I'm so happy today I  though about coming here to share with my fellow RPG fans. I ordered Fire Emblem on February but the site I bought from ran out and I had already payed with paypal, so I decided to wait until they got more. Long story short, I waited until today when they sent me an e-mail and finally my game has been shipped.

I'm amazed by how long this game has been released and it seems people are always finding new info on it. If anything, at least I managed to have time to almost beat Etrian Odyssey IV.

I see. I didn't know I could join mutiple guilds. Are there any benefits to it?
I believe I can't represent multiple guilds at once right? So what does representing a guild does?

I agree with you the atmosphere in Nocturne is great, and since I'm also a big fan of survival horror I appreciate the solitude. On the other hand I think it doesn't help much to push the story forward. While I do enjoy both kinds of storytelling I favor more characters. That way even if the story doesn't happen to appeal to you at least the characters can.

I'd like to ask for some guidance here.
In short, in many years of trying not a single MMO got me to like it not even as close as I'm liking Guild Wars 2. I'm still at the very beginning, at level 12 but I defeated a boss in an event with a bunch of people and got me thinking about joining a guild.

So here are my questions: Is it still to early? Anyone here is already in one or can recommend a guild for a beginner with experience in RPGs in general but close to none in MMOs? Some tips about looking for different kinds of guilds?
For example, something I take no pleasure in is PvP (maybe this game can change it, but so far no PvP).

I'm playing in the Sea of Sorrow server.

It's sad to hear about the lack of polish, especially the lack of bosses. I started playing the Atelier series this gen and finally in the 3rd game (Meruru) when I started getting good and actually owning the bosses with my alchemy this game gas only 3...
The thing about the light-hearted anime style suits me fine, I think it's perfect for those days you want something to relax. The sad thing is it as once again the dual audio thing, as I like to use these games as a way to practice my japanese. If think I've gained quite a bit of vocabulary playing through these 3 atelier games. The characters dialogue has in my opinion a perfect tempo for an average speaker like me (the dialogue rarely have obscure words, no one speaks too fast and there aren't many hard structures in their grammar)

In short, I'll just wait to see if I'll gain the US version, if not, probably before June I'll get the downloadable version on PSN or get the discounted "best" edition from Japan.

I can't believe what I just read. In all honesty, most games I buy that might have embarassing box arts don't sell here, so I would have to buy them online anyway but still, this makes me wonder if this is why some games insist the "generic" male with the gun on the cover or maybe a game like Atelier Rorona got her protagonist out of the box art for the western release.

If I were the employee of the store, I could care less if you were a 5 years old girl or Silver Stallone, I'd try to sell anything at you, be it the last call of duty or the game with the girliest cover of the store, instead of making fun of the customer.

I remember when a friend of mine traveled to the US and I asked him if he could bring me a DS Lite. At the time people could barely find it. All were in shortage, the only ones he could find were the pink ones, but on the last day he found me a blue/black one. The thing is I told him he could bring me any color as long as it was a DS. It could be pink with white bubbles, as long as you're fine with it, why should you care what other people, especially strangers, are thinking.

There is a pert of me that hates myself for not having played Ayesha.
I have hopes to get it from my GF. It was supposed to be a surprise but she called me asking how to order from play-asia and I said that Ayesha she would not find here under no circumstances, only online.

The thing is I got sad because of the dual audio thing so I decided to wait for a possible deal on either the US or Japanese version.

As for the opening, I like it a lot. Like some I preffer Ayesha's but I think it fits perfectly for a game that has two main characters.

I'm playing through DDS1 currently and boy the beginning ones are already long...
Gladly like MeshGearFox is saying, there are lots of save points so it isn't so bad.

Also, now that I'm playing DDS1 and getting the hang of things I wonder if I were to tackle Nocturne now I would've done better. Sure there are a lot elements that make Nocturne hard as hell, but at least understanding how to abuse the push turn system would have made it a lot easier.

Then get ready fro great experiences. However depending on the order you will play them, get ready to get punished hard.
If you are more into story and character interaction, like me, I'd recommend Persona 3 and 4 before the others, if you are more into customizing your character, party and being challenged then play the others first, just please, do yourself a favor and don't start with Nocturne or you may rage quit it like me.

I've just seen this news about the first run on SMT IV and I can't be happier.

Even though I'm trying to buy a little less games in between now and august, SMTIV surely was not going to be missed and now we find we'll get soundtracks and a guide bundled with it!

I haven't pre-ordered it yet, but I think I'm going to.

I also can't believe myself.
I'm happy it's coming, but come on, next year? We're still in April and even so they can't release this year?

I second this.
If there is one thing I can say about why I love this community is because it's not like gamefaqs. Sure GF has its place, and they're useful too, but when we want to actually engage in a conversation, hear an opinion or something else, having a smaller but of better quality community is way better than the volume of responses on the board.

I finished the game today and what an amazing game it is. For me this is easily among best games I played this generation.
The ending is really well crafted, without spoiling anything, I loved how it all wrapped up together.

Only thing sad, in me, is that I'm not the kind of people that usually can dissect a story as you go through it and point the details right away, I have to either let it sink in and think about it or read some constructive arguments about it.
So, if you are in someway like me, I recommend doing as I did, play in max in a 1 to 2 hours session and let it all sink in, thinking about what is happening and the game can be much more enjoyable then it already is.

In a nutshell, the game is really good! Great combat system, challenging throughout all the game, interesting characters with a confusing and convoluted plot, tons of stuff to do post game, tons of customization of your weapons and how characters look.
This was the 2nd game I platinum'ed, the first being the easy as hell Heavy Rain. This doesn't make the game perfect in any way, but it still has a lot of things done right.
So my recommendation is get it! It should be cheap. This is a game from the Tri-Ace I know and love (unlike Star Ocean 4...)

If there is one thing I've been loving since I gave handhelds a proper chance was that I can really play anywhere. Especially in the end of the day, you're laying down on your bed. Just recently I can't believe how long I stayed up at night some days playing Persona 4 The Golden, and this week with Etrian Odyssey IV.