Biggest disappointment of 2014 for me.
Coming to the drag that was Dual Destinies straight from the masterpiece that was Edgeworth 2 might've skewered my expectations a bit.
Still, I'd say AA5 is even worse than AA2 and Edgeworth1. :\
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Biggest disappointment of 2014 for me.
Coming to the drag that was Dual Destinies straight from the masterpiece that was Edgeworth 2 might've skewered my expectations a bit.
Still, I'd say AA5 is even worse than AA2 and Edgeworth1. :\
The opening case is ok. It's all the others that are the problem.
Aizo
Banned
My girlfriend and I were playing our Vitas together last night, and while checking if playstation plus had updated yet, Danganronpa 1 2 Reload showed on my girlfriend's list of free games. Did this happen to anyone else? It must have been a glitch, because I tried to go to the page immediately, but it was already gone. I'm hoping this means it will be on the free play games this month... I wanted it 
Really? That's a shame
Well, like I said, I'm leaving the apparently fantastic Edgeworth 2 for the last AA game so even if DD disappoints me, I'm sure I'll leave the series with a positive taste in my mouth.
I remember quite liking AA2, though.
Mockingbird
Member
IS COMING! Haven't finished milestone one yet but I like it thus far. Going to finish it up this week.
Basileus777
Member
So development on Dysfunctional Systems has been halted. Another failed Kickstarter KS .
At least I only gave them $10.
.At least I only gave them $10.
Hours Left
Member
Sweet Fuse is definitely lots of reading. The story itself is pretty standard, but the cast is pretty awesome. I hope you do give it another shot.I have to admit I wasn't very far, I cleared the mansion. I'm probably super unfair to SF and I'll get back to it later but I need something more AceAttorney-esque with a bit more gameplay right now (It's pretty dumb to "complain" about that in the VN-thread, totally agreedwith the poison-statue
So, good that you enjoyed Jake Hunter. Shame about Time Hollow though, the premise seemed interesting and reminded me a bit of Shadow of Memories
Or I'll just import AA Investigations 2 and figure out how to apply the patch....hmmm...
AAI2 is quite amazing BTW.
R_thanatos
Member
IS COMING! Haven't finished milestone one yet but I like it thus far. Going to finish it up this week.
Very good news for me Let's hope Millestone 2 has more choices for the players ( my only complain )
Geez these AA gimmicks. Noise levels and some kind of emotion sensors? Eehhh... I've always been fine with psyche locks, but I had some problems with Apollo's power.
Well, as long as this emotion sensing shite is only used to make people talk, not as some kind of evidence I suppose I'll just deal with it.
e: the anime cut scenes have been awesome so far though
e2: professor layton vs phoenix wright worth playing if i generally enjoy pl for the puzzles and aa for the characters and story?
Well, as long as this emotion sensing shite is only used to make people talk, not as some kind of evidence I suppose I'll just deal with it.
e: the anime cut scenes have been awesome so far though
e2: professor layton vs phoenix wright worth playing if i generally enjoy pl for the puzzles and aa for the characters and story?
Orniletter
Banned
I still have to figure that out. I don't think I dislike purely textbased VN per se, I just wasn't in the right mood for the things Sweet Fuse set out to do (and does well according to the people who played through it).
I think I'll just get it over with and import Investigations 2. Dai Gyakuten Saiban is still so far away (If we'll get it at all...)
Edit: ^ Yes, Layton vs. Ace Attorney is great. It is a Layton game at heart and pulls some explanations for the mysteries straight out of it's asshole (like all Laytons), but the game is fantastic. The soundtrack and visuals blow even Dual Destinies out of the water.
Edit 2 : I'm blind ....<.<
Great to hear ! The lost child of the AA family *sniff*
grim-tales
Member
I always found Apollo's Perceive power harder than the Psyche Locks TBH...
How far are you into DD, Muntu?
How far are you into DD, Muntu?
Nice, I'll check it out after DD and the AAI games. 45 euros in the eshop though, blegh.. So expensive.
Just finished the first case. The ridiculously, stupidly easy first case, if I may add.
Obviously the first cases are always easy, and I don't really remember much of the first trilogy, but damn, this might be the easiest of them all.
e: and yeah perceiving got really hard towards the end
It's the hardest from the game, I think.
