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The Legend of Dragoon Soars onto PSN This May

We learn a sequel was also once in the works for the cult classic.

Sony Computer Entertainment hasn’t exactly been a hotbed of RPGs from a development standpoint, but there was a time back in the late 90’s that the genre had the studio’s full attention.  The genre was a behemoth then, with titles regularly gracing the covers of video game publications and garnering respectable development and marketing budgets.  SCEI wished to put forth their offering and the result was the cult classic Legend of Dragoon.

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES Coming to PSN

Look for it tomorrow.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES, the enhanced edition of Persona 3, will appear on Sony’s PSN as a PS2 classic tomorrow, April 10.  Our own Chessa DiMola gave the PSP version of the game very high praise in her review, so those who have been curious about Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei universe may want to check it out.

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Staff Roundtable: Operation Rainfall

Could Operation Rainfall Revive the west's dormant love for the JRPG?

Today Xenoblade Chronicles is available for purchase in the US thanks, in part, to Operation Rainfall.  To mark the occasion, a few members of the PixlBit staff began a dialogue concerning the future of the movement and if it’s at all possible that Operation Rainfall could revive the west’s love for the Japanese RPG.

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Xillia Patents Spotted in Europe, US

US fans of the Tales series may have even more to celebrate.

Namco’s Tales games have been coming out for quite some time now, but Europe and North America are just now starting to get some real love from the beloved RPG franchise.  The publisher recently brought to us localizations of Tales of the Abyss 3D and Tales of Graces f, but it seems that there may be more in store for us as patents in both Europe and the U.S. have been spotted for Tales of Xillia.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2: Lightning and Lt. Amodar Review

This isn't the way you extend the life of an RPG with DLC.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the first game in the series to feature downloadable content, and the Lightning/Amodar battle is the very first piece of content to be released. While it’s great to see Square Enix taking steps into a new space, it’s clear that they need to do a little more research before the next DLC comes out.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Review

Final Fantasy takes a journey into the future of the franchise, but hits some potholes on the way.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 had a lot to make up for, being the follow-up to one of the most divisive games in the beloved RPG series. For a franchise that was built on every iteration being wildly different from the last, Final Fantasy XIII perhaps changed a little bit too much in removing many of the core elements that the series—and JRPGs in general—are known for. While that game took over 5 years to develop and was met with confusion and in some cases rage, Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a game that went from announcement to release in about a year. Is it possible that a game so rushed could hope to right the perceived wrongs of its predecessor? The short answer is “yes”, but there’s a pretty big “but…” to go along with it.

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Magnacarta 2 Review Rewind

It doesn't suck, but that's not for lack of trying.

Magnacarta 2 is the latest entry in the historically unremarkable Korean RPG franchise. The first appeared on PC, and the second, better known release, called Tears of Blood, was released on the Play Station 2. There have been quite a few changes since its last appearance: it's on a new platform, has a newly overhauled combat system, has a new world and story, and uses the newer, flashier Unreal engine 3 to power its visuals. The one thing that hasn't changed, however, is the fact that the game still remains unremarkable.

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Ni No Kuni Officially Announced for North America

Namco Bandai will be publishing the game in 2012.

Today, Namco Bandai officially announced their plans to publish Ni No Kuni in North America. The Level-5 developed RPG has already seen release in Japan on the DS and will be available soon on the PlayStation 3. At this time, Namco Bandai has only announced support for the PlayStation 3 release of the game, which has been retitled Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.

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Hyperdimension Neptunia Review

As I sit here, pondering how to approach a review for the game Hyperdimension Neptunia, my mind begins to wander...

What did I ever do to deserve this?

There's so much disappointment in virtually every aspect of Hyperdimension Neptunia. The concept is creative but doesn't work. The characters were created with seemingly no purpose except to be viewed as borderline risque versions of the companies or consoles they represent. The battle system, while operable, is completely convoluted, offering players too many meaningless, worthless attack options that grow to be too complex for any sort of general consumption. There are so many issues, it's hard to tell where to begin.

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