And finally, just in time for launch day, it's offered up a brand new trailer. That won't cost you anything but a click on the link below, as it's available to watch after the break.
[Via VG247]
And finally, just in time for launch day, it's offered up a brand new trailer. That won't cost you anything but a click on the link below, as it's available to watch after the break.
[Via VG247]
Reader Comments (57)
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:05PM (Unverified) said
Funny thing is, this game will be better than the third person shooter Mass Effect 2.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:13PM (Unverified) said
You sure about that?
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/whiteknightchroniclesinternational
64 average right now for the lazy.
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http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/whiteknightchroniclesinternational
64 average right now for the lazy.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:33PM AoE said
I'm sorry you have no video game skills to speak of :(
I mean that's what you want us to gather from this comment, right? You suck so bad at any twitch-action gaming that you can't handle an RPG whose combat actually requires a degree of skill from the player for once.
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I mean that's what you want us to gather from this comment, right? You suck so bad at any twitch-action gaming that you can't handle an RPG whose combat actually requires a degree of skill from the player for once.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:38PM (Unverified) said
Or it could just be that it's a generic borderline bad jrpg, which I've said forever now it would be.
If IGN was the only one giving it a bad score then maybe you'd have a point, but just about everyone is.
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If IGN was the only one giving it a bad score then maybe you'd have a point, but just about everyone is.
Posted: Feb 4th 2010 12:45AM pkpk523 said
You know the nice thing about owning and enjoying multiple systems? You are able to be a little more open minded and impartial. You don't feel the need to belittle something because you can't have it, or build something way up because it is all that is available to you. It just so happens to be the nice thing about being over 12 years old as well. Grow up! I'm looking forward to this game, and am also enjoying mass effect 2 way more than mass effect the first.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2010 1:38AM mywhitenoise said
Normally I don't agree with tmac, because he comes off as a troll (and I think he's being downvoted simply because of his history), but he's right. This game took WAY too long to come out, and it seems like an incredibly boring game with PS2 gameplay and graphics. We have so many other RPGs coming out at the same time, not to mention Bioshock 2, Heavy Rain, FFXIII, and GOWIII all coming out in the next 30 days.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2010 3:37AM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
Kind of hard to compare it to Mass Effect but its undeniably Level 5 (if you like them of Jeanne D'Arc fame) and is really a solid game. I'm maybe 5 or so hours into the game so not enough to judge it as a whole. But, the combat is actually pretty nice and requires some quick thinking. It's basically Monster Hunter with pseudo turn based combat and a better storyline. It's not for everyone but in terms of RPGs go it offers a lot in the way of content and gameplay. So far I'd give it an 8/10 ... I would love to see Level 5 make Jeanne D'Arc 2 on the PS3 and have it be something similar to the best console RPG this generation, Valkyria Chronicles.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:26PM Chibilaharl said
Don't forget the 50 online missions we got on the disk for free, some of which I believe the Japanese had to pay for
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Posted: Feb 4th 2010 5:16AM Chibilaharl said
yea we have all the patches and DLC japan got through september (might be all DLC available not sure) i believe built into the game which is why they call it the "international edition" so it makes up a little for it. i believe the char reset and few georama things is all we dont actually get
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:17PM Solar Jetman said
Via VG247? You don't read the Playstation blog to get announcements when they're... announced?
I don't think they've clarified if the "Makeover ticket" is purely cosmetic, or allows for a re-spec, but Kumi *has* clarified that it's $5 each time. Seems kinda silly, I don't even give my Fallout 3 character free haircuts. That's what hats are for.
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I don't think they've clarified if the "Makeover ticket" is purely cosmetic, or allows for a re-spec, but Kumi *has* clarified that it's $5 each time. Seems kinda silly, I don't even give my Fallout 3 character free haircuts. That's what hats are for.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:22PM Surrealchemist said
Save the princess and restore the kingdom. Real original.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:49PM Mayor West said
COW MW2 - shoot everything that moves, then teabag and shout racial slurs.
Now that's innovation!
