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This game is super amazing. I'm already past the part where I stopped playing on PS2. Simply gorgeous. And the music, wow. Love it.
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Odin Sphere Leifthrasir |OT| Second Revision
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Sat down and I've been playing this game for the past two hours. In love with it. Totally gorgeous, mechanically rewarding, and the story is pretty interesting so far. And I just really, really love the framing device for it all. More than the story being told as if it were a book, the fact it feels like you're diving into a fantastical historical record getting excerpts of history from very biased spectators and little addendums in crinkled note paper is just super cool to me.
Had to swap out English voices almost immediately, though. I should love the cast on paper (serious faves of mine like Strassman and Stephanie Sheh on board) but the voice direction just doesn't do it justice at all. Rife with some awkward line reads and the incidental characters almost universally sound pretty bad.
Had to swap out English voices almost immediately, though. I should love the cast on paper (serious faves of mine like Strassman and Stephanie Sheh on board) but the voice direction just doesn't do it justice at all. Rife with some awkward line reads and the incidental characters almost universally sound pretty bad.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Aside from the story and basic assets being the same, this feels like an entirely new game... the skill tree, the combos, the multitude of new animations. It's crazy. I don't remember having this much fun playing Gwendolyn at all.
tearsintherain
Member
Got my amazon story book edition in today, I usually don't play japanese games but enjoying this so far. Feels very anime-ish to me, but the combat is fun. Never played the original.
Some people were saying the regular vita version from amazon came with an art book, I dunno if its the same one as the story book or a different one? Steel book is beautiful though.
Is this a thing everyone should do? I'm playing with English and it sounds fine to me, dunno if I really want to read subtitles all the time.
Some people were saying the regular vita version from amazon came with an art book, I dunno if its the same one as the story book or a different one? Steel book is beautiful though.
Is this a thing everyone should do? I'm playing with English and it sounds fine to me, dunno if I really want to read subtitles all the time.
bodine1231
Member
My local Gamestop only had one copy in and I got it,thank god for digital.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Mine is sitting at home, hopefully not outside my door.
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This is the world's most perfect game.
Kowashitai
Banned
The airship in Gwen's part kicked my ass for a little while. So far Hard has been a nice level of difficulty throughout.
I've been noticing slowdown as well on PS4. Even from the beginning where I just smacked a bunch of fruit at once there was slowdown. It mostly keeps at a nice 60 but man can it dip.
NeOak
Member
I ordered one a long time ago and forgot to cancel it.
RIP, I found it today at my doorstep.
Freezasaurus
Member
I should be getting my Storybook edition tomorrow. Out of curiosity, what's the install size?
Copper
Member
3.62 GB on PS4
Kayo Police
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I did the same thing. I am pissed now I'm out 80 bucks.
FF Seraphim
Member
I did the same thing... The game is worth the price but the storybook edition... eh...
I'm pretty sure that's the hit-stop at work and not slowdown.
midasmulligan
Member
Downloaded the vita demo, have to say I am super impressed....ordered thanks Amazon prime, you're the bestest
chronic_archaic
Member
Does this run at 1080p 60fps on the PS3 like I heard?
Freezasaurus
Member
That's surprisingly little. But considering the maximum disc capacity available when this game first came out..
Copper
Member
It's about normal when you consider it's in 2D. There's quite a lot of voice acting though and I'm glad to see dual audio. The English voices seem decent. The game seems really polished.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Man, Cornelius is so broken it's not even funny.
Take an overload, do one of the big status effect potions on the boss, use something that recovers POW quickly, and kill the boss easily with little risk. His air juggling against a boss is beast.
Take an overload, do one of the big status effect potions on the boss, use something that recovers POW quickly, and kill the boss easily with little risk. His air juggling against a boss is beast.
Kowashitai
Banned
It didn't seem like the normal hitstop that is in the game unless it just stacks on fruit. It isn't something I've noticed when attacking similar sized groups of enemies either.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
Member
With regard to the English voices, did they say whether they were staying with the original dub recordings or rerecording?
manfestival
Member
tried the demo and was really interested in the game ages ago when it originally got released but I got distracted by grim grimoire and never got around to it
my only concern is about how long this game lasts and also the replayability if it is short
my only concern is about how long this game lasts and also the replayability if it is short
Admiral Woofington
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Im sorry but I've played and watched my fair share of bad dubs, and this isn't one of them. The story is structured like a play, complete with monologues, and they're doing a fine job as such. I'm two characters in and I haven't found a point, npcs aside, where the VA left any more to desire.
And I just came from valkyria chronicles, which I definitely had to switch to Japanese
Well the first character took me 5-6 hours. And theres like 5 characters total. Each go through similar stages but have their own story.
If you don't mind it, then you shouldn't swap.
Eh, that's fair. Just not fond of how stilted individual line reads can sound and some inconsistent over-emphasis.
I don't know if our opinions on what makes for a weak dub are going to sync up though, since I really liked VC's dub, lol.
chronic_archaic
Member
Can confirm - on PS3 it's certainly native 1080p. Looks beautiful, but on my small TV the closer I am the better.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
I finally got a chance to just put in about 45 minutes before bed on Vita... it's just immaculate so far. Crazy.
zerodeefex
Member
Ordered the PS4 version from Amazon but got impatient and double dipped on Vita. Glad for the cross-save since I'll be playing both.
longnosedgoblin
Member
Has anyone tried it on a PlayStation TV yet?
