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Kurai Kaze
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"True Fantasy Live" , posted Sun 11 May 18:46

Just got my new copy of GMR magazine yesterday. They had a game featured called True Fatnasy Live for the X-box. You guys heard of it? It's an anim-esque kind of MMORPG. Man... It looks so cool.

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Radish

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"Re(1):True Fantasy Live" , posted Sun 11 May 19:09

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Just got my new copy of GMR magazine yesterday. They had a game featured called True Fatnasy Live for the X-box. You guys heard of it? It's an anim-esque kind of MMORPG. Man... It looks so cool.

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Yeah, this game looks pretty good. It's made by the same guys behind the Dark Cloud series, so their track record is respectable. I was actually contemplating getting an Xbox and this game, but then I remembered I don't have broadband, so I gave up on that idea.

Ammadeau
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Regular Customer

"Re(2):True Fantasy Live" , posted Sun 11 May 21:20

They're also making the new Dragon Quest game. Dark Cloud 2 was a lot of fun, but had it's share of flaws that kept me from finishing it, partly the fact that you have to invest 60+ to reach the ending and that's ignoring all the side-quests and such. The endless rooms of randomly generated dungeons get tedious after a while as well. But I got 30 hours of enjoyment from it, which is more than I can say for most games.

Radish

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"Re(3):True Fantasy Live" , posted Sun 11 May 21:29

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They're also making the new Dragon Quest game. Dark Cloud 2 was a lot of fun, but had it's share of flaws that kept me from finishing it, partly the fact that you have to invest 60+ to reach the ending and that's ignoring all the side-quests and such. The endless rooms of randomly generated dungeons get tedious after a while as well. But I got 30 hours of enjoyment from it, which is more than I can say for most games.

Yeah, I played it through without cheating the first time and ended up somewhere about 80 hours clocked. I was playing a second time to complete it, but stopped when I got to the monster transformations; not only are they worthless, but they seriously take days to level up. I'll probably never get around to finishing that part since there's no reward for doing the labor (especially since youcould just see the enemies in the levels anyway and there's no cool surprise).

DarkZero
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"Re(1):True Fantasy Live" , posted Sun 11 May 23:49

quote:
Just got my new copy of GMR magazine yesterday. They had a game featured called True Fatnasy Live for the X-box. You guys heard of it? It's an anim-esque kind of MMORPG. Man... It looks so cool.

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I heard about this game six months or so ago. I haven't seen anything much about it besides screenshots, but it's slowly been generating controversy since it was announced. It was the first MMORPG announced for the Xbox and it immediately made people wonder whether MMORPGs for the Xbox would cost a monthly subscription fee in addition to Xbox Live's $50/year subscription fee. That controversy kind of shifted away from True Fantasy Live Online once Sega demanded $8.95 a month in addition to the $50 for Xbox Live for the Xbox version of Phantasy Star Online, but that probably means that TFLO will cost the same $50-60 + $50 + $10/month, too.

It's actually pretty unfortunate, since it looked like this game could've been used to sell Xboxes to the RPG market that they haven't really tapped. I seriously doubt that anyone that doesn't own an Xbox and an Xbox Live subscription already is going to look at an introductory price of $200 for an Xbox, $50-60 for TFLO, $50 for an Xbox Live subscription, and $10 per month for a TFLO subscription and think, "Hey, this system could be GREAT for the MMORPGs I love to play!". I'd really like to hear why Microsoft decided that their entrance into a new gaming genre would be the perfect opportunity to stop wildly burning cash. I think the answer would be pretty interesting.

