Tales of Vesperia Remade for PS3
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 17, 2009 20:30 JST
- Tags: Ports, PS3, Tales of Vesperia, Tales Series, Xbox 360
Fans of the beta version of Tales of Vesperia have been howling with rage at the release of the PS3 final version, which now seems to border on a remake.
The changes between the two are even more substantial than previously thought, making this an essential title for RPG fans:
Loli pirate Patty Fleur has been added, and integrated into the story, movies and event scenes.
Flynn can be added to the party more frequently, and take the top slot and change skills.
The entire scenario is now fully voiced.
A large number of new skits have been added, apparently bringing the total to twice what was in the beta version.
With two new characters added the story has been adjusted.
Event camera work has been adjusted.
Event scenes can now be skipped.
Three new dungeons have been added along with an additional above ground area.
New bosses and giant monsters have been added.
New missions, events, secret missions and submissions are confirmed.
Party AI has been enhanced.
New ougi for each character have been added.
OVL gauge can now extend to 5 with unknown effects.
New skills have been added.
A total of 26 new attacks for the various characters have been added.
Bosses can be refought in a practice mode.
Arena party battles have been added.
Attack sounds are enhanced.
New items have been added.
Namco Island has more features.
Smaller gameplay changes too numerous to mention are also added.
New, sexier costumes have been added:
There is only one month remaining until the game’s PS3 debut; whether this will sell PS3s as the beta sold Xboxes remains to be seen, but with the new PS3 models in the wings it seems possible.
The only possible detraction is the issue of the game’s resolution…
Via Hachimaki.
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*sits and waits for the PS3 fanboys to spout off anti 360 crap*
360 smells and is dead in japan, fuck yeah.
And yet, the 360 out sells the PS3 world wide.
+1
MADDEN
+2
The reason behind it is, that the 360 breaks down after a year or two at max and people with dozens of XBOX games bought it again. The notorious red ring of death might've been a sales trick invented by MS in the first place I think... In the end people end up paying more than they would pay for a single PS3 that is easily far more durable AND runs Blu-Ray not unworthy HD-DVD crap.
It's a Sony!
I'll make sure to keep an eye on my close to 4 year old 360 that is still going strong. And, if I recall, the PS2 (best selling console of all time) had more than its far share of bugs and glitches.
+3
and Windows OS is selling out other OS, that doesn't make it a better product, it just mean it has better marketing.
@fxc2
Well if the "red ring of death" was a sells ploy to get gamers to buy more than one 360... why is MS extending the warranty of all 360s by 3 years and repairing the "bricked" 360s for free? Seems that there losing money because of the RROD.
+2. Good point.
Failed
-8
RRoD to rule all u noobs.
My 2006 360 is going strong, my 2008 PS3 has already died. YEAH GOOD OLD SONY QUALITY YEAAAAAAAAAAAH FUCK YEAH JAPAN
who fucking cares about the rest of the world
Goes to show there are a LOT of 360 losers in the world
@fxc2: Dunno how your logic works, but seeing as MS sells xbox360's for less than the production and logistics cost makes me wonder if they really want to sell more than one console per user.
Seriously, go take a basic course in economics and you'll understand that no serious company wants to rip off their customers.
Well anon.
They don't give you a new console, they repair the old one, which in most cases I have seen breaks again about a month later or so, when you have to have it repaired again. I've heard some stories of 'em breaking down 2 or 3 times a row. In the end people get pissed off and buy a completely new one. And where I'm from the closest place to have your 360 fixed is in Germany. Takes almost a month and too bad they don't pay the shipping fees.
Well I wasn't serious about the sales trick. After all I've used MS programs as far as my memory goes, so I trust them completely.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xbox+vs+ps3+failure+rate [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xbox vs ps3 failure rate]
Why the fuck are the xbots denying FACTS??
Because those are not facts. Here is a fact, I work in retail and have not seen any 360s come back, nor has that best buy employee since 2007. Why because when a 360 breaks you mail it off to be repaired. And yes MS dose pay for the shipping hand handling. So there is no telling how many break.
