[Multiplatform] The Last Remnant: Life at 12 frames a second is a beautiful thing.

I just started playing it, and I do like Emma quite a bit in her first appearance. Abrasive, but not in an obnoxious way (ie, she rightfully gives Rush shit for stupid things). Haven't seen enough of the battles to pass judgment, but it appears the game has some texturing issues-- not unlike Mass Effect's.

Playing it off the harddrive, but I'm not sure if that's helping the loading times. As it stands, said loading times are frequent but brief (usually no more than three seconds).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, some places are trying to make 6 the new 7 in order to balance out the horrendous reviewing system used for video games, so that may be why the reviewer says any RPG fan looking at Last Remnant should at least give the game a try.

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

You might not be surprised to learn that the game runs off of the Unreal Engine 3, not unlike Mass Effect.

I figured it did, but I was never completely sure about Mass Effect. Either way though, Lost Odyssey ran off it as well, but didn't nearly have this many issues. Maybe because it dedicated more time to loading.

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After battles, generic characters can sometimes seize some of the raw materials you gather in order to strengthen their weapons (maybe armor too?). Not sure about the big important characters like David or Emma, since no one else has joined me as a full-fledged party member yet.

How ya doing, buddy?

Okay, one of the loading screens finally pointed out the difference in wield-types, which I was a little confused about.

Single-handed wielding has the best evasion rates, but lowest attack power.
Two-handed wield have high attack power, but make you slow to attack.
Dual-wielding has the highest attack power by far, but makes it "nigh impossible" to evade.

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I've actually been really curious about the price collapse of Infinite Undiscovery over a sixty-day period, but I'm guessing bad response from the media mixed with poor sales to cause it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Some DLC has been announced for the Last Remnant, most of it being stuff on par with what was released for Lost Odyssey (ie, trinkets and an extra dungeon).

Originally Posted by Kotaku

The first two free packs, Challenge Pack 1: "Purgatory's Sins" and "The Key of Ancient Ruins" will be release on December first, with the former containing a new set of difficult guild challenges and the latter introducing a new area to explore. Then December 15th sees the release of the "March to War" set, which is the three special pre-order formations for 100 MS points. Finally, on December 22nd they release Challenge Pack 2: "The Price Of Lies", which is as free as the first one. Note that all of these dates are for gold Xbox Live Members, with silver members getting access a week later.

So, basically, it's all free stuff for those of us who preordered the game (or knew someone at the store we bought it at).

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Slowdown happens every so often in battle. I don't ever really see slowdown with the game installed on my hard drive, but framerate and texture pop-in problems are still fairly apparent.

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I'm actually really shocked at how much you've taken to this game, Rotor. Seems to've met your expectations to at least some degree?

My brother has been eating this game up quite voraciously, and I've let him thus far because of Prince of Persia. I'm giving him to the end of the day to get to disc 2.

How ya doing, buddy?