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Post by Discoalucard on Nov 13, 2006 0:28:08 GMT -5
hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/sorcerian/sorcerian.htmThis one was written by Kyouki here of the message boards. Turned out quite excellently, too! Like a lot of Falcom games, it's surprisingly fun despite its simplicity, a lot of which has to do with the awesome music. I picked a good number of songs to put up, as these were my particular favorites. Yuzo Koshiro FTW and all.
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Post by kaisel on Nov 13, 2006 1:39:35 GMT -5
Man I remember playing the PC Sorcerian ages ago, and it's one of the old computer games that I still go back and play, although I've never beaten it.
Does anyone know how hard Sorcerian Original is to play without knowing Japanese?
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Post by kyouki on Nov 13, 2006 11:52:58 GMT -5
You can get by without Japanese knowledge, as the menus and quests are very similar to the original DOS game. There are some extra options in the town, but they aren't necessary... just useful. There's a really excellent FAQ on gamefaqs for the DOS version, and you can use that to get by I would think.
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Space meditations from Alpha Centauri.
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Post by Blake Casimir on Nov 15, 2006 9:38:18 GMT -5
Around the same sort of time, Sierra translated another Japanese platformer for western shores. It's called Zeliard, and it deserves an article!
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Post by recap on Nov 17, 2006 20:16:14 GMT -5
Very nice. Always wanted to know about versions' differentiations.
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Post by kyouki on Nov 17, 2006 21:05:23 GMT -5
Around the same sort of time, Sierra translated another Japanese platformer for western shores. It's called Zeliard, and it deserves an article! I briefly played that through... legally grayish means... and it seemed pretty neat. Being a big fan of side-scrolling RPGs, it immediately appealed to me. But I didn't spend any time really getting into it.
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Post by MRSKELETON on Nov 17, 2006 21:06:54 GMT -5
What is it, with falcom making awesome games? I'm getting tired of it.
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Post by necromaniac on Nov 17, 2006 21:44:35 GMT -5
The most awesomest company alongside Cave (and to some extent, Squaresoft and Treasure) not to have shown enough interest in us westerners in the past......... Makes me sad
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Post by ahnslaught on Nov 19, 2006 23:57:19 GMT -5
I don't think of it as Cave not showing interest in the West; rather, I think it's the West not showing interest in them. Seriously, when's the last time a shooter was sold for full price on a console (even Gradius V sold for only $30), or, even better, when's the last time you saw an arcade in the West?
In that type of market, you can't blame a small, focused company like Cave to spend the money to 1) convert the game to a console and 2) bring over that game to the West, where it will sell for $10 like MLF2, as it makes no financial sense.
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Post by necromaniac on Nov 20, 2006 3:48:11 GMT -5
No, I was mainly talking about past games, like Dodonpachi. a westernized port would perhaps have kept the genre alive a little longer.
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Post by MRSKELETON on Nov 21, 2006 16:06:48 GMT -5
Also, what is it with falcom turning games into MMOS?
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Post by necromaniac on Nov 21, 2006 16:12:25 GMT -5
Isn't that just a random Korean company that turned Shenmue and KoF into some crapy pos?
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Post by MRSKELETON on Nov 21, 2006 16:19:55 GMT -5
No, all of these so called "Falcom mmos" look decent.
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Post by mainpatr on Nov 21, 2006 19:46:45 GMT -5
Sorcerian Online was basically a Phantasy Star Online ripoff.
YS Online looks good though.
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