It's surprising to think that White Knight Chronicles (or Shirokishi Monogatari, to give its Japanese name), is the first major RPG developed for the PS3. It's been created by Level-5, the developer responsible for the unfairly overlooked Dark Cloud and the justifiably admired Dragon Quest VIII, and the pedigree is pretty obvious throughout. Mostly, it's obvious because of the technical accomplishment; of a game world containing huge towns and cities to explore, expansive vistas to admire, and some stunning set-pieces, such as the moving city of Greed – a huge city joined together by a vast rail system that sits atop the back of a huge leviathan who wanders around an even more gargantuan canyon. But it's also apparent from the innovative way that the game ties together massively multiplayer mechanics with the structure of a traditional Japanese RPG.
And while [the] story verges on simplistic at times (you will be amazed at how many times you can catch up with the kidnapped princess only to see her snatched away again), and while some of the environments seem under-populated, and while there will be moments where you have no choice but to grind your way to a higher character level, there is something about White Knight Chronicles that is compelling enough to see you through to the end. You'll be left with memories of faraway places, exotic races, and an online community that, so far at least, is welcoming and friendly. And that's just the beginning: White Knight Chronicles is just the first part of a planned trilogy which will eventually encompass over a hundred hours of gaming. It's a pretty decent start.
Grab your longsword, shield and round up the fantasy archetypes - there are Ice Dragons afoot!
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
I am kicking things off by going back to a familiar well here - with a song from the Neverwinter Nights soundtrack. This is still arguably one of my favorite music scores in a video game ever, but I decided to lead off with it and then create something of a theme as I decided to pull all of this edition's songs from RPG games.
Neverwinter Nights (PC) - Battle - Forest Boss
I touched on the somewhat mystical quality of another Neverwinter Nights song last week when discussing City Docks Day. There were a lot of really good battle tunes in this one, but the Forest Boss song always stood out in my mind. The battle itself was not even the most memorable one, but right around the one minute mark, it reaches an epic level that just stuck with me.
Digitally Downloaded writes: "Below are the ten games we'd like to see make their way to the new generation of consoles this year. Or, perhaps, game collections that could be pulled together into a single disc package for even better value as we have seen other recent HD/ Remaster releases."
B-But FFXII isn't last-gen. I'd love to see it remastered regardless though. Brilliantly fun game, I just disliked the story unfortunately.
story was ok, but very unlike the other ff storylines where there is a clear villian.
i just want the game for vita/ps4. international zodiac version would be interesting to play but i hope that the original glitches(?) are still there.
i had more fun breaking the game then playing the game properly.
would also be cool if they added dual wielding. would make some rare weapons actually useful.
I really would like to see a HD Remaster of both Twilight Princess & Skyward Sword. Those games deserve to be in HD
Are you saying that they could make Ni no Kuni look even better, because I would like to see that.
they could easily make that game look better. just make it as detailed as the animation. the 3d models had a lot less detail.
not saying it didnt look nice, just saying it could be improved a lot.
what i want to see:
Patapon HD Collection
FFIX & FFVII Remastered
MadWorld HD
Thrasher:Skate&Destroy HD
EA Skate series HD
Lumines Collection
VibRibbon remastered
Mario Galaxy 1&2 Remastered
BF1942 Remastered
as a fan of RPG's I cannot wait for this game!!!!
Hurry with the translation process!!!!