Watch a few minutes of Record of Agarest War's '100 hour' adventure

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 28th 2009 at 3:00PM }

Niche RPG Record of Agarest War is coming to the States (in English!) courtesy of Aksys Games this fall. Considering the limited appeal of oldschool 2D sprite-based RPGs, the publisher has opted to distribute the game exclusively through the PlayStation Network. While it may be a "mere" downloadable title, Aksys is promoting the game's supposed "100 hours" of gameplay, making it easily one of the lengthiest PSN titles ever.

Record of Agarest War is known for its use of anime fanservice and this initial clip shows us why. Apparently, girls have trouble covering the entirety of their chests in the world of Agarest. While that may prove to be problematic in battle, the video (after the break) shows that real warriors have no need for appropriate attire.

Gallery: Record of Agarest War

Tags: aksys, anime, jrpg, psn, record-of-agarest-war, srpg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

chimaera9 @ Aug 28th 2009 3:11PM

Looks fun. If the price is right, a downloadable RPG is a nice change for the offerings at PSN. I'd probably pay $10 for something like this.

digiboi @ Aug 28th 2009 3:29PM

Should be a PSP or combi game - 100 hours sounds like a lot of grind.

clif @ Aug 28th 2009 3:42PM

100 hours of game play, huh... more like 20 hours of game play and 80 hours of reading.

Amos @ Aug 28th 2009 3:52PM

Actually, it's probably 20 hours of gameplay and 80 hours of grinding. Even though this looks like a really good looking PSOne game, I'm still importing this from Europe because I love JRPGs but I hate DLC.

Also, there's no way this game will be $10. It's a retail release in all the other countries so it will be priced the same in the U.S. Probably ~$40 or $50.

chimaera9 @ Aug 28th 2009 5:31PM

If you're right Amos, and this will be $40 or $50, I doubt anyone will download it. As you said, there will probably be a lot of grinding, and with the graphics looking as though they are between the PS1 and PS2, I can't see anyone willing to shell out that kind of money for it.

Let's hope they price it a lot lower, because I'd like to see more of this kind of game on the PSN. I can't remember any PSN games ever being priced at $50. To my knowledge, $30 is the highest they've gone?

Josh @ Aug 28th 2009 10:26PM

I believe Siren: Blood Curse is/was $40.

Utmost Nutszo @ Aug 28th 2009 3:43PM

I'll mess with it. Still gotta play Crimson Gem Saga on PSP too.

Brythefry @ Aug 28th 2009 3:44PM

Out of the 100Hrs of gameplay, 50 of those are reading dialogues.

So will the game have english voice-overs or just english subtitles??

Could be fun nonetheless for the right price as chimeara9 mentioned

ryohazuki @ Aug 28th 2009 3:48PM

oh hell yeah! i've been wanting this game ever since i saw some clips from the japanese psn store!
finally some good old school RPGs!

HardBoiled2009 @ Aug 28th 2009 3:57PM

when i read the title the first title i thought of was " Record Of Lodoss War " for the DreamCast and if this game is anything like that which is NOT the case ... that game was like Diablo .. i loved it .. never did finish it tho.

kentuckyfried @ Aug 28th 2009 4:20PM

Reminds me of Lunar. Hopefully they'll include japanese voice tracks.

Shika @ Aug 28th 2009 4:18PM

o shoot, I want physical media Aksys. I like to touch my products. Where's the awsome limited special edition like BlazBlue. Seemed like it did well enough, did it?

devilsei @ Aug 28th 2009 5:12PM

If this game is well-known for its Fan-servicing, I'm sure that's not the only thing you want to touch

Darlaten @ Aug 28th 2009 4:31PM

Looks like a PSP game - definately not PS3. If the game can be played on the PSP; then I might pick it up.

EmilBanck @ Aug 28th 2009 4:44PM

For those of you interested, there's actually a playable demo on the japanese psn-store. so with a bit of guessing you can kinda get a fell of the game. Tried it about a year ago, I've been hoping for a port ever since ( big Strategic RPG nut )

Jling84 @ Aug 28th 2009 5:31PM

Anyone know if the upcoming European release has English subtitles as well? I despise downloadable games.

ruibing @ Aug 28th 2009 6:08PM

I was looking for it on Amazon until I continued reading and found that its PSN exclusive. I'm actually really glad, since these niche titles are hard to find and often sell out fast and into higher prices ranges. I'm buying this day one because I like the style and the distribution.