Developer From Software and publisher Ubisoft aren't exactly well known for role-playing games, but interestingly enough, these two companies are bringing the first Japanese role-playing game to Sony's PlayStation 3. Enchanted Arms is the story of a young student of magic who awakens a mysterious power in his arm that clues him in to his destiny as the one who will save the world from powerful magic creatures known as golems. This is essentially a straight port of the Xbox 360 version of the game that came out last year, albeit with a few new golems and at least one use of the Sixaxis motion-control feature...
FromSoftware is a game developer that has found popularity in the gaming industry thanks to their widely popular and best-selling series, Dark Souls. They may have gained notoriety from this series, but they have been around since 1986 with their first video game published in 1994 and have produced many popular games. Here are 5 games they have made that are not Dark Souls.
The Adventures of Cookie and Cream (Or Kuri Kuri Mix as is known in PAL territories) is actually a pretty good game, and gets damn hard in the latter stages.
I'd love to see FromSoft make King's Field 5, or maybe another Armoured Core. I love the Souls games, but I don't want to see it milked for all its worth.
Didn't they also make the 3D Dot Game Heroes (or something like that).
I actually enjoyed that a lot on PS3
They actually only handled publishing in Japan. It was developed by Silicon Studio.
I wanted to keep the entries to their own respective genres. Chromehounds and Armored Core are both mecha. I almost included it though.
...I'm saying I knew FromSoft had a hand in all of these games. I would know, I own/ed most of them.
Armored Core series producer left From Software.
My guess is the company shifted all focus to Souls series... :(
RIP Armored Core....
I would love to see them come out with a new IP in the mecha genre. Armored Core was cool, but I think they have expanded their skills to make a more unique game.
Digitally Downloaded writes: "There's only a few RPGs left to release on the PS3 now. The majority of development for those scale projects is moving to the PS4... but it is worth noting that quality over quantity and those RPGs left to release on the PS3 include Dark Souls II and Drakengard III.
With that said, I thought we could look back at the PS3 RPGs - both western and Japanese, and which I personally felt were the finest the console could offer. I'm very keen to hear what your thoughts are and which RPGs are your favourite on the console, so be sure to sound out in the comments below!"
I really hate when people put Skyrim on such lists. It might have improved, but what shipped on disc- which is what gamers bought- was crap Bethesda knew they could get away with releasing.
Skyrim gets no vote from me.
Then the author says people who like Valkyria Chronicles didn't play many JRPGs on PS3. Which is an observation I don't believe for a second.
I see Valkyria Chronicles as more strategy than RPG but it really does blur the lines. I think it is in a class of its own and I find it to be a true masterpiece which is a term I don't throw around lightly. (I don't even consider any game in the SOCOM series I love so much to be a masterpiece. The same goes for the Souls games which I believe fall just short.)
I really would love the series to continue onto next gen and perhaps add even more RPG elements into it. I don't have much faith in that happening though since SEGA always sends their games out to die with little to no advertising... then they turn around and kill off good series because of poor sales.
[I'm sorry about all the edits- it is hard to compose my words being this tired.]
Valkeria is my favorite...No No Kuni is a close 2nd. After that it gets muddled. Dragon Age is good. Skyrim is a good open world game but I dont love the world leveling w/ you.
Oh...and Kingdoms of Amalur is very good too.
Fallout 3 should be on there,it's the game that got me into RPG's. Still play it and always will,Awesome.
There are a nice mix of RPG's to chose from on the PS3. Hopefully, Persona 5 will end up being a game that exceeds expectations and is the best of the bunch.
Persona 4 Golden (Vita) is simply amazing.
Role playing games have always been feast or famine throughout their history of existence. While we have had some phenomenal entries into the genre, there have been some utter and absolute abominations that bastardized everything we love about RPGs. This article is about the latter.
WKC is a pain at some parts, but I actually enjoyed it. Then again I rented Lagoon numerous times and bought Quest 64 as well...
I just found the whole experience bland, sterile and boring but I know that N4G (and only N4G) loves it.
Lagoon for the SNES was a terrific game! Not sure how it's held up over the years though. The game's mention brings back good memories. Thanks.
i enjoyed WKC .
having played enchanted arms , i have to say that this game is flawed on many points ..
enchatnted arms was an average snack that people bought becausethere was nothing else at the time of release .
Neptunia is an average game that people can enjoy if you know teh subject ( other beware )
but putting xenosaga in this list ... what did the writter smoke ? Also the story is solved at the end of xeno 3 .. if the writter didn't understand that then he didn't play the game at all .
i mean there are way worse Jrpg than xenosaga. ( last rebellion ? )
LOL i played most of the games and loved them. I didn't play Two Worlds.
I've only played two worlds 2, and it was atrocious. One day I'm gonna rip into that game with a review, but sufficient it to say I agree with the sentiment of the article.
It probably wouldn't be fair, but Valhalla Knights should be on there - especially the terrible Wii game - Eldar Saga. And what about Venetica?
I guess you had to choose only 5.
I agree the Wii one was a rather fast detour from what I was accustomed to from the PSP titles. I even had it pre-ordered (still have it now thinking about finishing it at some point), but I felt at least with VK (PSP) it was in a way "playable" whereas the Wii one just...doesn't feel the same to me. Then again I never played the second so I'm just going off the first.
I'm on the fence about Xenosaga I actually enjoyed some parts but the others I did not made me cringe. So it was fairly okay to me. Now Two Worlds 2 on the other hand I sort've felt a "meh" from that one, the single player primarily and a bit from multiplayer it was okay but I don't know just didn't capture me...
Coming from a 360 owner who played this a year ago.. PS3 OWNERS.. AVOID THIS GAME AT ALL COSTS... horrible game.
If u are really in need of a RPG play this game...Its not that bad story is okay battle system is decent...Just not worth 60 bucks but i will buy it jsut to have a rpg
hot garbage with maggots on it.
I have this game and the story gets a bit anoying for the most part. There is also certain character that is trying to hard to show his/her true nature and his undying love towards another male character. I'm not condeming the fact that the character is gay but the character is trying too hard to show that he is and even if they added a character that is trying too hard to be a macho it would also get anoying. Avoid this game. The story line sucks. Wait for Final Fantasy if you want a real RPG game. Ohh yeah... it also gets anoying when you are drawn into battle mode every 5 steps in certain areas. It takes for ever.
Yeah and so does the Gay musician guy or whatever