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Shadow Hearts is by far my favorite JRPG series so I'm ready to continue on this ride.CmdrKing posted:I think they must have made this whole opening as a proof-of-concept sales pitch or something, because a lot of what happens here just doesn't line up with the overall mood and style of the actual game. Of course it's certainly good for getting the player to pay attention out of the gate, so that's useful. NGDBSS posted:I'm psyched to see Shadow Hearts on the docket so soon after Koudelka. Though man are those cutscene graphics out of place for a PS2 game - they're not that much better than Koudelka had on PS1. WampaPartyEX posted:These games are absolutely bonkers good, the first two moreso than the third (but the third still a pretty good JRPG despite even fewer people playing it than played Koudelka), and I'm super happy to experience them all over again.
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# ¿ Jun 21, 2018 05:58 |
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Zagglezig posted:Funny thing about that. They sounded really familiar and it finally clicked at the head officer's voice that they're all flavors of the voice of Grandpa from Yu-gi-oh. And sure enough, same actress. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Jun 21, 2018 |
# ¿ Jun 21, 2018 14:25 |
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Ubiquitous_ posted:You should post concept art of the Judgment Ring at some point, too. It's an extremely well done piece of art for something you don't get a full picture of in-game, and its design changes between games.
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# ¿ Jun 21, 2018 21:33 |
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Leraika posted:The choice to localize Yuri's name as that instead of Urmanov/Uru was one of the best localization choices ever. Also this part also feels like something they did early on and didn't go back and fix up to fit with the rest of the game because this is is the only time Yuri is an uncomfortably creepy pervert. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Jun 23, 2018 |
# ¿ Jun 23, 2018 00:34 |
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That actually has spoilers for Covenant so you should probably mark it as such.
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# ¿ Jun 23, 2018 05:17 |
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ultrafilter posted:I don't remember Malice being all that bad. It's something you have to manage, but it's not like you have to really be careful about how many battles you fight between save points or anything like that.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2018 02:52 |
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Covenant and FTNW are mostly better in their treatment of gay characters compared to SH1. There's still some questionable things in Covenant, but the gay characters in 2 and FTNW are more actual characters instead of gay panic style rapists like Meiyuan.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2018 02:10 |
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EagerSleeper posted:Pretty much my thoughts exactly. 2 tried to add some character to what is normally a gag, but it also doubles down entirely on the gay gag thing in other parts. More wacky, more better??? Eh, not really imo. At least here in this game I could forget about Meiyuan. The Shadow Hearts trilogy isn't a shining example of gay representation but it does get better as it goes along.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2018 18:49 |
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Omobono posted:I read strong implications that this game is not Yuri's first adventure, so I'd expect even somebody not particularly bright like our protagonist to pick up some experience on how this kind of rodeo goes and how to recognize the warning signs. Although on the latter point his Mysterious VoiceTM is a bit of a cheat.
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2018 00:40 |
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Kawashima is actually our first character based on a historical figure in this game aside from Roger. The series really ramps up the historical characters in Covenant and FTNW, but there will be some more in this game. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Jul 7, 2018 |
# ¿ Jul 7, 2018 01:30 |
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Gilgamesh255 posted::Radiating an annoying amount of smugness due to actually having physical copies of the Shadow Heart trilogy:
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2018 03:50 |
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I do still need to get around to play it, but even if I hate the combat I love everything else about the game so I don't feel it would be a waste of owning it.
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2018 05:35 |
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Omobono posted:Christ, I remembered Margarete, but I forgot she was Mata Hari. Covenant and FTNW's historical characters are much more obvious in comparison. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Jul 11, 2018 |
# ¿ Jul 11, 2018 21:49 |
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Fun fact, Margarete is the only party member in all four games that doesn't use magic at all, just tech several decades ahead of her time.
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# ¿ Jul 13, 2018 23:12 |
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ZiegeDame posted:I don't think Ricardo's incredibly versatile guitar case is any more magical than Margarete's cell phone.
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# ¿ Jul 14, 2018 01:17 |
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IMJack posted:The descriptions of angels from ancient Levantine mythology could be pretty jacked up. Too many wings, too many faces, bizarre anatomy and geometry that wouldn't be out of place in a Cthulhu mythos book. The "baby faced pretty boy with wings" idea is fairly recent in comparison.
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# ¿ Jul 20, 2018 18:43 |
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Ratoslov posted:The weird part is, Bayonetta's cast of angels (Minus the Joys and stuff like the cars and gunships and whatnot) are largely taken from traditional angelology. The language of angels that shows up is an actual conlang made by the sorcerer John Dee. That's a really deep pull for a game all about a big tiddy witch shooting angels and showing off her butt. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Jul 21, 2018 |
# ¿ Jul 21, 2018 01:22 |
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Robindaybird posted:It's really sad the dub quality has dipped greatly, but Koudelka was pretty drat unique in how they did everything.
