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"So, what they are working on: I just said at the Q&A that it's average. I mean, it's an okay game, and it looks like you'll have fun with it, but it's actually your garden variety open world stuff. But I can also say that it's big – the biggest Sony Bend game ever."

Everything is awesome nowadays, until actually it's not. So let's wait, I say.

@gbanas92 ok, thanks!

This is digital only, right?

@NaiveX I have the impression they wanted to consciously depart from the themes and style from the XIII-saga on XV, and I like where it's heading so far.

Having said that, Square always took bold chances with FF, so I don't hold the XIII saga against them. I HAVE enjoyed those games, even with their flaws.

Battle system aside, I found the FFXV demo closer in tone to older FFs (play it until the end if you can, the epilogue in japanese is beautiful). The battle system reminded me a bit of XII, but less polished. I think they will improve that a lot still. I liked the Warp system, BTW, if they perfect it (as well as the camera, which works very badly on the demo), it can be good.

@NaiveX Did you play the demo? After playing it, I thought it will be the darkest FF since IV or VI. The story seems pretty tragic, the setting dismal. Not to mention THAT cave and the way you acquire Ramuh. I'm super hyped, and, as one who really likes FF XII, I think this will be the greatest FF in a long time.

@sub12 The West may be leading console sales, but don't forget that two of the major players on the console business are Japanese. Consoles doing poorly in Japan is never going to be good news for Western gamers, even if Japanese games clearly do not appeal to the majority of gamers in the West.

Like the guy above me said, Final Fantasy XV and Dragon Quest XI being current-gen exclusives will probably start to shift this trend. I own a PS4, but, frankly, for someone who really like JRPGs or japanese games in general (like me), I could easily stick with the PS3 for some time still.

@banacheck Sometimes people don't have the money to renew the annual sub and stick with 1-3 until they can dish out the money for another annual (that's what I'm doing right now - I plan to get back to annual in a couple of months.)

Well that would make the 3 months subscription irrelevant, since it would cost only 0.98 EUR less than paying for it monthly.

@WARDIE I was of the same opinion until a few years ago. Nowadays, I haven't got nearly as much time to gaming, and my love for JRPGs makes me always want to do everything on them. However, adult life makes it hard for me to have 100+ hours to devote to one single game and try to discover everything on my own. Sometimes I got only one hour to play if I'm lucky, so wandering around on the game or searching the Web is not an option anymore. The guides are much more practical in this sense (not to mention collectables, as you said).

I like them, but due to limited budget for gaming related stuff other than games, I only own one: Final Fantasy XIII-2's. It's a great guide and it saved me from the chore of going through the Web after scattered info on how to get all the secrets.

I would love to see that, as FFXII is one of my favorites on the whole series. The gambit system is a work of genius, but I would like to see minor tweaks on it if this ever comes to life, such as autodisabling steal when your opponent has nothing to steal anymore; that was specially annoying since so much of the game depends on loot.

I think it must be proving challenging for the team behind the new GoW to improve on the formula of the series. With open world games being all the rage right now, I reckon developers who choose to stick with linear, area restricted gameplay must be scratching their heads to keep their games as epic and large as their open world counterparts.

I for one don't like open world games: I enjoy linear, plot oriented, tight experiences with a controled level of freedom, but that's not where the heart of most gamers nowdays seems to be, judging by all the excitement towards open world games and bad reception for games such as The Order 1886.

And yes, please, no more Kratos — judging from Ascension the character has run its course, by far.

@NomNom I think it's fascinating, I will love to play both if/when they come out on the West. And don't worry, DQ games never needed to rely on horsepower to be very deep, engaging and have a broad scope — I sincerely doubt the 3DS version will impact the scope of the PS4 version!

@NomNom No reason to be angry. They will be completely different beasts:

"The game's also coming to 3DS, which makes the whole situation rather strange, but it seems as though the two different versions are being created separately - there are obviously no ports here."

Take a closer read at the news and watch the videos, how one version shapes out will have no effect on the other.

"...even if we do have to wait about half a year for it to arrive after it launches in Japan."

That's... optimistic. We generally wait much, much longer if DQ games get localized at all these days. But I'm confident for this one. In fact, I reckon that DQXI is the one with more chances of getting localized of the bunch.

It's disheartening that they are probably counting on the sales of a spin-off to probe interest in the series, though. I doubt DQ Heroes will be a hit. Most likely it will amount to decent sales, but nothing stellar. I hope SE's expectations for it are not too high/determinant for future releases.

@get2sammyb you're absolutely right, free hugs, ask me how!

So many wonderful Dragon Quest related news today that I'm having to fight hard the urge to run around screaming like a little girl and hugging people on the streets.

I would be very disappointed if they announce XI for 3DS. Don't get me wrong, I love the portable DQs and, in a sense, they basically saved the series from irrelevance in the last years — but it's high time we get a proper full-fledged offline, traditional DQ for consoles. Just imagine something in the lines of VIII on the PS4. It could turn out to be one of the greatest traditional JRPGs of all time.

Seems like RTS, right? If it is, not my cup o' tea — I'm more of a turn/grid-based strategy kind of guy.