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Now that's innovation!
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:44PM wcarnation said
Save the universe from scary black and red aliens while playing a bald head marine. Real original.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2010 12:06AM (Unverified) said
I didn't know Nathan Drake, Ezio, War, Ratchet, etc.. were bald Space-marines.
Oh, and if you are talking about Mass Effect 2, you are very ignorant. Guess what? You can play as a fully haired character, You can even play as a female.
I know it is hard for you guys to think of an argument since you know I'm right. But at least put some effort into it. Most FPS games aren't even in Space either. I don't care for FPS games at all anyways. But your old and tired arguments just make you guys look like idiots.
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Oh, and if you are talking about Mass Effect 2, you are very ignorant. Guess what? You can play as a fully haired character, You can even play as a female.
I know it is hard for you guys to think of an argument since you know I'm right. But at least put some effort into it. Most FPS games aren't even in Space either. I don't care for FPS games at all anyways. But your old and tired arguments just make you guys look like idiots.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:33PM nzero said
I really love this game got it yesterday and I am about 15 hours in, but to respond to tmac about the meta reviews well all I can say is this personally I think the story is well told, and that it's a fun game, I personally believe though that those reviews come from the idea that people just didnt like the combat. Most of the time you wait for your action circle to fill up then attack but if you can pull it off right you can pull of a 10 to 15 hit combo with multiple techniques if your good at it. IGN for example said the combat was lackluster due to the fact that you always had to wait for your next attack but if your good enough at the game your usually pulling of combos and only waiting like 3 secs after your combo ends to attack again. It's kind of like an mmo battle system.
Only advice I can give is if you love jrpgs and their over the top stories then get this game if you don't well there is no harm done but you probably missing out on a great game in my opinion but hey that is just my opinion.
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Only advice I can give is if you love jrpgs and their over the top stories then get this game if you don't well there is no harm done but you probably missing out on a great game in my opinion but hey that is just my opinion.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:43PM (Unverified) said
It's not just the combat that reviewers have a problem with. It's the bad generic story and characters as well (which really who didn't see coming, it's a jrpg).
They also say it's just not fun at all to play. There's not many more damning criticisms to make about a game.
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They also say it's just not fun at all to play. There's not many more damning criticisms to make about a game.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:46PM (Unverified) said
This comment thread proves how insecure JRPG fanboys are these days. Sorry, but people are fed up with old gameplay, and story conventions that should have died in the PS2 era.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:40PM killdash9 said
"people are fed up with old gameplay"
I've never understood this statement. Obviously, since so many people are saying it, there is some segment of the population for whom it is true, but I can't imagine it must be the case for most people, much less an overwhelming majority. I liked linear RPGs in the PS2 era, and I still like them now. Just like I liked scrolling shoot'em-ups in the 80s, and I still like them now (I'm really hoping Darius Burst gets localized). I liked pinball when I was a kid, and now that I'm actually pretty good at it, I like it even more now. Why does something being "old" necessarily mean no one wants to do it anymore? I don't see people getting sick and tired of celebrating a whole day of Super Bowl madness every year anytime soon, but that's been going on for decades. Certainly, facets of old RPGs are annoying now, but they were annoying back then, too (e.g., attacking empty space in FF1, having to face a direction before talking in DQ1, password saves). These kinds of things should change, but I don't think "linear" or "turn-based" inherently means "not fun."
Note: I'm not specifically talking about WKC here; I have not played it, nor have I read any of the reviews.
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I've never understood this statement. Obviously, since so many people are saying it, there is some segment of the population for whom it is true, but I can't imagine it must be the case for most people, much less an overwhelming majority. I liked linear RPGs in the PS2 era, and I still like them now. Just like I liked scrolling shoot'em-ups in the 80s, and I still like them now (I'm really hoping Darius Burst gets localized). I liked pinball when I was a kid, and now that I'm actually pretty good at it, I like it even more now. Why does something being "old" necessarily mean no one wants to do it anymore? I don't see people getting sick and tired of celebrating a whole day of Super Bowl madness every year anytime soon, but that's been going on for decades. Certainly, facets of old RPGs are annoying now, but they were annoying back then, too (e.g., attacking empty space in FF1, having to face a direction before talking in DQ1, password saves). These kinds of things should change, but I don't think "linear" or "turn-based" inherently means "not fun."
