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Post by Lee on Jun 30, 2011 21:31:53 GMT -5
Great...I am so glad it is getting released here.
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Post by ves on Jul 2, 2011 7:57:40 GMT -5
Seeing as this just got released yesterday (only two stores in town were stocking it, bit of a bummer, but I'd knew this would happen), I'd thought I'd share a few musings on this game. Keep in mind that I never played Tail Concerto (although I would quite like to) and I've only played about 3 and half hours of this game. One thing for sure is that the screenshots don't do the game justice, seeing the game in motion really is a joy, given how much effort CC2 put in to presenting its world in both artistic and technological terms. I can imagine it would definitely benefit from being on a DSiXL for both the biggest picture and speedier processor. I say this using an old, old DS, so sometimes I get a bit of slowdown when there's a bit too much action/special effects. Music seems quite well fitted to the tone of the game. I can't say a lot really sticks with me after playing, but it's not intrusive, certainly. The introduction song is pretty memorable and pleasant, though. Gameplay wise, the combat is a nice change. I thought it would be a hack and slash gig from initial impressions for whatever reason, but this is nice if on the easy side. One thing that I'm enjoying that I often don't care for are the side-quests (I can't help but find a lot of them redundant and made for padding). Guess I'm just enjoying any opportunity to further explore the world and its characters. So far, I'm finding the localisation to be quite good, personally speaking anyway. I'm really not sure how much has been changed/toned down from the original, but I'm finding the text to be pretty good. Everything seems to flow well and I'm not finding any sentence in the way of "Has beated an enemy" or "I feel dinner" (should I? ). Er...anyways, I think I've gone on for a bit too long. Hope you guys enjoy it when it comes out in the US. Sorry if I rambled or anything.
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Post by vetus on Jul 2, 2011 8:52:02 GMT -5
I have heard from a friend of mine that CyberConnect2 helped with the localization just like they do with all their games from hack//G.U. and after. I don't know if it's true but it makes perfect sense since the names are the same and they have kept the opening song which is in japanese. If the localization was 100% by Nintendo I'm totally sure that they would change the japanese opening with an english one and they would change the names as well just like with other games from third parties.
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Post by retr0gamer on Jul 2, 2011 9:54:32 GMT -5
Gamestop weren't stocking this in Ireland at all and only a few online stores had the PAL version. Was a pain to track down but have a copy finally winging it's way to me.
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Post by ves on Jul 2, 2011 14:33:30 GMT -5
Gamestop weren't stocking this in Ireland at all and only a few online stores had the PAL version. I noticed that myself after checking Gamestop. I got mine in GAME, maybe it's an exclusive for them or something along those lines? I remember being able to get Persona 3 Portable in GAME but not Gamestop. Anyways, this might just be a coincidence, but one of the mech's abilities is this speed dashing technique done by double-tapping the jump button and it looks and sounds almost exactly like the dash move in Silent Bomber, which funnily enough, was also a game by Cyber Connect 2 (It even had a Tail Concerto reference in it as a character in the versus mode, I believe, but it required you to S-rank all the missions and the last one is hard enough to get a B in). Maybe they'll make a follow-up to that sometime, eh? I also forgot to mention the racing mini-game, which is pretty decent, considering that I generally don't care for racing games. Winning races in that will give you more money (at least in single-player, anyway). Although I wonder how many people will be playing it online and if it would be compatible with the US and Japanese release (I've barely played any DS games online, to be honest, so I wouldn't know a thing about that). There's no download play either, so maybe we'll organise meet-ups sometime? Just kidding.
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Post by vetus on Jul 6, 2011 14:30:45 GMT -5
I finished Solatorobo today (took me 19,5 hours along with various quests so it could take less hours if I wanted to). One of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. Surely it's not something revolutionary but it's very interesting and well-made and you can see that the creators put a lot of effort and enjoy it as well (after all, they were working on this since a long time ago but couldn't receive the green light from Bandai Namco). The difficulty is somehow easy (I have lost only in 2-3 bosses but I beat them in second try without a lot of effort) but that doesn't make it dull since it has very good variety. Don't forget that other games also have easy difficulty like Kirby and Legendary Starfy series but they are from the best platforms ever. The good thing is that even after finishing Solatorobo you can spend your times with the quests (which are very enjoyable). Speaking for quests, there is an option where you can download new quests, a feature that I suppose it will be available in the near future. One of the few action/rpg games that can enjoy both little kids and adults, casual and hardcore gamers. And two reasons are because it hasn't offensive material for younger ages and the story is easy to understand but without being shallow, naive and stupit. If I was good with reviews I would start an article for Solatorobo but I am not. And my english isn't very good. So I'll stick with a greek review on a certain greek Nintendo community.
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Post by TheGunheart on Jul 6, 2011 14:45:14 GMT -5
Hell, I might do an article myself some day, given how much I adore the first one, and both can easily be played on emulators, so screenshots (my biggest obstacle) wouldn't be an issue.
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Post by ves on Jul 8, 2011 11:51:10 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFYK2KhAuMgAn interview/conference with the producer and character designer at the recent Japan Expo in Paris. Naturally, it's translated into French, so it may not be particularly helpful for some, but it's nice to see that it wasn't relegated to some obscure corner there. www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-06-solatorobo-red-the-hunter-reviewI don't know if people take Eurogamer's reviews seriously at all (or indeed, any game reviews), but this was a better review than I expected. Hopefully a certain website that begins and ends with the letter d treats it fairly, but I won't hold my breath.
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Post by Discoalucard on Jul 8, 2011 14:09:34 GMT -5
I should note that Tail Concerto/Solatorobo is currently reserved by someone to write an article on, although I'll be needing to follow up soon now that the English version is actually out.
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Post by TheGunheart on Jul 10, 2011 13:24:45 GMT -5
Damn it, I miss the days where there were cartoons like Maple Town or SWAT Kats or Tale Spin and no one would bat an eye. Pedophilia is officially more mainstream than talking dogs.
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Post by zogbog on Jul 10, 2011 18:09:57 GMT -5
I can pick up dudes and THROW THEM, I instantly love any game that lets me do that. My largest complaint is everything feels French, this will not sell well in England for that very fact.
What do kids our age watch now days any way? Ben 10? Do kids like crime fighting teenagers more than 20-30 something talking animals doing day jobs?
Any way, I must be five hours or so into the game and I am enjoying it greatly, I'm playing without upgrades for the most part and with a few exceptions the game hasn't been all that challenging. Oh and the art is hard to appreciate on the DS's limited screen, real shame because they do some really clever stuff to make everything look good.
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Post by susanismyalias on Jul 10, 2011 18:43:25 GMT -5
My largest complaint is everything feels French, what does this mean
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Post by zogbog on Jul 10, 2011 19:22:03 GMT -5
It means everyone speaks french and everything is named after something french. Game is so very french.
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Post by wyrdwad on Jul 10, 2011 19:30:21 GMT -5
Or named after a dog or cat species.
-Tom
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Post by vetus on Jul 11, 2011 8:27:54 GMT -5
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