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The Phantom Dust Thread
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brief impressions...
Played for about a half hour and completed 6 or 7 missions. I can guarantee everyone of you that this will be the best brand new, $20 game you ever purchased. The game is very well done from the story all the way through to the gameplay mechanics.
more later....
Played for about a half hour and completed 6 or 7 missions. I can guarantee everyone of you that this will be the best brand new, $20 game you ever purchased. The game is very well done from the story all the way through to the gameplay mechanics.
more later....
Just a piece of advice to all newbies on Live: Don't draw all your capsules! I played a few matches online to check out the vibe and a lot of guys were suddenly dying and getting pissed off. Bring your remaining capsule meter down to zero (the number in the top right-hand corner of the screen), and your health will slowly decrease until you're teh dead.
I played a few missions. I named my guy Age (one of the choices). You get rated on each mission. I have no idea of it's significance. I've gotten as high as 100+ and as low as 007 :lol . The key I'm guessing is your combat effciency or how and when you use your skills. I think that is going to be the hardest part. There are so many permutations of where and when based on what you have mapped that my head hurts already.
You can select one of thirteen names. Should you not choose any of them you will be named Nanashi. Your choices are:
Alpha
Ice
Age
Key
Gin
Glen
Cruz
Io
Air
Duke
Beard
Silver
Green
Nanashi
source: http://xboxphreaker.com
Alpha
Ice
Age
Key
Gin
Glen
Cruz
Io
Air
Duke
Beard
Silver
Green
Nanashi
source: http://xboxphreaker.com
Mr. Lemming
Member
I played up until chapter 2. So far so good. It's vaugely like PSO mixed with Magic: The Gathering. I was pleasantly surprised by the classical music mixed into the soundtrack.
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
This has the highest production values of any $20 I've ever bought. The music is superb. Really digging it so far.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Just picked it up at the local EB and will be on Live with it by weekend. Wanna get to grips with it for a while first. So far, damn cool!
Its well worth the 20 bucks so far. I got a bit into chapter 2. The one issue I have so far is the people they pair you up with seem to have a death wish meaning the AI isnt all that great. Played 2 games on xbox live. There was no lag, not that I expected any in a game like this. The multiplayer is something I could see myself getting into. It was alot of fun. All those cool xbox live features seem wasted with so few people online. Also there is allready a skill pack you can download.
TheDuce22 said:
Yeah, I'm not liking the AI partners too much either. As soon as I get "mission start," they fucking vanish, not to reappear again except to run into my fireballs and possibly get me tagged with an attack or status effect
BTW; how do you use this arsenal thing? I set one up and tried to replay an old mission, but I didn't see an option for it, unless I missed something
It starts to become a bit overwhelming. There are alot of discover skill types of missions, When you don't know the skills, in the heat of battle you may have seconds to decipher the purpose of a skill and its effective range before your gonna get buzzed. I guess this should be expected though because of the vast number of skills so I have no problem with it and if you can get a second there is in battle skill information available by using the d-pad. Whoever said to study that spreadsheet with the different skills wasn't kidding.
The destructibility of the environments is way cool. Even the floors are destructible. Anyone that saw I Robot will remember the scene where the robot jumps out of the window and shatters the ground. Same thing here. I jumped down from above and my protagonist landed just like the robot in the movie with the ground shattering underneath. Awesome stuff. I also love how you can bring structures down on your opponent for damage. I saw someone yesterday describe Phantom Dust as Magic the Gathering meets Otogi and IMO they aren't too far off.
The destructibility of the environments is way cool. Even the floors are destructible. Anyone that saw I Robot will remember the scene where the robot jumps out of the window and shatters the ground. Same thing here. I jumped down from above and my protagonist landed just like the robot in the movie with the ground shattering underneath. Awesome stuff. I also love how you can bring structures down on your opponent for damage. I saw someone yesterday describe Phantom Dust as Magic the Gathering meets Otogi and IMO they aren't too far off.
BuckRobotron
Member
Waiting on mine. Finally shipped today from Gamestop, but with free glacial shipping, it'll be a while.
Sysgen said:
Yeah, I'm finding this out as I build an arsenal. Not knowing what skills do before you use them=death. I find that it's easier to stick to a bread and butter move and a low energy shield, and that the heavy damage one-shot attacks are useless unless you have a definite ground advantage over your enemy. I also avoid close range stuff because it's not worth the risk of losing levels or getting hit to do big damage
http://xboxphreaker.com is your friend! I don't know who runs the site, but it will answer all your questions.
I have to find that soundtrack... beautiful music. The bar theme is one of my favorites. The destructible environments are amazing.
One aspect of the game that I love is that you always know where your enemy is. There is no such thing as camping. Strictly luck of the draw and your ability to use your skills to their optimum efficiency.
One problem I am having is that I tend to take a beating when I'm distracted checking out what my skills do... I guess I'll just have to start memorizing.
I have to find that soundtrack... beautiful music. The bar theme is one of my favorites. The destructible environments are amazing.