Note: I'm not specifically talking about WKC here; I have not played it, nor have I read any of the reviews.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:43PM R Planteer said
@tmac
Tales of Vesperia was pretty kickass and that was a JRPG.
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Tales of Vesperia was pretty kickass and that was a JRPG.
Posted: Feb 4th 2010 3:45AM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
Of course it was R because it was only on the 360. Thats how your mind works.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:50PM Mayor West said
My order will be here soon. I can't wait. Who care about reviews? I can think for myself.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:52PM (Unverified) said
But if it was averaging a 94 then it's ok right?
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:14PM Mayor West said
Take a look at all of the JRPGs metacritic from this gen. I'll wait.
Ok, Lost Odyssey I think is the highest with 78 (i could be wrong though). The point is western critics tend to give JRPGs bad scores. It's nothing new.
The games don't have guns or space marines, which every "good" game needs to have nowadays.
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Ok, Lost Odyssey I think is the highest with 78 (i could be wrong though). The point is western critics tend to give JRPGs bad scores. It's nothing new.
The games don't have guns or space marines, which every "good" game needs to have nowadays.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:22PM (Unverified) said
They give them bad scores because they're all bad games. There's been 0 jrpgs worth mentioning this gen so far.
That's Japan's fault, not the western media.
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That's Japan's fault, not the western media.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:33PM Mayor West said
Or perhaps a difference in preference of genres.
btw.. I haven't actually played WKC yet, so I have no idea how it actually is at this point. I do like what I've seen so far though.
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btw.. I haven't actually played WKC yet, so I have no idea how it actually is at this point. I do like what I've seen so far though.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:36PM (Unverified) said
I'll translate what he said from fanboy to plain english:
"I don't care about review scores unless said review scores are high"
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"I don't care about review scores unless said review scores are high"
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:38PM Sly C said
does jeanne d'arc count as a JRPG? it's made by the same dev as WKC, and has a good metacritic score (and is my favorite RPG). http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psp/jeannedarc
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:55PM (Unverified) said
Technically it doesn't count, as it has its own genre: SRPG (strategy rpg). Games like that, FF tactics, Valkyria Chronicles etc all go there.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2010 3:43AM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
JRPG = Japanese Role Playing Game. Jeanne D'Arc and Valkyria Chronicles are both JRPGs that are strategy based. Still take turns when attacking and coordinate a party. Most JRPGs are released on the DS & PSP. Stop trolling.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 10:58PM TheBrainninja said
I have to admit, I'm fairly unimpressed by their marketing for this game. I'm getting it, but I have yet to see anything that would make someone less glued-to-their-screen rush out and buy it.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:36PM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said
I can't wait to play this game................ once gamefly ships it out.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:37PM (Unverified) said
There's at least $50 worth of Georama stuff on there. I can't tell if it's all accessible in a time consuming matter, or if there's special real money only items.
Think Home, in terms of content and price.
I don't believe the $5 re-customize ticket applies to anything other than cosmetics. Especially since the instruction manual points out how to re-spec your character after you reach level 35-50.
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Think Home, in terms of content and price.
I don't believe the $5 re-customize ticket applies to anything other than cosmetics. Especially since the instruction manual points out how to re-spec your character after you reach level 35-50.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2010 11:41PM R Planteer said
This is one of those PS3 games we heard about before the PS3 launched that was supposed to be a "killer app." Ive lost count of the number of times johnny and enrique have voiced this game in the various flamewars.
Start rubbing your lucky pennies boys, going to need it from what I'm seeing.
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Start rubbing your lucky pennies boys, going to need it from what I'm seeing.
Posted: Feb 4th 2010 12:08AM (Unverified) said
So true. I remember them saying this game would be better than Final Fantasy 13.
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