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Back when The Last Remnant was new and mysterious, there was a lot of talk about how the game was developed with universal appeal. There was your typical Japanese RPG-looking hero, but there was also muscular gruff badasses to appeal to the meatheaded Americans. Silly, huh?

I find it funny that this GameTrailers-exclusive trailer for The Last Remnant -- which is obviously also an Xbox 360 commercial -- only really highlights the white dudes and gals. There's three western-looking blondes to be shown off. Oh, and that four-armed cat guy, but he doesn't count. No in-battle footage either. Talk about a targeted ad!

What are we supposed to get from this trailer? That there's swords and blondes and guitars? Oh, and that the Xbox 360 is only $199 now?

The videos we shared with you yesterday do a better job of showing off the game. Today's is just to hype you up... if you're an American.


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austenw's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 13:26
austenw
Dammit all! Now I have to go spend more money on games. November has been so freaking hard on my wallet when it comes to games and I still have to buy Chrono Trigger DS and Prince of Persia.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 13:29
Neonie


IN AMERICA!
killsmooth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 13:31
killsmooth
I swear, if this game sucks as bad as Infinite Undiscovery, I do not know if I can forgive Squeenix. Surely someone must have played it by now, so please tell me: Is it any good? Am I going to have to wait until Star Ocean for another good Square RPG? I could have sworn that 'good' was the only kind of RPG they made...
Palidi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 13:43
Palidi
At this point i'm waiting for reviews to tell me if my views are right, or if I should actually start to consider playing this game.
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 14:32
welkstar
I already jumped the gun with the (cheaper) Amazon preorder, so I'm crossing my fingers.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 14:57
Rainbowblack
OXM gave it a 70

I found that kinda harsh. I thought they'd give this a higher score simply because Se made it, so far that's the only full review up when I checked game rankings this morning.

hopefully we get some higher scores otherwise its going to be another bust for SE
n3a's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 15:12
n3a
Damn it Square... This game MUST get a port for the PS3...
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 15:50
Rainbowblack
@N3A

it's not for PS3? i always assumed it was?

they should change the games tagline to "FOR THE WORLD" to "for everyone in the world with a 360"
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 15:54
Rainbowblack
ON SNAP I just checked gamerankings again

gamepro gave it a 3 out of 5

2 reviews in droppings it's score to 60%

this is breaking my heart, this might end up being a "oh god I'm bored there's nothing good to pla-oh look the Last Remnant for 20$" kinda purchase
Ronsauce's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 16:33
Ronsauce
Is there a problem with them trying to appeal to Americans? My only beef is that they "think" they will garner more Western sales by featuring blondes and meatheads. I don't know anybody who would get a game simply because of that. That said, the effeminate protagonists often seen in jrpgs are fucking annoying.
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2008 16:34
Gangles
Blond hair... caucasian... Nazis!?! What is this, SMT series?
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2008 09:16
Noah
The music in this trailer...plus the music in the gameplay videos yesterday would be way cooler if every heavy metal guitar riff from Japan didn't have a techno beat behind it... but I guess that's just personal taste.
nicojay's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2008 10:09
nicojay
Trailer that says nothing about actual game says nothing about actual game.
RPGGirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2008 18:00
RPGGirl
Only seen one black character in this game so far, talk about making an RPG "for the World" =/

Hey, SE? There ARE other nationalities in the world than whites and asians. Just sayin'.
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