"A turn-based RPG hits the PS3 -- pizza monster included!
However, it's clear that Enchanted Arms isn't the greatest RPG in the world -- hell, it might not even be that good of an RPG, period -- but it does bring traditional turn-based combat and a vast collection of colorful characters to the PS3."
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...
It wasn't too good on the 360, and with no online it's slightly worse on the PS3, but at least hardcore RPG fans have something to tide them over until the bigger games hit.
I would admit that but not much better...looks a little better...
How you noticed that on most of the ports from 360 to PS3 the PS3 has added content. Oblivion includes expansion pack, F.E.A.R. has a extra level and a new weapon, and this one has more characters. Could be either one but whatever it is it give you an extra reason to pick it up on the 3.
You can make Atsumi dance away to generate EX points - WITH the sixaxis motionsening! (WTF happened? I mean, Hello-ooo)
You can shake the sixaxis to boost when delivering an EX attack too. Woohoo. :)
All in all a great story so far and nice chars as said in the review (25+ hrs in to it).
Well, I actually like this game. The Yuki girl is funny as hell. If you get to play it, you'll know what I meant. The only down side for me about this game is, I hate it when all the bad guys keep poping up at you out of nowhere all the time. I had fun collecting all those 1000 points. To me, it's a really good game.