Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Crafting your perfect clan through planning and stats raising. On top of watching how hilariously odd your family winds up looking through the generations.
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Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines |OT| Cursed for Life
- Thread starter Hikami
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They've been really clickbaity with their anime-style game reviews recently, like the 3.5/10 the gave Senran Kagura SV. Certainly gets them the page hits.
Ingueferroque
Banned
I've just seen the intro, but it totally takes me back to the 32bit days of JRPG goodness. Great stuff.
Omg, 1:1 resolution games look so sharp on Vita. The UI looks fantastic. (Currently creating my character)
Interesting how it has a french and english localization in the NA release.
The character design is just tremendous. Perfect amount of detail/complexity for the hardware, it looks very clean and stylized, but still very expressive.
Omg, 1:1 resolution games look so sharp on Vita. The UI looks fantastic. (Currently creating my character)
Interesting how it has a french and english localization in the NA release.
The character design is just tremendous. Perfect amount of detail/complexity for the hardware, it looks very clean and stylized, but still very expressive.
robotzombie
Member
Is there a way of "screwing up" your clan in terms of power and min/maxing? Or can you always course correct and level up/power up
bobawesome
Member
I'm not one to cry foul on reviews most of the time but if there's a site I don't trust, it's Playstation Lifestyle.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Its pretty hard to totally screw things up considering you will have different variations from the first batch of offspring.
though i suppose you could screw up by not planning things out and one of the previous generations die off without any offspring.
Heh, just noticed that The PS Blog forgot to include Oreshika in the store update page, though they did remember to list the DLC, lol.
Anyways, I'm still on the fence about getting this. Not about the game/price (they're both great), but I'm not sure if I have any time for it soon.
Anyways, I'm still on the fence about getting this. Not about the game/price (they're both great), but I'm not sure if I have any time for it soon.
cj_iwakura
Member
Hope it lives up to the hype.
(I loooove AlfaSys.)
(I loooove AlfaSys.)
cj_iwakura
Member
Who composed the music? Was it anyone from the Shikigami team?
They also were responsible for Elemental Gearbolt and (the unlocalized) Gunparade March.
They also were responsible for Elemental Gearbolt and (the unlocalized) Gunparade March.
Fedora Royale
Member
I love the style of this game. I'll definitely have to pick it up when I free up some time!
Thank you! I'll most likely check this out soon. Sounds like a great premise.
Hikami
Member
Just sets up the game, it's also shown when you start a new game. The Prologue option is just there if you want to rewatch it though.
It's the very opening cutscene, which you'll see when you start a new game anyway. Well, more like a pre-opening cutscene, because there's a longer one right afterwards.
Also, online capabilities seem finicky to me, but I can post screenshots to Twitter by using the in-game screenshots function, which saves the screen to the 'All' folder on the Vita (rather than screenshots), and then using the LiveTweet app rather than the in-game Twitter functionality.
I spent my first few months in the forest dungeon, enemies seem really squishy at this point. There's a green bow in the slots that keeps showing up but I can never seem to land on it. I then folllowed Kochin's advice for my first offspring. We'll see how that goes. Now she's telling me the "Feast of all Demons" will occur in the Crystal Cavern next month. I don't know what that is.
Despite lots of things to be introduced to, so far this seems pretty neat.
Hikami
Member
The green weapon probably has some sort of requirement. I finally landed on one and got the weapon, then it said "Defeated 30x of this enemy" or something like that. Then the God associated with that weapon was freed and added to my pantheon.
That first comment on the gamespot review, aww..
chicagocubsfan
Member
Usually not one to complain about this, but they really throw a lot of stuff at you early on. Kinda overwhelming.
Hikami
Member
It really does, I took a few minutes to read through Kochin's "Collected Wisdom" (bunch of guides) to understand some of the things better. Though she just keeps adding more and more to it..
Having requirements for those items sounds familiar now that you mention it haha. Lots of small things to become acquainted with.
chicagocubsfan said:
Oh yeah, for sure. I figure I'll just wing it for a while and things will become familiar eventually.
mgs2master2
Banned
So I been playing this for about 4 hours. This game is .... unique? It is fun and good but difficult in many aspects.
