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Interested Observer wrote: »Making my way through SMTIV. Think I'm about level 40 now, nearly 30 hours in.
It really is rather good but I hate the world map so bloody much. Never have a clue where I'm going.
Yeah it really is the worst world map in a long time. I found myself looking up a faq a few times just to figure out where to go. At least the world map music is incredible! It's the only complaint I have about the game. There is a side quest that unlocks a flying mode of transport but it's also utterly useless since you can only set down in set places that are miles from anything.Sephiroth_dude wrote: »Ya ......freedom wars is decking awesome!
Must get back into that game, loved what I played of it. Unfortunately I started Rorona plus which will be taking my time. Amazing how a few simple changes can turn a great game into a fantastic one.
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Rpgamer' best of 2014 is out
http://www.rpgamer.com/awards/2014/
Not great for JRPGs really with only the ever dependable Atelier games getting a mention with Escher and Logy and tales of hearts which to be honest is only there since there's not much else on Vita it's quite dominate by western RPGs. Bravely Default is there but it's a 2013 game for Europe. Child of Light got a few mentions, although I thought it was really poor, while FFX13-3 got in the most disappointing, I'd be more inclined to put it in the most surprisingly good category. It's not been a great year for japanese RPGs.
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Sephiroth_dude wrote: »Surprised to see tales of heart r get best vita rpg.
Me too. There wasn't a whole lot on Vita but thought they might give it to Atelier Rorona plus which is just fantastic. They don't allow remakes or reissues though. There wasn't a whole lot else on Vita.
I think they forgot Freedom Wars which was amazing from the little I played of it.
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Finished the 3rd dungeon in Persona Q, and around 35 hours in. Have to say it's one hell of a timesink - and I think I mean that in a good way :pac: Just the right balance has been struck between old-school design and some smartly judged concessions to accessibility and modern norms.
I'd almost say the Persona system is too in-depth given you now have to manage an entire party's skills and subpersonas. Fusion therefore creates a frankly dizzying amount of possibilities, with all manner of ****ed-up crossbreeding
You could spend hours in the Velvet Room fretting about the next decision.
Also: Mahamaon and Mamudoon are hilariously broken with Naoto. Standard enemies - and even some FOEs! - fall first turn 95% of the time.0 -
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Does it use the Shin Megami Tensei IV fusion system (I presume it does). It's been streamlined so much that it's an absolute blast to use and has none of the random nonsense or having to choose each fusion individually to see what you get. They better use it in every SMT from now on!
I only got my special edition of Persona Q recently so not played it and I want to get through Rorona plus which is so addictive.
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johnny_ultimate wrote: »Frankly I refuse to buy any of that condescending, embarrassing and above all lazy fan service horse**** regardless of who is making it.
Depressing that sort of rubbish accounts for a significant proportion of the Japanese games travelling West these days.
It's amazing, we are getting the weirdest nichiest japanese RPGs coming over to the West, stuff like Senran Kagura, Criminal Girls and fecking Otome games of all things and yet Squaresoft won't release anything without Final Fantasy in the name in the west, even Dragon Quest stuff, stuff that would have been a sure thing a few years ago. Even some Final Fantasy games aren't making it either. Even Nintendo had to publish Bravely Default because Square didn't want anything to do with it.
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sniper_samurai wrote: »Suikoden and Suikoden 2 are both up on the EU psn store now for a very reasonable(and cheaper than US store) €4.99 each.
Balls, I paid nearly €18 for both off the US store, oh well at least they did not disappoint
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Balls, I paid nearly €18 for both off the US store, oh well at least they did not disappoint
Could be a pricing glitch. IIRC Suikoden 2 initially went up on the US store for $4.99, the download to vita problem is also back with the EU release. Will check when finished download if it is the less buggy PAL version or the NTSC version, hoping its PAL as it doesn't have the US flag on the store image like the other NTSC ps1 games.0 -
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