I remember you saying that xD I think I'll have to just pick it up when I can ><

Oh, speaking of Disgaea, is Disgaea 4 in the works did I hear? I haven't checked in a while. Seems like it's been long enough, though.

Oh, and ever play Yggdra Union? Can't remember if that game was from IF or not, but that was... interesting.

I loved Yggdra Union, it's from... Well Atlus released it here but it was released by Sting, who also made Riviera. I have both the GBA and PSP version too, I was in the middle of playing it on the PSP when I got distracted by another game >>

I don't think I ever quite understood Yggdra Union. I was so worried about making a mistake or missing an item that I used guides obsessively and just got burned out eventually. It was a cool game, but I found it a tad unforgiving and I don't think I ever quite got over the learning curve.

Riviera on the other hand I loved. One of my favorite games of all time. I think I beat that at least five times on the GBA. Never got it for the PSP, though.

I had Riviera for both systems, it was funny on the PSP, they voiced EVERY line, even in the tutorial xD I got a bit obsessive in a couple spots, they made the bath scene events MUCH harder in the PSP version but I'm a perv so...I made sure I got them anyways >>

Yggdra Union was heavily unforgiving, I remember several fights where it was impossible to not lose morale, and don't get me started on the next fight having some OP thing to fight -.- But it had a very rewarding ending, I want to finish it on the PSP again just to see the cutscene.

The thing I liked about Riviera was how unique it was. All of it's mechanics, and even it story felt... new. Different, in a good way.

And it seemed like YU had an interesting story, I wish I could have stuck it out to the end to see it.

It was an on-off relationship with YU and it took me a while to actually finish it. Every time I thought I was past the "worst" of it I hit another hard fight and I put it away for another month :P

Oh, wow, I just checked on a whim and Disgaea 4 is coming out on September 6th.

It looks like it's going to basically build of off the third game, mechanics-wise, though I can't find a whole lot of info on it, despite the fact that it's been out in Japan since February.

I'm sure there will be a US website for it soon enough Suzerain. I dunno how I'm going to get it as things stand currently though :/

I wonder if it's going to be full price when it comes out. I seem to remember D3 being on $50.00 new. Or maybe I just got a deal on it.

I remember that too, I hope it's still the case.

So, out of curiosity, Serra, which of IF's games have you played? I know they have more out over here than I've gotten around to, but I don't keep up with the news enough to notice when they release something new, usually.

Mostly older stuff since I haven't bought anything new except Dragon Quest 6 in the past 6 months...so let's see.
Chaos Wars
Neverland Card Battles
Generations of Chaos
Aedis Eclipse: Generations of Chaos

Those are the ones I can remember being IF games, there might be some others that I don't remember. I know you talked about Hiro above, but I can't remember the name of the game she was from nor if it was IF >< But I did play one with her in it on the XBox 360 a long time ago.

Spectral Force 3? I think she was in that.

She's from Spectral Souls on the PSP, which is easily my favorite game from that company. It has slowdown issues, but damned if isn't the best SRPG I've ever played (I rank it higher than Final Fantasy Tactics, though only a bit).

Spectral Force 3. That was the one.

And now I want to play Spectral Souls, FFT is hard to top xD

I rank the recent remake of Tactics Ogre on the PSP above FFT, too, but granted, as it is now, that game is basically a sequel to FFT, seeing as it was made by the same team, so you'd expect it to be better.

Spectral Souls is just awesome, though. You control all three factions in the war and decide which side to fight as in each major battle, so the story shapes itself around your decisions. There are over 40 playable characters, making up for the lack of a class system (well, there is a class system, but it's like Fire Emblem's), and of course, it has IFs trademark in-depth combo and synthesis systems.

And, unlike a lot of their games, it has a *fantastic* story, in a similar vein to FFT, with a continent-wide war and lots of scheming, backstabbing, hidden plots, and ancient evils being resurrected.

The only downside is the frequent Disc Access that makes the game run really slow, but if you shut off movement and attack animations in combat, it's easily bearable. I got used to it within an hour of playing.