Yeah your right, that would make much more sense given what Adam Isgreen said in that pre-release thread. Wonder if they will include an unlock option similar to the original release.
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Phantom Dust |OT| Out of the ashes, into the Dust
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Yeah your right, that would make much more sense given what Adam Isgreen said in that pre-release thread. Wonder if they will include an unlock option similar to the original release.
As long as it's not a random card every 30 wins
Man.. I'm gonna have to work on a deck for Multiplayer then. Been playing Single Player (slowly but surely, lol). I think it could be fun, though I probly won't get very far, haha.
Use the arsenal lab to get you started
Also use this video to get started on your own
If anyone uses an erase deck I will hate you forever lol
Use the arsenal lab to get you started
Also use this video to get started on your own
If anyone uses an erase deck I will hate you forever lol
TheLetdown
Member
I loved my old erase deck. And I really, really loved my old 0 aura deck because it was so fast.
I'm working my way through the singleplayer right now, but also want to take some time with it to remember how much I loved it forever ago.
For PC players, is there anyway to customize controls? I'm not a fan of the default setup at all.
I'm working my way through the singleplayer right now, but also want to take some time with it to remember how much I loved it forever ago.
For PC players, is there anyway to customize controls? I'm not a fan of the default setup at all.
Use the arsenal lab to get you started
Also use this video to get started on your own
If anyone uses an erase deck I will hate you forever lol
Thx! I'm checking that video out now.
LukasTaves
Member
One change I would love to see on the game, was to get rid of arsenal cases and the stock of each skill. For me it's a hindrance to try building diverse arsenals when you have so little cases and putting an skill on an arsenal removes it from the others.
I think by now I would have way more arsenals to play instead of sticking to the 3 I'm currently at if it after you unlocked an arsenal type (1-3 schools) and a skill you could use them as you'd like. Perhaps using stock only for when you want to put the skill more than once in the same arsenal.
I think by now I would have way more arsenals to play instead of sticking to the 3 I'm currently at if it after you unlocked an arsenal type (1-3 schools) and a skill you could use them as you'd like. Perhaps using stock only for when you want to put the skill more than once in the same arsenal.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Still trying to get into it but it is interesting
Yeah the story is actually really cool, remember being a bit bored with it at the first half but then that twist was just so good
Yep, that's why I've liked people have used spoiler tags on such an old game, because
the twist is pretty good
Awesome!!!
Also, some tips (since some didn't know you could re-roll your starting hand)
- You can mulligan (re-roll) the first four skills assigned to the face buttons during the countdown to a matchs start. On the Xbox controller you press the Options button. On the PC you can press ESC.
- You can revive a teammate, both in single player and multiplayer. You go to their body and capture them like a skill off the battlefield. Pressing the button again will revive them to 50% of their previous maximum life.
- One School arsenal cases regenerate Aura the fastest, Three School the slowest.
- If you pick up every skill capsule from your arsenal while in battle you will begin to lose health and eventually die.
- To see peoples gamertags when not locked on to them press the Xbox controllers Right Bumper.
- If you want to know what skill your opponent used on you, it flashes quickly in red in the lower left when you get hit.
- To perform a dodge move (jump, cartwheel, roll, etc) you can use the Left Bumper in addition to pressing in on the left thumbstick.
- Pressing the D-pad in the direction of a skill you have captured to a button will bring up the skill card details.
- Single use skills have a slightly different border around its Aura cost than multi use skills in the UI, when captured to a face button of the controller.
Iva Demilcol
Member
The story is pretty good imo. Haven't played the game enough to reach that point but I remember everything clearly. The game is that good it has led a very good impression that's lasted for years.
Good to see others are enjoying it.
Haha, right? Those are probably many of the ones you'd reading during loading and go, "Oh!"
But since it's like a millisecond...I remember it being a bit fast for some slides in the original as well lol!
I wonder if they went through with the hanging environmental fix.
I wont fully complain if its 3min long effects
They added a "How To Play" option to the menu.
Adam confirmed it was a change to a Quick Battle arsenal: https://twitter.com/Ishmae1/status/867835330849759234
It looks like I missed one of the single player missions. According to the mission guide on Phantom Dusted it was probably "Recipe For Recovery" and I can still play it in the simulator, but when I did I didn't get the memory box for it and my mission count still says 113 instead of 114. Am I just screwed out of that last memory box?
Go to the "Memory Box Terminal" and then select "Mission Results", now search through the different locations to find whatever mission is missing a checkmark.
Edit: If none of them are missing a checkmark and your play data says 114/114 missions cleared, then yeah something odd is going on.
Nevermind, seems like I missed talking to Meister. His was the last mission I needed.
