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Post by Ex on Mar 5, 2020 22:36:56 GMT -5
I thought it was Adventures of Mana that targeted mobile. Yep you got it right, I was confused. I can't keep track of all these Mana ports and remakes man.
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Post by Sarge on Mar 5, 2020 22:38:50 GMT -5
Ha, tell me about it! Although... Adventures of Mana also ended up on Vita, and it wouldn't at all surprise me if SoM were at some point targeted to a mobile remake. It does look a little better than AoM, though. Honestly, the only reason I remembered about AoM is because I actually played through it on mobile.
This new one I'm cautiously optimistic about. As long as they don't pull a Dawn of Mana, it should be a success.
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Post by Ex on Mar 5, 2020 22:42:39 GMT -5
I bought Adventures of Mana off Google Play and installed it on my Android phone whenever it first released. Then promptly forgot all about it. As I do with 90% of the stuff I bought for my phone. That's why I don't even buy mobiles games anymore, I just forget about them.
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Post by Sarge on Mar 5, 2020 22:44:19 GMT -5
That's why I don't even buy mobiles games anymore, I just forget about them. So much truth! I do the same thing. I even bought one of the Phoenix Wright games there because it was cheaper, but I never remember to play it. I'd have been better off to swallow my pride and shell out on the 3DS version instead.
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Post by Ex on Mar 8, 2020 2:29:21 GMT -5
I'll just leave this here:
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Post by Xeogred on Mar 8, 2020 10:25:17 GMT -5
The Lodoss War one still looks the coolest to me. Rubi: The Wayward Mira was a nice surprise. Ambrosia looks interesting since it has a different perspective.
Still not a huge fan of modern pixel art though... I can't really tell why but I notice a lot of edges to the characters and such are very "soft", compared to being darkened with black outlines and stuff. I don't know, I just have those 8/16bit roots in me and prefer when games that go for this look actually look like they could be on old hardware.
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Post by Ex on Mar 8, 2020 20:38:21 GMT -5
XeogredThe only one I'm personally excited for is the Deedlit one.
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Post by Sarge on Mar 8, 2020 21:14:05 GMT -5
Some of these look really good.
I will say this, though: don't sleep on Castle in the Darkness II. The first game was a blast, so I'm expecting good things. I'm also intrigued by Alwa's Legacy, since I thought the first game was just shy of being great.
As far as pixel art goes, I think a lot of it has a sort of Game Boy Advance / Nintendo DS look, as opposed to the NES/SNES/Genesis style. I'm okay with that, and I think a lot of the look of many indies comes from not having the sorts of limitations the older systems did. So you end up with something much more lavish in most cases than you'd be able to pull otherwise. Art direction notwithstanding, of course - I saw a few games in there that I didn't like the look of, but if they play well I can easily get over it.
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Post by Xeogred on Mar 8, 2020 21:52:18 GMT -5
I will say this, though: don't sleep on Castle in the Darkness II. The first game was a blast, so I'm expecting good things. I'm also intrigued by Alwa's Legacy, since I thought the first game was just shy of being great. Yeah, these both look cool... I just need to play the first entries!
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Post by Xeogred on Mar 9, 2020 21:42:24 GMT -5
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