I wouldn't mind a direct sequel; I enjoyed ToV a lot. Just as long as it's a proper sequel, not like a spin-off/expansion/1.5 type of thing.

i would love to have a sequel long as its available to for the 360 and ps3 day one, not having an update version one year later

Would love it.

I'm all for another Vesperia game. I actually liked the entire cast, which is a rare thing indeed.

I'm apprehensive, for a lot of reasons.

-I still haven't forgiven them for transforming a 360 exclusive into the freaking beta for a clearly superior version. I don't care what console market they screw over, that was LOW.

-Tales of Symphonia: DotNW was terrible. You can't introduce two lame new characters and expect us to care about them when the party members from the original ToS are all available and fairly important to the story. Except you can't change their equipment? Wth.

-I'm starting to get really sick of Tales. I love the battle system, and usually the story isn't bad...but ugh. Every game has the same mini-games (let's rearrange another warehouse and get waiter/waitress titles for 8 new characters!) , the same progression, the same lack of a major villain, the same random side quests you're magically expected to know about...man, I should write a blog about this crap. End rant, for now.

...but I love the characters of ToV, so maybe I'll be tricked into forgiving them if this speculation turns into something...

I liked the characters and the writing, so I'd be in favor of a direct sequel, but I would personally insist on a dual-platform release, as opposed to simultaneously annoying audiences on both platforms hosting the game.

I must be the only person willing to point out that no one thought the 360 version of Vesperia felt incomplete in the year+ before the PS3 version was announced. Most reviews said it was more fleshed out than any other game in the "Tales" series. I hate Namco Bandai for what they've done with DLC this gen, but I think they managed to make a later release of a game appealing with new content without really slighting the initial release.

Also, I hate this loli shit. No 8 year old creepy pirate girls.

Any new on the PS3 version yet? Couldn't remember when it was announced.

Of course I want more TOV.

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If Namco Bandai was smart they'd make a patch only distributed through the purchase of ToV2 with all the content on the PS3 version of ToV. Make it so the 360 users would have to buy a new game instead of buying a downloadable patch. They should make it a code as well so that players couldn't resell the content.

either way its a Namco Bandai game...I'll wait til its in the $20 range before I consider buying it. That puts it at a low enough price point to not feel as dirty getting screwed.

I'm a huge freakin' Tales of nut, I think everyone who knows me knows that. I can't say I wouldn't hate a sequel but I don't see what they could really do. If anything, a prequel would be cool, kind of like the movie they made for it. But I don't know, while a lot of people hate ToS2 (the game could have been it's own thing without the ToS cast), I didn't. Then again, I feel that I"m not very picky when it comes to RPGs, let alone Tales of games. I would kill for more Abyss, though. :(

A sequel would be awesome. However Namco has one problem with their RPGs, they release one game on one system, then port over to another with extra content. Bullshit, for the sequel Namco please make it multiplat from the start and offer this kind of content as DLC.