well you download the patch before it unlocks too
but yeah this game is sick, solid 8.5/10 at least
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Galak-Z: The Dimensional |OT| Macross the Universe
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but yeah this game is sick, solid 8.5/10 at least
From a few hours on season 1
The good
It's fun
It's hard as shit
Power ups are interesting
The bad
The voice acting is a joke
The field of view is too small
Framerate drops during the huge chain explosions
Not sure about the controls yet. Sometimes I find myself losing control of what I'm doing
The good
It's fun
It's hard as shit
Power ups are interesting
The bad
The voice acting is a joke
The field of view is too small
Framerate drops during the huge chain explosions
Not sure about the controls yet. Sometimes I find myself losing control of what I'm doing
HORRORSHØW
Member
got to season two. so awesome
orthodoxy1095
Banned
It's a shame that part came out so rough. I had a bit higher hopes for Michael Sinterniklaas and Sarah Elmaleh. I don't know that it's so much them as it might be the writing itself.
YianGaruga
Banned
It's the writing. I always have problems with criticism like this when the dev is in the thread, but... it's bad. The humor and the timing are terrible and whatever else they're talking about is hard to care about.
Also it has nothing to do with anime. With the obvious influence you'd think they'd make people talk like they do in anime as well. It's hard to get nostalgic for the theme like this. This is dialogue that could be straight out of something like Uncharted, only worse.
No, just Blueprints.
Deadstarone
Member
Doesn't weird VA fit the aesthetic they were going for? That terrible 80s and 90s dub anime?
YianGaruga
Banned
An intentionally bad faux-dub would have been better than what's there currently.
I guess you mean something like this?
I would have loved that
YianGaruga
Banned
Every game that is difficult is like Dark Souls
That's like the only quality that Dark Souls has, apparently
You lose your shit when you die
I always got my weapons and armor still on me in Dark Souls. I also don't lose game progression and level.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Nihilistic Monk
Member
Damn it. It's my birthday today and I was pumped this was coming out on my birthday after seeing the latest GB QL for this game.
I hate staggered releases for digital games...
orthodoxy1095
Banned
The staggering wasn't quite intentional. Blame SCEE for their certification process!
pillowtalk
Member
How many hours to complete?
People just need to get more into the Roguelike/lite genre.
HORRORSHØW
Member
got up to season 3. charged melee with the mech seems OP
Sword Of Doom
Member
Played for a little bit and really getting into it. I love how dying and starting over changes the missions and levels even though you're repeating the same season. Really makes things a lot more interesting. The controls aren't as difficult as I thought they would be and feel very good. The gameplay is just tight
Forgot to mention the music. It's so good
Forgot to mention the music. It's so good
Nihilistic Monk
Member
Cool. I auto-presumed it was maybe translation into European languages delaying or something like that.
TBA though! Hope it gets to our shores whilst it still has the zeitgeist.
Heh stuff like that from Space Firebird, Techno Police, etc. back in the day. Did they just use the same VA for all early dubs back then? All even have that same "tin can" sound.
I do still wish the music had that early 80s kinda 70ish vibe most anime seemed to have.
https://youtu.be/gIeVMgbXZWA?t=3m19s
Explosions (ESPECIALLY the explosions), animations, lasers and missile streams are incredibly on point though.
BlackBanditSho
Member
Been trying to figure out why the devs thought that the game would lose something by giving the option for twin stick controls. It's artificially more difficult the way it currently plays. We don't need right analog to 'peek'. Giving the player the option to make these twin stick controls would be fantastic. Currently, the controls annoy the heck out of me. Again, artificially increased challenge.
Maybe such a system was play tested and found to be too easy?.
Would be nice to hear about the development process in this game, couple of things appear to have been added to the game to (artificially?) increase difficulty / longevity
YianGaruga
Banned
Did you finish the first season? The credits theme (and the amazing logos afterwards) are very 80's anime. That gave me the biggest nostalgia feel of the game so far.
Not yet, unfortunately I wont be able to really get into the game until later...
YianGaruga
Banned
Sony testers completed it in approx. 22 hours.
grounded_dreams
Member
Net_Wrecker
Member
This game feels incredible. They absolutely nailed every aspect of movement, combat, and enemy deaths. Once you can get a grip on the controls, particularly aiming, juking, and reverse thrusters without losing your bearings, it turns into a crazy bullet ballet where you really need to prioritize enemies and pick your spots wisely. The 1st chapter gets kinda hectic, but right away in 2-1, when the Void Raiders are introduced, the potential 4 way scenarios you can find yourself in are pure chaos. I had an extended encounter a moment ago that started with a 1v1 against that hyper aggressive Void Raider ship and escalated to include every faction as the battle poured across a big chunk of the map I was in. Lasted a good 3 or 4 minutes and I don't know how I made it out alive (especially since I ran out of missiles). The 80s cartoon/anime presentation is very nostalgic (those credits), and the soundtrack is great.
My favorite loadout so far is spread shot + plasma core + bouncing bullets. So messy.
My favorite loadout so far is spread shot + plasma core + bouncing bullets. So messy.
grounded_dreams
Member
yeah what the hell? I was excited to get home to this today
Jake, Creative and Art Director of the game, this morning post the below comment :
I'm really enjoying this game so far, aside from the inconsistent framerate.
I don't leave my PS4 in standby, so I had to download it after it unlocked. No big deal of course, I just find patches on these new systems to be huge for my crappy Australian internet!
I don't leave my PS4 in standby, so I had to download it after it unlocked. No big deal of course, I just find patches on these new systems to be huge for my crappy Australian internet!
YianGaruga
Banned
My favorite loadout so far is spread shot + plasma core + bouncing bullets. So messy.
I use the exact same loadout, sometimes I changed the three-way shot to the assault muzzle. Both work pretty damn well
this game is good but surprisingly difficult at times lol
you can run 4 missions perfect then get fucked up in less than a second trying to be cute
the rogue-ness of the game also makes me feel that soft restarts might not always be a good idea too
you can run 4 missions perfect then get fucked up in less than a second trying to be cute
the rogue-ness of the game also makes me feel that soft restarts might not always be a good idea too
Olliewilldie
Neo Member
I assume there is no reason I can't just buy this on the US store as someone from UK who doesn't like to wait?
Playstation systems let you use accounts from any region on any system. You may need to buy a card for specific regions due to them blocking international credit cards though. I use an account set to USA from Australia.
Nope, only thing that might be an issue is DLC, you'd have to buy that from the US site (assuming there is ever any)
I also missed out on the PS+ discount though as I didn't have plus on my US account
Boogalogist
Member
Just finished the prologue and net myself a silver trophy. This game is amazing. Throwback to my days playing Subspace/Continuum. Love the 80s anime tribute.
Great job, 17 bit!
Great job, 17 bit!