Tizoc
Member
This is what i meant as unfortunate as symphonia pc port is it was not the reason we got zestiria for, w hich is a good port on its own and well worth the $40-50 price point
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The Tales of Symphonia PC-Port is a mess!
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PfantzyPantz
Member
I'm being dumb and waiting to refund it because I have a tiny hope that they'll fix it once they see the reactions. I also worry that modders won't be able to fix it because of either lack of interest or because it's too much work.
I just spit out my water.....that site lol
Most of these ports aren't handled or even sold in Japan. Jokes on you.
Friend of Sonic
Member
I can't wait to grab this in a Humble bundle one day for 4 bucks
I'll find out for sure when I move to Tokyo. Give me a few years, jeez.
Even if you spoke perfectly fluent Japanese, I'd still wish you all the luck in the world. You would need that and +1 to get any answers from that lot.
Suzushiiro
Banned
Except you can't get a refund on a game that you got for free as a bonus for pre-ordering another game.
Which is, of course, most likely part of the reason why they probably felt like they could get away with half-assing this one.
Nevadatan
Member
From Software went far enough to make a whole Expansion for the crappy PC port so be careful with what you wish.
Drilbit777
Member
That just sounds terrible and after they did such a good job with Zesteria on PC..
texhnolyze
Banned
Symphonia is not the only factor. It's free if you pre-ordered Zestiria. Zestiria is cheaper than PS4 version. I can go on. Many people pre-ordered Zestiria not because of Symphonia. Many other people even bought the game after release.
Why can't people see this as a possibility?
it is far from crappy though. at least it runs well and framerate is stable. unlike this one...
Wasn't Tales of Zestria a pretty good port?
mrmickfran
Member
How would you mess up something as simple as Danganronpa? lol
texhnolyze
Banned
Yes, it was. The only drawback was the 30fps limit which was fixed by modders. But even before that, the game was already well-received with mostly positive reviews. A solid port.
MrSaturn99
Member
Like I said, people in this thread did exactly that (someone even quoted me and said as much!). If that sounds so illogical to you, take it up with them.
720p lock and VMProtect?
I wonder if Bumco payed the one guy who ported this (the idea that a team of people produced this is just an insult to porting teams) more than 1000$ bucks? If not, this might still be the most profitable version of Symphonia, in relative numbers.
But it is really insulting how certain Japanese publishers treat the PC platform. Even a 20$ game should have the most basic amount of Q&A possible. At least someone from the company firing it up and looking at the menus. This is disgusting. At least no one has to pay for it, with Steam Refunds. Might become an effective way to spot JRPG fans on PC with masochistic tendencies in the future.
But it is really insulting how certain Japanese publishers treat the PC platform. Even a 20$ game should have the most basic amount of Q&A possible. At least someone from the company firing it up and looking at the menus. This is disgusting. At least no one has to pay for it, with Steam Refunds. Might become an effective way to spot JRPG fans on PC with masochistic tendencies in the future.
Char Aznable
Member
So......is Durante saving us ? :C
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Considering the amount of effort they put into the console re-release version, I am not surprised they did jack squat to the PC version.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
I still don't understand the decision to suddenly put DRM on the game. Their other Steam releases don't do this as far as I can remember. Steam pretty much acts as the DRM anyway. The higher ups at Namco better find the people responsible for this terrible port and rake them through the coals.
After all these years and the best version of the game is still trapped in the GameCube...
How is the gamecube version using an emulator? =/
Runs pretty great with a few minor visual glitches here and there that can be tweaked a bit to not be as bad as it originally looks. Runs at perfect 60fps on combat and the performance on the world map seems to be decent.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Not as good as on a GameCube.After all these years and the best version of the game is still trapped in the GameCube...
How is the gamecube version using an emulator? =/
thoseAREmySHOES
Member
I'm embarrassed I even had this on my steam wishlist.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
i can't find this on google but i wanna read it damn bad
If you're talking about the article Durante wrote for us at PCG about the features PC gamers want, here it is!
Unlikely given that the DRM uses a random string of characters for the .exe every time it launches. GeDoSaTo can't do shit with it.
What is the icon?
The new typos thing is so strange. I would have thought they would use the newest PS3 version of the script but who really knows.
GeDoSaTo can use wildcards. "sec*" will find the Symphonia .exe, but you won't really notice a different cause of the internal resolution lock
Has it been a year and 4 months already since then? Woah.
The Witness PS4 isn't actually selling much better -- if any better -- than the PC version. Blow's piracy comments were blown entirely out of proportion by sites looking for clicks and people with an emotional attachment to their platform of choice looking for an excuse to flaunt moral superiority.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
haha holy shit
BoosterDuck
Banned
Namco probably saw Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3 and said "We can do that too!"
still better than their console counterparts
The GBA port has a reasonable excuse for most of its problems
Kangaroo is silly, but was an apparent honest mistake with the spellcheck
This port doesn't really have any excuse for being so lazy.
bananafactory
Banned
It does feel like devs frequently focus on the console versions and dump it on PC as an afterthought. I mean, the majority are fine I'm sure, but I just built a new PC in October and have already seen a few questionable releases.
GhostTrick
Banned
Sheesh. I wanted to play it... I hope Bamco will fix this crap asap.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that statement. If you think that what he said is a slight towards PC gaming then I don't know what to say to you.
GhostTrick
Banned
Of course there is. Because shit ports concerns console as much. And even for big releases.
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