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PSN-US Vanguard Bandits 11/15 $9.99 EU early 2012
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Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Yay! One more week!
I'd just like to say thanks to Vireland!
I have the same copy since it came out and I bought the strategy guide 2 months ago, which is one of the best and most epic strategy guide I've ever seen. This is the only 'tactical' RPG I played and loved from the beginning to the end. Let's say it's one of those game I try to clear at least one time per year, when I say clear its meaning having all three files with Kingdom, Empire and Ruin branches all done.
I'll buy it, just to encourage the work done on this game and the work you made for it to be out on PSN. More people need to know this game exists, I'm mindblown at how nobody knows about it, its cool in a way it makes it sort of a 'hidden/underground gem'. But its bad for WD financially-wise because it had little success (I think, because copies are quite hard to find nowadays.)
If any of you people are loving tactical RPGs, Fire Emblem's battle style and giant mechs, buy this game day 1 and you won't regret that.
I have the same copy since it came out and I bought the strategy guide 2 months ago, which is one of the best and most epic strategy guide I've ever seen. This is the only 'tactical' RPG I played and loved from the beginning to the end. Let's say it's one of those game I try to clear at least one time per year, when I say clear its meaning having all three files with Kingdom, Empire and Ruin branches all done.
I'll buy it, just to encourage the work done on this game and the work you made for it to be out on PSN. More people need to know this game exists, I'm mindblown at how nobody knows about it, its cool in a way it makes it sort of a 'hidden/underground gem'. But its bad for WD financially-wise because it had little success (I think, because copies are quite hard to find nowadays.)
If any of you people are loving tactical RPGs, Fire Emblem's battle style and giant mechs, buy this game day 1 and you won't regret that.
Awesome to see this coming out on PSN! I've never played the original and just looking at those screenies (and font) is tickling my nostalgia. Can't wait to see what "new" stuff Gaijinworks will be working on, too. As well as your son's Indie game (is it RPG?).
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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vireland said:
I'm quite glad you took liberty with that and added some levity to the game. Stuff like that sells games IMO and should be practiced more often.
Hours Left
Member
Never got to play this before, will definitely be getting it next week.
cj_iwakura
Member
Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
Sadly, that practice pretty much died with WD. Now it's all 'true to the source or nothing'.
I like being true to the material for the most part, but sometimes, it helps to mix things up a bit. (I don't mean Lunarvale in Persona 1 here, I mean more like the random silliness in Lunar's localization.)
Seik said:
And thank you back for your support.
Seik said:
It was actually pretty okay, sales-wise (due to the pack-in LUNAR2 demo also). 50-60k units at full price, which was way more than enough to be profitable. The urban legend that will not die is that our lavish attention to RPGs and deluxe packs killed WD, and it's just not true. Every RPG we did was profitable (even Cosmic Fantasy 2), including the craziest Deluxe pack. We were done in when our outlet for the games was cut off unexpectedly, and I didn't see the situation as insurmountable, but wasted 2 years trying to "fix" what wasn't broken on our end.
cj_iwakura said:
My go-to example for this is Meryod Village in LUNAR. When people here finally got to play a "straight" LUNAR with Ubi's DS version, they were shocked to find out that the town was just a random, boring waypoint in the original game. We made it LUNAR's ode to Deliverance/Beverly Hillbillies by populating it with hicks. It gave it WAY more charm and memorability, and destroyed exactly 0% of the original's "integrity", unless boredom was integral to the original Japanese experience.
sixteen-bit
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Delicious physical media. Nice pickup.B.K. said:Look what came in the mail today.
bloodyroarxx
Member
Man I remember my dad randomly renting me VB when I was really sick in middle school. very fond memories.
Gaylord Sweetwood
Member
Well played Mr. Ireland. I had a copy of this from its initial release, but after letting a friend borrow it, it got passed down the line from there and that was the last I saw of it. I'll definitely replay this one as I only played through it once.
I'm glad there's an option to skip the battle scenes as much like Brigadine, I do not like the 3d models.
So many great RPGs that didn't make it over the pond, I hope this is the beginning of many great things!
I'm glad there's an option to skip the battle scenes as much like Brigadine, I do not like the 3d models.
So many great RPGs that didn't make it over the pond, I hope this is the beginning of many great things!
mjemirzian
Banned
If you're not importing from Japan, you've already missed most of the great tactics games of the last decade.Gaylord Sweetwood said:
Just a little advance tip for the NeoGaffers. The "fan centric" thing I spoke of for the Vanguard Bandits launch day tomorrow is a companion piece for the game - a digital copy of the 200+ page Vanguard Bandits strategy guide. We'll be supplying a download link for it on the monkeypaw site tomorrow afternoon. Some great strategies in it and lots of random humor throughout the guide to enjoy.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
vireland said:
Sweet!