I know plenty of gamers who has never had to ship off there 360. So any number you pull out of your ass means nothing. After all, if the 360 is such a piece of crap, why are they still out selling the PS3?.
Because the Wii is outselling both and the Wii is even more a piece of crap than the Box. You see a connection there?
Yeah, games sell the console, not the hardwear.
@xc2,
ive had an issue with my 360, contacted the Ms Support, waited another month and got my 360 back.. but that wasnt my own 360, it was just another console, who was defective anyway, so ive waited another fucking month before i got ANOTHER BOX which worked.
Just STFU and buy BOTH of the damn consoles you homeless bastards. Seriously, xbox and ps3 aren't that expensive. Just because you are too poor to buy both, don't be an asshole and start dissing other consoles. Maybe if you studied during college and got a better degree, you wouldn't be in that damn mess where you only have barely enough money to support one console for crying out loud you stupid mofos.
^+100
i have both, all within half a months pay,
fxc2 what stories have you heard..I bet you don't even have friends...Never had rrod...Just keep good care of your console and don't play too much you fat asses
Truth to be told, 360 is having fair sales on otaku since Idolm@ster is on it, so many other companies are releasing visual novels on it in HD.
Hah, I mod my 360 to play online without ever paying for a 360 game. Take that 360, I hate you so I wont spend my money on your game. Just for your online gameplay. I love my PS3 too much to mod it. PS3 for the win.
i loled so hard. The truth is funny sometimes +1376491249714 because i can.
"http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xbox+vs+ps3+failure+rate
Why the fuck are the xbots denying FACTS??
"
I'm sorry but when did a survey become 100% fact?
I know 6 people that have 360s, only one has had to send his back in. From my survey I can say with 100% certainty that all Xbox 360s have a failure rate of only 16%
Whether or not these numbers are an accurate implication of the failure rate of consoles, the 360 is still outselling worldwide. One thing that could affect those sales is that people have to replace their broken systems. But if it wasn't good enough to replace, then why buy a new one, right?
To be honest, blu-ray's advantage is finally showing up, especially for the western versions, having a full japanese soundtrack while the 360's version is english only.
The 360 is a better hardware platform in practice, but it needs a high capacity format, or to even just stream/install games
Call me crazy but how about you ditch Disks(DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, etc), and make every thing downloadable to hardrives, which are cheap when you compare $ per GB...
However I play my games on a PC, so disregard I suck cocks.
But you can't sell downloads.
You mean you can't re-sell downloads to like a Gamestop or on ebay?
You (as in "they") already do sell downloads through their online services - XBOX Live, PSN, Steam, etc. Heck, the PSP Go is modeled for fully downloadable content i.e. no disk drive.
An JRPG game with Every written word actually spoken is an amazing feat that not (if not at all) Japanese games have ever pulled off. All hail the 50 GIG disc!
'~Vesperia' has now unseated the king of all talking 'fallout 3'.
Bravo to it! Now.. if only all those Japanese(and the world) punks can get the hint and do ALL of their written yanking and follie (If it's a market place-I need to hear people yacking!) inside the game. Come on!.. FIFTY GIGS people, you have the space now.
Well that won't be the case either.
The article fails to mention "Main Plot voiced".
Not the optional stuff or unimportant NPC smalltalk in towns.
true gamers own both consoles.
That said, the regional lock on the 360 is the only reason I don't own one yet. Should they release a special edition that comes without regional lock, I'll buy it at a heart beat.
err... I am not a true gamer, but I do own the PS3 plus a very decent PC.
You mean true gamers that have the dough to shell that much on both consoles.
why the fuck would a true gamer buy a 360? Everything it has that's worth a shit is coming to PS3 with more content
*sits and wait for more shitbox dumbass fanfags to spout off anti ps3 crap*
Way to make the rest of the PS3 fanbase look like a bunch of retarded idiots. Fags like you are just stupid and think you have to justify your purchase by whining and bitching about it on top of reading a one sided blog about it.