Ammadeau
152th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(2):True Fantasy Live" , posted Mon 12 May 03:31

Unlike PSO, MS owns the rights to True Fantasy and I'd expect them to market it in Japan in such a way to get more people on the box rather than just to make money. Didn't MS say no extra fees on first party games anyway? Well, it's not like they haven't broken their word before... -_-

Fygee

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"Re(4):True Fantasy Live" , posted Mon 12 May 03:37

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Yeah, I played it through without cheating the first time and ended up somewhere about 80 hours clocked. I was playing a second time to complete it, but stopped when I got to the monster transformations; not only are they worthless, but they seriously take days to level up. I'll probably never get around to finishing that part since there's no reward for doing the labor (especially since youcould just see the enemies in the levels anyway and there's no cool surprise).

I wholeheartedly agree that they take a very long time to level up, and that its rather ridiculous. However, if you invest the time, the monsters you level up become uber shit. Also, if you level any monster up to lvl 99, you get a prize. What it is, I don't know, because I haven't done it yet.

Outside of that, the rest of the game was pure gold for me. MUCH better than the first. I just beat it yesterday and I can't wait to play it again.

Anywho, if Level 5 is making it, I expect some good shit. Hopefully it'll be kinda like Dark Cloud 2 online. ;)

Time Mage

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"Re(5):True Fantasy Live" , posted Mon 12 May 04:20

Wow! Your avatar is at a higher resolution now! :D~

Vanessa Z. Schneider!!

HazZan

1236th Post

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"Re(1):True Fantasy Live" , posted Mon 12 May 05:16

quote:
Just got my new copy of GMR magazine yesterday. They had a game featured called True Fatnasy Live for the X-box. You guys heard of it? It's an anim-esque kind of MMORPG. Man... It looks so cool.

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That game looks hot.

MESSATSU

"I am the one and only true master"

MilkManX
81th Post

Occasional Customer

"Re(2):True Fantasy Live" , posted Tue 13 May 08:08

I cant wait to play it. It looks great. Plus you can go fishing.

Kurai Kaze
80th Post

Occasional Customer

"Re(3):True Fantasy Live" , posted Tue 13 May 18:17

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I cant wait to play it. It looks great. Plus you can go fishing.

Fishing and a buttload of other things. I'm totally stoked... My acqusition of the game is sealed if they make it Keyboard compatible. Otherwise it's questionable. That was one of PSO's major flaws. When I play MMORPGs I am all about community and if it's a pain in the ass to talk to the others... There was some speculation that it might feature translation software to turn what you say into a mic into text. That'd be nice.

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

AIM: Chiquita Taco (Don't raz me about the name. I picked it before I learned about gender inflections in foreign languages.)

Radish

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Red Carpet Executive Member

"Re(4):True Fantasy Live" , posted Tue 13 May 18:22

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I cant wait to play it. It looks great. Plus you can go fishing.

Fishing and a buttload of other things. I'm totally stoked... My acqusition of the game is sealed if they make it Keyboard compatible. Otherwise it's questionable. That was one of PSO's major flaws. When I play MMORPGs I am all about community and if it's a pain in the ass to talk to the others... There was some speculation that it might feature translation software to turn what you say into a mic into text. That'd be nice.

FISHING? IN AN RPG?? IN A LEVEL 5 RPG??? Haven't seen that before!!!

Sorry, I'm just kidding, but Level 5 really needs to get the whole fishing thing out of their system and just make Dark Cloud Gaiden: Bass Masters or something since they seem to love te sport so much.

Kurai Kaze
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Occasional Customer

"Re(5):True Fantasy Live" , posted Tue 13 May 18:30

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FISHING? IN AN RPG?? IN A LEVEL 5 RPG??? Haven't seen that before!!!

Sorry, I'm just kidding, but Level 5 really needs to get the whole fishing thing out of their system and just make Dark Cloud Gaiden: Bass Masters or something since they seem to love te sport so much.

*snicker* Maybe a Dark Cloud: Dear Hunter... Sitting for five hours in the Divine Beast Cave at your little hunting stand with the targetting reticle on your slingshot up on screen...

"Here comes the Big Boss. Lets get it on!"

AIM: Chiquita Taco (Don't raz me about the name. I picked it before I learned about gender inflections in foreign languages.)