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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 22, 2015 23:37:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 0:54:41 GMT -5
I think this was one of those rare PS2 games that actually came on a CD rather than a DVD, which may be of note for the article. Noticed a few typos near the end, as well. Next to last paragraph has "customization" twice, should only be there once. Also, the blurb about the book has the page length spelled out. This should be in numerals.
Still, this is a good, underrated game. Glad to see it getting some attention!
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Post by TΛPETRVE on Aug 23, 2015 1:56:02 GMT -5
Was a bit disappointed about the overall brevity of the article, but I guess there really isn't that much to be said about the game. Still, I liked it a lot, despite its flaws.
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Post by Ace Whatever on Aug 23, 2015 3:16:47 GMT -5
The bit about parts of the game being cut or changed definitely needs some expanding if they go beyond removals of Nazi references.
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Post by TheChosen on Aug 23, 2015 4:49:15 GMT -5
The bit about parts of the game being cut or changed definitely needs some expanding if they go beyond removals of Nazi references. This definitely. I'm really curious to hear what was removed. Still, this is a good article. Another interesting game I gotta keep in my mind.
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Post by bladededge on Aug 23, 2015 9:16:34 GMT -5
Was the fact that your commander is a Nazi really completely removed? I played this years ago, thought it was a great, underrated game, but I remember understanding that the commanders were refugees from the German army. Maybe it was an implication rather than being stated outright, or something in the manual. It's a little obvious in Riccardo's case, anyway, since he has what appears to be an SS badge on his collar. One thing I remember clearly was that the script in the game was a little odd, in the early-era-NES-game sense, like the translation was written by non-native speakers.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Aug 23, 2015 11:38:49 GMT -5
I think this was one of those rare PS2 games that actually came on a CD rather than a DVD, which may be of note for the article. Plenty of early PS2 titles came on CD, and then there's stuff like the Sega Ages games or the Simple 2000 titles, which were nearly all on CDs. ...and after checking, there's some stuff released as far as 2005 that came out on CDs. Interestingly, there also seem to be a few that were released as CDs on certain regions but as DVD on others (Raiden III, for instance)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 12:30:29 GMT -5
I think this was one of those rare PS2 games that actually came on a CD rather than a DVD, which may be of note for the article. Plenty of early PS2 titles came on CD, and then there's stuff like the Sega Ages games or the Simple 2000 titles, which were nearly all on CDs. ...and after checking, there's some stuff released as far as 2005 that came out on CDs. Interestingly, there also seem to be a few that were released as CDs on certain regions but as DVD on others (Raiden III, for instance) Interesting! I'd only ever run across this, Tekken Tag, and Contra: Shattered Soldier. Looks like the phenomenon is much more common than I'd thought, though. There's even a wiki entry for it.
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Post by kaoru on Aug 23, 2015 12:39:25 GMT -5
I remember the first couple Nippon Ichi games being - stripped off their japanese voice track - released on CD here in Europe.
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Post by TΛPETRVE on Aug 23, 2015 15:21:57 GMT -5
I think the only PS2 game I remember having on CD was Gradius V.
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Post by personman on Aug 23, 2015 15:35:46 GMT -5
When I got my copy of Gradius 3 and 4 I noticed the back of it and thought it was a bootleg at first. I was pretty behind on techy stuff then (Hell, I'm still pretty ignorant outside of fixing Windows).
Picked this up when a copy came into my store by chance and I liked it. Just couldn't stick with it since it was really slow even by srpg standards and that unfortunately is thanks to the one thing making the game unique. The alternate history is a cool concept but I don't recall story using it particularly well sadly. Still if I come across it again I'll probably pick it up and give it a fair shake.
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Post by Resident Tsundere on Aug 23, 2015 23:29:52 GMT -5
The character potraits look cool.
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Post by llj on Aug 24, 2015 15:48:49 GMT -5
I think the only PS2 game I remember having on CD was Gradius V. Taito Legends 1 Gradius V Wizardry: Forsaken Land Marvel vs Capcom 2 Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII Are some of my CD PS2 games off the top of my head.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 17:10:38 GMT -5
As an aside, I'd like to see an article covering the history of CD PS2 games.
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Post by 16bitter on Aug 24, 2015 18:29:53 GMT -5
Add Timesplitters and Unreal Tournament to that list. I think a lot of the launch and first gen titles were CDs, I recall some hellish loading times.
On topic: I'd been interested in this game since PSM reviewed it back in the day, glad to hear about it again! Local retailer I know probably still has it, I'll pick it up next time I'm there.
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