How the hell can you view the map of the dungeon? So much going on with this time constraint too (Playing with dedicated)
How the hell can you view the map of the dungeon? So much going on with this time constraint too (Playing with dedicated)
... looking forward to play it on my spare time (if I have some... damn)Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
would you prefer the alternative of trial by fire instead?
doubt it because localization does not changd the core gameplay mechanics which with how this title is designed really is not something that would resonate with the majority of the current gaming community.
though the fact thag they would have actually done some marketing would have helped vs sony doing the kicked from the nest release.
graywolf323
Member
the mods/staff in the comment section are just wow
one was defending it by pointing to bad customer reviews in Japan (presumably from Amazon Japan? they don't source it) and that it can be found for $10 just 6 months after release because you know price makes the game :-/
Ingueferroque
Banned
I love that they forgot to add this to the weekly Store Update post. I mean, I hate it.
Reminds me of this little nugget from the PS Blog, not just price... file size as well!
Reminds me of this little nugget from the PS Blog, not just price... file size as well!
lazyproblems
Member
Pretty much this is why it would've been bought more if someone else handled it. Couple that with an LE and NISA probably would've at least sold through that. NISA had interest too, they tried to get Sony to allow them to localize the first PSP game, but Sony wouldn't play ball.
That said, I'm not sure it would've been a "huge hit", but it would've at least been purchased more. Maybe as much as Freedom Wars.
sturgboski
Member
They gave Assassin Creed Unity a 10/10. How dare you cry foul. They clearly knows quality.
Okay, so some early game spoilers I suppose.
My first offspring is here now but I guess they have to train for a while? And I can set one of my main guys to train her. Need to figure out how that works. There's also festivals that I'm not sure how to approach. So many gameplay elements #_#
So I went to the Crystal Cavern and found the red haired goddess lady whose name I forget at a cauldron of some sort. When the month of the "Feast of all Demons" started up, I had the choice to enter it. There's this crazy pathway with a bunch of new monsters and new items (mostly skills it seems) and a vehicle behind you pushing you forward. Battles were a bit tougher here but my initial three dudes could still handle it. At the end you fight Seimi in a battle that seems to be an given victory. You then get the first instrument (the Lute) and now I can go on a boat to more places.
My first offspring is here now but I guess they have to train for a while? And I can set one of my main guys to train her. Need to figure out how that works. There's also festivals that I'm not sure how to approach. So many gameplay elements #_#
names2hard4you
Member
Took a while for this game to click for me. At the start it keeps giving you stuff to do and read, but after a while it all makes sense. I too am playing on Serious, and so far I have had no issues.
So do we all get different first dungeons? I haven't seen any forests, I started off at a seashore cave where I managed to free a god and get a sweet crazy powerful sword. Then the next dungeon was some kind of underground temple with eerie colored light, I experienced frenzy time here and got some powerful hammers that none of my dudes can use. I'm investing in weapon and armor shops at town and just performed my first Unite FUSION, and next month there's a festival of some sort happening.
Everything feels extremely polished and smooth in terms of interface and gameflow but that might be because I've only been playing so many old ass RPGs lately haha. It's fun to decide whether to go for leaders or not during battle and use attacks that will increase devotion or just experiment, seems like there are several elements to consider.
I am really enjoying this.
Also man oh man the music.
Everything feels extremely polished and smooth in terms of interface and gameflow but that might be because I've only been playing so many old ass RPGs lately haha. It's fun to decide whether to go for leaders or not during battle and use attacks that will increase devotion or just experiment, seems like there are several elements to consider.
I am really enjoying this.
Also man oh man the music.
publicpwnerer
Member
It doesn't look as if that English physical copy (the play-asia Asian region one) is actually a thing...just a page created a while back.
It's $29.95 on the AU store, but I think I'll pick this up after I give Helldivers a thorough play tonight.
It's $29.95 on the AU store, but I think I'll pick this up after I give Helldivers a thorough play tonight.
The world's truth.
Now I really want work to finish quick so I can go home playing.
I collected a few of the 2D art for some of the gods and posted them on twitter over a year ago.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Am I doing something wrong by targetting the leaders in battles? It makes the battles in the first dungeon quite easy and only take up a few seconds each. Maybe because I have two ranged party members, and I can immediately target the leader if he is on the back row?
Just making sure that I'm not foregoing substantial gains by picking off the other enemies before going for the leader..
Love the framerate/presentation/graphics/character design/music/cutscenes and dense feeling of the world so far.
Just making sure that I'm not foregoing substantial gains by picking off the other enemies before going for the leader..
Love the framerate/presentation/graphics/character design/music/cutscenes and dense feeling of the world so far.
Shouta
Member
You're foregoing loot and XP by just targeting the leader, if the game systems remained the same from the first one as I recall.