In the middle of the night, an email landed into our inbox from Hong Kong. It was eastasiasoft telling us exactly when their upcoming PS3 Exclusive RPG was due to be released.
Rainbow Moon will be on the EU PSN on July 4th, with North American and South East Asian release dates still to be finalised but listed for July too. It will be priced at an extremely tempting €12.99/£9.99 in Europe and $14.99 or equivalent in the other regions. That’s for a good sized RPG with six playable characters and over forty hours of play time. Sounds like a bargain to me.
To accompany the release date announcement, and the notification that the game will receive over 20 free and paid DLC packs in its first month after release, there are a bajillion new screenshots to gawp at.
Update: I saw some debate in the comments so here’s the full initial DLC listing:
- Rainbow Moon Beginner’s Kit FREE
- Rainbow Moon 5,000 Rainbow Coins US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 35,000 Rainbow Coins US$ 0.99 / € 0.99
- Rainbow Moon 90,000 Rainbow Coins US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon 270,000 Rainbow Coins US$ 3.99 / € 3.99
- Rainbow Moon 500 Rainbow Pearls (Baldren) US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 50,000 Rainbow Pearls (Baldren) + Black Ring US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon 500 Rainbow Pearls (Trisha) US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 50,000 Rainbow Pearls (Trisha) + Fire Ring US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon 500 Rainbow Pearls (Dozeru) US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 50,000 Rainbow Pearls (Dozeru) + Pearl Ring US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon 500 Rainbow Pearls (Gorodo) US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 50,000 Rainbow Pearls (Gorodo) + Fire Ring US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon 500 Rainbow Pearls (Zelorus) US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 50,000 Rainbow Pearls (Zelorus) + Black Ring US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon 500 Rainbow Pearls (Serena) US$ 0.49 / € 0.49
- Rainbow Moon 50,000 Rainbow Pearls (Serena) + Pearl Ring US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon Starter Pack (Small) US$ 0.99 / € 0.99
- Rainbow Moon Starter Pack (Medium) US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon Starter Pack (Large) US$ 2.99 / € 2.99
- Rainbow Moon Amulet Set (Single) US$ 0.99 / € 0.99
- Rainbow Moon Amulet Set (Double) US$ 1.49 / € 1.49
- Rainbow Moon Amulet Set (Triple) US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon Rainbow Pearls Bundle (Small) US$ 1.99 / € 1.99
- Rainbow Moon Rainbow Pearls Bundle (Large) US$ 6.99 / € 6.99
The Lone Steven
Anyone that buys their way into becoming a powerful person before they’ve left the first part should die! What? I believe people should invest time in building their characters into powerful warriors/mages instead of buying a lot of in game cash and get the best weapon within seconds.
Seeing as it’s an RPG, i am interested in it and reminds me of the old FFs before they had voice acting, and before they started to go down hill. :) But whilst £12.99 is a bloody good price for a 40 hour RPG, the story really needs to be good in order to get people to buy it as well as a variety of side quests. And Arrows in the knees. ;)