GarthVaderUK
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Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue might be headed to XBLA/PSN
- Thread starter Phoenix Fang
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Harpoon Cannon, FIRE!
xxczx
Member
Forgot about DX DLC. I bought the Sonic anniversary bundle on PSN and never got round to even downloading it.
RPGCrazied
Member
Will these have trophies, or no?
Phoenix Fang
Banned
PeakPointMatrix
Member
I'm not sure how to exactly express my feelings, but I would violently empty my wallet the second this happens.
Dead Man Typing
Member
The Dreamcast collection was done as cheaply as possible to see if there was a market for Dreamcast nostalgia. Daytona USA, Virtual On and Sonic CD have shown Sega that if they put the effort into making great ports for digital release that people will buy them.
So now we're getting proper budgets for HD Dreamcast ports. I had faith and it is being rewarded!
Now, that wasn't exactly confirmation of Shenmue and Skies, all he told us was what games the fans would be demanding next. And maybe they're working on them. It's a colossal tease, but man it makes me want to buy 1000 copies of Jet Set Radio to make sure they know that demand is there for proper ports of old school Dreamcast games.
So now we're getting proper budgets for HD Dreamcast ports. I had faith and it is being rewarded!
Now, that wasn't exactly confirmation of Shenmue and Skies, all he told us was what games the fans would be demanding next. And maybe they're working on them. It's a colossal tease, but man it makes me want to buy 1000 copies of Jet Set Radio to make sure they know that demand is there for proper ports of old school Dreamcast games.
Corleth the Fey
Member
Man I'd love another wonderful trip through Skies. Do it Sega. If it helps, I'm already day one for JSR.
Yes. All the other Dreamcast ports do at least.
RPGCrazied
Member
Sweet.
Shame its not a full disc release, but at this point, beggars can't be choosers. hehe.He better not be teasing us.
Shadow2222
Member
YES!
Is it wrong for this to be more exciting than most modern new game announcements?
Digital preordering is the stupidest thing, but if I could give them my money now, I would.
Is it wrong for this to be more exciting than most modern new game announcements?
Digital preordering is the stupidest thing, but if I could give them my money now, I would.
yankeehater
Member
I have 2 copies of skies just incase something happens to one of them. I love that game so much. I would pay what ever they want for it on XBLA.
FrontalMonk
Banned
"Hey! A winning can!"
*go into shop*
come on space harrier come on space harrier come on space harrier
"I'll take this one."
*get tails figurine*
*go into shop*
come on space harrier come on space harrier come on space harrier
"I'll take this one."
*get tails figurine*
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
Widescreen 60fps no slowdown with better balanced random encounters with the additional Legends content. But for goodness sakes don't give it the Sonic Adventure treatment. If it does happen may it be as solid as what JSR is shaping up to be.
HD Skies of Arcadia... The picture will be so good that I'll have to wear goggles when playing or Fina's pointy polygon tits will stab my eyes out...
A Shenmue I/II bundle would be nice.
I would almost be able to retire my Dreamcast but I still play Samba De Amigo 2000 with official maracas. The wii version just doesn't fill that void yet.
HD Skies of Arcadia... The picture will be so good that I'll have to wear goggles when playing or Fina's pointy polygon tits will stab my eyes out...
A Shenmue I/II bundle would be nice.
I would almost be able to retire my Dreamcast but I still play Samba De Amigo 2000 with official maracas. The wii version just doesn't fill that void yet.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
All of my monies! Take them!
"I should buy one..."
"Hey! "
"Maybe I should get another "
"This is cool!"
"I should try again..."
"Huh?"
"I should try again..."
"Hmm I know this."
...
"This again?"
My true wish for the Shenmue series is that it might be played as it was intended. I.e. save file can be transferred to the next game. I imagine it would be really hard to put in a save system that an eventual Shenmue 3&4 could read from, though.
Zeouterlimits
Member
So how playable would be they be to someone who hasn't any substantial previous experience with them?
Do they stand the test of time?
Do they stand the test of time?
sixteen-bit
Member
Cool. Neither game hold up particularly well these days, but it would be nice curiosities for those interested.
Phuturephunk
Banned
I'd love to play Skies again, but they better tune down the random encounter rate while on the ship. It was absolutely ridiculous in Legends. Using the PAR to turn them off was so nice.
Skies is a pretty bog standard turn based JRPG combat role playing game. Its not modern, but its worth playing.
Still, like I said above, its the random encounters that are just painful after a while. Constantly dropping into battle was so annoying.