@General_Spiller The VITA version is still in development, but the people at SuperGiant games hinted that it will be cross-buy once released.

Swett, I've been wanting to try Home – A Unique Horror Adventure for some time now

Wait, what? Is this €89.99 for DLC for a game from 2012 (DOA5)? Frankly, this should be boycotted by everyone. No company should be allowed to get away with this kind of pricing.

I fear the trophy list for this one

Thank you for the heads up. Just got Bastion for €7,49

Just bought my PS4 TODAY, and this game had lots to do with this decision.

I'm still angry that SE never bothered to release the remakes of DQ Monsters and DQ VII for the 3DS on the West, and now the announcement of VIII for the 3DS just adds salt to the wound. I sure hope we get a numbered release for the PS4. Besides that, I would even settle for a PS1/PS2 Classics release of the original DQ VII and DQ VIII on the PSN.

My main issue with the digital model becoming the ONLY model is that you're paying for a license to use the product, which you never truly own. So, if CAPCOM or whoever owns the product decides that you shouldn't have access to it any longer, it will just vanish. Physical copies are "forever", a one time deal without expiration date other than natural decay. We already have digital console games that do not exist any more, only on the hard drives of those who purchased them on the short time they were available. The digital future is one where companies alone decide what you can play, and for how long you can play it, which is to say that the market itself will dictate what should remain and what should be erased forever, not consumers/collectors and such. I don't like it.

I hear there's no retail in the plans, right. I know I'm a dinosaur, but I REALLY prefer physical, even with the need to install every single game on the HDD.

I'm getting a PS4 soon, and skipped this on the PS3, so yes I'm all for this definitive edition.

I don't have the slightest interest on a FFVII remake either. It's like asking for a remake of Citzen Kane or A Clockwork Orange. Masterpieces are relevant because of the environment on which they were made; it's their time in history that makes them so special. Leave the classics be, revisit them in their former glory and be glad that they could only be made at that special moment in time.

About the survey, and contradicting everything I said so far: ASK FOR THE LOCALIZATION OF DRAGON QUEST VII'S REMAKE EVERYONE!

On my end, it's all about JRPGs:

On the PS3: Final Fantasy XIII-2, working on getting the last fragments and on my way to plat it.

On the 3DS: Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (DS). Working on the optional towers to get the last crowns before the final battle.

@AlexStinton Yup, I totally understand where you're coming from. BTW, I haven't played Duke Nukem Forever, but from what I've read/seen about it, not only it lacks any kind of the naiveness found here, but it kind of confirms all that you've said on your previous comment.

@AlexStinton For my part, I'm still able to chuckle when I hear Duke saying "shake it baby". I may not find it as funny as when I was a teenager, and I'm also aware of how it can be seen by some as objectifing towards women, misogynistic or whatever, but, really, I can't see any HATRED on it. It's a silly fantasy for silly immature testosterone filled teens, and that's okay. Everyone was a silly immature testosterone filled teen one day, grown out of it and not necessarily became a misogynist; and certainly not because of Duke Nukem. And the world is not worst or better because a parody of action heroes from yore is being the ultimate macho on a tiny screen.We've moved on, but boy it's funny to see how idiotic we were.

So, Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror is basically Haunting: Starring Polterguy for the Mega Drive. Cool.

THAT'S when the next-gen will truly begin. I've been waiting for years for the processing power required for ridiculously over-the-top hairdos.

Love the trophy rarity data, so I far I could only check it on the Playstation app and on PSNProfiles — it's very nice to have it there along with my VITA trophy list.

Almost had a heart attack: I had just installed VITA's newest firmware and kept getting error messages when I tried to connect to PSN. Spent a whole hour thinking it had bricked my VITA before news about the downtime started popping in.

Is Rainbow Moon cross-buy now? Because it wasn't. I have the PS3 version (yet to play it) and never could download the VITA version.

Heck, I still have my PS2 plugged in side by side with the PS3 and I plan to have a PS4 along with those sometime next year. Yeah, I'm strange like that.

Will this guy EVER leave his parents' house?

@PoNY_LTD I'm not a native speaker, but hasn't "this" April already passed? Anyway.

@PoNY_LTD Yup, April 14th, 2015.

@Demi_God Agreed, on MK Trilogy for instance playing with Motaro was fun... for two minutes.

Correction: pre-order bonus soon to be released as DLC, soon to be included on an inevitable Komplete Edition

Thank you for stating clearly that it will be avaliable "at retail and on the PlayStation Network". You never know these days and I find myself more often than I would like searching elsewhere for this info because it often goes unmentioned.

Also, loving the attention Push Square is giving to JRPGs/SRPGs lately.

@FullbringIchigo Oh, don't even get me started on SE. When I see niche titles coming West even though companies know that they won't be big sellers, it boggles me how SE can't consistently release one of their most sucessful RPG franchises overseas. Hell, I'd be onboard even for a digital-only release of DQVII's remake.

Thank God for NIS America. What a wonderful job they're making at localizing games like these. It sure is a wonderful time to be a fan of JRPGs and japanese oddities in the West. If only SEGA were so generous...