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[WickedLaharl]

Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

So bad it almost makes idea factory games look good.

 

[Arzehn]

None of their IPs are even worth anything...

Hope the CEO is OK. He's been missing for a while now.

 

[-Horizon-]

I have a feeling it's going to be gone very soon. Look at what happened to the R-Type games.

Fate/Extra and Black Rock Shooter were two of my favorite PSP games, they developed a lot of great PSP titles. Hopefully, some of them will get fan-translated sooner rather than later (I'm looking at you, Sol Trigger and Last Ranker).

Are these the only 2 games on PSN by them then? (Not including the game banned on gaf)

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Arc Rise Fantasia was amazing, probably their best game?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Rumor says that CEO is missing indeed and nowhere to be found..

yikes...

 

[cj_iwakura]

You just have to accept Compile Heart as your lord and savior.

Never.

 

[Man God]

Arc Rise Fantasia was amazing, probably their best game?

...Damn, it probably is, isn't it?

 

[Shizuka]

Are these the only 2 games on PSN by them then? (Not including the game banned on gaf)

BRS is DD-only, Fate/Extra got a physical print.

 

[-Horizon-]

BRS is DD-only, Fate/Extra got a physical print.

Don't have a PSP so I guess DD for both it is then :/

 

[Terrell]

...Damn, it probably is, isn't it?

Yep. And they tanked its success in the West with that audio equivalent of a live disemboweling. Had anyone else taken the rights to publish outside of Japan, we might be telling a different tale about them.

 

[astrogamer]

I wonder if there's anything worth paying for to salvage in the remains.

Doubt there's much. Luminous Arc and Arc Rise Fantasia should be owned by Marvelous. 7th Dragon, Sands of Destruction and now Stella Glow are owned by SEGA. Criminal Girls seems to be owned by NIS. Most of the other stuff was licensed games. So that leaves them with Toshin Toshi, Tale of the Last Promise, and Sol Trigger and none of those seem to be big sellers. They're maybe worth it if they can get it for dirt cheap

 

[Leafhopper]

Arc Rise Fantasia was amazing, probably their best game?

Probably.

 

[Producer]

R.I.P in piece

 

[Takao]

That's really odd. Usually Canada is included as a package deal to get the US rights. Out of curiosity, am I missing much?

My PSN account is registered in Canada too, so I haven't played it.

Nah, not really. It's still around in away. This certainly isn't a reason it's "dead".
Not much I liked from them. Hopefully the employees come out okay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgwxLJMS8c

 

[Shizuka]

Don't have a PSP so I guess DD for both it is then :/

They're both completely worth it in my opinion, not to mention I've played Fate/Extra without knowing anything about the F/SN universe.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

RIP Imageepoch.

We had some good times.

And then we had a lot of bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad times.

So many bad times.

oh god

so many

 

[shadow2810]

Yep. And they tanked its success in the West with that audio equivalent of a live disemboweling. Had anyone else taken the rights to publish outside of Japan, we might be telling a different tale about them.

I'm still salty that Xseed lost the right to publish against Ignition.

 

[Parakeetman]

Doubt there's much. Luminous Arc and Arc Rise Fantasia should be owned by Marvelous. 7th Dragon, Sands of Destruction and now Stella Glow are owned by SEGA. Criminal Girls seems to be owned by NIS. Most of the other stuff was licensed games. So that leaves them with Toshin Toshi, Tale of the Last Promise, and Sol Trigger and none of those seem to be big sellers. They're maybe worth it if they can get it for dirt cheap

Granted that they released Toshin Toshi in Japan I still wonder how much of the rights Alicesoft also holds? Esp now that IE is dead.

 

[Shizuka]

I'm still salty that Xseed lost the right to publish against Ignition.

That's on MAQL being an ass with XSEED at that time. Now they're cozy and XSEED is doing all MAQL games.

 

[duckroll]

RIP Imageepoch.

We had some good times.

And then we had a lot of bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad times.

So many bad times.

oh god

so many

~/ There were good times /~

~/ There were bad times /~

~/ But at least /~

~/ I don't remember loading times /~

 

[Leafhopper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgwxLJMS8c

That video is so ominous.

 

[Man God]

Ignition also fucked up Muramasa. The script in that game is so dry I remember falling asleep during some of the dialogue.