*continues to watch the fanboy nerd rage* Yes dance my puppets dance! MUHAHAHAHA!
Is there anyone else that likes the games more than the consoles they're playing them on?
+1
i'm with you anon. Also, i lol'd at all the fanboy fags.
+2 Me, too!
Well, if we go by sales numbers worldwide sure the 360 has outsold the PS3 by around 8-9M worldwide or so. Even so, Sony is making a lot more money off of their consoles.
Let's do a little math here shall we? So the PS3 began selling at $500 and $600 and after a year received a price cut to $400 and $500 respectively. The 360 began at about $300 and $400, the elite was released at $400 with the other model's prices being cut to $200 and $300 respectively.
So the PS3 has sold around 23M units with the average unit selling at $500 and the 360 has sold about 31M units at an avg $300. That being said if we multiply the 23M units sold by 500 we get ~11,500,000,000 that's 11.5 Billion dollars. Let's do the same for the 360 then the total gross income is ~9,300,000,000 that's 9.3 Billion dollars. At this point I don't think Sony gives a fuck about the numbers sold because their gross income on Microsoft is more than 2 Billion dollars.
That being said. I think both consoles have their ups and downs and having both I think XBL is better than PSN but overall the PS3 is a better console.
Listen to this man, he is right.
idk - i heard you have to play for XBL subs which turns me off..... while PSN is pretty dead atm. again these are just rumor and hearsay.
Please do a little research before posting. Sony gross income comes nowhere near Microsoft at this point. I mean how can they when they're selling $800 consoles for $500? Sony lost 2Billion the first year and didn't break even til around the end of 2008. So say they sold 10Mil in 2009 their profits only around 5Billion which is 4Billion less then Microsoft.
Than again you forgot that xbox earns from their xbox live service which is far better than those PS3 crappy online service. And xbox games have ladder match system in games which PS3 DUN have.
awsome! must get myself on... wait, I dont own a PS3 ;_;
hell yeah!
hell yeah!
hell yeah!
hell yeah!
Hell noo I don't have a ps3!
T_T same here...
I cant afford either a ps3 or a 360 D:
Come on PC version!
ICY-NEE-SAN~!! XD
/me also don't own a PS3 or Xbox 360. PC is all i need :3
I'd still buy it
and lol at already been raep image
glad i waited
now there's no reason for me to get a 360
Sony does something right? Sony puts moar loli in a game? The world is doomed! Doomed I tell ya!
Not just a loli a pirate loli.
Damn you Namco making me buy the same game two times.
360 owners will have the last laugh when this becomes available as download content.
But I still grieve at the lack of Japanese audio.
Bah, what i really wished for is to add Nan or the Pantsu duo as playable characters..
Rita's epic expression in the end really give me a HUUUUUUUGE smile anyway =w=
All i want is Nan and those Pantsu Loli Duo as playables.. Hmmmpph.
Oh well, Rita's face in the end........ <3333
I couldnt care less about game resolution...
A good reason to get a PS3 now, even in Europe?
hell yeah, with the PS3 slim for September (maybe), i'm gunna buy a ps3, finally
With a wireless adapter and larger hard drive the 360 is the same price as the ps3 and live costs money to use as well. Ive spent more money and headache on my 360 than my ps3.
hmm actually might be worth picking it up even after 100% completion of the 360 version. skipping scenes will be great holding X+A on 2nd plays probably added up to hours.
*sips some soda and eats some popcorn* I don't even own a 360 or a PS3. I just love watching fanboys nerd out at each other. Muahaha
Game is shit anyway
No amount of crappy loli fanservice can change that fact.
+1 to that
+3 to that
so when is the US release?
and will there be a japanese dub (brd may have enough space)
Only thing I actually wanted to be added was ToS style character interaction. Ending up with Sheena instead of Colette was awesome.
