RPGfan : Vakyria Chronicles Re-Release Announced

UNCyrus - 369 days 9 hours ago

Best RPG of 2008 IMO... and trophy support for this title would give legs to a game than needs some attention

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Information Minister - 369 days 9 hours ago

The funny thing is that the game already has its own trophy system in the form of medals. They really need to include official trophy support for this one.

Sadly I don't think that even a budget re-release will turn this game into a sleeper hit. But hey... If the game doesn't get a western budget release, that means that in a few years my copy will be worth a lot more.

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DRUDOG - 369 days 8 hours ago

I've been thinking about picking this up, but I've got so many games that I still haven't started let alone finished. I was hoping to see the price lowered just to finally give me an excuse to get off my butt and buy it.

I liked the demo a lot. Maybe I'll pick it up in a few months when we get into the inevitable gaming release "downtime". I don't understand why everybody has to release most of their games around Xmas. VC would've done better if it was released this spring...

EDIT: Crap, didn't know it was missing trophies. Need to patch that up now!

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Yi-Long - 369 days 7 hours ago

... but definitely not for 60 euro, which is the current price here in Holland. I'll pick this up when it hits 20-30 bucks, and probably end up loving it.

I hope they do re-release it here, for a budgetprice and more content.

It's a shame that some games just won't sell well when released at 60 euros.

Take for example NHL09. A game I really want to buy, but obviously not for 60 euro, cause I like the gameplay, but dont follow the sport and dont know the teams or players, like many MANY people in Europe. So there are lots of people here who would enjoy the gameplay of this sportsgame, but arent willing to pay 60 euro for a new game.
Obviously, when you live in America or canada and ARE a fan of the sports, they'll happily spend 60 euro on it.

The same goes for titles like this. I'm sure it's a great game, but they have to realise that not many people are willing to take a gamble on a game like this if it's 60 euro. Release it for 30 euros, and word-of-mouth does it's thing!

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dexterwang - 369 days 7 hours ago

I'm itching to try this game out! But can't find it ANYWHERE in Vancouver Canada... EB, Walmart, FS, BB, amazon.ca = all gone....

If anyone knows where I can find a copy plz let me know.

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kewlkat007 - 369 days 6 hours ago

For aTactical RPG, on Next-Gen, then YES. I'll take "Lost Odyssey", a more traditional JRPG over this one.

I seem to dislike the Mini Micro-managing of Tactical Strategy RPGs, not that they are bad. I did try Advance Wars for NDS and it was alright. I tried the DEMO for this game and couldn't get into it.

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socomnick - 369 days 5 hours ago

Sorry but this game absolutely terrible. :/ seems that the 40 people that actually bought this game are on this site.

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SaiyanFury - 369 days 5 hours ago

It's disappointing that the original release came at a time when there were so many other great games to get. Not to mention a complete lack of marketing didn't help things.

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gambare - 369 days 4 hours ago

coming from the guy that "bought" one PS3 and "sold it" like 7 times it's really hard to believe, VC is one if not the BEST TJRPG in 2008 and the best japanese title released. if you didn't liked it was because it wasn't released on 360. and it's obvious that you never play it, and you never will.

@kewlkat007

you won't have too much with the demo, the full game is a whole totally new experience.

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meepmoopmeep - 369 days 3 hours ago

man, that's a sweet deal.
i hope this game sells well.

would love me a sequel/prequel

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Mr_President_ - 369 days 2 hours ago

Metacritic

Valkyria Chronicles - 86
Last Remnant - 65
Infinite Undiscovery - 68

:)

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darkpower - 368 days 21 hours ago

For starters, I think I can forgive your report on my GameGazette story since you're not like some of the other 360 fanboys on here and honesty thought that about my site (since I thought you were wrong with what you said about it), and I know you own a PS3, too. Just hoping that I'm right on that assumption, though. That report did hurt coming from you. Just stating it and bringing it up since I'm responding to one of your things (oh, and seeing what name your sharing, I could also excuse it for a satire on the other reports I got from that).

Now, on the topic, I do think this release will HAVE to get trophies because it'll be released way after that trophy mandate goes into effect. Not sure if this will be required to or not, though, seeing as how it's a re-release and all and I'm not sure about the rules regarding those. Maybe if they add to it, then the rules will apply. But unless the rules exclude re-releases, then trophy support for it is pretty much guaranteed.

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barom - 368 days 17 hours ago

yea they should re-release it over here. Maybe in the summer or some time where there's not that much competition and people are more willing to try it out.