Every other case you get the solution pretty much spoiled by your annoying sidekick.
Awkward Zombie sums up the game the best:
It's the hardest from the game, I think.
Every other case you get the solution pretty much spoiled by your annoying sidekick.
Awkward Zombie sums up the game the best:
Wow, this is.. Not very promising. Well, I paid money for it and I've loved the games so far so I'll trudge through the snail-paced text boxes at least once.
grim-tales
Member
Personally I found it quite annoying how your practically hand-held and babied through the game for most of it. Its a shame as the stories were good.
Even though DD is really Athena's story in the end we learn next to nothing about Apollo
Hahaha yeah, I felt the same way. The hints are fierce in this game.It's the hardest from the game, I think.
Every other case you get the solution pretty much spoiled by your annoying sidekick.
Awkward Zombie sums up the game the best:
Still, I can't say that the solution was spoiled by my sidekick. My experience was pretty much the comic - first I figured it out, and then the hints came in. And even then, some twists still surprised me on the moment of reveal.
Having such obvious hints come along makes it a bit less satisfying to blow everyone away with a piece of evidence, sure, but the game didn't really lead my way of thinking, it just came in at the last second after I arrived at the conclusion myself. I'm often surprised by a twist even when I conjure it in my own head (dunno how this happens) so I enjoyed it all the same.
Hope you have fun with it Muntu-man
You should go into PLvsPW expecting a Layton game pretty much. Half of it has court gameplay, but it's a Layton game all the same.
Really? I remember clearing AA5 maybe a month after Edgeworth 2 and thought that it's much better. Story in the latter felt like it was dragging for too long near the end.
I guess the overall experience depends on the people expectation when they approach AA5.
I was quite satisfied with the overall of the game, but with how the game ended, I'm not liking it at all which makes AA5 is worse than AA4 for me.
So I've been playing Remember11 for the first time over the last two weeks and I'm getting pretty close to the (supposedly horrible) ending.
Even though I've played both Zero Escape games and Ever17 and anticipated some crazy twists and turns while playing this VN the
is something I didn't see coming. I was fully prepared for some batshit insane twist from Kotaro Uchikoshi to explain the scenario presented in the game, I already had some theories myself
, but the truth completely baffled me. The man is a genius and I love how he always makes the sci-fi stories he writes sound completely plausible no matter how improbable they are.
Even though I've played both Zero Escape games and Ever17 and anticipated some crazy twists and turns while playing this VN the
quantum teleportation reveal
(Example: I expected everyone in the game to somehow be a DID personality within Inubushi)
I was prepared for R11 to reveal nothing and leave me mystified (because that's what everyone said about it) so some of those twists blew me away. The
slow burn snowstorm survival
It's definitely the most unique of the Uchikoshi VNs I played
R_thanatos
Member
That's a complain for the first edgeworth ..
In 2 that was blend of several clues from various games that were answered with a vilain that let's face it we didn't see coming. That's why it was fine.
In 1 , we had the "ambassador" door that remained shut for god knows long with so many objections i've lost count .AAI2 was a breath of fresh air.
AA5 might have the same aspect/feelign if the characters were stronger. i loved it . But some cases , like the youkai village went for way too long. And don't get me started on the third case , were it has so many shallow twists it lost my interest.Not to mention that the only way to clear those hurdles was some munbo jumbo based on memories and emotions.
Don't get me wrong , athena power is really cool ( i like it better than appollo ) but case 2 & 3 are reallly putting the game down in my mind. By contrast , AAI2 was consistent in the fact that each case to the next . it felt that it had more "meat"
However i must admit that the case 4 & 5 in AA5 was very good ..this was a great pay-off . The middle of AA5 is what drag it down IMO.
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I have to say congratulations to how the Nekopara Thread was terminated /s
This is sarcasm but sometimes some people just have to let go, dammit.
Have you played XBlaze already?
I sure hope this is how I'll feel too, cause cases 1 & 2 were really boring and case 3 hasn't been very interesting either so far (though I'm still on day 1). Yay for prosecutor Gavin's return though, probably my fav prosecutor after Edgeworth in the series and all in all a very likeable character.