One aspect of the game that I love is that you always know where your enemy is. There is no such thing as camping. Strictly luck of the draw and your ability to use your skills to their optimum efficiency.
One problem I am having is that I tend to take a beating when I'm distracted checking out what my skills do... I guess I'll just have to start memorizing.
Apharmd Battler
Member
jedimike said:
Thank you for re-iterating this sir. I guess nobody read my post on page 1 of this thread, or reading anything me and other rabid fans havebeen posting.
I was too tired from ther gym to play last night. I fell asleep on the couch right after I inserted the disc. I'm leaving work early today to kick some butt online. My gamer tag is the same as my profile/avatar. Come one, come all, come get some.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
yes! my game finally shipped from gamestop! sadly, like warios it is the free crappy service. oh well.
one question for those of you with the game: is jgar in it??
one question for those of you with the game: is jgar in it??
gunstarhero
Member
Ah - my bad. Sorry.
Mine (ordered it on the 8th) just shipped today. I've been playing the import up until the shop opens up, then stopped and figured I'd wait for the US release. Can't wait.
jedimike said:
Phantom Dust OST
Generation of Chaos Original Soundtrack The Best
Guilty Gear X
Guilty Gear X
Guilty Gear X
JumpingFlash! 2 Original Game Soundtrack
Lunar Songs 1 ~Legend of the Blue Star~
Medal of Honor Original Soundtrack Recording
Phantom Dust Original Sound Tracks
Track List:
01 Phantom Dust [Title]
02 May 18th, 1976 [Highway]
03 February 29th, 2XX1 [Strange City]
04 August 31st, 1982 [Palace]
05 March 9th, 1991 [Panorama]
06 October 10th, 1986 [Lane]
07 July 20th, 1975 [Plant]
08 June 6th, 1666 [Zain]
09 your choice [option]
10 face to face [war mode]
11 plastic people [Vision Headquarters]
12 arsenal [Arsenal]
13 memories [Box of Memories]
14 mac's shop [Mac's Shop]
15 club baroness ~Goodbye~ [Bar]
16 strange apparitions [Boss 1]
17 hallucinations [Boss 2]
18 dream [Last Boss 1]
19 Untitled [Last Boss 2] (Unused)
20 wanderers [Main Floor]
21 all these world [Advertise Demo]
22 Yes I'm Lonely
Outcast2004
Banned
Ok folks.. I blindly bought this tonight. I hope it lives up to the GAF hype.
It had BETTER live up to it... or I'll never trust your judgements again.....
It had BETTER live up to it... or I'll never trust your judgements again.....
Picked this up today. It's pretty fun so far! The graphics are some of the best on the Xbox. The missions are on the short side, but that's great for someone like me. Can't wait to play this with a friend. Too bad it didn't come with an Xbox Live trial card though, I would've used that with this game.
Edit: The soundtrack is friggin' GREAT! Cheers to Majesco for picking this up!
Edit: The soundtrack is friggin' GREAT! Cheers to Majesco for picking this up!
Mr. Lemming
Member
So apparently there is a branching storyline in here... I failed the one mission (well I guess I did what the mission was but I died...) and the story kept on going. No retry or anything like that. Does anyone know how involved this branching is? Did I just miss or stumble upon a little loop, or is this like a serious game altering branching situation going on.
IJoel said:
Probably not Majesco's fault. Retailers just don't want to stock these kinds of games in any quantity. I don't know if it's because their margins are lower or if they simply are clueless that there are people going to be in to buy them or what? The bottom line though is that Majesco probably would love to have it available everywhere right now for $20 and the retailers are dropping the ball.
It's Katamari Damacy all over again.
Uncle Dukey
Member
TheDuce22 said:
Even if you win,
he leaves anyways
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
Alright, this game officially kicks all sorts of asses. I picked it up yesterday after work and have been playing it ever since. And I agree with everyone else here about the music. The soundtrack is already right up there with some of my favorites like Katamari Damacy, Ico, Halo, and Beyond Good & Evil.
Thank god for Majesco.
Thank god for Majesco.
Apharmd Battler
Member
Dave Long said:
I keep hearing my friends complain about this, and I BEGGED them to reserve/pre-pay. It's freaking $20 for Pete's sake!! They kept being cheaskates saying stuff like but I don't want to put money down on a game I may not like. It's only $5 to reserve a game, that's cheaper than the combo meal you spent money on on your freaking lunch hour. AND, if you decide you don't want the game you can move that $5 to something you know you want?! I'm sorry if I seem miffed, but I get sick and tired of hearing this complaint form gamers, especially with niche, obscure titles. Now they're running around blaming the stores. Any gamer worth his salt knows that no retailer will stock up on niche titles and you have to put money down to ensure you get a copy. Did people not learn from Daisenryaku VII, Disgaea and Katamari Damacy?!
This game will not get the retail love that DMC3, Tekken 5, Halo 2, RE4 gets.....