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It looks really intereseting. Plus, I usually pick up anything with an Atlus name on it since eventually it'll be impossible to find.

Worth paying $29 to see Giant Robots slash the hell out of each other?
 
Just got it from a trade good so far, but very different. Especially when compared to other Strat. games like Fire Emblem and Advance Wars!
 
The game rocks, it's as simple as that. If you like strategy games then you owe it to yourself to get it. The only problem I can see with it is that the story can get convoluted with all the acronyms they throw at you. Other than that it's great. It's a long game too, and it has two main characters you can choose from for some good replay value.
 
I'm about 20 hours in so far and really enjoying it. It has a bit of a learning curve but once I figured out everything I couldn't stop playing. The game emphasizes customizing your mechs (Front Mission) first, strategy (Advance Wars) second and powerleveling (Disgaea) a distant third. Personally, I've always grouped SRPGs by one of those three categories so I hope that makes sense to another person.

The story is every bit as convoluted as previous posters have said but it doesn't detract from the gameplay. I just had a hard time remembering the names of characters and their mechs.
 
[quote name='xghostsniperx'] Plus, I usually pick up anything with an Atlus name on it since eventually it'll be impossible to find.
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No it won't.

Get it because it's a good game, not because there is a chance it'll get rare. And it is a very good game if you like SRPG's and giant robots.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']No it won't.

Get it because it's a good game, not because there is a chance it'll get rare. And it is a very good game if you like SRPG's and giant robots.[/quote]

Couldn't have said it better myself. The game is amazing, but buy it for the fun of the game and not for bragging rights. If you like strat RPGs and robots, this is your best choice (as far as domestic releases go).
 
Roufuss stole the words out of my mouth.

It seems like a lot of people nowadays buy games for rarity (potential rarity even) rather than to have fun, which kind of defeats the entire point of being a gamer.

Atlus games aren't rare. They may not be as widely available as games that are published by major developers, but they don't become any more impossible to find than other games that naturally disappear off shelves after sales drop off... I mean, I can go out right now, and find a copy of Riviera in every EB games in my city, and that game came out almost a year ago...
 
[quote name='Wakwakolive']I mean, I can go out right now, and find a copy of Riviera in every EB games in my city, and that game came out almost a year ago...[/QUOTE]

Not the greatest example really. It's only currently true because Atlus reprinted it about 2 months after it came out. The first printing of it truly was miniscule and impossible to find if you missed it. After much bemoaning from the gaming community, Atlus rushed out a second printing. Thankfully Atlus seems to have finally learned their lesson and are printing their games in larger numbers as a whole now.
 
I've actually seen Riviera on shelves during biweekly visits to stores since the game came out, and most of the time you can get the game online for the same retail price if you can't find them locally, or even on the Atlus website. The same was with Trauma Center. Although it did go through several reprints, you could always get them online for about retail price. before the reprints were announced.

And yeah, like you said, with the reprints in effect, their games are even easier to find now.

But anyway, just because a game is rare doesn't mean it's good. I mean, Elf Bowling is considered hard to find.

All games become rare after a couple of years in print anyway. The exception being games that are hits.
 
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