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Sephiroth_dude · 04-01-2019 3:48pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Anyone picking up the remastered Vesperia or Trails of Cold Steel this month?

I'm getting vesperia, didn't realize cold steel was remastered, you?

Retr0gamer · 04-01-2019 4:19pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I'm getting vesperia, didn't realize cold steel was remastered, you?

Just PS4 releases of 1 + 2. Think they are just resolution bumps. Get PS4 owners up to speed on the series for 3 + 4 which.... please make it to the west.

sniper_samurai · 04-01-2019 4:21pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I'm getting vesperia, didn't realize cold steel was remastered, you?

I'm saving to go to Japan later this year. Already getting the KH3:DE and RE2 which is pretty much my entire discretionary budget for the month. Will be picking them up at a later time.

Cold Steel 2 is out in March as well btw.

sniper_samurai · 04-01-2019 4:31pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Just PS4 releases of 1 + 2. Think they are just resolution bumps. Get PS4 owners up to speed on the series for 3 + 4 which.... please make it to the west.

The PS4 versions have all the dlc and most of the enhancements from the PC version. They also support cross save from the PS3/PSV versions.

Sephiroth_dude · 04-01-2019 4:33pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

The PS4 versions have all the dlc and most of the enhancements from the PC version. They also support cross save from the PS3/PSV versions.

Separate trophy lists from the ps3 and vita versions do you know?

sniper_samurai · 04-01-2019 4:36pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Separate trophy lists from the ps3 and vita versions do you know?

If they include cross saves it will be the same list afaik.

Raging_Ninja · 04-01-2019 5:13pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

How's the new dragon quest? Sitting here looking at it on steam

Am playing it, first time playing a DQ game. Enjoying it. The world is huge.

megaten · 04-01-2019 5:32pm

Played Vesperia years ago on 360 and the changes don't really seem significant enough. Planning on getting the PC versions of Cold Steel to cheat my way trough the Free Time stuff.

Xenji · 04-01-2019 5:41pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

How's the new dragon quest? Sitting here looking at it on steam

Finished it off over Christmas, I think I put around 75 hours into it, it is in my top 3 of the series now along with 6 and 8.

Sephiroth_dude · 07-01-2019 10:42pm

Anyone here played Labyrinth of Refrain Coven of Dusk on switch? is it a very hardcore dungeon crawler?

megaten · 07-01-2019 11:14pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Anyone here played Labyrinth of Refrain Coven of Dusk on switch? is it a very hardcore dungeon crawler?

No but their is a demo which has a save that can carry over to the main game.
I intend to play it once I've beaten Xenoblade 2 and Persona Q.

super_furry · 07-01-2019 11:50pm

Was and still am tempted to get Dragon Quest on sale for PS4 but the prospect of it coming to the Switch has me holding off.

Notorious · 08-01-2019 2:01am

super_furry wrote: »

Was and still am tempted to get Dragon Quest on sale for PS4 but the prospect of it coming to the Switch has me holding off.

Interesting. I was also considering getting it while it's on sale. Is there talk of it coming to the switch?

sniper_samurai · 08-01-2019 2:05am

Notorious wrote: »

Interesting. I was also considering getting it while it's on sale. Is there talk of it coming to the switch?

It is confirmed to be released on the Switch.

Sephiroth_dude · 09-01-2019 1:42am

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Anyone picking up the remastered Vesperia or Trails of Cold Steel this month?

Vesperia is 10 euro dearer on switch store compared to other stores.

penev10 · 11-01-2019 4:58pm

Anyone play Valkyria Chronicles 4? Am 4 chapters in and they've been 4 dull missions. I'm gathering it gets better? I loved the original and liked 2 despite its limited nature on the psp.

sniper_samurai · 17-01-2019 4:06pm

Announce trailer for Cold Steel 3. More details from the PAX twitch channel tomorrow at 5pm.

Just like with the other new Falcom games this is now being handled by NISA instead of Marvellous/Xseed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ4yhBYoLa8

Retr0gamer · 17-01-2019 4:08pm

It seems like since Tom left XSeed the Falcom connection is now gone.

I just hope to god that NISA don't **** up the translation like they did for Ys VIII. This is a much more complex translation with a lot more dialogue.

megaten · 17-01-2019 4:48pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It seems like since Tom left XSeed the Falcom connection is now gone.

