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Post by Chainsaw Bilqis on Nov 13, 2019 13:47:44 GMT -5
Aaaaand I went in on Romancing SaGa 3. I'm posting here since it's technically a bit revised from its original incarnation. Also, from what I see, everywhere that sells it (PS Store, Nintendo eShop, Steam) has a 20% discount, which makes it a little easier to swallow. I also forgot to mention that another SaGa game, Scarlet Grace, comes out next month. Going to wait a bit on that, depending on reviews and price. Although honestly, it's always hard to trust reviews on Kawazu games. I purchased it for the ps4 since I already had that system hooked up for Death Stranding, maybe I should have gone with Switch though. Just tested it out last night and I think with the improved translation and some of the other additional features And documentation it may be pretty accessible to first time players. I noticed the New Game Plus button , so if it is like the RS2 enhanced port it will be a more forgiving game if the new game plus works the same way. There is one thing that I wonder about and it is the combat mastery and magic mastery system , since New Game Plus will probably let you restart with your previously learned skills , you may need to be careful about that part (I will try to explain better when I can type better ).
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 18, 2019 1:57:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 16:22:06 GMT -5
I made a list of 2019 games I'd like to check out eventually Taking Dark Devotion off the list (not my thing) and adding Bright Memory, Devil Slayer - Raksasi and Tunche. Bright Memory looks like it could either be surprisingly good or a hilarious trainwreck. Raksasi and Tunche look very sweet but I don't like them being roguelike. In any case, I came to the conclusion that in the last decade China replaced Russia as far as jank PC gaming goes - which is neither good or bad, just, you know.
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Post by Moulinoski on Nov 21, 2019 21:35:18 GMT -5
Today I learned that the Switch is getting a new Samurai Shodown in 2020!! I used to play the SNES one, emulated, at school all the time, so I look forward to seeing what advancements (or lack of) they've made since. Also, you get a port of the Neo Geo Pocket Samurai Shodown if you preorder, which is neat... if it weren't a preorder incentive (I feel like businesses have abused the preorder ability in order to get people to buy games at launch; the second hand market for games not even several days old is part of the reason for this sort of thing, of course, but I don't think it's the entire reason). Anyway, yeah, new Samurai Shodown game! There's also supposedly a new Dragon Quest Monsters game, so I'm looking forward to that. And of course, Breath of the Wild 2 is on my radar. I haven't a good relationship with the Mana series but Trials of Mana looks really freaking good... I just don't know if I want to spend $60 at launch for it when I still can't work my way through Secret of Mana (me playing it in Japanese on Switch isn't the reason I'm lost- I've been lost when playing in English too!) Edit: Oh, how could I forget! Yakuza 7. It looks great. I still have to work my way through Kiwami up to 6, however... I doubt I'll make it by the time it launches...
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 21, 2019 22:06:20 GMT -5
Today I learned that the Switch is getting a new Samurai Shodown in 2020!! I used to play the SNES one, emulated, at school all the time, so I look forward to seeing what advancements (or lack of) they've made since. Also, you get a port of the Neo Geo Pocket Samurai Shodown if you preorder, which is neat... if it weren't a preorder incentive (I feel like businesses have abused the preorder ability in order to get people to buy games at launch; the second hand market for games not even several days old is part of the reason for this sort of thing, of course, but I don't think it's the entire reason). Anyway, yeah, new Samurai Shodown game! There's also supposedly a new Dragon Quest Monsters game, so I'm looking forward to that. And of course, Breath of the Wild 2 is on my radar. I haven't a good relationship with the Mana series but Trials of Mana looks really freaking good... I just don't know if I want to spend $60 at launch for it when I still can't work my way through Secret of Mana (me playing it in Japanese on Switch isn't the reason I'm lost- I've been lost when playing in English too!) Edit: Oh, how could I forget! Yakuza 7. It looks great. I still have to work my way through Kiwami up to 6, however... I doubt I'll make it by the time it launches... Oh, the new Samurai Shodown has been out on PS4 and it is excellent! Played with some buds a few months ago. Very cool to see it's coming to the Switch and that SNK have been making a nice comeback as of lately. This game even did pretty well at EVO and was super hype.
Yakuza 7 going full Dragon Quest is certainly interesting. I'm all for the radical change though, since we have ~6+ beat em' up adventures with Kiryu, why not? We're finally getting out of Kamurocho too haha. I love these games but yeah, I don't recommend marathoning them. I'm still kind of burned out after beating 4, Zero, Kiwami, 6, and Kiwami 2 all within a two year time frame. I've been highly interested in Judgement, which sounds excellent as well. But it's like a spinoff, so I'm giving it a bit more time. Same with the Fist of the Northstar one. The last main Yakuza I need to play myself is 5, so I'm waiting for the physical PS4 release next year. I've heard mixed things about that one ... but more playable Akiyama should be epic, dude should get his own full spinoff.
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Post by Sarge on Nov 21, 2019 22:12:06 GMT -5
Much to my chagrin, I haven't put much time into the SamSho games. I'm glad SNK's getting them back up to snuff; if I remember right, one of the previous 3D entries wasn't all that great (Sen?).
I did play a decent amount of Last Blade 2, though, which is super cool.
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Post by Sarge on Nov 22, 2019 11:59:27 GMT -5
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 22, 2019 19:07:49 GMT -5
Definitely the worst kept secret this year, hehe. Plus Capcom specifically mentioned recently they want to "revitalize old titles".
I really hope this happens to Code Veronica too. I could actually see remakes of RE3 and RECV being better than their originals by a fair bit.
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Post by Ex on Nov 22, 2019 22:12:20 GMT -5
Plus Capcom specifically mentioned recently they want to "revitalize old titles". I can think of one...
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Post by Sarge on Nov 23, 2019 0:01:17 GMT -5
Yessssss.
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