involve mashing.
If only ChronoTrigger was in High Def.
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If only ChronoTrigger was in High Def.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 6:45PM (Unverified) said
Yes my thoughts exactly, within playing for five minutes I felt as if I seen every jump and shot move u could possibly make lol. Just didn't appeal to me
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Posted: Feb 5th 2010 12:02PM (Unverified) said
Yea, doing the same thing over and over and over, in FF games, or any other random battle encounter RPG, doesn't get old at all. Let bash this game for doing the same thing.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:01AM andyscout said
Looks pretty cool.
Why the heck does she say "I want to live" after throwing herself off a bridge tho?
Why the heck does she say "I want to live" after throwing herself off a bridge tho?
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:13AM Prinnywithascarf said
She probably changed her mind when she opened her eyes and saw a guy selflessly trying to save her.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 3:36AM (Unverified) said
Most people change their mind after they jump. You just don't hear about it too often.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:11AM Admiral White said
Jesus Christ, how tall is that city!? It's like they're in The Jetson's universe or something.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:15AM Prinnywithascarf said
The city is build around a tower. The reason being that poisonous gases pollute the land below so they have to be high up to not be affected.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:46AM Admiral White said
Damn, that's crazy. The cutscene left me wondering why is the city so high, but now it makes sense.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 1:40AM wcarnation said
It reminds me of that giant tower from the end of Star Ocean 2. All this talk of Tri-Ace and Guns... Please be as good as Star Ocean 2.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 2:19AM jecks said
since i just got done playing their other game star ocean, i bet that the story is going to blow and be full of so many cliches that you'll just start skipping the cut scenes.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 4:50AM Puertoricarious said
yep, that's about all the tri-ace games so far this gen. IU and SO looked great.....until you got into the game and wanted to stab yourself in the eye by how awful the characters, acting, and dialogue were.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 2:29AM Bluebreaker said
Hurray! With this, FFXIII and Record of Agarest War my Xbox is set for the rest of the year!!
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 2:32AM FOI said
Oh 360 UI, must you always ruin any sense of cohesive atmosphere in every game which calls your system home?
"You wanna save your games here? On this hard drive? Hey, what about this memory card? OK hard drive...you sure? I'll ask you again next time just in case."
"You wanna save your games here? On this hard drive? Hey, what about this memory card? OK hard drive...you sure? I'll ask you again next time just in case."
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 4:54AM Puertoricarious said
yeah, they totally ruined the immersive experience of the start menu.
seriously, it asked you once. quit whining.
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seriously, it asked you once. quit whining.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 5:15AM FOI said
Oh see you were talking about the title screen of this game in this video where as I was talking about every time you boot up every 360 game ever. So yes once; once per game per session...well unless you save/load frequently like in say a RPG then it's many many times per game per session no matter how many times you've pointed it to your device of choice.
Oh and don't forget DLC which can also prompt you as to where it should/does live.
Oh and Indie games which ask where and then save all in one directory anyways even for demos in which you are supposedly not allowed to save/load at all.
"Dude right here? This is it right? Wait, did you change your mind this time? Nope. OK how about now? Dude come on external memory unit? Internal memory unit? See I knew that you'd wanna change...oh that was an accident? How about now? Now? And now?"
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Oh and don't forget DLC which can also prompt you as to where it should/does live.
Oh and Indie games which ask where and then save all in one directory anyways even for demos in which you are supposedly not allowed to save/load at all.
"Dude right here? This is it right? Wait, did you change your mind this time? Nope. OK how about now? Dude come on external memory unit? Internal memory unit? See I knew that you'd wanna change...oh that was an accident? How about now? Now? And now?"
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 2:49AM ArchiGamer said
Looks cool.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 4:59AM Puertoricarious said
did anyone else see the blatant rip-off of FF9? the scene where zidane is escaping from steiner (and possibly chasing after garnet, don't remember)?
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:39PM PainELementaL said
I was thinking the same thing. It's like an FF9 plot, but instead of Garnet and Zidane... it had Rinoa and Tidus.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 5:46AM TheDread said
I'm more excited about this game than FFXIII, at least after the reviews i read. However, i would buy both. I also wish they would release ff9 at the psn store, happy times those would be.
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 9:07AM (Unverified) said
First time leaving a comment on here but thought it was needed. IMO (for those of you who have jap psn acccounts and played the demo) was it just me or did the graphics seem not up to par when roaming freely and then switch to crisp during action scenes? Im not trying to trash the game but just wanted to know others opinions
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 11:01AM TwEE said
Anybody know if there is a world to explore in this game? Or is it just running from point A to B with battles and cuts scenes tossed in?
Posted: Jan 28th 2010 12:15PM (Unverified) said
Well i played the demo and there wasnt any free roaming world to exlpore in it. but of course its only a demo so yea, but on the battle note you fight in an area seperated into smaller areas. you clear each smaller area and then run to the end to start the next area(kind of got old for me). also during action scenes when your attacking the visuals are nice but during free battle movement you can tell they really took away from the visuals to keep the fast paced gameplay running smooth.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2010 7:15PM (Unverified) said
This is a much ballyhoo'd SEGA release, not Square Enix
Posted: Feb 8th 2010 9:45AM (Unverified) said
When did tri-ace start making RPGs again? Finally.
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