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Suprised no one's made a topic on this already, but tis out today. I haven't got it yet - in the last month I've bought Wario, Resi and Splitters and they've kinda left me low on cash.
Those who got it today/have already imported (Psycho Fox, WS etc.), is it worth my money? I'm an RPG fan as ye may know, but an RPG fan slightly put off by all this card fighting business. So.. verdicts anyone?
Those who got it today/have already imported (Psycho Fox, WS etc.), is it worth my money? I'm an RPG fan as ye may know, but an RPG fan slightly put off by all this card fighting business. So.. verdicts anyone?
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Nope, no volume controls but a choice to turn off the voice acting.
Can't you turn the music down a bit and voices up a bit like in most games?
Ah well, need to get this.
Been looking forward to it for ages ... but now I have no money.
Ah well, need to get this.
Been looking forward to it for ages ... but now I have no money.
I'm not one for putting great music as one of the most wanted qualities of a game, so i was very surprised at the quality of the music within the game with about 50 different titles to listen from and that I actually liked it a lot even if it covers the speech a tad.
i basically put everything i said before into a reveiw for Baten Kaitos on Amazon, so I really do hope that my reveiw actually gets on the site seeing as my last 2 reveiws just dissapeared after sending them in :<
i basically put everything i said before into a reveiw for Baten Kaitos on Amazon, so I really do hope that my reveiw actually gets on the site seeing as my last 2 reveiws just dissapeared after sending them in :<
Stupid Amazon DIE!
Thanks, Fox :)
I'll definately buy this when I have the money (just checked and I'm a little short in my account >_<). Music is always a really important part of an RPG to me so it all sounds my sort of thing.
I'll definately buy this when I have the money (just checked and I'm a little short in my account >_<). Music is always a really important part of an RPG to me so it all sounds my sort of thing.
Tphi wrote:
> Fox, and other people who just got it, how's it going? Just watched
> another video for it and it looks dang enticing.. Can someone
> convince my threadbare wallet to buy buy buy?
Well for one if you like good music in games then this will be the very frst thing you'll like about this game, it has a huge souund track of both exploration and battle music (not just the same old battle music over and over throughout the game) and not only that but the music playlist that you can listen to any music you have heard already at any time you want, I supose it's as if listening to every musical piece in the game is a small sidequest in itself.
Then there is the characters and the dialogue, all the characters have completely different personalities and my favourite one other than Kalas (the cool blue hairded rogue and main hero of the game) is Gibari (yes, yes, the on that says "The Bas**rds!!" in the trailer) because not only is one of the most powerfullest fighters you can get to play as, but he also brings the quite amusing sarcastic remarks here and there.
The story of the game is rival to that of Tales (which is one of the best I have seen) and the voice acting although slightly ruined by the constant loud background music can still be heard, plus with the aid of subtitles at every piece of dialogue (except in battle mode during special attacks) though that is not too much of a bother. Also I think the voice actor who plays Lyude isn't that great as he doesn't seem to bring too much emotion to the characer at times, but the other characters are certainly the opposite though.
The battle system is quite difficult to explain, but it is a lot better then in say "Lost Kingdoms" also being a card based battling RPG, and from my little experience of the game when I frst played it I found I got to grips with the battle system easily after the first few battles.
There are other points but it would be best left for first hand experience to find out what they are as this is a must have game.
> Fox, and other people who just got it, how's it going? Just watched
> another video for it and it looks dang enticing.. Can someone
> convince my threadbare wallet to buy buy buy?
Well for one if you like good music in games then this will be the very frst thing you'll like about this game, it has a huge souund track of both exploration and battle music (not just the same old battle music over and over throughout the game) and not only that but the music playlist that you can listen to any music you have heard already at any time you want, I supose it's as if listening to every musical piece in the game is a small sidequest in itself.
Then there is the characters and the dialogue, all the characters have completely different personalities and my favourite one other than Kalas (the cool blue hairded rogue and main hero of the game) is Gibari (yes, yes, the on that says "The Bas**rds!!" in the trailer) because not only is one of the most powerfullest fighters you can get to play as, but he also brings the quite amusing sarcastic remarks here and there.
The story of the game is rival to that of Tales (which is one of the best I have seen) and the voice acting although slightly ruined by the constant loud background music can still be heard, plus with the aid of subtitles at every piece of dialogue (except in battle mode during special attacks) though that is not too much of a bother. Also I think the voice actor who plays Lyude isn't that great as he doesn't seem to bring too much emotion to the characer at times, but the other characters are certainly the opposite though.
The battle system is quite difficult to explain, but it is a lot better then in say "Lost Kingdoms" also being a card based battling RPG, and from my little experience of the game when I frst played it I found I got to grips with the battle system easily after the first few battles.
There are other points but it would be best left for first hand experience to find out what they are as this is a must have game.
Hmm... I think there's been a hitch in the release. It was no-where to be seen in GAME yesterday, and my Amazon order has been "Dispatching Soon" for two days...
Still, ToS will be here in a couple of days, so I'll either have 1 or 2 genius RPGs to play. :)
Still, ToS will be here in a couple of days, so I'll either have 1 or 2 genius RPGs to play. :)
I COULD get this I suppose but I have spent £100 already this month on various things, and that's my limit. Hmm maybe wait until next month, or the month after that, or the one after that. I need to get Splinter Cell Chaos Theory as well.
Fox, and other people who just got it, how's it going? Just watched another video for it and it looks dang enticing.. Can someone convince my threadbare wallet to buy buy buy?
Tphi wrote:
> The graphics never worried me much, but if you've seen the Hi-Res
> screenshots of the Dreamcast version working on a PC via emulator,
> you begin to dream of what may have been..
> [URL]http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/%7Esoaworld/gallery/index.php[/URL]
Not bad at all, I may try to get a dreamcast emu just to try it out on the PC :)
> The graphics never worried me much, but if you've seen the Hi-Res
> screenshots of the Dreamcast version working on a PC via emulator,
> you begin to dream of what may have been..
> [URL]http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/%7Esoaworld/gallery/index.php[/URL]
Not bad at all, I may try to get a dreamcast emu just to try it out on the PC :)
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