The Last Story: Returning Glory to the JRPG

Carl B. of iNintendo.net writes, "I've been tired of JRPGs for years now, especially after playing the filth that was Final Fantasy 13. I haven't been able to get into any JRPG for a long time, whether it is Chrono Trigger or Breath of Fire II. The only exception to this has been Atlus' Radiant Historia – a game that broke the traditional JRPG mold with its ambitious time travel mechanic. Sadly, while Radiant Historia may have sold well on Nintendo DS, it never received the large main stream attention that other recent JRPGs have gotten. There's one game, though, that has re-kindled my faith in the JRPG genre: Nintendo and Mistwalker's The Last Story."

[AronDeppert]

Gah, I want this game so bad!

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Agree! Eagerly anticipating this title.

[Main_Street_Saint]

You are not alone!

[RoboSpiff]

i miss the great jRPGs.

[blackblades]

Hell yeah well see alot on the handhelds and sometimes wii, they need to have some on ps3.

[Moduserous]

I get a little burned out on traditional turn based JRPGs myself.

[GameTavern]

This isn't really a turned based RPG from what I've gathered.

[laaakokaracha]

its not traditional at all! check out some gameplay vids and ull be surprised :) its a great game !

[Peaceful_Jelly]

why people always tend to overrate imports? The same happened with WKC. Eurogamer scored it with an 8 and then when the game came to the west everybody was scoring it really low.

Then the sequel was released packed with the first game: http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

VS

import: http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[squallheart]

Hmm hmm why is this showing up on ps3 section if its a wii title?

[VampiricDragon]

why is a guy who doesnt play jrpgs writing an article on jrpgs?

This is why people are not informed because you have people putting up articles from people who have no business writing them.

11 hours halfway? LOL has he ever played an rpg? Does he even know how long the game actually is?

He hates turn based combat? His opinion is irrelevant

turn base is just as good as action. And people love it just as much

"The Last Story's combat has real strategy to it, since each one of Elza's party members will act on their own"

Yup thats real strategy all right. Everyone does there own thing.

[Desert Turtle]

Only you give commands to them, which was said right after. Do you have a mental health disease that prevents you from reading more than one sentence?

[VampiricDragon]

I think the mental health disease belongs to someone who writes an article just to backhandedly insult a genre that he doesnt play and doesnt understand

jrpgs are loved because you can get action and turn based. You dont have to choose one or the other. And you get over 10 sub genres. Diversity.

The only thing I got from the article was turn based hate

[Desert Turtle]

There's literally one paragraph with talk of turn based combat. Fanboy much?

[CrescentFang]

If anyone wants a good a good JRPG go play some Falcom games. Established in 1981 and they still exist now (if you want some solid ground to back them up). I don't want to get into details or anything because it'll be a long post. Hardcore Gaming 101 has a lot of good info on the Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky and Ys series that Xseed is currently publishing. (because most of their game haven't come to America until now)
Oh and good thing I read VampiricDragon's comment first, I read the first paragraph of the article and was skeptical to go on...

[dragonknight4]

I was just about to make a comment about Trails in the Sky, but you beat me to it. I mean, here we have an article writer who is writing about JRPGs, but has completely skipped Trails? That's unbelievable and sad. Sad because it has a higher quality than Radiant Historia and a much much higher quality than the recent FFs yet seems to be skipped by many people.

[zackacloud]

I didn't miss JPRG because I have WKC. But that not enough at all

[TheDivine]

i cant wait for this. If blue dragon and lost odyssey were any indication this game will blow me away. Mistwalker rock. We need more jrpgs on the hd consoles, 360 has alot but ive beat them all. FF13-2 and vs13 look boss but it will probly be a while before those release.

[KingofGambling]

talking about JRPG remind me one of my favorite rpg game ever Suikoden II.
Hey KONAMI where the hell is Suikoden VI?