Nerd_Incognito
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I just got a new Vita ($100 refurb from ebay) and need games for it, but not sure whether to pick this up for Vita or PS4.
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Odin Sphere Leifthrasir |OT| Second Revision
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Vanillaware games on Vita are amazing, special bonus if you have the OLED because those colors just pop. Performance and graphics have been on point for all 3 VW games on Vita so far
Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but might as well:
There is a seller on Amazon selling this New for PS4 for $41, but it ships from Korea: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0186D1UQ0/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Should I assume this is the Japanese version? Does this game have an Asia version with English text?
There is a seller on Amazon selling this New for PS4 for $41, but it ships from Korea: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0186D1UQ0/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Should I assume this is the Japanese version? Does this game have an Asia version with English text?
dragon crown has some framerate problems when there are a lot of things on screen. don't recall any issues with muramasa
Pejo
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Yes, but I also outleveled the content by a fair margin by going fruit crazy once I got muggle seeds. I will try to hold back on other characters. The bosses do provide a significant challenge, but thus far in the game (still early) the stages are super easy to S-rank.
Bought it on Vita from Amazon just now because Bestbuy doesn't believe the Vita exists like Sony.
Btw people are overstating how slow the original was. I beat the entire game on PS2 and yeah at its worst moments the slow down was bad, but the game was hardly a grind by any means (if you fought most fights you could beat the last boss without grinding). Not sure how anyone would clock 60 hours in what was by the books a 40 hour game. I'm sure the remake is much faster, but it seems much has changed opposed to the original being "too slow".
Btw people are overstating how slow the original was. I beat the entire game on PS2 and yeah at its worst moments the slow down was bad, but the game was hardly a grind by any means (if you fought most fights you could beat the last boss without grinding). Not sure how anyone would clock 60 hours in what was by the books a 40 hour game. I'm sure the remake is much faster, but it seems much has changed opposed to the original being "too slow".
Played the demo, not too sure what to think of it - enjoy the art style, combat is pretty cool, but it feels like it could get very repetitive - the "rooms" all seem to be of a similar size and layout, without much exploration.
Is the demo representative of the final game? Is there a good story holding it all together or not?
Is the demo representative of the final game? Is there a good story holding it all together or not?
I'm not too sure about "exploration" while within the dungeons, but you have several in between levels to talk to characters and learn stuff.
I think the story is pretty decent. Classic but it works.
It has some cool stuff to discover on your own outside of the main quest.
Also playing it on harder difficulty makes the fights less one sided thus more interesting.
You also get a lot of new abilities.
The demo was a light and condensed version.
As is tradition, Atlus posted a Storybook Edition unboxing.
Lee Chaolan
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How's everyone enjoying this so far? Thinking about heading up to the store to pick it up.
FF Seraphim
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Game just came in! Got the Storybook edition! So far the game is awesome. Somewhat disappointed that the shirt is only a large but the upside is it kinda works as a muscle shirt for me at this size.
Little sad there wasn't a soundtrack with the game...
Little sad there wasn't a soundtrack with the game...
Admiral Woofington
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As someone completely new to the game (didn't have PS2/PS3) I am absolutely loving it. The art style has been great, and so far with Gwendolyn the writing has been on point, feels like a fairy tail.Even the English VA feels like people staging out a play, good job Atlus on that regard.
If I have one complaint it's that defeating enemies gives little to no HP, you gain HP by eating food. Which is fine, for the most part I usually end the level 4-5 levels above the final boss, but by the time the next stage starts I'm already underleveled even after spending my money on getting food. So usually halfway through a level I'm once again above the boss level.There also aren't enough purple crystal things to level up fully.
I'm 4 hours in and still on Gwendolyn. I probably have 2 more chapters to go, so another hour/hour and a half. Considering there are 4 more characters, and assuming they're all about the same length, this game will be a good time sink.
Yea a little bit of slowdown but its kinda helpful on the harder fights
Also the Vita version of DC gets the win over PS3 since theres no in-game voice chat (Vita has party chat)
Played the demo for a bit. First thought (besides how pretty it is)... why is the screen zoomed in this far? Because of the zoom it seems like a vita or PSP game ported over with no concern for changing the aspect ratio or adjusting it so it looks okay on a big screen. The 60fps is nice but along with zoomed in look and how fast the game moves it honestly ends up hurting it in some ways. I'm guessing I'm the only one with this issue thus far because I haven't seen any other comments on it.
Lee Chaolan
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Dragon's Crown on the Vita definitely had slowdown issues, but they were very predictable and felt like part of the game. Never stopped me from putting well over 100 hours in the game. I am very sensitive to framerate issues, too, so I was surprised how much I enjoyed playing it.
