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Howdy, Edinburgh resident Pedro here!

What do you mean by Pedro?  Are you named after the first emperor of Brazil?

Yes, that's a good one! But another change that I look, are the shadows they're fighting, If I'm right, they have a green rounded mask and not a red butterfly shape mask in their head. Or maybe they're other demons? I guess they did pretty good for what I have seen.

And sorry about that Tony!!

There are a few of those shadow enemies and different types have different masks.

I'm not sure if I've already mentioned this in this thread but: Why the hell are they using goddamned Japanese suffixes in the English version? It sounds ridiculous, it looks ridiculous, and there's absolutely no reason for them to be in the English version of the game.

From what I have read about the localization via interviews and people playing partially localized review copies it seems like much of the games Japanese themed content is going to be left intact.  

I guess the use of honorifics is just an extension of that policy.  Seems like a pointless decision, but if they think it will help sales I guess they should just roll with it.  Hopefully it isn't used every time a character says someones name, cause that would get old extremely fast.

Wow I learned something new today.  I didn't know that it was Fiance for guys and Fiancee for girls.  Are they pronounced the same?

The back of the box says it's by Hitoshi Sakimoto. You don't give a shit, but you still replied?

I'll state it again, just to be annoying: Hitoshi Sakimoto sucks.

Yeah, Basicscape did the music.  It is Sakimoto + 4 or 5 other composers.

I was just trying to clear up that the music wasn't just by Sakimoto.  

I am neutral when it comes to Sakimoto's music.  It doesn't really impress me or bother me, in fact I barely even remember many of his tracks.  

Anyway, Odin Sphere is fun but it can get old really fast if you aren't amped about the story.  I can see many people just beating one or two characters then never touching the game again.

That does look pretty hideous.  I guess all we can hope for now is a reversible cover.

No. Etrian Odyssey - DS
     Odin Sphere - PSP

What the hell Cammy? Get with it.

Wait, its a trap!  Odin Sphere is for the PS2.

Haha, not really. It's Hitoshi Sakimoto, for Christ's sake.

Three or four people worked on Odin Sphere's OST not that I really give a shit about what you think about Sakimoto's music anyway.

Odin Sphere.  I have just started on the 4th character and playing Odin Sphere has been a great experience so far.  

Battles can be quite challenging and a little frustrating at times, but the story, music and graphics are all top notch.

.hack Reminisce:  It is a continuation of the first game, and if you played Rebirth and liked it you will probably like Reminisce as well.  

They added enough new elements so that it doesn't feel as though you are playing the exact same game, but it is obviously still very similar (gameplay wise) to the first game.

I am really looking forward to Odin Sphere as well.  The 23rd can't come soon enough!

What was the big deal about Working Designs? They never seemed all that great to me, and some of their games were too goddamn expensive, thanks to all the pointless garbage they would pack in.

I never even gave any of the crap they packed in with Lunar 1 & 2 a second look once I opened the box.  I would definitely have appreciated a standalone version with just the game ala WD's Growlanser 2 & 3 release.

I really enjoyed Persona 2 EP and Valkyrie Profile as well.  Hopefully I will have time to play through Persona 2 again and take the alternative path before P3 comes out.

Fallout 2 is probably my second favorite pc game.

My favorite RPG is probably Xenogears, but honestly I have always had a hard time pinning down something as a favorite since there are so many factors involved in the decision.  

The SaGa series is my favorite rpg franchise. At this point I have no clue how many times I have played through SaGa Frontier, but I have probably played each character at least 3 times.  I really enjoyed playing Romancing SaGa and have already gone through 5 characters and am working on my 6th.

Some other notable favorite games in no particular order are SMT: Nocturne, Baldur's Gate II, Dragon's Quest IV, Suikoden II, Shadow Hearts I & II, Vagrants Story, FFXII, Xenosaga I & III, Tales of Eternia, Ogre Tactics, BoF II, IV & V.

I'm pretty sure they already stated Fes would not be released, at least not for the initial release.

Atlus USA hasn't officially said anything about FES being released in NA, but it should be blatantly obvious at this point that we are not getting it packaged with P3.

I am just wondering how long Altus USA will wait till they finally reveal whether FES is coming or not.  

I am sure they might be worried that announcing that FES won't be released will adversely effect P3's sales.

But if they wait to long then they could be adversely effecting Atlus' image as a whole.  

I mean, if NISA can release 10 or 11 shitty games a year, why can't atlus bite the bullet on one expansion?  Atlus isn't huge, but its not like Atlus is anywhere near as small as it was 4 or 5 years ago.