Too bad that won't be there.
i hope it'll be released in north america.
Here´s hoping for a US release.
I'm so close to just not visiting this site anymore. Artefact posts the most fanboy gaming news I've ever seen. Refering to the 360 version as a "beta" every single time he writes a story about this game. It's unprofessional as hell, and it's disgusting to witness such obvious fanboy writing, that is honestly worse then most of the fanboy war posts on the GameFAQs boards.
I'm sure he'll either delete this post, or he'll respond with his usual fanboy rant about how he's right and try to justify his terrible management of this site.
But it's true!
This, mister, is called a troll.
As they say on the Internets : yhbt.
xbox fanboy so easy to upset
Isn't it just a joke about how Vesperia suddenly jumped ship over to sony? It's a running gag, take the joke.
LMAO Man if you want a running gag lets talk about the games sony has lost to the 360. FF13, the next Metal Gear Solid game, Devil May Cry 4, Assassins Creed, the Armor Core series, Ace Combat, GTA4. LOL im just waiting to see how long it takes before we see God of War on the 360.
Your strawman bullshit is tiresome, all of those games you've mentioned where cross platformed! None of them where "lost".
You stupidity brought up the games, while ignoring the more obvious jumping (in a 8~10 month gap) of DLCs out of those games coming out first for the 360! 'GTA4' and 'Fallout 3' being the example. But even that is worthless since whatever comes out for 360, comes out on the Sony platform later.
I would say that microscum STOLE 'Halo' from Apple and that buddy, is the stone cold truth.
LMAO, this is so much fun. Its so easy to piss your PS3 fanboys off.
And well yes, Sony did lose those games. Assassins Creed was originally only announced for the PS3 and was so for half a year until it was announced it was going to be multi platform. And as for GTA, FF, Devil May Cry, Armored Core, MGS, and Ace Combat those where all Sony exclusives for a long time until this generation.
And MS stole Halo from Apple? LMAO Bungie never once said that Halo was ever planned for the Mac in the first place.
LMAO you're an idio if you think MS didn't steal Halo from Apple. Bungie debuted their pet project Halo @ MACWORLD. =P
As usual, you Xbots want proof for everything so I might as well post it too.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/21/10-years-ago-today-halo-debuted-at-macworld/
Heck I was at that Macworld. Read the comments, the wiki, and you'll learn MS acquired Bungie after that convention and put Halo onto the Xbox console they made after.
The way you xbots shout out senseless crap gives other xbox fans bad rep.
You mean the original RTS Halo was debuted at Mac World. That was scrapped shortly after and remade into a FPS. MS came to Bungie and "bought" the company and game for there new gaming console.
So yeah, I guess you could say that they did "steal" Bungie away. But MS paid a lot of money to Bungie to really call it stealing.
the only notable ones that jumped ship to date (games that i want to play) are... SO4 and Infinite Undiscovery (which i heard sucked anyways). the rest have pretty much stayed their course of diverged all round - which is to be expected if they are to milk the IP.
someone sounds butt hurt D:
Don't cry because he doesn't praise the 360.
I don't even own a PS3, only a 360, and he's right, it was a BETA. We got ripped off, fuck Namco Bandai.
If your stupid fanboy ass is to retarded to see we got ripped off, and to stupid to realize praising Namco Bandai in this situation doesn't help, go jump off a cliff.
so you are saying that the original persona 3 fans got ripped off when FES came?
PS3 version has a gigantic drop in resolution compared to the 360 version. It's like Ghostbusters all over again, no fucking thanks.
"Gigantic drop" is foolishly playing the Sony hate, akin to the bullshit that Gametrailer did for all of the fucking comparison videos btw cross platform games!
I saw a 480p MP4 video (720p gitters on my old ass computer)of the trailer for this game and it looks Beautiful. I didn't expect Konami to reinvent the game, it would cost them too much. But if they import this to America and Add in all those lines of dialog promised in the PS3 version, I will buy it!
