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megaten · 13-08-2018 12:20pm

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Good price for Trails of Cold Steel with artbook if you have a Vita. £12.99

https://store.nisaeurope.com/collections/frontpage-clean/products/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-ps-vita-standard-edition

I'm planning on playing this at some stage and its worth noting that the PC version has significantly more dialog for the MC and has other QoL features like a turbo mode.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 13-08-2018 1:13pm

megaten wrote: »

I'm planning on playing this at some stage and its worth noting that the PC version has significantly more dialog for the MC and has other QoL features like a turbo mode.

Am I really missing out getting the Vita version then? I couldn't say when I'd get a gaming PC

megaten · 13-08-2018 1:59pm

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

Am I really missing out getting the Vita version then? I couldn't say when I'd get a gaming PC

I think the big improvement are the quality of life features so not necessarily?
I haven't played it yet so its hard to say but playing the previous trilogy of games the turbo mode was very useful since they're pretty long.
You shouldn't need a gaming PC for the PC version though. Its a port of a PS3 game so anything with dedicated graphics or even recent integrated graphics will probably be able to play it.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 13-08-2018 10:16pm

megaten wrote: »

I think the big improvement are the quality of life features so not necessarily?
I haven't played it yet so its hard to say but playing the previous trilogy of games the turbo mode was very useful since they're pretty long.
You shouldn't need a gaming PC for the PC version though. Its a port of a PS3 game so anything with dedicated graphics or even recent integrated graphics will probably be able to play it.

My laptop is 8 years old so I doubt it's be up to much, I might pick it up for Vita then, thanks.
Glad you got sorted with the PSP Go too

megaten · 15-08-2018 4:30pm

https://twitter.com/AtlusUSA/status/1029721964406038532

Etrian Odyssey X is coming out as Etrian Odyssey Nexus in the west.
Looking forward to buying another Etiran Odyssey game I'll never finish.

Retr0gamer · 15-08-2018 5:41pm

Nice. Was getting a little worried it was going to be missed as it looks like the second mystery dungeon spin off will not be localised. Atlus are still making 3DS games, I think they have releases well into 2019.

I wonder how or if the Etrian Odyssey series will progress in the future. It relies heavily on the dual screen format and it's a shame there's no system at the moment that supports that.

megaten · 15-08-2018 5:56pm

I'd imagine it'll be like the auto mapping option in current games where it'll do the walls and floors for you but you still can mark things and take notes. Was the first Etrian mystery dungeon game any good? It looked really appealing.

Sephiroth_dude · 15-08-2018 7:05pm

megaten wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AtlusUSA/status/1029721964406038532

Etrian Odyssey X is coming out as Etrian Odyssey Nexus in the west.
Looking forward to buying another Etiran Odyssey game I'll never finish.

Pity no switch release...

megaten · 15-08-2018 7:17pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Pity no switch release...

They're not going debut whatever their solution to single screen Etrian Odyssey is on non-mainline entry.

Retr0gamer · 15-08-2018 8:21pm

megaten wrote: »

I'd imagine it'll be like the auto mapping option in current games where it'll do the walls and floors for you but you still can mark things and take notes. Was the first Etrian mystery dungeon game any good? It looked really appealing.

Didn't play it but it's highly regarded.

Sephiroth_dude · 16-08-2018 8:25am

megaten wrote: »

They're not going debut whatever their solution to single screen Etrian Odyssey is on non-mainline entry.

I forgot it uses the two screens of the DS, so wouldn't be a good fit after all.

_Godot_ · 20-08-2018 4:17am

Very tempted to buy Etrian Odyssey III on the DS, I don't see us getting an Untold 3. I just want to play an Etrian Odyssey game, and I don't want to buy Untold 2 or V unless they go on sale on the eshop. I can get it for 59.99 gbp on amazon uk.

megaten · 20-08-2018 10:23am

_Godot_ wrote: »

Very tempted to buy Etrian Odyssey III on the DS, I don't see us getting an Untold 3. I just want to play an Etrian Odyssey game, and I don't want to buy Untold 2 or V unless they go on sale on the eshop. I can get it for 59.99 gbp on amazon uk.

If you haven't played one before I'm pretty sure IV is like 10 euro on the eshop.

Xenji · 20-08-2018 11:24am

I would go with IV as well if you have not played one before, it is more accessible for players new to the series

_Godot_ · 20-08-2018 1:40pm

Sorry, I've played both IV and Untold 1.