And yay, it's out today!
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Yes, at long last!
Also, the guide's up now. Here's the link to the PSN companion version of the Vanguard Bandits strategy guide for GAFers that want to beat the rush when this is posted on PSN/Monkeypaw blog and the game download is live on PSN:
http://www.gaijinworks.com/vanguardpremium/PSN_VanguardBandits_Strategy_Guide.zip
Really makes the game a joy to play along with the guide, and printed pages from the PDF don't look too shabby despite the relatively low res.
Enjoy, and thanks to all for their support on our PSN titles !
cj_iwakura
Member
Really great of you. I always loved WD guides.
Would you believe I have the Lunar: The Silver Star(not SSSC) one?
Very great guide. ESSENTIAL for a game where the spells and items have no descriptions.
Would you believe I have the Lunar: The Silver Star(not SSSC) one?
Very great guide. ESSENTIAL for a game where the spells and items have no descriptions.
Holy shit! Awesome! I'd missed this thread and all news about it until now. For my money, this is still the best SRPG I've ever played, and almost every attempt I make to play one since then has ended up with me going "This is way more irritating than Vanguard Bandits" and then quitting.
Still got my original copy, but going to go buy the //shit// outta this as soon as I hit Submit Reply.
Edit: Also, I've beaten this game at least seven or eight times, and never managed to figure out what BAS is supposed to stand for.
Still got my original copy, but going to go buy the //shit// outta this as soon as I hit Submit Reply.
Edit: Also, I've beaten this game at least seven or eight times, and never managed to figure out what BAS is supposed to stand for.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
vireland said:
Yeah, I got the Sega CD guides too. Those were keepers! ^_^ L:EB Sega CD is still my favorite of all time.
Reading this thread having come from the "FFXV might be an action RPG" thread made me feel better. I was dying a bit inside. :/
twentytwo22
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Working Design guides were always awesome. I remember one boss fight strategy (I think it was in the Lunar 2 Complete guide) that said "instead of actually attempting the fight, it is probably best to just set the AI to autopilot --- this seems to produce a good win percentage vs. trying the fight yourself!"
We had the worst timing ever earlier today when our site was migrated to a new server just after the Digital Strategy Guide for Vanguard Bandits went up. We were out for a few hours, but it's all back now, so if anyone was having problems then, you're clear to get it now! Should be smooth sailing now...
cpp_is_king
Member
This is probably a stupid question, but does this game have trohy support on PSN?
0 HP said:
You're welcome.
Just out of curiousity, how did the digital guide open for you? It's supposed to open in 2 page spreads, at 200% zoom. Some people have mentioned that they're getting it as single page format when they open it, and I'm not sure if it's an OS or Acrobat version issue.
for me, its single page spread at 200% zoom. im using document viewer on ubuntu though
DJ Crimson
Banned
Yea
Kudos, I wasn't aware of this thread but it seems a very cool project.
Sorry to go off topic but I didn't realise that Midway (and by extension, I assume, Warner Bros) owned the rights to Gauntlet.
Am I reading this wrong?
Sorry to go off topic but I didn't realise that Midway (and by extension, I assume, Warner Bros) owned the rights to Gauntlet.
Am I reading this wrong?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Ya, when I opened it in adobe the other week it came up as 2 pages and 200% zoom.
Yes. Midway has the rights for things like Gauntlet, Robotron 2084, Joust, and maybe a couple others. I know they used to but I don't know if they still do, never really paid much attention.
We don't get numbers daily or weekly with PSN, so I should know early next month. The guide's been downloaded a lot, though. Hopefully that means a sale for each of those. If it hits our average for releases, it will be fine.
Yeah, they have an actual registered trademark for the word "Gauntlet" as it relates to video games, so any game with the word Gauntlet as part of a larger title is possibly infringing and open to a lawsuit. Pretty crazy.
I'm still surprised you guys managed to put that title header for the Diekbeck page in Arc the Lad Collection's manual
First time I read it, just flew over my head...then I had to do a double take lol.I'm still surprised you guys managed to put that title header for the Diekbeck page in Arc the Lad Collection's manual
My absolute 100% favorite double-entendre from the WD days. I told no one that I did it, and without exception everyone cracked up in the office as the draft manual was passed around for proofreading markup. I was surprised that we had much less trouble from Sony in approval with that than we did with the Alundra stuff we had to take out.
Glad you enjoyed it, too.
The ultimate achievement will be getting some of those Saturn classics out again, but it seems nigh-impossible
I share this dream. If there's a way to make it happen, I'll be all over it. So far, nothing.
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