I bought the beta and a 360 for it, but I'm now having buyers remorse because of the announced Better version on the PS3!
Well the PS3 is catching up to the 360, and it is only a mater of time till PS3 passes the 360. So its a good thing I got rid of my 360, and upgraded my PS3 to a 500GB Hard drive.
Looks like the same thing to me.
I'm more excited for Tales of Graces honestly.
Yeah, it's just a port and some extras, after all. Nothing that can't be caught on YouTube within a few weeks of the release. Possibly less.
Makes me wonder though, could MS sue the folks making the game for the PS3 under the argument that they delivered an unfinished product for the 360?
Erm, no...
It's been what, over a year since the original 360 release. Even the most die-hard PS3 fanboy would have a hard time resisting the 360 version if all they were promised was a year old port.
All Namco-Bandai have done is make use of the time available to them.
Are these additions worth rebuying the game for 360 owners? Probably not since they'll have alreadyt moved onto the next JRPG.
Erm I just bought a PS3 last weekend at what I think was a good local price... one of the last 80GB stocks being phased out before the Slim debuts. It is all thanks to the good marketing efforts of this site.
One of the first games I got was Eternal Sonata. I'm wondering if all these Namco-Bandai year-old ports were dual language when they first debuted on the 360... in any case the extra content make me glad for waiting.
I have my HDTV setup like a computer... the monolith-like profile makes the PS3 look like a micro-tower, unlike the 360 which looks like a crappy Dell Dimension from the early 2000's.
eternal sonata is dual audio on 360 too
its a shite jrpg though, so who cares
Is it in ENGLISH? or in JAPANESE?
360 is better than ps3
Funny how Xbots keep saying Sony fanboys start crap but yet it's an Xbot that posted first instigating this fanboy war going on here.
Umm well no, not really. I don't own ether console. I just love watching the flames fly. And lets face it, This whole topic was nothing but a fanboy shot at the 360.
"Fans of the beta version (the 360 im guessing) of Tales of Vesperia have been howling with rage"
I just fanned the flames thats all. hehehe.
Face it, the truth is the Xbox version of Vesperia is a beta - an "incomplete" product they released. Maybe they should release these additional content as DLC on the Marketplace since xbox 360 loyals LOOOVEEE getting DLC and paying for it. They cream their pants at the thought of "exclusive" Fallout3 dlc.
/s
Yes, yes, more more! Release all of your nerdboy hate! It feeds me! Muhahahahaha!
Are you fucking retarded? This entire article was the start of this shit. If Artifact learned how to make unbiased and informative posts, you sony faggots wouldn't be here.
Fact is, the ps3 version was only made to appease the raging japanese xenophobes who would not buy an american made console to play a jrpg on. So 360 was hardly a "beta" because the ps3 was never planned from the get go. The shitty japanese sales was the reason they had to remake it.
Fucking get the company cock out of your ass and use your brain you dumbshit.
MUHAHAHAHAH! That was a good one.
This isn't IGN or gamespot he doesn't need to be unbiased, besides it's your fault for getting worked up over a console.
Its sad how everyone gets up and arms over a couple of consoles, i say just build a huge colisium put about a hundred of the uber hardcore ps3 and 360 fans in there give them some weopons (non projectile) and tell them to go kill each other. sell tickets put it on pay per veiw (id pay to watch) and do it every year
I'm pretty sure we could get some NGO to sponsor this thing. We could call it "Darwin Tournament" or something.
yeah, but are we going to get an English language port?
PC VERSION WITH MOAR EXTRAS THAN PS3 VERSION, DO IT.
No word on a US release huh? That really sucks.
Nice to see all the upgrades - but didn't I read somewhere before that the Overlimit Gauge can go up to level 6 now instead of level 5? And I wonder what'll they add in Nam Cobanda Island... =/
Anyways, I'm just glad I didn't buy a XBOX360 and decided to wait for the PS3 - I finished this game on my friend's XBOX360, though. xD
As a 360 owner I'm glad to see that PS3 owners will also be able to enjoy this awesome game.
