Atlus’ surprise is Poison Pink

Interesting. Could this be Flight-Plan's very first PS2 title to hit North America?

This is cool, I was interested in the Japanese version when it was out, but never actually went to get it. If Atlus is interested in it, must be quite good! =D

Just because atlus picks it up doesn't mean it's good.

In all honesty the game plays like crap due to the long load times.

Check out the videos and you'll understand.

Atlus has released a large number of crappy games over the years, especially recently, since they seem to be flooding the market with so much crap to keep financially afloat.

Don't think atlus picks bad games? How about Operation Darkness, Izuna 1/2, Spectral Force 3, Zoids, Jewel Summoner, Draglade, Rondo of Swords, Summon Night Twin age...trust me Atlus USA picks up a lot of bad games. Fortunately they also give us good games so it all evens out.

Just warning you that this game is crap and Flight Plan should have stuck with their usual 2d sprite srpg and Atlus USA should get their asses in gear and release Summon Night 4 or SRW OGS. I'm tired of atlus usa juse releasing the Summon Night Spinoffs and not the actual franchise.

@byrc

I suppose Atlus' choices don't always agree with some folks'...*spits*...artistic sensibilities.

Doesn't make the world a darker place.

Ew, Eternal Poison. Obviously this new rock on name won't scare people away like the word pink would have. >_>

Obv. they should have released Dragon Shadow Spell, on of Flight Plans better games.

@byrc

Getting games localized is never a bad thing...(when it´s done properly) If you don´t like the game, just don´t buy it. Your opinion is not the only valid one, and there´s probably many others that do care about this game and/or the others you mentioned.

I doubt that the release of this game affects the decision for others, but even if it did, everyone has their own respectable opinion of which games should be localized...

God bless Atlus, the world (the western part anyway) needs more SRPGS... Hopefully this will have town roaming sessions, I haven't seen one since Shining Force that has (well La pucelle had a little).

Byrc - yet there are so many far worse games they could pick.

I still have no clue why they would choose this over the summon night games though(besides the fact those games apparently are too old for them to localize).

I'm also thinking that anything from idea factory/success has such ridiculously low licensing fees that it's like getting a developed game for next to nothing.

On the one hand, I'm disappointed that this doesn't utilize Flight-Plan's relatively nice spritework. Despite the supposedly gothic feel, EP's in-game graphics look almost exactly like every "realistic" fantasy RPG out there...maybe with the contrast and brightness turned down a bit. If they'd stuck with 2D, at least they could have gotten some accolades from the sprite fanatics who'll buy anything 2D. Maybe they could have even thought up a more interesting palette.

On the other, I'm glad because I don't have the budget to buy too many more games this year—and the bland 3D, creepy-in-a-bad-way FMV and standard "five characters search for the MacGuffin"-sounding plot have successfully dissuaded me from this one.

Man, they should just release SRT OG and OG Gaiden for PS2.

@byrc

"Don’t think atlus picks bad games? How about Operation Darkness, Izuna 1/2, Spectral Force 3, Zoids, Jewel Summoner, Draglade, Rondo of Swords, Summon Night Twin age…trust me Atlus USA picks up a lot of bad games. Fortunately they also give us good games so it all evens out."

Yeesh. From personal experience, I've enjoyed Rondo, Izuna 2, and Summon Night Twin age. So while yes, they may pick up games that aren't that great, but you throwing that blanket statement over all those games is just wrong.

I also happen to like Operation Darkness, Spectral Force 3, and Jewel Summoner.

Alright, yes everyone has the right to make whatever the game they want or publish whatever game they want. Doesn't change the fact the game is bad.

First, Izuna 1/2 is very bad even by rogue-game standards. Operation Darkness...ok if you think Operation Darkness is good, then you got some serious problems.

You know I dont' subscribe to the philosophy that everyones opinions hold the same water and that everything under the sun is good. There are such things as bad games people. Half of you posters pretty much implied that there are no such things as bad games, because someone out there likes it. I'm sorry there are such things as bad games, and Operation Darkness is a prime example of one. Spectral Force 3 is another example.

I"m not saying Atlus USA only publishes bad games, I actually like a lot of the games Atlus USA publishes, but that doesn't mean they dont' publish bad games.

Yes all the games I listed are bonafide bad games. If you like bad games, thats your problem.

You know someone out there actually Dakitana, doesn't change the fact it was horrible piece of shit game.

Hey I like shitty games too. Luminous Arc and Arc Tonelico are my guilty pleasures. Yet even I concede that they aren't good games.