A few questions:
1. Is this game the same we will get in EU market at the end of the month? I think it is english/japanese only. If it is so, I could import it right now from Us. I'm talking about Ps Vita version
2. Is the artbook version still available on Amazon.com?
3. I've played both Muramasa and Dragon's Crown (beated both). They are awesome in the look but after a few hours they I get bored doing the same stuff over and over again. What about this one?
Thanks.
1. Is this game the same we will get in EU market at the end of the month? I think it is english/japanese only. If it is so, I could import it right now from Us. I'm talking about Ps Vita version
2. Is the artbook version still available on Amazon.com?
3. I've played both Muramasa and Dragon's Crown (beated both). They are awesome in the look but after a few hours they I get bored doing the same stuff over and over again. What about this one?
Thanks.
Just hit chapter 3 with the first chart on hard, weird difficulty curve, got destroy at a mini boss, i don't know why but i think the game will become pretty hard much later, the difficulty curve seem to increase in a insane rate...
The game is way better then my memory on the ps2, actually my only memory on Ps2 was the slowdown fight of the last boss of the Valkyries... this was one of the most insulting thing i ever experience in a game.
The game is way better then my memory on the ps2, actually my only memory on Ps2 was the slowdown fight of the last boss of the Valkyries... this was one of the most insulting thing i ever experience in a game.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
If I ranked the characters who's fun to play with:
Cornelius >= Velvet > Gwendolyn >> Mercedes >>>>> Oswald
Oswald's damages are weak IMO, and his shadow form is difficult to maneuver when it comes to flying/elevated bosses.
Cornelius >= Velvet > Gwendolyn >> Mercedes >>>>> Oswald
Oswald's damages are weak IMO, and his shadow form is difficult to maneuver when it comes to flying/elevated bosses.
They probably Nerf it, i remember in the Ps2 version he was op as hell, i breeze his campaign...
The story is pretty good. Exploration is more or less what the demo is, except it doesn't have secret rooms or having find keys to progress certain rooms. Combat is really good.
The art, story and presentation are the real stars here.
Doniell Hall
Member
I was worried about difficulty as well. Hard is nice. Bosses can and will two shot you if you get careless. Also, they are not total pushovers, so you can use your full array of attacks and barely put a dent in their hitpoints. Only up to chapter 4 before I called it a night.
Yes but there seem to be difficult spikes in some areas imo
Wow, the refined mode feels more like Muramasa than Odin Sphere classic. As Gwen, I am just unloading big combos and juggles without much effort. Also not having to concern over exp souls disappearing or planting pre-battle to ensure seed growth when enemies die really changes the dynamic of the game entirely. I suppose it can feel a less strategic but FAR less tedious.
Only about three hours in so far, but Gwen's story hasn't been too difficult on Hard. In many ways I feel it could have been more challenging and is more equivalent to what 'normal' should probably be. Enemies rarely actually block or interrupt, thus so long as you are agile and watch for large incoming attacks you can literally juggle combo most fights to S-rank(I easily got the all S-ranks trophy on Act 2 without any hassle on a single attempt). That said, it may get more challenging later?
Only about three hours in so far, but Gwen's story hasn't been too difficult on Hard. In many ways I feel it could have been more challenging and is more equivalent to what 'normal' should probably be. Enemies rarely actually block or interrupt, thus so long as you are agile and watch for large incoming attacks you can literally juggle combo most fights to S-rank(I easily got the all S-ranks trophy on Act 2 without any hassle on a single attempt). That said, it may get more challenging later?
Admiral Woofington
Member
Im playing on normal and also had an easy time in the demo. Imho for the most part it's been a cakewalk but some bosses and challenges have been fairly hard and I had to repeat them. But it's largely because the levels required are high as fuck compared to what you come in with.
Admiral Woofington
Member
The way the lines are delivered in the cutscenes felt unnatural. In this game it's a play so it makes sense, but in VC it's structured like an Anime in a war time setting and it doesn't have the strongest writing to begin with since it's extremely cheesy. And having played lots of war games, not to mention watched some great War movies, everything in the story felt weird so I switched to the original Japanese voices. The English was fine for all of the non story bits though.
mrmickfran
Member
Oswald so stronk
This makes me so happy. Absolutely loving this (only played an hour of the original), don't want it to end too soon.
Pejo
Member
Man it feels like this is taking way longer to get out of Gwen's storyline than it did on the PS2 version. I played for another 2 hours last night and am still only halfway through chapter 5.
Though, this time I am leveling up a lot, and exploring every nook and cranny for prisms, so I see why it's taking a bit longer. The combat is just so good, and I feel like the difficulty is right where it should be now (playing hard). That airship mid-boss was an unexpected spike in difficulty until you learn how to maneuver (and to block the missiles).
I'm going to power through the rest of Gwen's story after I get home tonight and see if I can unlock Cornelius. (I think that's who's next, been a long time since I played this).
Is there a breakdown somewhere of the characters' chapters to see how many there are between character unlocks?
Though, this time I am leveling up a lot, and exploring every nook and cranny for prisms, so I see why it's taking a bit longer. The combat is just so good, and I feel like the difficulty is right where it should be now (playing hard). That airship mid-boss was an unexpected spike in difficulty until you learn how to maneuver (and to block the missiles).
I'm going to power through the rest of Gwen's story after I get home tonight and see if I can unlock Cornelius. (I think that's who's next, been a long time since I played this).
Is there a breakdown somewhere of the characters' chapters to see how many there are between character unlocks?
Admiral Woofington
Member
Really? In the demo he felt extremely underpowered. Like his combos were easy to chain and to continuously spam attacks at enemies, but compared to Cornelius which can absolutely wreck enemies?