How would this game be as a single player game? I have a lot of gaming friends, but none own the Vita. I want to get this, but would it be too difficult as a single player game or too ho-hum?

I was the same way. I've been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and since the NES came around I played almost nothing but RPG's. Friends got into FPS games and I held out for a few more years. I did get into them though. First playing Bioshock. I got that because it was touted as mostly an RPG, but it had FPS controls. So it helped me. Then I got Left 4 Dead and that really helped because it's not just you, it's you and your friends working together so they can help you along until you get the hang of it. Now I love both genres, and especially games like Borderlands that combine the 2.

I love Bal-Sagoth. I wonder if they are split up? Haven't heard anything from them in a while. Half the lyrics in their lyric booklets never get sung by the vocalist.

Oh yeah, for sure. Thiand also JRPG's got kinda samey and western RPG's that were mostly PC games started coming to consoles and offered up a different experience. Those are the biggest factors, but I'm just bringing up this other factor that I have personally seen myself many times now.

You overestimate the average American.

Anyone think that maybe the outlandish, 10-word titled games names is a reason people aren't paying attention to JRPG's anymore? I've noticed this with a few friends and family, and even tonight when my cousin saw me come to this site. With all of the crazy long-winded game names I've noticed people can't tell if they're new games, remakes, spinoffs, Japanese release only games, etc. Sure, to RPG aficionados it's easy to keep track of what's what, but the average RPG Joe is confused. Even me with my love for the Tales series... I don't know which ones are new or remakes or what until I spend some time reading up on them. Tales Of Makai Derfault Bravely: Dynasty Spear Version One Special doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily as say, Borderlands 2 or Skyrim. lol

The Tales series is about the only JRPPG series left anymore I bother playing. And I don't play many of those due to not knowing if they are truly new games or remakes or spinoffs. I ordered this, should be here tomorrow. Finally get to dust the ole PS3 off and use it for something. lol

My buddy and I finished it night before last. Didn't check how many hours, but I'd say near 30 and we played all main and side missions. I loved it. They did exactly what I wanted them to do, release pretty much the same game only refined. I played the Commando class because turrrets are awesome. It's amazing that they release games that seemingly have no glitches or problems, not even needing an update on launch day. The few gripes I had were minor. I wish they had a "spot" option similar to Battlefield 3 so your party can concentrate on one enemy of they are a ways away. I miss healing shields! Where's the big loot? Gone are the big money bobbleheads worth thousands the first game had, and I wish they told those in the party who aren't right there when someone turns in a quest what the new item is. If you're not right there you have to look in your inventory and try to see what they gave you. All very small grips though. It was damn near perfect. Love the humor of the games. I'm glad one of the later mission I turned the quest into the person I did because that person gave me a kickass weapon that REALLY helped with the end boss where the other person gives you a tiny weapon. lol Also, grenades are really your friend this time around, even more-so than the first game. I had a homing MURV that did almost 20,000 damage that would annihilate entire groups of enemies with one grenade. Can't wait for DLC.

I searched and so no topic for this anywhere, so thought I'd start one. This came out a week or two for XBLA. I wasn't going to get it as I only heard bits and pieces of it here and there... but the last week or so some of my friends on Facebook were raving about it. The game reminds me of Odin Sphere a bit, also some Castlevania combat (though the combat is so so varied it's its own thing) and the little dragn companion reminds me of Lunar. It's a platformer action RPG and that in itself is rae. Gorgeous graphics and soundtrack as well.

In FF IX isn't there a tree boss you can beat by using an elixir or heal potion on him?

That sucks. I thought sales were strong? Everyone I know that has played it has loved it. The ratings at Metacritic are well above 80%,even now that there's hundreds of reviews. I wonder if this is another case of a great game getting glowing reviews just simply being ignored? If not, I wonder how much the bug-filled demo hurt the game I know 2 people myself that refused to by the game because of that crappy demo, even though I told them those problems in the demo were fixed. In all seriousness, this is one of the best first installments of a new RPG series in quite a while, INO, and it's too bad we probably won't see a sequal.

From what little I played tonight, it's not all that bad. I like in the beginning when you pick your perks they are given a point system. if you pick 9 points worth of character perks it makes you pick 9 detrimental anti-erks. Kinda cool. And the combat is pretty cool and unique. Lots of talking, which you'd expect in a GOT game. I have seen glitches pop up, but it's not as bad as some games out there. I also got the art book, it's a nice one too.

RPGFan has the highest rating I've seen for this game so far. A lot of 4-6/10 scores. I hope it's at least playable. A buddy preordered it for me for my birthday.

I'm thankful for the game being easy. I'm 41 now and find difficult games to be more annoying and unfun than anything else anymore. There's PLENTY of tough as hell games out there to play, so it's nice to have a long awesome RPG that you can just relax and play. Game companies overcompensate anymore when layers complain their games to easy. I don't know how many times I've played a game, loved it, most players say it's too easy and then the DLC that comes out is insanely hard. Wouldn't be so bad if they set up their difficulty settings right. Most of them even easy can be tough, some easy is too easy and normal is way too hard. I know I'll get crap for saying what i said, but I love the ease of this game, And get off my lawn.

This game was delayed... again. Until March 31, 2013.