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Acquire your taste for the jRPG.

It’s the second edition of our brand new promo format, the Weekly Staff Picks. This time around we’ve decided to highlight a pretty new, but extremely welcome, addition to the GOG.com catalogue: jRPGs. They say the genre is an acquired taste, and it looks like many of the GOG staff have it - well now it’s your turn with our Japanese Roleplay. Three noteworthy titles of the Japanese persuasion will be discounted up to 75% in this fantastic deal lasting until Thursday, January 15, at 10:59AM GMT.

Agarest: Generations of War - Collector’s Edition, also known as Record of Agarest War, is an absolutely unique storytelling concept in games: the story of Agarest spans a lengthy five generations of protagonists. The game’s Soul Breed system gives you the opportunity to influence each future generation of fighters as your offspring inherits the best of what you, and the partner of your choice, have to offer. There is no better time to check out this outstanding game than now, for a whopping 75% off.

Though Japanese in spirit only, Pier Solar and the Great Architects is quite literally a modern classic and currently available 50% off. Originally developed for the Sega Genesis, you’d think it was the oldest of our three promo titles. In reality, the game was released in 2010 on the long forgotten system and successful enough that it was eventually ported (and remastered) to nearly every modern gaming platform you can think of, including Windows, Mac and Linux. Pier Solar and the Great Architects is still an oldie at heart, and with the HD remake available on GOG.com you can even pick between a fresh new coat of paint and the original pixely goodness.

Finally The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky at a -30% discount, is one highly-rated piece of a well known RPG series which started out as early as 1989. Trails in the Sky, is just a small portion of the extensive, six chapter, Legend of Heroes saga. This one is a must-have for all jRPG fans on GOG.com.

These three unique titles are a great start for anybody looking to get into jRPGs, and must-haves for fans already among us. The Japanese Roleplay Weekly Staff Pick will last until Thursday, January 15, at 10:59AM GMT. If you missed the news last week, The Weekly Staff Picks are replacing the Monday and Wednesday Gem Promos, bringing you more discounted games each week and more time to pick your favorites.
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Japan is weird.
EDIT: NVM ...
Post edited January 12, 2015 by Licurg
Interesting promo but not even one of these games even remotely interests me.
So... did the staff pick the genre to go on sale? Or did they pick the three JRPGs in the catalogue as they were the only games in the chosen genre?... :/

Nice Promo though. Shame I have no money.
Just 3 games?
I expected more from you guys. ;p
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adaliabooks: So... did the staff pick the genre to go on sale? Or did they pick the three JRPGs in the catalogue as they were the only games in the chosen genre?... :/

Nice Promo though. Shame I have no money.
I think there's a movie about japanese arcades, They could've included that in the promo.
Post edited January 12, 2015 by omega64
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adaliabooks: So... did the staff pick the genre to go on sale? Or did they pick the three JRPGs in the catalogue as they were the only games in the chosen genre?... :/

Nice Promo though. Shame I have no money.
Ditto...plus a life long back log! :)
Nice, I wanted to buy Agarest anyway, so will buy it here instead of Steam :)
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You lost me at "japanese".
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Breja: You lost me at "japanese".
You lost me at "You lost me".
No, GOG must being spying on my browsing habits, yesterday I am just completing between getting Agarest or Icewind dale EE, and get Icewind dale instead, today Agarest is on sale? Nooooooooo I had Sinned again
Post edited January 12, 2015 by Gnostic
I've played some jRPGs back then as a teenager when i had the PS1 console (i think it was a really great console for jRPGs) but nowadays i don't find them interesting enough to justify spending some hours on them.. I prefer the western kind of cRPGs... Having said that, "Trails in the Sky" seems to be interesting enough but i have a feeling that i won't get to see the finish - 50 hours of jRPG gameplay, seems a little frightening to me.. I'll wait for a better discount on that, if i'm about to - at least - try it.

Nonetheless, it's a great WSP promo! :-)
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Gnostic: No, GOG must being spying on my browsing habits, yesterday I am just completing between getting Agarest or Icewind dale EE, and get Icewind dale instead, today Agarest is on sale? Nooooooooo I had Sinned again
Just ask someone to give you a good smack on the head with a rolled up newspaper every time you try to buy a game.
What's with GOG offering for Agarest all these:

Collector's Edition
Vanilla version
Collector's Edition upgrade

I presume buying the first one makes the other two obsolete?
Post edited January 12, 2015 by timppu
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timppu: What's with GOG offering for Agarest all these:

Collector's Edition
Vanilla version
Collector's Edition upgrade

I presume buying the first one makes the other two obsolete?
The first one is a bundle containing the two last ones.
Post edited January 12, 2015 by Grargar