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Chubear - 369 days 5 hours ago

This game can EASILY be put on PSN as a DLable game. I'm more than confident it'll garner great sales it deserves over time.

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ThePeoplesChamp - 369 days 9 hours ago

got mine from amazon.com

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ravinash - 369 days 5 hours ago

It does seem to be a very hard game to get hold of, which is a real shame considering its such a great game.
I brought mine on line.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 369 days ago

Where are you from? If you're by NYC area, they have about 5 copies left at Toys R Us Time Square. Just saw it today.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 368 days 23 hours ago

;_; totally agree, I enjoy the story a lot.

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Death - 369 days 9 hours ago

It gives you a good sense of the play style and lets you see the art work which is absolutely gorgeous. They let you play one of the skirmishes that are available in the game which are basically missions that you can replay to help level your character classes. It's worth checking out.

-Death

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TruthBTold - 369 days 8 hours ago

I have too many bills to pay due to school loans so now I am on a very tight budget. I want to buy this game so bad. Really enjoyed the demo and from what everyone is saying it is a must buy. I am missing this game and LBP.. I know I know... two must haves of 2008 but I purchased 3 games in late 08. R2, WoW, and Fallout3. Specially holiday season being so expensive. Hopefully I can buy them soon.

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DrWan - 369 days 9 hours ago

Why would Sony advertise for a Sega published game? You are a very stupid man. Publishers are the ones that takes care of everything from packaging to sales to advertisement. And in this case it is SEGA.

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Information Minister - 369 days 9 hours ago

Yeah I'm sure the xbox crowd would know best how to correctly appreciate this game. No doubt they would appreciate it in between matches of Halo 3 and GeoW 2.

*EDIT* @ Homicide - I had no idea that JRPGs for the 360 were selling so well in NA.

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PLAYSTATIONGENRATION - 369 days 8 hours ago

They can sell that on xbox in 5 min if it up to achievements whores

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Homicide - 369 days 8 hours ago

I agree with him. I like this game, and I wish more people would play this game. It has a nice shot of selling more on the 360.

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Sarcasm - 369 days 8 hours ago

"Why would Sony advertise for a Sega published game?"

Because of an exclusivity deal between the two companies? It's not a Sony game, but it's on a Sony platform exclusively. So Sony should support it if they can.

As for the "it will sell more on the 360" claims, it's possible. Infact I hope it does go to the 360 for the sheer fact that an actual GREAT "RPG" game isn't selling so well on the PS3.

Which is Ironic that people see the 360 as the shooter console, when in fact the best selling PS3 games are shooters.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 368 days 23 hours ago

Another problem was the release date, came out at the same time as Resistance 2, and 1 week after LBP. I was close to getting R2 but ultimately stay with my decision to pick up Valkyria Chronicles. I love it a lot.

It's really unfortunate it's a sleeper. I just hope more PS3 will pick this up, it's definitely worth the $60 in my opinion.

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Homicide - 369 days 8 hours ago

Yeah same here. The story didn't do it for me. Too simple and boring. Also the cheap attempts at humor and that cheesy love story was lame.

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Sarcasm - 369 days 8 hours ago

It's not for everybody. I'm pretty sure if this game had big bad ass space marines fighting ugly aliens with tons and tons of gore it will sell more.

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XXXCouture - 369 days 8 hours ago

homicide nothing on a playstation is for you

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ChampIDC - 369 days 8 hours ago

Yeah, I can't afford to get a PS3 to play this. I'd kill for a PC version of it, but I don't see that happening ever.

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Raoh - 369 days 6 hours ago

if money is an issue i'm a big supporter of gamefly.com

just rent the games you want to play. if you want to keep it you can get it at a cheaper price than used at gamestop.

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Information Minister - 369 days 6 hours ago

Now that you mention it, the "budget version with added content" is a growing trend that I can't say I agree with. If you buy the game on release you have to pay full price and you'll have the "privilege" of paying extra for any DLC that gets released. But if you buy the game 6/8 months after the release you get more content for half the price. That is simply no way to reward early adopters. It's just unfair, considering that those gamers are the ones who contributed the most towards the game's profitability.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 368 days 23 hours ago

To be honest, it is an annoying trend but I'm willing to let that by if I truly believe the developers deserve the money.

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Lon3wolf - 369 days 7 hours ago

Unfortunately sales have never equalled quality look at titles like Psychnauts, Beyond Good and Evil plus lots more, all over looked despite some seriosly good reviews from the press/sites.

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