Jaguar Victory
Member
I'm having a lot of fun with this game. Missed it back in the day. Really wish we'd get a new one now.
I just started playing this last night, and I can't believe I missed out on this game originally. It also reminded me how much I love the polygonal aspect of the 32 bit systems to the Xbox/PS2/Gcube gen.
This one being given out for free, makes me wonder if a new Phantom dust isn't in the works again.
This one being given out for free, makes me wonder if a new Phantom dust isn't in the works again.
Jaguar Victory
Member
I think there's a chance too. Would be a cool E3 reveal.
Who knows?
Last we heard about the new game and not the rerelease was back at E3 2015 when Phil Spencer said they were looking for the right developer and still committed to releasing a new entry with the original creator, Yukio Futatsugi, involved.
Coming up on 2 years later now, and I cant find anything on Futatsugi or Grounding Inc. (the company he co-founded and that made Crimson Dragon) from after the year 2013.
Wherever he is, he's been quiet for a long time now, 3+ years.
About the time it takes to make a game, actually...
I really hope so, again Phantom Dust is pretty much the perfect GaaS game for Microsoft imo
Yup.
Every time I'm sitting there buying junk packs I start thinking the same thing. Game is perfectly designed to work with a GaaS model, to the point I'm sure there must be some conversations going on at MS concerning the future of PD.
Well since the game seems to have retained players I am sure things are looking good for Phantom Dust. Will not be super shocked if we hear about a 2nd one at E3 and this was just a little warm up since the reboot/2nd was really never "cancelled"
Kent
Member
Grounding's website has been quiet for the past three years - but only in English. The Japanese site reveals that they've been making board/tabletop games and, apparently, a Space Channel 5 VR thing.
Outside of that, I remember hearing about Futatsugi being credited in some mobile games, though I can't recall which ones.
Welfare
Member
I just hit this point.
Holy shit, was not expecting THAT.
anothertech
Member
Game is as good as I remember
Hell it makes me wish we had gotten a remake.
Hell it makes me wish we had gotten a remake.
Yeah I'm looking through their "products" page and their releases look something like:
Crimson Dragon for Xbox One, released 11/22/2013
"Gotouchi Tetsudou" for Wii U/3DS, released 11/27/2014
Mobile game #1 for Android/iOS, released 1/28/2016
Mobile game #2 for Android/iOS, released 8/8/2016
And that's all I'm seeing outside the Space Channel 9 and board game stuff.
Going by the credits for Crimson Dragon, they aren't a large team, maybe 30-50 people? Makes you wonder what was going on in the two years between the Wii U title and the mobile games.
At least the fact they are working with the SC9 IP means they must have some sort of a relationship with Sega, so hopefully we see more out of that.
Sumio Mondo
Member
This game has such a weird and interesting art style. Really enjoying it.
Futatsugi reconnecting with SEGA is very exciting for Panzer Dragoon fans. Especially with the whole "revive classic IP" thing they have going on recently. *fingers crossed*
Futatsugi reconnecting with SEGA is very exciting for Panzer Dragoon fans. Especially with the whole "revive classic IP" thing they have going on recently. *fingers crossed*
Here's a link to the podcast: http://backinmyplay.com/episode-108-phantom-dust/
Ryan Payton also wrote an article for Polygon about preserving and reviving older games, including of corse his story of Phantom Dust, which came out today: Reissues shouldn't be limited to the hits we already know
it's kind of fun when you realize
there's a spoiler sitting right in front of you
edit: slightly adjusted the spoiler
I thought that
it's the ending that makes the title of the game a spoiler, not the chapter 5 reveal.
i've always viewed that as the
double whammy since the leaders die from finding out the truth in the opening of Chapter 5, then you get to the ending...
but I'll edit it
so it's a bit more vague for those playing
and then you (REAL END OF GAME SPOILERS)
find out that you're not only created by Edgar, the Edgar you've been following was also created by Edgar...
Yeah, which was my line of thought.
There's the literal interpretation:
Everything in the world is the creation of a Phantom, thanks to the powers of the Dust.
But I enjoy the more philosophical implications of the title:
Since the dust allows the manifestation of memories, than everything it creates is an illusion of something else, a ghost of the past, a phantom.
However, creating something that can also store and make new memories?
At what point do they stop being memories and start being human beings?
When we die, the memories you leave behind are all the proof you ever existed. And when those memories start to fade, its like the dust in the wind.
However, creating something that can also store and make new memories?
At what point do they stop being memories and start being human beings?
When we die, the memories you leave behind are all the proof you ever existed. And when those memories start to fade, its like the dust in the wind.