Would I be late to the party if I pointed out that I find it stupid that not only is there no cross buy (which is fine, I guess, it's not a Sony title), but there is also no cross-platform multiplayer in a game that allows save transfer and seems to have complete parity between both versions?

I'm sure there's a reason for it, but that doesn't make it any less lame.

I think Nintendo owns the rights to ToS' English localization. I could be wrong, but I'm almost positive that's why we didn't get the PS2 version to begin with. I want to believe, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this coming stateside.

Also, when are they going to add online play to the Tales series? All my Tales buddies live in different states.

I only play coop with my buddy. We've dressed up like Archer and Krieger from Archer and drive around in a white fan with purple lights and tinted windows.

It's brick stupid but highly entertaining.

So kinda like Saint's Row 3? :)

I actually think the gameplay in 1 has held up pretty well. It's not as well-defined as 2, but it's by no means not fun, at least in my estimation. The voice acting IS goofy, but the writing is solid, so it's give and take. And while it isn't going to blow your eyeballs out, the art design is great-- and those line drawings for character portraits and on the menu are siiiiick.

and just like cj said, you will appreciate 2 so much more if you play 1 first.

I think minimalism is awesome too, and can be done very well-- like Dark Souls! However, I'm not familiar with the rest of the source material here, and it really feels like something is missing in this game.

But then again, could just be that I'm not the target audience.

I'm pretty sure I've never agreed with this statement in anything ever. But I could be wrong. I don't think I can ascribe something I'd consider a storytelling flaw to a "bold choice." If it is a choice, that is. Hmm. Different strokes, I guess.

What I've played of this game so far hasn't really impressed me. It feels a bit clunky, and I think my opinion is going to fall more in line with Tooker's view. Still, glad it was able to be released here!

In a perfect world, I'd be excited at the prospect of DICE handling Battlefront 3, Visceral handling 1313, and Bioware handling KOTOR 3.

All three of them will probably be turned into the same homogenous mass EA is trying to turn all of their franchies into-- microtransactions, multiplayer, and bro-friendly shooter mechanics with a Star Wars-themed hat.

That sounded a lot more negative than I imagined myself being.

You guys have given me the greatest gift of all.

He's got a point.

I want to be optimistic about this because ED is one of my favorite games. But then I remember everything SK made in their last... what, 10 years?... was awful and that they're historically pretty atrocious with money. Hmm.

Welp, that was one of the best games I've ever played in my life. It will be the only game I will ever give enough shits about to get a platinum trophy in.

Also I will stab Atlus (and be 100% surprised) if we don't get good OST releases for SMTIV.

If they're as good as what's been shown off so far, I will bask in all 100+ glorious tracks of SMT music.