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Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy includes every Chaos Rings
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Sir_Crocodile
Member
Excellent, will pick it up.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Megatoooooooon. Maybe not, but please localize it.
Their isnt much to localize anyway - so at least a digital Vita release should be a given.
I hope they will include English subs since every chaos rings game already has English subs hardcoded in it. Even the Japanese versions
Would be easy money for them.chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I've heard good things about these games so I'd probably pick it up on Vita if they decide to release it here. Physical release would be nice, but I seriously doubt they would bother.
Never seen a PSM retail game so it shouldn't be.
Probably will be - it's only the new one that they have to localize.
The older games are in English.
Never doubt Square-Enix.
Zippedpinhead
Member
excellent, will buy if SE actually brings it to US.
I liked the first Chaos Rings, and always felt that it would be better with buttons and an actual control stick.
I liked the first Chaos Rings, and always felt that it would be better with buttons and an actual control stick.
Flightmare
Member
I doubt even SE would do that
Kresnik258
Member
I wonder if it'll have English subs on the cart. Or if they release a physical version in Asia.
If so, I'm totally importing.
If not, I guess I'll have to cross my fingers for a western PSN release.
If so, I'm totally importing.
If not, I guess I'll have to cross my fingers for a western PSN release.
Jawmuncher
Member
I absolutely love Chaos Rings. Really hope this makes it's way to the US.
First gameplay footage for the PS Vita version
It's looking good! I'm pleasantly surprised that Square-Enix actually funded a turn-based RPG for VITA. I really hope this gets localized.
It's looking good! I'm pleasantly surprised that Square-Enix actually funded a turn-based RPG for VITA. I really hope this gets localized.
U n i o n 0015
Member
LMAO @ the first Top-Rated comment on that video.
Hoping this gets a NA release as well. Always wanted to play these, but I generally don't like gaming on my phone.
semiconscious
Member
nice. for me, this'd go a long way in making up for the disappointment that bravely default was...
We already got that with the first game alone. Combined with retail release this has to be a full on Vita title.
I only played the first one and sadly it doesn't compare to most console/handheld JRPGs.
There are some good points: nice pre-rendered backgrounds, some semi-interesting puzzles, decent combat, good music and interesting art.
But the game lacks any kind of depth unfortunately. Battles can easily be won using the same strategy, there are only a handful of areas, etc. The story is decent enough.
I'm not sure how Chaos Rings II improves on that, but I hope that III being a Vita game, it'll at least have 2-3x the depth of the first.
CrimsonFist
Member
I've played 1 and Omega and they do definitely feel limited in some ways, combat is fairly basic and easy and can be completely broken by a small amount of grinding, and dungeons are repeated far too much. Omega then reuses a lot of content from the first game as well.
They have decent narratives, music and visuals, but otherwise they're not quite on par with other console games. I did enjoy them, but there are still a lot of flaws. I assume that 2 fixed some of these issues but I'm waiting for prequel trilogy to play that one.
WinterDemons
Member
In terms of gameplay, there's not much depth and there's a lot of repetition. The games are plotted to play the same areas, same enemies, and mostly same boss battles a couple times with different characters but with each set, only the narrative would change meaningfully. Genome Abilities are retained through each pair of characters, trivializing each successive scenario's difficulty.
You can chose the order in which you want to complete the story but the game is linear and has no sidequests. Chaos Rings 1 breaks up combat occasionally with simple puzzle rooms and Chaos Rings 2 has character specific ability prompts to reach new areas of a dungeon. It's easy to unlock turning off the random encounters and completing a game shouldn't take more then 8-10 hours, less for the prequel to Chaos Rings 1, Omega, which reuses a lot of Chaos Rings 1 content.
The pre-rendered backgrounds are lovely, the score is bombastically epic, and the plot and cast play their time-space world saving conflicts and interpersonal drama with straight-faced seriousness so they leave a decent impression anyway. The gameplay is basic and there's a fair amount of Genome abilities to unlock and the first round's enemies and bosses are balanced enough to make you consider if you should use the game's signature Pair Up or not but gameplay isn't much to gush about.
vagabondarts
Member
CR III looks really good. I got the others for my phone and didn't care for them too much though.
Kresnik258
Member
Glad to hear Square Enix doing the right thing and putting all 4 on the cart
Now for an English-language Asian version. Or western release!
Now for an English-language Asian version. Or western release!
Ingueferroque
Banned
I still can't believe the Vita version won't just include the PSM releases. I doubt they'll bother making them Vita native apps with trophies.
Chaos Rings - 978MB
Chaos Rings Omega - 1GB
Chaos Rings II - 973MB
I don't know how they're going to fit four games onto a 3.5GB card.
No PSM game has received a physical version.
The PSM version of Chaos Rings is 653MB, not 978MB. The other two have not been released on Vita yet, so we don't know what their sizes will be. I am guessing ~700MB a piece, which would be about 2.1GB total, leaving 1.4GB for CR3.
Looking good. I dig the new 3D camera-based exploration. Battles look like the standard serviceable CR fare, glad to see that most attacks are still fast enough. Having a team of 3 may change things up and bring more depth though. Hopefully the English version doesn't take long to be released on iOS.
I grabbed those figures from Google Play. In hindsight, maybe that wasn't the best of ideas since IIRC those should have a variety of translations embedded in them.