The signs were all there that stuff was -missing-, so if anything I think this is all stuff that was originally intended, but they just ran out of time. What you said about them not wanting to push the format to its limits just doesn't make sense, considering that it -has- been done already, even by Symphonia.

Like you, I don't have much money, so I won't be able to play this very soon. I definitely understand the otaku-rage, too, but... really, that is taking it a bit far...

The only true exclusives are 1st & 2nd party games.

or rather, brainless

For me it's all about fairness. If the PS3 owners are gonna get this extra stuff in their Tales of Vesperia (ToV) version, I would like it as DL content on our side. Also, while I'm not one to give into conspiracies; I have noticed that, at least as far as NAMCO is concerned, "exclusive" 360 titles eventually wind up on the PS3 but with extra content (Eternal Sonata anyone?).

Where are the "exclusive" PS3 titles being ported to the 360? I can't think of any, can anyone else? I don't like the feeling that when the 360 gets any Jrpgs at all they're "1st drafts" or something along those lines while the competitors eventually get the "real" versions.

Eventually I'll get a PS3 since I'm a HUGE God of War fan; but a fair shake I don't think is too much to ask. The 360 has proven itself to be really good on the DL content front, so why hasn't it been done for ES?

The laugh is very standard for self-absorbed (and ~evilish) characters in Japan though, both in anime and j-drama. Can probably think of at least 15 characters that use that laugh.

9 for the characters, the story up to the end, and the battle system. 7 for the battle system/equipment, it's just pretty cool, though the characters again, I kinda liked. 6 is nice, more for nostalgia trip now than for actual epic greatness, though it does have that I believe.

10 fell flat imo, blitz ball was cool, but really was all that game had to offer for me that was interesting. 11 was good for a long time, but as I mentioned, I played it to death. Not sure what it was about 12 that I didn't like, aside from how they tried to make it kinda like offline FFXI.

8 was not a FF title imo. They did far too many things new/different that just did not work at all. I did not like the characters at all, the magic draw system infuriated me being the completist that I am, and I had to have all 99 of any magic spell. Let's not forget about the monsters that leveled up at the same rate you did. I also did not like the direction they went with the CG art and the story, while still encorporating key elements of "the epic journey against fate and the end of the world" just didn't rivet me to play it in spite of everything else that displeased me about the game. Having said all of that, I can understand why you would like FF8 because of it being the first FF title you had ever played.

We need to go back to oggling moe girls, not arguing about which of the two next gen consoles is better. (Wii is last gen)