Augemitbutter
Member
i will play this. just give me a few days 
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
God Wars: Future Past |OT| its not Disgaea
- Thread starter Ryuukan
- Start date
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I saw it on PSN this morning and went "oh shit it's out?!"
Basileus777
Member
Amazon does not want to ship my copy of this.
I had my eye on this earlier on, but its now down a long list of other games I want to buy... the Vita is not without RPG goodness this year especially with games like 2 Utawarerumono games, Summon Night 6, Tokyo Xanadu, Ys VIII all probably ahead of God Wars for me.
Will happily wait for a discount or some good impressions first.
Will happily wait for a discount or some good impressions first.
I bought it off the GB one on the 17th. Australia had a release date of the 16th... Until the 16th, where it became the 23rd.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Subtitles are coming in a patch soon.
Woof. Guess I won't be playing this for a while then...
zenspider
Member
Source?
Just in case you by some chance haven't, definitely check out tactics ogre for the psp. It's fucking incredible and perfect for fans of the original fft
They were selling preorders for $30 ($20 below normal price), for some weird reason.
amazon's been doing that for a couple of games recently. it's pretty weird.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Walmart still has the PS4 copy for $25 if you do an in store pickup. From everything I've read it seems like this game is actually a lot better than people initially thought it would be pre-release.
It really is final fantasy tactics with a Japanese folklore reskin
unlike many srpgs that have tried to clone it in the past, this game doesn't add any stupid systems that make the game completely unfun. I do love being able to tank things with the aggro system tho
RyougaSaotome
Member
Random story-related question.
Is there any kind of romance subplot for Kaguya, or no? Just curious. I'm a sucker for romance. lol
Is there any kind of romance subplot for Kaguya, or no? Just curious. I'm a sucker for romance. lol
autoduelist
Member
Natural Doctrine is f'ing awesome, and I wish people didn't call it 'abysmally awful'. I realize everyone has different tastes, and that's fine, but the game is far from 'abysmally awful' - you may not like it, you may even hate it, but that game is pure tactical and strategic bliss. It's a stunningly well crafted and original SRPG [and my favorite vita title, by far]. There are so many bland SRPGs with crap balance, terrible tactics, that encourage terrible strategies [like having one character get all kills and turning them into a super OP death machine, or grinding heal spells a thousand times to increase a stat] get a pass for whatever reason, but ND's one SRPG that really brings completely new systems [that work wonderfully] and it gets trashed. Yes, it plays nothing like any other SRPG [and so doesn't get any points for reminding people of FFT or FE or Disgaea or TO], but as an original design? Brilliant mechanics through and through.
Anyway. Bought God Wars day 1, but haven't played it yet. It looks great. I'm sure I'll love it. But it's a shame the lesson they were taught was not to stray too far from the core franchises.
Anyway. Bought God Wars day 1, but haven't played it yet. It looks great. I'm sure I'll love it. But it's a shame the lesson they were taught was not to stray too far from the core franchises.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Finally getting into my intermediate classes now. ✌️
I keep getting too caught up doing every side request instead of the main story.
I keep getting too caught up doing every side request instead of the main story.
The game is... surprisingly good?
-Interesting maps
-great skills system
-no create-your-character fodder (the bane of SRPGs existence)
-genuinely good AI
I'm thoroughly impressed. Only the English voice acting is a let down. This is a great SRPG that avoids the trappings of unecessary and unfun gameplay systems that end up ruining most SRPGs out there.
-Interesting maps
-great skills system
-no create-your-character fodder (the bane of SRPGs existence)
-genuinely good AI
I'm thoroughly impressed. Only the English voice acting is a let down. This is a great SRPG that avoids the trappings of unecessary and unfun gameplay systems that end up ruining most SRPGs out there.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Any ETA on the cutscene subtitles? I'd imagine they will have to ask the developer to do this(meaning it would take a while) unless they have someone internally at NIS America who can patch it? Just willing to wait it out if they will be patching that soon, if it's months down the line I will just start it now since it's weekend. Hm...
texhnolyze
Banned
Wow, this one kinda skipped my radar.
I'll give it a try after my holiday. I need that SRPG fix, it's been too long.
I'll give it a try after my holiday. I need that SRPG fix, it's been too long.
Nice to hear some positive impressions from those who played it. The aggro system sounds awesome and actually made me wonder why it was never implemented in other SRPGs.
Can you comment a bit more on the map design? Genuinely curious here.
Can you comment a bit more on the map design? Genuinely curious here.
They're just nicely varied. Like, the game isn't afraid to throw long, thin maps at you or 'S' ascents (where you move right, up, double back left, up, right to finish), etc.
So many SRPGs lately have map design where it seems the only objective it to look different.
I see, thanks.
