Flipo-taku

With 3 paychecks coming this week and school ending, My Xbox 360 game collection is waiting for expansion. And what great timing too, since awesome looking games are coming out between now and September (not to mention most of them are RPGs). Let’s take a look at some prospects.

Tales of Vesperia

The latest installment in the Tales series. The story is what you would expect from a typical Tales RPG (or any hero tale), that is: Oppression + Hero = Plot. The battle system is almost the same as Tales of the Abyss + Symphonia, the latter of which contributing the notable Overlimit system. Tales of Vesperia will also have secret missions and tons of unlockable stuff, hopefuly make for great replay value. Tales of Vesperia will be released for Xbox 360 exclusively, has been released in Japan on August 7th and released in North America on August 26th. Famitsu has already given Vesperia a 35/40 rating..

Although I haven’t been a big RPG fan in my college career (mostly due to time restrictions) Tales of Vesperia seems like a worth-while game to rent or even buy. Hopefuly they come out with a demo on XBL so i can test it out before hand. Judging from the video below, the battle system looks strikingly similar to Grandia II. Vesperia doesn’t have me super excited, but it looks worth it to check it out.

Infinite Undiscovery
Apparently this game has been undergoing 10 years of development by game company tri-Ace. The 10 years finaly being put into motion with the help of the Xbox 360 hardware. The whole ‘wow’ of the game is creating a world that will be influenced and changed according to how the player makes in-game-decisions, battles, and what the player discovers. The game will play though accelerated game time, where 10 minutes will be about 12 hours in a 24-hour game day. One feature this presents is the advantages of doing things in the cover of night or vice-versa in the light of day.

After reading a couple articles about this game, It got me really excited. Longing for a worth-while RPG for the Xbox360, nothing really made me look twice until I came across Infinite Undiscovery. Emphasized is the way that you can battle. There will be numerous ways to defeat your enemies. But the real selling point of ID is that every thing you do could affect the game world. Now the extent of how this works has not yet been fully displayed (or I haven’t seen any examples yet), but if ID gives what it promises, It will be a revolutionary RPG. Due out on September 2nd exclusively for the 360, I will definitely be getting this game.

Rock Band 2

Rock band 2 features the same game play of Rock Band, but adds several new features which improve on the game. Some of these features include Drum Trainer, Battle of the Bands, Online Tour Mode, and 84 new songs.

The coolest thing about Rock Band 2 is that all songs downloaded for Rock Band will be compatible with Rock Band 2! AWSOME. Not only that, Rock Band 2 downloaded songs will be compatible with Rock Band! AWSOMEx2. Guitar hero sucks simply because Rock Band has much better features. I will most likely be purchasing Rock Band 2 with a guitar.

(dunno if a video of Rock Band 2 gameply matters much, but here it is)

Fable 2
The long awaited sequel to the original developed by Lionhead Studeos (Black and White series, The Movies) promises content 10 times the size of the original. NPC interaction has been greatly improved and many more game changing decisions left up to the player.

WAHHH FABLE 2. I loved the original Fable, but it was much too short. Character creation was the best part of that game, and further customization of that character further in the game. The quests were enormously fun and story was great to follow. If Fable 2 delivers, I will have to augment my schedule around playing Fable 2.

Tags: Fable 2, Games, Infinite Undiscovery, Rock Band 2, RPG, Tales of Vesperia, Video

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