I assume he meant doing standard Tales multiplayer, just online.  Which frankly sounds like a good idea to me.

I bitched about the same thing earlier in this thread.  It seems like a bizarre move.  I think when the game was first announced it was intended to have cross-play, but something changed during its protracted development cycle.  I guess they just wanted to get it finished and released.

Vanillaware is mostly artists, not programmers, after all...

I thought we were doing that already with internet and video games...

Silence of the Anime.

I'm not suggesting you talk about the whole history, it's just that saying it's based on the anime isn't really accurate.  Maybe 'related to' would be better.

Not sure what you mean by 'Vocaloid' there.  The song was a Vocaloid song (Hastune Miku, specifically), but there was never a BRS Vocaloid character.  The character began as just an illustration by the artist Huke.

I see the review is up.

I had to comment, though, that the review refers to the game as being based on the anime a few times, but that really isn't true from what I understand. Other than featuring a character named Black Rock Shooter I don't think they have anything to do with each other.  Rather, BRS started as a simple character illustration on pixiv, which inspired a popular Vocaloid song, which then led to figures and merchandising of the characer, and finally the anime and game.  But story-wise...well, BRS never had a story in the first place.  The details had to be made up.  And it's not as if everyone made up the same thing...

Yeah, it's weird I know.

So here's my thoughts on what I've been watching this season, not counting continuing series...wait, Chihayafuru is the only continuing series I'm watching.  It's Chihayafuru...there you go.

Attack on Titan - It's awesome, but I've probably talked enough about it already.

Gargantia on Verdurous Planet - I almost suffered mecha cliche overdose during the first episode, but thankfully that ended soon enough and I found out that this isn't really a mecha show.  Well, they're still there but it's more about the contact between people with massive technological and cultural differences and how they work them out.  It's pretty interesting.

The Devil is a Part-Timer - Though I'm still not sure exactly how far they can push this premise, but I've enjoyed it thus far.  Still, I have a nagging suspicion that it's going to get old...

Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru - (Also know as, "I refuse to use Crunchyroll's mangling of the title because it sucks") I guess I should say that this was the biggest surprise for me this season, though I had actually heard good things about the light novels.  I just never read them myself.  I'm really enjoying the anime, though.  It's hard to really express what I like about it, just good characters and good writing I guess.  The lead character is definitely a change of pace.  He's smart and capable, just blatantly anti-social.  So surly and cynical...I love it ;)  It's also refreshing to see a romantic (Maybe?  Hasn't really been much of that yet...) comedy type show based on a light novel that's actually *gasp* not a harem.  In fact, amazingly enough there actually seem to be as many male characters as female characters!  (A lot of harem crap falls into the trap where the author simply doesn't write any male characters, and then I guess all the girls have to fall in love with the protagonist by default since he might as well be the only guy in the universe...)  Anyway, this is actually turning out to be one of my favorite shows this season.  Not as good as Attack on Titan, probably....but the genres are so different it's kind of hard to compare...

Muromi-san - I didn't expect much going into this, but surprisingly found it pretty damn funny.  In a totally bonkers, plot-less way, anyway.  If you're looking for a story or any kind of seriousness then go elsewhere.  This is one show I appreciate having half length episodes for because I don't think I could endure the craziness for a full half hour...

Hennoko - I'm still watching it, but this is probably the one on this list that I'm least enthusiastic about this season.  I don't know, the premise is interesting but the characters seem kind of flat.  It's not bad...but it doesn't really stand out to me either.

Sequel series:

Railgun 2 - It's more Railgun!

OreImo 2 - It's more OreImo!

Nyarko 2 - It's more Nyarko!

OK, that was pointless.

Well, the study they reference is entirely based on self-reporting.  That really doesn't prove anything, other than what people think makes them happy.  Also got to wonder about the demographics.  How many of the people in this study even had kids?

The male mage is the Wizard.

Anyway, Dwarf trailer translation:

0:12 With skin like rock and a thoroughly tempered body
0:16 this member of a proud family of the earth pulverizes everything.
0:22 This superhuman strength allows him to easily
0:25 lift and hurl even enemies that surpass his own stature.
0:30 When he skillfully mows down enemies,   
0:32 he should even be a match for a thousand warriors.
0:37 Be a Dwarf and confront unknown enemies...!

(I changed 'become' to 'be' in the last line because I decided that 'become' sounded a little silly, but the final line is the same structure for all of them.  Whatever...)

Anyway, in terms of class balance here's what I'm guessing:

Fighter - The tank.  Probably has the best defense in the group.  Which isn't to say he won't do damage, but probably not as much as some of the others.

Sorceress - Looks more agile than the Wizard (that air dash...), and has more varied spells.  You see her doing some necromancy, freezing enemies, etc.  Probably doesn't do as much sheer damage as the Wizard, though, and is likely pretty fragile too.

Dwarf - Similar to the fighter, but looks like more varied attacks to me.  Probably does a bit more damage but has lower defense, which is not to say that he'll be a pushover or anything.

Elf - Fast and agile with a wide variety of attacks, including ranged attacks.  Likely fairly fragile, though hopefully not as bad as the magic users.  I'm not really sure how much damage she'll be doing, though...

Wizard - He's going to be the biggest damage-dealer of the group.  He's slow and lacks the variety of spells that the Sorceress has, but all of his spells seem to be of the big attack variety.

Amazon - Who knows, haven't seen her trailer yet.  Probably another type similar to the Fighter and Dwarf...


Personally, from what I've seen I'm most interested in playing as the Elf right now.

They finally released some official 'English' trailers of the Sorceres and Fighter.  I put that in quotes there because their solution to translating the cool narrations was to not include them at all...um, yeah.

Anyway, I was thinking about translating the Dwarf trailer but nobody even commented on the other two I did so I'm all emo :(

The man likes belts, OK.

Just for the heck of it (because I clearly have nothing better to do), I translated the Elf trailer:

0:13 This beautiful, long-lived, race
0:16 are fearsome hunters.
0:20 Her superior athletic ability and unparalleled accuracy with a bow
0:23 allow her to attack enemies from any distance
0:26 Furthermore, with the aid of nature spirits
0:30 she is able to manipulate various magics.
0:34 Those dubious of her cute appearance
0:36 will certainly come to regret it.
0:40 Become an elf and cast yourself into adventure...!

Somebody stick this in a video or something ;)

Edit: And the wizard:

0:13 Boasting high magic power
0:15 he is a mage who can manipulate strong magic.
0:20 With his keen mind and vast knowledge
0:23 the magic he developed
0:25 gives birth to explosions of flames, causes tempests
0:29 and calls down meteors from the distant sky
0:32 to annihilate the enemy.
0:35 With this dreadful destructive power
0:37 there shouldn't be any powerful enemies he can't crush.
0:42 Become a wizard and challenge mystery...!

Wizard trailer!

No giant man-boobs, sadly.

P.S.: I'm kind of shocked that nobody seems to be making English-subbed versions of these trailers.  I mean, the text on the right side matches the voice-over, which should make it pretty easy to do.  But the only English-subbed trailer I could find was for the (now infamous) Sorceress, none of the others.