If I continue on this pace, I may be able to finish the whole series (AA5 + AAI1 & AAI2) by the time uni resumes on the 12th.
R_thanatos
Member
The logic that is required in the middle of case 3 broke me, It's even a shame since i liked the start of the case , it had such potential.
Finished 2 routes of Xblaze , i like the characters , except the Main character. Even is best friend Akira is miles better. All the girls Are Grade A+ material , even if the tsundere level is high in some cases.
Xblaze so far is really fun to read , thanks to the blazblue continuity. . So far i'm liking it.
Basileus777
Member
The main character never gets any better. The whole dialogue only, no prose approach doesn't do him any favors either.
calc84maniac
Member
Well, at least the gag route goes all tongue-in-cheek about everything.
Basileus777
Member
The gag route is the best part of the VN. IIRC there is also some decent comedy in the common route too.
No, but I heard bad things about it ;-;
Looking forward to Steins;Gate this year tho ;-;
They've been sitting on my "to do" pile, but I do own them all, just haven't even touched them >_> So many games, so little time is my problem :/
Hey, it just hit me ! Does any of you have experienced streaming a VN to a tablet ? I don't know, my first VN foray was stopped when I realized the amount of time I would have to dedicate to read a ton of text on my desktop, maybe the tablet in bed approach could be interesting ?
It's not bad per say, it's just very entry-level high school shonen-wannabe-seinen, and the main character is disgustingly timid. The Toi system is pretty cool, I love how visually dynamic everything is, the writing's solid, and some of the other characters are decent.
Splashtop is a great one since it has decent support for media. It´s one of the faster ones you can try. Fullscreen is a hit or miss, depends on the game.
Nothing beats a windows tablet pc though
Splashtop is a great one since it has decent support for media. It´s one of the faster ones you can try. Fullscreen is a hit or miss, depends on the game.
Nothing beats a windows tablet pc though
I'm going to agree with this or say try google remote desktop.
And if you're interested in the tablet method, I actually bought one of these just for playing VNs. It's amazing and can run everything I've thrown at it no problem.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Just got home from visiting the family and got this in the mail while I was gone~
Just got home from visiting the family and got this in the mail while I was gone~
The one they had in the Kickstarter was all in Japanese though, correct?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
You had the option for getting an English print in the backer kit.
grim-tales
Member
I was thinking of getting Steins Gate on PC but should I skip that and wait for the Vita version?
But the game itself would be in Japanese-only, I recall?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
R_thanatos
Member
Damn i wish i knew.
I will probably jump when they decide to sell the extra psysical copies on their website or whatever
I will probably jump when they decide to sell the extra psysical copies on their website or whatever
calc84maniac
Member
It really depends on how you like to play. The PC version is only marginally higher resolution than the Vita version, and the Vita version has PSN trophies. Otherwise, the two versions should be fundamentally the same other than the portability factor.
I wish I had known the Vita version was coming or I would have waited but I still plan to pick it up to support them and get trophies.
Yeah now I'm disappointed. I only didn't get it since it said "Japanese copy". Soo yeah kind of didn't even work as advertised. I want to send them an email or something.
Okay I have to say, I really enjoyed the third case of AA5. Character or story-wise I honestly only disliked Athena's
which felt a bit out of place in an AA game, and the killer's
But other than that, I really liked it. The trio's friendship scene in the court was super heartwarming and particularly, the killer was really memorable and particularly Myriam and Robin stood out as really likeable side characters.
Pretty excited to continue on to the next case but I think I better sleep first, it's already 5am.
short heroic bsod
super comical, I guess you could call it defeat animation, where he kept writing stupid shit like "bathroom break" etc on his chalkboard. Victory didn't feel as good as it usually does since he just acted like a clown.
But other than that, I really liked it. The trio's friendship scene in the court was super heartwarming and particularly, the killer was really memorable and particularly Myriam and Robin stood out as really likeable side characters.
Pretty excited to continue on to the next case but I think I better sleep first, it's already 5am.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Goddamn. Just finished Phenomeno.
That was really well done. Is it true there is more than one case?
That was really well done. Is it true there is more than one case?