I don't think he actually had much to do with the Kiseki localisations. Most of the team are freelance at this stage so its perfectly possible for NISA to hire the same people who worked on previous games.

I'd say this puts the final nail in the coffin for any official crossbell release though. Not much incentive to bring them over unless you also have the licence to future games. Can't see NISA doing them unless they got remakes.

sniper_samurai · 17-01-2019 4:50pm

megaten wrote: »

I don't think he actually had much to do with the Kiseki localisations. Most of the team are freelance at this stage so its perfectly possible for NISA to hire the same people who worked on previous games.

I'd say this puts the final nail in the coffin for any official crossbell release though. Not much incentive to bring them over unless you also have the licence to future games. Can't see NISA doing them unless they got remakes.

I'd say they've hired the translators for consistency. They can expect low sales otherwise after the mess they made of Ys VIII.

Retr0gamer · 17-01-2019 5:47pm

megaten wrote: »

I don't think he actually had much to do with the Kiseki localisations. Most of the team are freelance at this stage so its perfectly possible for NISA to hire the same people who worked on previous games.

I'd say this puts the final nail in the coffin for any official crossbell release though. Not much incentive to bring them over unless you also have the licence to future games. Can't see NISA doing them unless they got remakes.

He didn't have much to do with the localisations but he was involved with licensing and managed to convince management to localize his dream projects. He was banging on about lots of games like Zwei and Xanadu Next and it was all him that got those games an English release.

Just wish he didn't piss his time away on Sengan Kagura and focused on crossbell.

But yeah, looks like we will never see the crossbell games. Pity as I heard that story arc is exceptionally good.

Sephiroth_dude · 17-01-2019 6:32pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Just wish he didn't piss his time away on Sengan Kagura and focused on crossbell.

Hate those games!

Retr0gamer · 18-01-2019 4:44pm

NISA have announced they are working with a lot of people that worked on localising the previous trails of cokd steel games so hopefully we get as high a quality and consistent translation.

megaten · 18-01-2019 5:48pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

NISA have announced they are working with a lot of people that worked on localising the previous trails of cokd steel games so hopefully we get as high a quality and consistent translation.

We'll know later on but judging by a resetera thread it would be best not to put too much stock in this.

Sieghardt · 19-01-2019 4:21am

megaten wrote: »

judging by a resetera thread

Isnt something any sane person whould ever do.

Hatsuu is working on it. Disgaeamad is working on it. Disappointed to hear
Varion isnt working on it but things went better than expected.

Just wish he didn't piss his time away on Sengan Kagura and focused on crossbell.

They could only ever afford to do trails to begin with because of the money they made from SK, Trails FC on PSP was fabulously unprofitable and they had to put more money into translating SC with years of delays before they could ever even dream of turning a profit on it.

megaten · 20-01-2019 3:02pm

Finished Xenoblade 2. Enjoyed it despite only fully grasping the battle system maybe 40 hours in. Rex the leads voice and the poor audio mixing really let down the cutscenes and don't help with how hammy it is to begin with. Found myself checking my phone during every cutscene.

Retr0gamer · 24-01-2019 5:39pm

Kingdom Hearts 3 review pouring in. Apparently there's a shortage of review codes for Europe which is strange...

Getting good reviews but I'm not sold. Sounds like the story is still Twilight level and it's basically mash X to win.

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2019 12:03pm

Playing FF8 on the PC. Modded it up to look a lot better.

And... not enjoying it that much. The drawing system is awful and the game is just slow. Doesn't help that the cast are a bunch of absolute fannies.

sniper_samurai · 29-01-2019 12:47pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Playing FF8 on the PC. Modded it up to look a lot better.

And... not enjoying it that much. The drawing system is awful and the game is just slow. Doesn't help that the cast are a bunch of absolute fannies.

Yeah, FF 8 is one of my least liked FF games. Up there with 12 and 15.

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2019 12:57pm

I didn't like FF12 until I played the Zodiac Spear version and loved it.

FF8 is just too slow with drawing. You are either playing it wrong and using GF summons and having a horrible time or breaking the game drawing 100 of every spell which slows the game down. I remember having fun with it on a playthrough years ago when I finally understood the game but at the moment disc one is very slow. Maybe it gets better once I have the game fully broken and I'm steamrolling it.

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