Giolon
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The original game was very zoomed in, I presume for both the purposes of showing off the incredible artwork in a pre-HD world and for performance considerations so that they'd have to render fewer things at a time (and even then, some places of the game turned into slide shows)
J_ToSaveTheDay
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So with GameStop, most of the time games that are coming out ship out and are enroute over the weekend prior to its release. Most stores can only take pre-orders to fill their extra copies over the weekend because they know how many they'll have. When I worked there, employees could still take pre-orders on the game even if they weren't going to have enough in stock on release day and the system's back end would flag the store as in need for expedited restock. Depending on the game, this could result in next day shipping of extra copies, though they would usually arrive on Wednesday and wouldn't be available on release day.
I got lucky, I just barely threw in my Odin Sphere pre-order on Saturday and the associate let me know it was the last one from their release day allotment. Don't know how many they got, but I'm willing to bet it wasn't very many, hence the lack of ability for in-store pickup option. They're likely all accounted for on launch day. Most stores probably have their systems flagged for an expedited restock that'll likely be in store before the end of the week -- depends on how many GameStop ordered to have on standby at their warehouses..
Anyway, on another note -- anyone got real-world pictures to share of their Storybook Edition? I had one pre-ordered on Amazon for a while but ultimately decided that I'd rather just go with a regular copy and cancelled about a month ago. Just wanna see what I missed out on.
It's way better than the original ps2 game that's for sure. The original was full of problems that ruin the game for me. I couldn't even be bother to finish it.
Thankfully, this remaster fixes everything that was wrong with the original as far as I can tell. In fact, I would go as far as to say that this is how the original game was meant to be.
Community Forum
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Haha the metal game case in the storybook edition is so stupid. Back in the box it goes LOL.
J_ToSaveTheDay
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I'm honestly in the same boat. I really appreciated the art and story of the first release on PS2, it was a game I followed very closely leading up to its original release and even pre-ordered and bought day 1, but I was never able to complete it because I could barely tolerate actually playing it.
This remaster is more than just a technical revision, it goes a few steps further and actually revamps the gameplay. Not quite a ground-up revision, but it really addresses many of the biggest problems of the original. It's far more fluid and satisfying now, and as said, it's not solely because of technical reasons -- it's because it's been redesigned to be that way.
Admiral Woofington
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Thanks so much for the impressions! Gonna get it
just realized I meant to write XP haha. Enemies give almost no XP
Judging from my experience today, probably.
Jugendstil
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Got my Storybook Edition but I'm kind of torn about opening it right now because I've got several games to finish before I start this. The box is nice and big, it definitely reminds me of old school PC game packaging.
shadow2810
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Playing in hardmode, game is fabulous. I got to chapter 3 before surrendering my PS4 to my nephew so he can play R&C.
You mean Crossbuy.
It isn't, sadly. Obnoxious, especially when they have ps3 versions too (that i almost bought by mistake).
Don't know if this is a mistake but the game is currently 59.99 on the Canadian PSN. The game is normally 79.99 at retail. This could be a mistake because this has happened in the past were they would but the US price in the Canadian store on launch days. If you're interested in getting the game buy it NOW before they fix the price.
Haha, oh man, box art "censorship": https://twitter.com/CensoredGaming_/status/740333449316294656
Gotta hand it to them, though: it's an actual change, and I would have never noticed that otherwise.
Gotta hand it to them, though: it's an actual change, and I would have never noticed that otherwise.
I don't think that's panties. It looks like a shadow.
shadow2810
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Took me almost a minute to notice the change lol
It's actual price. For whatever reason it's 1:1 conversation rate for most Japanese games on Canadian PSN.
Edit: just checked, the metal slipcase's cover is the unaltered version.
I ain't even mad. Hell, I like the 'censored' cover better.
Remembrance
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Real talk about the cover: anyone feel like the artwork was printed with the colors washed out?
On my Vita copy, everything looks dark blue and violet, and you can barely make out the colors on the characters in the back.
On my Vita copy, everything looks dark blue and violet, and you can barely make out the colors on the characters in the back.
Admiral Woofington
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Just reached Cornelius.
I actually had a harder time reaching S in some areas. Had like 1 B and 1 A. Biggest issue is he's too strong and his combos don't chain as easily. But his special powers require more aiming so far.
I actually had a harder time reaching S in some areas. Had like 1 B and 1 A. Biggest issue is he's too strong and his combos don't chain as easily. But his special powers require more aiming so far.
BobTheFork
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Didn't have enough to justify buying my copy today : (
If i'm lucky, maybe this weekend.
If i'm lucky, maybe this weekend.