Greetings, fellow meat-creatures! I am the localization editor for Aksys Games’s release of Record of Agarest War, and I have come here today to talk to you about that very game, which is coming to the PlayStation Store this Thursday, April 29.
You may have had a chance to peruse some of our marketing materials regarding Agarest. You haven’t? Oh my. Well, in polite company, I would say that they play up the relationship aspect of the game. To elaborate somewhat, Agarest gives you, the PS3 player, the reasonably unique experience of playing through five generations of fathers and sons. Your in-game decisions – tactical, moral, and romantic – will determine the abilities and strengths of your offspring, which characters will join your party, and ultimately, the very fate of your world!
But perhaps a dating sim (and genetic simulator) doesn’t tickle your fancy. As a strategy role-playing game, Agarest is, in many ways, defined by its battle system. I could use all sorts of large, important words–words like “nuance”, or “multifaceted”, or “ham”–to explain its intricacies to you, but this is the Age of Information, and that means videos! Everyone likes videos. We have included one, in which an incredibly handsome and shockingly intelligent narrator explains some of Agarest’s basic battle concepts to you. Give it a watch!
Of course, even with a flawless strategy, you may find the game difficult–especially if you are insane enough to play on “Hard.” Fortunately, we have sought to alleviate such woes, and will be giving out a number of free DLC packages in the weeks following release. Free to everyone on the PlayStation Network, these tiny nuggets of digital joy will bring you everything from special weapons and armor, to items that improve your stats and abilities, to that most indispensible category of loot: restorative items. There will be DLC you can buy too, of course, but these ones are free!
So there you have it! Record of Agarest War has something for everyone, whether you’re looking for a dating sim, a complex strategy-RPG, or hours upon hours of epic fantasy and political intrigue…or all of those things. Agarest will appear, in a burst of white light, on the PlayStation Network on April 29th. Be there, or be utterly unfulfilled for the rest of your life.
Has the price been stated anywhere for certain? I’d be willing to get it but as I rarely use a CC for psn purchases ,I would be more likely to buy it if its $40 so i can do 2 $20 cards.
Love Srpgs and would like to support the possibility of more games. I don’t care “what the other guy got” I get the game $15-20 cheaper without pervy swag I wouldn’t use. I have a big enough HDD that space isn’t an issue.
3 year old game is 3 year old game
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Yes, it is confirmed to be $44.99 by Aksys on their forums.
If Aksys knew how to serve their client base they would give some kind of voucher for people who purchase this downloadable version that they could redeem for the extras that come with the 360 version. Of course, Aksys is no Atlus though, so this won’t happen.
$45 for a game you can’t sell to someone else if you don’t like it? no freakin’ way. i will not purchase a download only game unless i am absolutely sure i will like it and never want to get rid of it (need demo).
if you aren’t sure about a game, you buy the disc, play and can get rid of it. if you buy a crap game on PSN, what do you do with it? they keep yo money!
be smarter people.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this game for years. Now if only the PSN servers were a little faster… =P
I’m just wondering if you are going to localize the Agarest of War Zero too.
I hope this one is going to be on DVD or Blue-ray disc to buy. I just don’t like download huge file and not able to keep it my collection shelf.
Hope to see Zero gets being localized.
Thanks!
HEY !! Ben Bateman!!!
nevermind all this useless [DELETED]. a real adult needs to ask you a question..
i was looking forward to getting this on 360 but then the pricetag was $59.99… and why? for a bunch of preeteen promo junk.. no thnx im buying a game so i want a game.. and i just got my ps3 and am really dissapointed in the lack of full game downloads on ps3 so when i heard about this i was stocked… “but”
im having a hard time wraping my head around .. why on earth i need to download 18 gigs?.. id its only a 10 gig.. game..?
i plan to get the game of course but still… this is almost enough to make rethink that .. its just not logical.. 18 gigs to install a 10 gig game… the install driver is almost as big as the game??? sigh.. but anyway the real question i have is … someone comented that if they are not online they cant play thier downloaded game…. is this true? we have 3 dif systems, 2 pc’s and a laptop going almost all the time in my house… so conectivity is erratic at best… i dont want to spend all this time downloading a game that will shut off on me or not allow me to play it….. IF YOU COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION I WOULD VERY MUCH APRECIATE IT.
thank you.
You don’t need to download 18 gigs. It just needs 18 gigs of space in order to extract itself and install. Once the install is finished, it will only take up 9-10 gigs.
As for your second question, Agarest does NOT use the DRM that requires you to be connected to the internet in order to play. The account you used to buy and download it needs to be on the same PS3 you want to play it on, but that’s it.