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'The RPG genre is already split in two,' Fallout influenced Atelier Ayesha, says dev

PSU writes:

"One famed JRPG director has noticed a growing divide between Western and Eastern role-playing experiences, and cites influence from the former in developing the latter.

Earlier today, PSU sat down with Yoshito Okamura, Gust Game Director behind Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk, an RPG that released this week exclusively on PlayStation 3. During the interview, Okamura-kun expressed that the current RPG market has largely divulged into two sectors--one being realistic, and the other involving 'traditional systemic game play.'"

Skate-AK4077d ago

Seen this on the store and liked the art style.

rataranian4077d ago

Could have bought Fallout. Instead went and got Ys I&II Chronicles babay!!!! <3

badz1494077d ago

just 2? there are action RPG (Kingdom Hearts), turn-based RPG(FF), FPS RPG(Borderlands, Skyrim), RTS RPG(R&C Q-Force) and so on, right? or is he talking about Western vs Japanese RPG?

Gregard4076d ago (Edited 4076d ago )

I guess he means West VS Japan :P

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Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk Review | MONG

One of the writers at MONG spent the last week gluing things to other things in Gust and Koei Tecmo's latest RPG release on the Vita. How does the game hold up? Is it worth replaying if you've already experienced the PS3 version? Check out his thoughts here!

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Ayesha From Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk Is Getting A New Figurine

The ABS and PVC figure has stands 225mm tall (8.85 inches) and is a 1/8 scale.

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These Life-Sized Atelier Towels Will Keep You Warm’N’Dry For Christmas

Gust’s alchemically-inclined girls (and guy) are now available for order in the form of life-sized towels.

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