Am I busting my nut because Atlus is releasing Luminous Arc 2, of course I am, but i'm not going to justify my purchase of it.

If you like everything that Atlus USA or NISA publishes then you are a fanboy (that includes you too girls). Simple as that. I'm sorry, but its the truth.

Honestly I have no problems with this flood of shovelware releases. Yet, I have friends that are completely disillusioned by the the current crop of low-budget, Otaku anime-fetish style rpg/srpgs. Do I love those types of games, I sure do, the more the better, but I know in my logical objective brain that these games are low-budget half-assed developed games that are meant to entice the Otaku demographic.

Justifying Operation Darkness is like me justifying a Gundam game, which we can all agree have all been crap, (except Gundam Universe, because it has the Nu-Gundam DFF), see what I did there...

Lol operation darkness was good...well if u forget the camra is broken...but spectral force 3 so far has been fine i don't see how ether of these games would be bad choices to translate
I mean there no vanguard bandits but still good

byrc: You're a 'tard. Operation Darkness is not "a bad game". Sorry if you don't like SRPGs. I happened to like the fact that it dropped most of the swords and spears for rocket launchers and bullets. Have you even played Spectral Force 3? I'm guessing no. You're probably just one of those people who looked at it and said, "Idea Factory. No."

The game system is actually really well done. It's not a "bad game". Sorry to break this to you, but your opinion actually counts for nothing.

In addition, MS Saga (a Gundam game, even though it doesn't have Gundam in the name) is actually not bad, either.

I have only played the Operation Darkness demo so far and it has alrdy enticed me to buy the game, I'm just looking for the Jpn version (for cheap) since the US version is region locked. It felt fresh for an SRPG to use guns and rocket lauchers instead of swords and magic even some might discount it as superficial. I don't know how it's bad though, unless you think SRPG is inherently a tedious genre which consumes a lot of time.

Plus anything w/ Nazi and the occult makes it automatically cool (Hellboy). The camera might be frustrating to wrestle w/, but not game-breaking compared to Sonic PS3 which is an action game. OP is not perfect and could use improvement, but it was fun to play.

No, not all game are good and I have certainly regretted some of my game purchases. As long as one has fun w/ the games, who cares, that's the bottom line.

BTW, I'm not a rogue fan at all, Izuna was my first and I loved it, even though it was hard for me, and Izuna 2 only improves on it right, so I don't know how that could be bad. I'm interested in trying out Baroque (and now the upcoming Int'l version), but I'm scared of the unforgiving diffculty, lol.

BTW, I'm interested in Poison Pink (Eternal Poison), the gothic CG reminds me of Shadow Hearts. I might reserve my judgement until I hear more reviews, but for now this intrigues me.

@byrc

"Doesn’t change the fact the game is bad."

"Yes all the games I listed are bonafide bad games. If you like bad games, thats your problem."

So...you don´t think that gaming preferences (as other preferences) are subjective ? Is nobody entitled to disagree with you ? What makes your personal opinion/preference undisputable ?

Not everyone likes the same, deal with it. The only thing that is not subjective about games would be its technical specifications, but those don´t make a game better by itself. Art designs, story, music, gameplay (related to genre), display (2D, 3D, from the top, side scroller, etc), button configurations/interfaces...all subjective.

If you don´t respect other people´s opinions/preferences, nobody will respect yours.

By the way, I don´t think that anyone here has said that they like every game that Atlus/NIS published...I don´t even know if there´s people out there who have played them all (doubtful). But even if that were the case, I don´t see how it affects you.

"Yet, I have friends that are completely disillusioned by the the current crop of low-budget, Otaku anime-fetish style rpg/srpgs."

And let me remind you that there´s a lot of "mediocre" (based on reviews and sales) western games out there, and JRPGs and SRPGs are much rare in the US than FPS or other western games. If it weren´t for Atlus and NIS, we would practically get only Square-Enix and Bandai-Namco RPGs (those that they choose to release), which is a really small part of what the Japanese produce.

And personally, I´m an anime fan that cares more about japanese games than western games...and I don´t see what´s wrong with that. There´s a lot of people in the US that mostly play M rated western games along some racing/sport games. I respect their preference, and I think mine should be respected as well.

"Justifying Operation Darkness is like me justifying a Gundam game, which we can all agree have all been crap..."

Have you ever played the fighting games: Gundam Wing Endless Duel (Super Famicom) and the Gundam Battle Assault games for PS1 ? (there´s also 2 for GBA) Personally, I thought those were great...

I can´t mention others because I haven´t played them, but I could mention a lot of worthy games based on other anime.