Crimson Gem Saga Trailer

If Atlus is making it, hopefully it will be pretty good.

Looking forward to it

Everything about this game screams generic JRPG, but we'll see how it actually turns out....

looks cool, and I don't usually like RPGs

Looks good.

If it doesn't have random battles then it might be good.

Im saying it right now, Atlus NEEDS to make Persona 5 for the PS3 as soon as possible

I could be so AWESOME

WHO IS WITH ME ON THIS?

Seems like a generic JRPG but Atlus has surprised me before though.

Did they steal the graphics from Golden Axe?

I like boobs... 00:56

Will be keeping an eye on this for sure. Atlus churn out some great RPGs, I also love playing RPGs on PSP.

Another Fatlus RPG *golf clap*

In a world gone mad...  faceless soldiers...  wild-haired, famboyantly dressed heroes...  and ridiculously oversized weapons class for supremacy in:  Confusing, Extensive TItle 6

I like the retro battle stuff, but  FF XIII doesn't look so bad to me anymore.

The animation looks like the one from the Tales of Abyss.

@ Venatio

I'm with you!

I'm officially intrigued. The way the battle screen is set up makes me think of Valkyrie Profile. If it does something similar to that with its battle mechanics, I'll definitely be interested in this.

Atlus isn't making it, they are doing the localization. The game, also known as Astonishia Story 2, is the sequel to a really shitty game called Astonishia Story. The only ties here are story-related; the developers aren't the same. The game is a pretty typical RPG, although there is a heaping ton of voice work that was written in for the English port. The combat is fairly standard but done very well, the art style is amazing, and the story is actually pretty respectable.

Goldensun says hi

Oh, hey! That's definitely a JRPG.

Seemed alright until it revealed it's for the psp and not the ds. Seriously who has a psp?

Yep, that's totally what I'd expect a game called Crimson Gem Saga to look like.  Unfortunately, I don't have a PSP.

Why oh why would ppl diss the game and the genre as generic or formulaic? Would you please apply the same standards to the hordes of shooters using dystopian settings written by 3 year olds. Ppl that like anime like jrpgs. Live with it.

A Tales-style anime JRPG for the PSP?

Atlus will make this game sweeeet.

I'm noticing a trend lately of games with better, higher framerate spritework than the animated segments they're sprinkled with. This is a good thing.

I would buy Persona 5 immediately, no matter what platform it's on. Go Atlus!  :)

As far as Crimson Gem Saga (developed by IRONNOS Software and  localized / published by Atlus), I need to see more of the story and game-play elements before I am convinced.  I still havn't bought a PSP either, though I plan to do so as soon as Sony announces whatever they are announcing at E3 2009 with regard to that handheld.  Maybe this game will be one my top 5 purchases for the PSP.  I already bought Final Fantasy 1 and 2 for the PSP, even though I don't own the system yet.  LOL 

Based on videos of FF1 and FF2 for the PSP and personal experience with FF3 and FF4 for the Nintendo DS, I think Square-Enix did a much better job with the latter two remakes.  A great deal more work was put into FF3 and FF4 and it shows.

@grifter00020  I agree with you completely!  There are millions of shooter games that the masses keep buying, even though the game-play is pretty much the same for all of them.  Why do they continue? Because they love the fast pace reflex and coordination type game-play and probably shooting people in the face, I assume.  On the other hand, there are many folks that love the more cerebral strategic-elements of the "Old-School" "Turn Based" JRPGs.  I say let the FPS fans keep buying their shooters and I'll keep buying my JRPGs.  Live and Let Live!

This is only the intro and there are no animated cutscenes are far as I've seen in the 20+ hours I've put into the game. It's a solid turn-based RPG that has an entertaining story, which is more than I can say with others I've played over the years.

What? I was playing this game like 6 months ago. Why is it new all of a sudden? I've even signed up to tell you, lol.

If it wern't for Persona, Atlas would probably strike me as a one-trick pony.  At least in terms of art and design.

If the combat is anything like Valkyrie Profile, then I'm sold.

reminds me of atelier iris 3

This makes me wonder where Persona 5 is....