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Oh hell yes. This game absolutely rules. Well, except in some parts. But we'll get past those. I was one of those people who got it with pretty much just the FF8 demo in mind. Brave Fencer Musashi ended up being the better game by far. It's patently hilarious, and definitely a product of Square when it was at its best.
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SkeletonHero posted:This game is the best. I really miss the Saturday morning cartoon vibe you got from a lot of PSX games. This and Mega Man Legends are the shining examples for their respective consoles of this good old style. And they could make stuff like this again so incredibly easily, yet instead it's either overly serious, or if it's that cutesier anime style, always with some skeevy fanservice element played up. Fuckin' new games man.  It's pretty obvious that the localizers played fast and loose with the script, but I love how these rather familiar-sounding voice actors just roll with it. Also, these characters were all designed by Tetsuya Nomura. What happened, man. what happened yeah final fantasy happened
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Mar 30, 2014 11:32
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So I was jamming out to the soundtrack to this game, which rules. Also, may be the only game OST which makes regular use of a theremin. MentholsNBeer posted:Loved this game when I was a kid. Can't wait to get a Musashi avatar from this thread somehow to sum up my feelings on life. See if you can get everything from the toy store! Seeing the LP, I'm realizing that there's a lot about this game that I didn't remember (not a bad feeling at all), but the toy store is not one of those things. Getting all the action figures is something you just do in this game. It's unthinkable to ever consider otherwise. macfam posted:Haha this game is great, it's like Metal Gear Rising for the PlayStation 1. Ahahahahaha, holy poo poo
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Mar 31, 2014 04:11
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Something neat to note is that this is one of the very first console games to feature extensive voice acting. While everyone's obviously pretty cartoony, it's remarkably competent for what it is, and sets precisely the tone it ought to.
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Mar 31, 2014 11:29
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See, Wanda first noticed Musashi's huge sideburns and eyebrows (both signs of virile manliness, without a doubt) but it became apparent he was a kid when he opened his mouth. But by then she had committed to the act.
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Apr 2, 2014 12:46
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Steamwood drove me loving insane. The game's difficulty remains mostly steady throughout, but there are spikes, sometimes accompanied by abrupt gameplay changes. Some, though, are pretty fun.
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Apr 6, 2014 04:13
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True to form for 90s localizations, Bubbles, Gingerelle, and Flatski aren't the Japanese names of those characters we just met. Respectively, they were originally Brandy, Liquor, and Tequila. Who the hell even knows what "Thirstquencher" and "Allucaneet" and all the rest of these names were. But, who even cares. These ridiculous names are a beautiful thing.
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Apr 11, 2014 11:50
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If I recall, there's reasons they used 'Sky' because it's related specifically to what circumstances the scroll is obtained under. It could of course just be a translation thing too, but it fits, and doesn't go against the Book of Five Rings theme. Also, the Book of Five Rings is best read in the voice of this game's Musashi, as opposed to some gravelly wise old sensei that most people probably imagine. But then, the real life Musashi was basically the closest real-world thing to an 'adventurer' as defined by modern fantasy that there has ever been (particular the 'big dumb fighter' type), and this is hilarious.
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Apr 14, 2014 04:17
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Miyamoto gave no fucks. This story is why I love comparing him to the big dumb fighter archetype. It's such a loving D&D move.
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MartianAgitator posted:The Book of Five Rings is basically a treatise on how to be a Bruce Willis character (never open your eyes more than halfway, be a hardass to everyone) and a bunch of combat maneuvers that aren't interesting because they are plain and obvious. It has one called, I think, the "Bloody Vines Strike" that is just getting your opponent to fall over the environment. Tactical genius, huh? No, no. You should read the Book of Five Rings just so you have the mental image of this grizzled hairy muscleman (or spikey-haired anime kid, either works) sitting very solemnly in the candlelight with some incense burning and maybe some koto music playing somewhere off to the side, painstakingly calligraphing his wisdom; "You should always practice with the biggest swords you can find and also two of them, one for each hand because you have two hands and that is perfect for two swords (big swords). You must consider this carefully."
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