Hoohoo... I hold my position: you Japanese PS3 owners can have your enhanced JRPG in the single least important videogame market (mostly due for being a bunch of small isles whose population is perhaps too fixated with portable non-gaming), 360 owners get essentially better versions of 99% of all multiplatform releases from as low a starting point as half the price of the competition.
So yeah, lol.
Now that my 360 needs to be sent in for repairs, I'm left unable to play my beta version with no money for a PS3 in the off chance it's released over here.
I wish I could at least play my beta...
I hope this game fails Hard I really do...
Pirate loli is cute.
Also: Fuck you fanboys.
I actually bought a PS3 for the sole reason of playing this game.
I'm not sure if I should regret this or not.
Regret it cause this is the only game other than metal gear worth playing. Assuming you're japanese and live in a cave, cause this game ain't worth buying a console for.
Rorona is there for you!
Buy Valkyria Chronicles and you'll never regret. You you can also play FFXIII on the hardware it was designed for.
One Red Ring to Rule them all
> Party Arena Mode
> Boss Fight Practice Mode
These 2 came as a surprise. A very pleasant surprise.
Language is no barrier to me. Once the title comes out and the total extent of the ambiguous upgrades like "plot integration", "enhanced party AI" and "new dungeons/areas" are detailed, I can make a decision as to weather I'll replay this one.
With Dream C Club coming out around that period, they better have put in some good work. I wouldn't mind having my party use mystic artes efficiently or Estell getting a better support AI.
"Event scenes can now be skipped."
What this wasn´t present the first time? Isn´t that like a basic function for a game?
Vesperia events cannot be skipped.
yeah yeah yeah, 360 sucks blah blah blah. So when can I buy this remake in english?
I was full steam behind the 360...then I had 2 of them break...yeah...go go PS3!
Now the question is, will the PS3 version be released in English?
This is gonna release in america right. I love my 360, but PS3 should be RPG king like Sony all ways has been
No one can answer that except Namco.
Wow that's some really nice updates there, compared to the beta version.
I think Namco Bandai really want this game to sell, i mean look at Eternal Sonata's PS3 version sales, it's crap even though it sold more than the 360. Because of the super late 1 year old port with only extra costumes =/
Guess they learned their lesson :P
so much ps3 fanboyism here. lets say tales of vesperia came to the ps3 first and then the 360 version came later with a lot of additions. would you have called the ps3 version the beta version?
No he wouldn't. Instead the article would read "Traitorous Namco-Bandai ports ps3's best and only jrpg to American scum console. New additions include playing as UGLY and LAME loli pirates, and voice overs of irrelevant scenes.
Original PS3 version still seems superior, despite lack of additions and low resolution. Xbox additions are meaningless.
Death to America! *insert picture of rita being raped*"
tales of Vesperia sucks. and so are both sony and MS.
ἀλήθεια
US release w/ dual audio pls!!
story still sucks tho
"The only possible detraction is the issue of the game’s resolution…"
That's enough to be a EPIC FAIL.
Rita cast indignation
BANG!
over 9 million DMG
pure ownage
the 360 is better
Lol you weaboos need to stop loving the PS3 just because its japanese. I bet atleast some of your grandads died in ww2 fighting the japs.
I would buy the PS3 version but ive already bought the 360 version when it launched, I want the new content but I dont want to buy thier game for 70 bucks all over again. Maybe I should wait till its bargain binned or used? I mean why should I continue to actively support a company that is willing to screw me over like this.
The only reason the 360 has more sales is simply because the console was rushed to get it released a full year before the ps3 in america and 2 years before ps3 in europe. The PS3 has proven to be selling a lot more consoles monthly than the 360, the only place 360 gets more is in america but that is only a small portion of the world, so it's only a matter of time untill the PS3 overtakes the 360 in total sales.
Gotta love Rita's face at the end. -w-