Master Milk
Member
i wish i could find a simple list of all the playable characters somewhere
it seems like some of the characters that can fight might not actually join you, which is always a let down
it seems like some of the characters that can fight might not actually join you, which is always a let down
Sumio Mondo
Member
I started it without cutscene subs (Japanese voices) and can follow the plot pretty well with my mediocre Japanese language skills, didn't realise most of the scenes are subbed just the odd anime cutscene isn't. Game is really quite enjoyable so far, it's what I was wanting from an isometric Tactics RPG on Vita. Battles are quite swift and doesn't waste any time throwing you into the thick of things. Load times are surprisingly good so far as well! I am curious to hear what the PS4 version is like though.
RyougaSaotome
Member
Just requoting myself if anybody can answer.
Sumio Mondo
Member
autoduelist
Member
Ok, loving this game so far.
I love the setting, story, and music. I'm not normally into 'plots' of games, but I find this one engaging. I really like the characters too, especially Kuma... they nailed the art style.
It's engaging in the way Jeanne D'Arc was engaging, but where that felt like more of a 'starter' srpg this feels like a fully featured one.
The job system is really good. I have one complaint about it, but it's the basic issue I have with job systems in general, not specific to this game [I'll talk about it later].
Inventory management is well done, and I really like how stores are done. [you can 'try' things on all your characters at once, see recommended buys, etc, and work out your budget then just pay for everything you're wearing and walk out the store, or put everything back].
Combat is very nice. Lots of options. Little details like arrow arc are taken into consideration and can block shots if the ground levels aren't right [love it!]. Very tactical, overall.
I'd say it feels like FFTactics with a touch of the atmosphere and feel of Jeanne D'Arc.
My only complaint so far? Between hidden items on maps, and job points, it's got the same problem all games that have these things do -- if you actually spend the time looking for items every map, you end up letting one enemy chase you around while you rack up job points doing silly things like 'shout' and get OP too fast. But almost all games in this genre suffer from this issue.
I love the setting, story, and music. I'm not normally into 'plots' of games, but I find this one engaging. I really like the characters too, especially Kuma... they nailed the art style.
It's engaging in the way Jeanne D'Arc was engaging, but where that felt like more of a 'starter' srpg this feels like a fully featured one.
The job system is really good. I have one complaint about it, but it's the basic issue I have with job systems in general, not specific to this game [I'll talk about it later].
Inventory management is well done, and I really like how stores are done. [you can 'try' things on all your characters at once, see recommended buys, etc, and work out your budget then just pay for everything you're wearing and walk out the store, or put everything back].
Combat is very nice. Lots of options. Little details like arrow arc are taken into consideration and can block shots if the ground levels aren't right [love it!]. Very tactical, overall.
I'd say it feels like FFTactics with a touch of the atmosphere and feel of Jeanne D'Arc.
My only complaint so far? Between hidden items on maps, and job points, it's got the same problem all games that have these things do -- if you actually spend the time looking for items every map, you end up letting one enemy chase you around while you rack up job points doing silly things like 'shout' and get OP too fast. But almost all games in this genre suffer from this issue.
cloudstrife
Member
I feel bad that I missed the sale price.
I guess I'll wait until they patch in subtitles for Japanese VA, and maybe one of you can sell me your copy by then.
I guess I'll wait until they patch in subtitles for Japanese VA, and maybe one of you can sell me your copy by then.
Basileus777
Member
Any word on a subtitles patch other than that one tweet?
autoduelist
Member
Sölf;241982589 said:
If you like SRPGs it's a definite buy in my opinion. Price point would be based on your wallet and desire for an SRPG, of course. I bought day 1 and am glad I did. I was playing Digimon but never felt engaged, this game grabbed me right away [thankfully, I was feeling burnt out and couldn't find anything to play].
Sold pretty well for Kadokawa I guess? They announced over 100k copies moved.
Hopefully that means more in this vein.
EDIT: Also, for those mentioning the subtitle patch... You can already play through the game with Japanese audio and English subtitles. It's just that the infrequent anime cutscenes won't have subtitles until they're patched in.
Hopefully that means more in this vein.
EDIT: Also, for those mentioning the subtitle patch... You can already play through the game with Japanese audio and English subtitles. It's just that the infrequent anime cutscenes won't have subtitles until they're patched in.
themaskedndi
Member
You guys are doing a great job of selling me on this game. I love Jeanne D'arc, I love job systems, and strategy RPGS with good map design are rarer than they should be. I'll probably pick it up as soon as the subtitle patch comes out. That will give me a chance to play through some of the other games I recently purchased!
Okay, so I bought the game, played for ~2 hours and just finished Episode 5 in the first chapter. Got access to my first shrine and also did my first request. So far the game is quite good. But holy shit, I had the great idea to start the game on hard and my god the game does not fuck around. I already nearly lost the second battle and those fucking dogs in the first request, Jesus.
Awesome.
Awesome.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Yeah, it doesn't pull any punches. It's difficulties are what they say unlike a lot of SRPGs recently where they're easy on most difficulties.Sölf;242069628 said:
PsihoPerihelion
Member
I've never heard of this game before. Should I buy it if Final Fantasy Tactics is my favorite game ever?
Maybe. Don't expect the same level of intrigues.
Absolutely.
Obviously don't expect FFT quality especially when it comes to the story, but I think it's better than the vast majority of SRPGs out there and stands proud.