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Tales of Zestiria |OT| - Sorey, Modders did what Bamcouldn't!
- Thread starter Cornbread78
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Wouldn't surprise me if the PC version runs better than the PS3 version at 720p
Go for itGood to hear, now I'm a bit more optimistic. I'm also hoping for a way to uncap the framerate and maybe play the game at a higher resolution (144fps @ DSR 4k oh god), but for now a stable, bug-free-ish experience that actually works with my DS4 is fine.
Toadthemushroom
Member
Technically yes based on the impressions so far. I'll know more tomorrow hopefully
Are the 2D elements (skit portraits, menus, icons) redrawn for 1080p, or do they appear slightly blurry and fuzzy from scaling (1080p is 1.5x scaled 720p if using the same 2D assets)
Just wondering if they've redrawn or used higher quality assets -- the 3D visuals appear to use the same assets, just with better texture filtering/draw distance/shadow quality.
Dari Elxix
Banned
Been watching this livestream for a while, player is towards the beginning stages so far and the game is looking pretty good to me.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Quick question, is there DLC in every copy? Costumes are not important but Alisha's story is in DLC too right?
No clue, not starting my copy until maybe later tonight or tomorrow. Depends on how I feel.
I'm sure there are others who have played the PS3 version and are playing this that can answer. though
For the EU side, you can get them on the VIP corner for free (for a limited time).
Guessing the US side will have it in the box, no idea though. (or maybe it will just be free on PSN for a limited time)
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I guess they didn't send out review copies ?
I don't know if I should buy this. I played Tales of Xillia and Abyss and I disliked both. I think I can't get into the Tales games.
I don't know if I should buy this. I played Tales of Xillia and Abyss and I disliked both. I think I can't get into the Tales games.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Well I'm in an awkward situation where I'm in UK but my account is an Asian PSN, meaning I wouldn't be able to redeem the DLC codes I think ^^; ?
RPGCrazied
Member
Not that I know of, really want to see it myself.
Well there are some reviews now.
If your PC meets the reqs, you can always try it on there or wait til a sale if you're really not sure. Tales games are in general quite divisive among the fan base so you never know, you may just like this one.
Regardless, I'm sure there will be some sales eventually on PSN (anime game sales which we've seen before) or Steam (the usual sales) if you can wait
Is the game UK or Asian though? if it's the UK version, you can make a UK PSN account to get the DLC (since DLC isn't cross region).
I have a US, JP and UK PSN account just for stuff like that (and buying digital games from different countries of course
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Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
You should apologize. Say you are Sorey!
I believe the story is handled by Symphonia/Vesperia/Xillia team so no.
Yeah, I looked on youtube but only saw the EU version. I was hoping Namco would post one early like they did with the Xillia 2 CE.
RPGCrazied
Member
IGN sometimes does it. Maybe this weekend or Monday.
artsi
Member
I think 2D stuff is 1080p quality. At least to my eye.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Does the digital version comes with the DLC too?
i think it was pre-order only for digital.
StereoVsn
Member
Pre-order version from Steam seems to come with DLCs, but the Namco ones will be released on Tuesday for PC according to dev responding to a discussions thread on Steam. Not sure about Greenmangaming orders and other key sellers (steam gifts would work for obvious reasons).
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I was talking about ps4. at least the german psn does not say anything about it anymore..but maybe I'm wrong :/
please send me that figure and the CE..I reeeeeally regret not getting the CE now that I played the game >.<
StereoVsn
Member
Those should be between PSN and Bamco VIP stores I would imagine come Tuesday (for US). EU seems to be up.
It's more than just the Alisha thing. That's just the issue that became the front issue for the overall problems Japanese players had with the game. Keep in mind that they got the PS3 version, which was pretty rough in some ways. We're getting the improved PS4 and PC ports. So of course the game will be received differently in the West.
Here's a mostly non-spoilery writeup based on import impressions a friend of mine wrote. He focuses on gameplay and mechanics and compares Zestiria's mechanics to past games in the series. He highlights a lot of the technical problems Zestiria has.
Man, I'm still not sure how the narrative regarding Japanese fans' reception of the game got boiled down to something so simplistic. It's really annoying.
Probably because it was the loudest thing shouted about and in most places where people discuss Tales games, the initial feedback from Japanese fans was about Alisha and it spread over western websites.
It's really that simple, if you kept up to date with Zesty, you couldn't avoid the Alisha debacle and it drowned most other criticisms out.
and of course interviews during the run up to release with Baba didn't help things whenever he touched on Alisha.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/t...6/tales-of-zestiria-review-game-informer.aspx
Another review, 6.5 from GI.
Another review, 6.5 from GI.
mgs2master2
Banned
Amazon is screwing with me, they still have no ETA on the release date for the CE and have no clue about it.
Lunarwhale
Member
Blame it on western sites like Siliconera for basically covering nothing except that for weeks. It got ridiculous. It was a loud complaint, sure, but never the only complaint, and didn't justify the attention it got from gaming news sites.
mgs2master2
Banned
wow so amazon updated me to free one day shipping but then said the new delivery date is november 13th
fuck that noise. gonna cancel and go with gamestop
fuck that noise. gonna cancel and go with gamestop
Cornbread78
Member
Hopefully, this is on the low end of what we see.
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1125587
It's not a perfect game, but GameInformer gonna GameInformer.
Does anyone know if the dlc would work if I download it from EU? Because all the costumes, artes and the Alisha story are preorder bonuses in NA, right?
But here in my country (as far as I know) we wont get anything for preordering, so I didnt, and I really dont want to miss the extra chapter.
But here in my country (as far as I know) we wont get anything for preordering, so I didnt, and I really dont want to miss the extra chapter.
Cornbread78
Member
Harsh, but all the points they made were solid and made sense. Still looking forward to playing the game on Tuesday.
Dougieflesh
Member
Anybody know when the pre load is gonna be up for NA psn?
I totally thought you were referring to Tales of Rebirth and got confused. I never did play Legendia. Also, I guess the blue hat thing doesn't figure into Rebirth.
Now that I think about it. Maybe Zestiria's overly complicated Skill system won't bother me too much. Rebirth's was the proto-proto-form of Dualizing and I had to navigate that in Japanese. Still, not looking forward to dealing with ToZ's Skill system.
I've seen many hand wave this complaint by saying that not many people play co-op, but I agree with you. The camera is embarrassingly bad. Since Xillia Tales games have been getting less and less friendly towards co-op. And the reasons for being less co-op friendly aren't even really good ones. I think that 1P can kiiind of adjust it?
Lunarwhale
Member
They didn't fix it at all? I imported it and played it with my friends for a little when it came out - anything over two people was unplayable most of the time, and two players was typically unplayable. Was really hoping they would have put in some solution to this since they put some work into touching up performance (for the PS4 and PC versions, at least).
I tend to like complex skill systems, but I don't like systems that make you constantly change your skill sets to better suit upcoming battles etc. I like gaining new skills by using weapons, advancing a skill tree, whatever, and then being able to more or less activate all the skills I've got.
No idea if I'm gonna like or hate Zest's skill system.
No idea if I'm gonna like or hate Zest's skill system.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah, at least for NA, Amazon dropped the ball on this product. I've been charged already at gamestop.com, and I can't make changes to the order, hoping it ships out today or tomorrow.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I've had this preordered on Amazon since December 2014. Sucks that even getting my foot in the door so early still will probably result in delayed shipment.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah, I was furstrated. I ordered it on July 8th, and I got a delayed shipment until like November 24th.
They even messed up with the XCX LE, but only by 4 days, on December 8th. 4 days isn't that big of a deal, so I'm not going to cancel.