Amazingly though, in a dash of innovation, they actually had an assigned skip spell animation button in the legends version. I was floored at the time because the world of JRPGs back then was basically ruled by 20 minute Squaresoft casting animations that were unskippable.
Skies is a pretty bog standard turn based JRPG combat role playing game. Its not modern, but its worth playing.
Still, like I said above, its the random encounters that are just painful after a while. Constantly dropping into battle was so annoying.
Amazingly though, in a dash of innovation, they actually had an assigned skip spell animation button in the legends version. I was floored at the time because the world of JRPGs back then was basically ruled by 20 minute Squaresoft casting animations that were unskippable.
ActStriker
Member
It's a little slow, but they reduced the encounter rate a good amount in the GC version
Meccanical
Member
Added to the list of people who's opinions mean jack all to me.
Little Old Man
Member
Always been interested in these. Day 1!
Night_Trekker
Member
SoA Better have the Legends content and tweaks. (STFU, haters.)
I should be light-headed about the Shenmue news, but at this point I don't believe anything Shenmue-related until it happens.
The person(s) who told you Yakuza and Shenmue are anything alike lied to you.
I should be light-headed about the Shenmue news, but at this point I don't believe anything Shenmue-related until it happens.
The person(s) who told you Yakuza and Shenmue are anything alike lied to you.
Impeccable
Member
Never played Skies of Arcadia but I'm always ready for some jRPG. Even if it is a port. I'm that starved for home console fun.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
FIRE CONSUME MY ENEMIES!
Shut up and take my money Sega. Skies of Arcadia Legends all over my face.
Shut up and take my money Sega. Skies of Arcadia Legends all over my face.
Phuturephunk
Banned
To be fair, that game really wasn't very well structured. These glaring deficiencies were completely overshadowed by probably one of the most novel worlds ever put into an RPG and a story that actually worked pretty well. It also had a lot of cool epic moments that still bring back happy thoughts to a jaded old fuck like myself.
Sega doing something smart and sensible? Yes, yes it is.
Night_Trekker
Member
You know, at the very least they could replace the regular in-game Shenmue character models with the much more complex character models used in the Passport disc (for the character-guided tutorials... those were on the Passport disc, right?). It wouldn't affect but a handful of (major) characters, but it would look nice, and it wouldn't require much effort.
EDIT: Oh look at me assuming this news is legit! As a Shenmue fan, I should know better than to hope.
EDIT: Oh look at me assuming this news is legit! As a Shenmue fan, I should know better than to hope.
SoA was the first rpg i played, i used a guide and my console broke before i got to the end, so i had to finish it at a friend's house while they kept saying "this isn't as good as ffx, you should play ffx" for hours on end. I'd play through it again just to have a proper run through. Played enough Shenmue by now tho, and i think its not going to hold up well at all. Too much loading, awkward transitions and menus constantly, and i think the combat is pretty horrible. If they did a complete remake from scratch or a proper sequel i might be interested.
chickdigger802
Banned
idk. tried to play SoA on GCN again recently. Visuals most definitely don't hold up, and encounter rate is still pretty awful.
Don't, the game is great!
Already looking forward to the airship battles on my big screen!
They did? Shit. That game could've gone way faster for me.
Or maybe I knew about that and made the conscious decision to just watch most of the animations for some reason. I dunno. It was awhile ago.
All about Skies HD (though I suspect it would look kind of fugly). Shenmue I feel like I still need to finish the second game, so if that makes it over to DD I might try that one out again; that game is likely too dated for me to enjoy though.
Here's hoping Shenmue would get the original Japanese VO because oh man the dub was terrible.
Here's hoping Shenmue would get the original Japanese VO because oh man the dub was terrible.
Night_Trekker
Member
I can't wait for Shenmue to be ported. I'm so looking forward to shitty threads like, "Did anyone ever really think Shenmue looked good?" "LTTP: Shenmue (this is supposed to be a masterpiece?!)" "Can we admit Shenmue was only good because of its graphics?"
If you're the kind of person who whines about the visuals in a 12-year-old game not "holding up," maybe you just shouldn't play older games. Just saying.
Yes! Best of both worlds.
If you're the kind of person who whines about the visuals in a 12-year-old game not "holding up," maybe you just shouldn't play older games. Just saying.
Yes! Best of both worlds.
Andrefpvs
Member
This. I'm always longing to play the RPGs I couldn't play when I was younger and didn't have the systems they were released on.