RPGFan writes: "The Wild Arms series has never been in the forefront of the RPG consciousness like Final Fantasy has, but it has steadily accumulated a loyal following and made progressive strides throughout the years. The Sony PSP was not initially the go-to console for RPGs, but recently there has been an influx of top quality strategy RPGs for it, such as Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, and Jeanne d'Arc to name a few. Strategy RPG fans can now add another title to this growing list: Wild Arms XF (the "XF" is pronounced Crossfire).
There's no justice on the battlefield, only in soldiers' hearts.
Yes, this new installment of Wild Arms is a strategy RPG. This move is not surprising to me. In Wild Arms 4 and 5 for the PlayStation 2, the traditional turn-based battle system was eschewed in favor of the more tactical HEX grid battle system. The HEX system has now evolved into a full on strategy RPG system Where the map tiles are hexagons rather than squares, allowing for characters to have a different range of movement than they would with typical square tiles."
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu Sony Computer Entertainment Producer Kentaro Motomura expressed the will of bringing the Wild Arms franchise to the PS4 and PS Vita, while Sony just published cossover illustrations between Wild Arms and Toro/Kuro.
I still have the first one on my PSP I've never played. Haven't played any actually but they look fun. I'll have to try it out at some point, and #2.
I would like a new Wild Arms game! I also hope they make a new Shadow Hearts game. I miss the PS1-PS2 JRPGs reall... :(
I know Sony published a couple of their games but does Sony own the IP or does Media Vision?
Sony owns the IP.
MEdia Vision was just the developer of wild arms 1, 3-5, XF, Alter Code F. Contrail Developed WA2, inconjuction with Media Vision. Contrail is the studio behind Legend of Legaia...
Media vision did a pretty great job with most of the wild arms games. Still one of my fav jrpg franchises
Sony and Nintendo owns so many IP's. They really need to bring some back.
RPGFan - "Over the years, those of us who love RPGs have spent a lot of time with Sony's consoles. The PlayStation 2, for example, was the undeniable king of home consoles for RPGFans of its time. However, when it comes to handhelds, the PlayStation Portable faced an uphill climb from the day it was released. In Japan, it came on the scene just 10 days after Nintendo's DS, but the gap was three months longer in the US. And although both consoles had great features, the DS went on to outsell the PSP two to one."
Yea the games on the list are good but the order is iffy in some parts. Not a terrible list though.
To be honest I was expected something better from RPGFan & disappointed very hard at the end.. for example Crisis Core on No3 is outrageous & completely ridiculous choice... & then we have Kingdom Hearts which I can't even call rpg on No8.. tragic nothing else to say many other wrong selection no reason to mention them all & it's pointless this list is simply teribad, at least they put Trails in the Sky high enough this I'm sure is something most ppl agree with.
Weird list... Some games just shouldn't be on there, like (I might grilled for this, but) Star Ocean 2, and Lunar. Those games are seriously overrated by the rpg community.
Tales of Eternia and Breath of Fire 3, although ports, should really be on there. And what about Dissidia? It's got a ton of rpg elements to it, and certainly takes as long as any rpg to fully complete.
Also I never played Trails in the Sky, but that girl looks EXACTLY like Kid from Chrono Cross.
Let us Cling Together cannot touch FFT. Besides that, it's all games I wish I played
GWN reports:
''The battles in Wild ARMs XF take place on multilayered maps divided into hexagonal playing spaces. The characters in your party and the opposing army take turns (starting order based on an agility rating) and move and attack on the hexagonal grid. There are the usual basic tactical caveats: increased attack power from higher ground, bonuses for surrounding an enemy, and area of effect attacks. A unit's facing direction has no tactical bearing, however; an attack from a unit's rear will simply make the unit face its attacker.
A job system provides XF with its strategic depth, at least in theory. Most characters can change classes before entering battle, giving players a wide spread of tactical options for each battle. Or at least that's how the job system should function. Instead, each mission's objectives are set up in such a way that almost every character in your party must be configured in a certain way for success to be even possible.''
Wow, finally a decent XF review. One that captures all the pros and cons of the game no less, it seems the reviewer knew enough about the source material going in and truly LEARNED how to play the game.