 

[koutoru]

On one hand, it's been oblivious where this was heading for a while now.

On the other hand - darn, I wanted Arc Rise Fantasia 2 , as long as Ignition wouldn't be involved.

 

[spiritfox]

RIP savior of JRPGs.

Not that you actually saved anything.

 

[cj_iwakura]

RIP savior of JRPGs.

Not that you actually saved anything.

Their JRPG! logo is priceless.

 

[LiK]

BRS is still $20? Man

 

[Zippedpinhead]

Welp, this just made me buy black rock shooter the game.

It is currently vita compatible, if it is delisted will it suddenly not be vita compatible?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Welp, this just made me buy black rock shooter the game.

It is currently vita compatible, if it is delisted will it suddenly not be vita compatible?

It should work regardless. I think mine's still on my PSP memory card.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I hope the employees migrate to Sega, like how Marvelous picked up Neverland's folks after its closure.

 

[Valnen]

Who will save JRPGs now!?!

Square Enix will rise as a burning Phoenix from the ashes to incinerate the competition.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

You mean Saviour-sama is dead?!!
I don't know what to believe in.

 

[Shizuka]

Let's preserve game history, buy Black Rock Shooter!

 

[Ozigizo]

I didn't know about the CEO just peacing out of existence. Wonder if it was the golden parachute type, but that's kind of hard to believe.

 

[foxuzamaki]

It's kinda crazy, a company like nintendo or sony, or maybe even capcom and square enix can easily get rid of that debt, 11 million is like a drop in the bucket.

 

[Vanille]

Arc Rise Fantasia was a pretty fun NotTales game, but it was all downhill from there.

 

[Leafhopper]

Maybe if we find another failing company we can find the CEO.

 

[spiritfox]

It's kinda crazy, a company like nintendo or sony, or maybe even capcom can easily get rid of that debt, 11 million is like a drop in the bucket.

But for what, some mediocre IPs that do not sell? They're better off putting the money into IPs that they own.

 

[Tizoc]

BRS is still $20? Man

Not like it's gonna go on sale because it'll be delisted

 

[Parakeetman]

I hope the employees migrate to Sega, like how Marvelous picked up Neverland's folks after its closure.

I think they just kinda went all over the place. The workers that is. Which usually is the case when studios go poof here.

That and in some cases a lot of employees are contracted per project. Rather than being full time.

 

[MotionBlue]

Fate Extra, Arc Rise Fantasia and BRS were all incredibly fun. Sad to see them go, hopefully the staff find gainful employment elsewhere.

 

[Foffy]

From Software!

Those aren't really JRPGs in the traditional sense. If anything, they're all mostly dark fantasy games with loose RPG elements. Loose because you can beat the games without really pouring things into such systems, if you're crazy enough.

 

[RyoonZ]

Arc Rise Fantasia was amazing, probably their best game?

 

[R_thanatos]

Fate Extra, Arc Rise Fantasia and BRS were all incredibly fun. Sad to see them go, hopefully the staff find gainful employment elsewhere.

Same for me , i loved fate/extra and BRS.
heck iu'm one of the few people who didn't hate time and eternity !

 

[Begaria]

But we were all supposed to disregard the "negative hype" and enjoy the near flawless masterpiece that is Time & Eternity!

...Ok, not really. Did they ever find the CEO?

 

[koutoru]

Also, kinda of disappointed The Last Ranker and Sol Trigger never got localized either.

 

[Parakeetman]

But we were all supposed to disregard the "negative hype" and enjoy the near flawless masterpiece that is Time & Eternity!

...Ok, not really. Did they ever find the CEO?

Even if they did, its not like its any business of the public to know whats going on.

I can hear all of those screaming who had wanted 7th Dragon 2020 / 2020 II to be localized right now lol.

 

[Valnen]

Even if they did, its not like its any business of the public to know whats going on.

I just want to know if he's okay, honestly.

 

[Crash Station]

Guess it's time to pick up BRS.

 

[Hours Left]

Stella Glow actually looks like a good game. I wonder if Sega will get the rights to the IP since they're distributing it.

 

[Steel]

Well... Only thing I ever liked from them was Fate/Extra. I'd say I'll miss it, but it's not like CCC was going to come west.

Or maybe akysys will pick it up for dirt cheap as the company shuts down.