Sieghardt · 21-08-2018 4:10pm

Grandia 1 & 2 HD Remastered coming to Switch

Grandia 1 HD Coming to PC too

megaten · 21-08-2018 4:12pm

Looking forward to giving Grandia another go. Got about 10 hours into it a few years ago but never finished it despite really enjoying.

Sephiroth_dude · 21-08-2018 7:04pm

Sieghardt wrote: »

Grandia 1 & 2 HD Remastered coming to Switch

Grandia 1 HD Coming to PC too

Amazing news!

21-08-2018 10:27pm

Oh, I'll definitely get on this. Had the first one in the ps1 days but never finished it.

Xenji · 22-08-2018 12:13am

Still have Grandia 2 for the Dreamcast and what a game it was, inherited my uncles Saturn which took me a long time to appreciate and it was probably my favorite game on the system along with VF2 and SF III.
Will picking this up for sure, thankfully they have had no awful mobile ports.

Retr0gamer · 22-08-2018 12:57am

Good excuse to play through Grandia again. It's got an amazing Saturday morning cartoon serial feel to it. I absolutely adored it on PS1 and it helps that the battle system has never been bettered. The sequel is good but not a patch on the first.

Sephiroth_dude · 22-08-2018 8:42am

Wish they would remaster xtreme and 3 and bring them west, never got to play them.

Retr0gamer · 22-08-2018 9:20am

Xtreme is a dungeon crawler. It's mostly focused on getting through some massive dungeons with a large emphasis on the battle system.

I didn't play much of 3 but the story wasn't good and the characters were awful.

Sieghardt · 22-08-2018 10:38am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Xtreme is a dungeon crawler. It's mostly focused on getting through some massive dungeons with a large emphasis on the battle system.

I didn't play much of 3 but the story wasn't good and the characters were awful.

There were good characters in 3, it just takes the good characters away from you. Alonso and Miranda are fantastic fun characters and they make Yuki and Alfina much more fun. Ulf is decent enough too, it's just Dahna and Hect that are absolute voids of personality and kill the banter.

Retr0gamer · 22-08-2018 10:43am

I hope the Grandia 1 port is based on the much better Saturn version. The PS1 version looks a lot uglier with lower res 2D art and some effects like water don't look as good.

megaten · 22-08-2018 2:27pm

Did anyone play Tokyo Xanadu ex+? Does anyone know much about the bonding events and how many you can do in a single playthrough. I was planning on playing on PC and cheating my way into seeing all of them but I don't think my laptop could run it smoothly (its only a 940m) and the PSN version is on sale for 20 quid at the moment.

Retr0gamer · 22-08-2018 3:15pm

megaten wrote: »

Did anyone play Tokyo Xanadu ex+? Does anyone know much about the bonding events and how many you can do in a single playthrough. I was planning on playing on PC and cheating my way into seeing all of them but I don't think my laptop could run it smoothly (its only a 940m) and the PSN version is on sale for 20 quid at the moment.

It's a good port and a PS3 game rather than a PS4, and not a very technically demanding one. I'd say you might be ok on requirements. I think sephiroth dude has played through it.

Sephiroth_dude · 23-08-2018 6:37am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Xtreme is a dungeon crawler. It's mostly focused on getting through some massive dungeons with a large emphasis on the battle system.

I didn't play much of 3 but the story wasn't good and the characters were awful.

I still hope they remaster

I remember finishing 2 around the time xtreme came out and was annoyed as it never came to Europe but got a NA release.

megaten wrote: »

Did anyone play Tokyo Xanadu ex+? Does anyone know much about the bonding events and how many you can do in a single playthrough. I was planning on playing on PC and cheating my way into seeing all of them but I don't think my laptop could run it smoothly (its only a 940m) and the PSN version is on sale for 20 quid at the moment.

I think it could be 3 but I'll check my achievement list later on steam, I'm well jealous you're playing it for the first time.

megaten · 23-08-2018 10:18am

Tried Tokyo Xanadu on my PC last night and it framerate seems too slow regardless of resolution so I think I'll just pick it up for PS4. I think the bonding scenes are just little vignettes so I can always look up the ones I missed on youtube.

Sephiroth_dude · 23-08-2018 5:01pm

megaten wrote: »

Tried Tokyo Xanadu on my PC last night and it framerate seems too slow regardless of resolution so I think I'll just pick it up for PS4. I think the bonding scenes are just little vignettes so I can always look up the ones I missed on youtube.

I got four unbreakable bonds in one play through.

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