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# ¿ Jul 21, 2018 17:24 |
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Robindaybird posted:yeah, as well as not being lazy. SH1 - as Dark Id and others mentioned only partially dub the battle sounds, leading to wildly jarring differences. It always baffles me they just... quit half way? It doesn't take much to have a VA moan, grunt, or gasp for the battle sound bites.
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# ¿ Jul 21, 2018 18:57 |
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Neddy Seagoon posted:It forces the player to try a little variety in their party strategy with the new addition for a short stretch of the game, rather than just benching Zhuzhen the moment he joins. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Jul 22, 2018 |
# ¿ Jul 22, 2018 17:39 |
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Yuri is just a big old dork.
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2018 22:57 |
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Speedball posted:Oh, yeah, despite that magic is very real in this setting, some people like Kawashima are behind orthe curve. Which is funny.
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2018 17:30 |
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Yuri is also a pretty blunt and honest dude, unlike Squall who is a brooding edgelord.
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2018 20:35 |
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Glazius posted:How do you join this lottery society in the first place? Wander into the wrong bar in college?
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2018 18:02 |
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Fun Fact: There was a fourth Shadow Hearts game that was planned before Nautilus got dissolved, it was going to star a younger Ben years before this flashback happens. Also, quote:Ugh… I’ll be all right… Heh heh heh. Not to sound ungrateful for your help, but… I don’t… exactly… Consider myself so old yet. Urgh… quote:<nods> The Fusion technique… I heard about it a long time ago, but I never expected to see it myself… Heh heh… how amusing to hear that fiend call YOU a demon… Talk about… the pot and the kettle… these should probably be Zhuzhen's portrait. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jul 30, 2018 |
# ¿ Jul 30, 2018 20:28 |
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Gilgamesh255 posted:Really? That's a shame; would've been interesting to see what weirdos Ben was hanging out with, maybe see if he was the straight man of the group. Hell, what kind of crisis did his group divert? If my history wasn't so laughable, I'd probably be able to make a decent guess.
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# ¿ Jul 30, 2018 22:49 |
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Shitenshi posted:Wasn't the black bat from FTNW going to be a character too? Or maybe that was early fan speculation.
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# ¿ Jul 31, 2018 19:58 |
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Pit fights are a staple of the series that gets expanded upon in Covenant.
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# ¿ Aug 7, 2018 16:42 |
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I actually skipped a good chunk of the optional sidequests because you can miss them when I played through so it'll be good to see some of it. Didn't know they showed a cutscene after you did the pit fights.
Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Aug 8, 2018 |
# ¿ Aug 8, 2018 19:16 |
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She voiced Ben too.
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# ¿ Aug 13, 2018 06:21 |
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I don't really remember this dungeon being that much of a pain to me. Though the dungeons in this game get much better from here.
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# ¿ Aug 13, 2018 21:09 |
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TheLastRoboKy posted:I feel like the whole Kowloon sidequest thing would have made more sense if you were going there for the key to the tower, as opposed to the Japanese Army having it. Maybe there was a story revision at some point after all the awesome stuff had already been made? I don't really know I'm 100% speculating. Covenant got rid of that aside from two sidesquests, but they don't have any dungeons tied to them so you're not really losing out on content. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Sep 3, 2018 |
# ¿ Sep 3, 2018 04:06 |
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iospace posted:So question, and feel free to not answer if spoilers, but how far through are we?
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# ¿ Sep 5, 2018 20:40 |
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The Dark Id posted:The Mandela of Hell shall open, and the Seraphic Radiance will be summoned! And yeah, Zhuzhen and and Dehaui just trained together, they're not blood related.
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# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 18:18 |
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Yeah, Dehuai was trying to make a contract with the Seraphic Radiance.
Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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McDragon posted:Shanghai probably is quite peaceful at this point. The crater might even have stopped smoking by now. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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It will be established later on but anybody powerful enough can make a fusion contract with a cosmic horror, but you're limited to just one at a time. What makes Harmonixers like Yuri and Ben special is that they can fuse with multiple demons/horrors and maintain them all.
Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Sep 15, 2018 |
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McDragon posted:Keith is an excellent name for a vampire. It's just so normal.
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# ¿ Sep 24, 2018 19:21 |
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Zagglezig posted:I remember being surprised at the changes to vampire rules over the years when I got around to reading Dracula sometime after college. In there it's garlic flowers, specifically, rather than the root bulbs you always see (except the time they chop off one's head and stuff its mouth with garlic). Crosses probably would have worked and burned on contact, but they used sacramental wafers more often than crosses. Sunlight was just a power drain. Dracula runs around in mid day at one point and he's fine, he just can't use any powers. Turning into mist and being able to go through unsealed cracks in doors and windows was also new to me.
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2018 00:09 |
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Kevin is so lame he doesn't even get the proper Europe boss theme.
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