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The music is really where Shadow Hearts most shines over Koudelka. As well as its addictive battle system. The writing is almost as good, but the voice acting... regardless, still one of the best jRPGs out there, imo. This is one of those games I swear TDI had already LPed, given its tone and humor. Ubiquitous_ fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Jun 21, 2018 |
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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. It's so weird that few games adopted this type of battle system after the series concluded, as I've had more fun spinning the Judgment Ring in all three SH games than I have battling in most other RPGs in general.
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Jun 21, 2018 20:07
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Accordion Man posted:I know Lost Odyssey uses a similar system because some of the old Nautilus team worked on it after Nautilus broke up after FTNW. I wonder how many Nautilus employees are still working after they went to feelplus which was then absorbed by AQ Interactive which then merged with Marvelous Entertainment.
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Jun 21, 2018 21:45
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Who What Now posted:I can't believe nobody has pointed out that Yuri's fighting stance is to put his fists up like he's pretending to be a kitty cat. There are kitty cats that fight in a later game in the series, so it's nice to have it start here.
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Jun 27, 2018 02:26
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Supersonic Shine posted:I honestly completely forgot Zhuzhen existed. Same with Meiyuan, though it was for the best in the latter case. His banter with Yuri is why I remember Zhuzhen most. They have some hilarious conversations.
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Jun 30, 2018 03:01
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Nohman posted:Does anyone ever actually remark on the fact Yuri can is a shapeshifter? I mean other than dudes in Yuri's mind palace who may or may not actually exist. It's an important plot point eventually, yes.
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Jun 30, 2018 23:41
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The boss battle music in China is so good.
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Jul 2, 2018 20:36
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Bacon’s dig at Dehuai is one of my favorite bits of dialogue from him; he’s a really well written character overall.
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Jul 7, 2018 02:01
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The Dark Id posted:My computer is on life support and opening Photoshop would literally blue screen it. Gimme a break. I tried to get this game to run well on my laptop using PCSX2 and kept running into the filter issues with the very first area. I think I just need a better laptop.
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Jul 9, 2018 20:57
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BioMe posted:Looks like other people with old PCs have figured out some tricks: https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Shadow_Hearts I was using that Wiki to try and fix it, but alas... it was still a jittery mess out of battle. The input lag is a whole different problem. ._.
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Jul 9, 2018 22:06
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The best voice acting in the series right here.
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Jul 18, 2018 22:16
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Nohman posted:Why does Wugui have a stretchy Dhalsim arm when he punches Ben? It's just what happens to people from Kowloon.
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Jul 31, 2018 02:41
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Ratoslov posted:Ahh, pit fighting! A guarenteed group of wierd and interesting enemies, some nice prizes, and some intrigue from someone cheating at it. Refreshing. I didn't even know this was something you could do in Shanghai until after my second or third playthrough of this game.
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Aug 7, 2018 16:35
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The only really annoying part of this dungeon is the final court, due to what it seals and its layout. Otherwise, the music makes it quite chill.
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Aug 11, 2018 02:58
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Jagged Jim posted:Well who else were they going to put in the XBox version, Blinx the Time Sweeper? I think they should have put in Azurik from the critically acclaimed smash hit, Azurik: Rise of Perathia.
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Aug 12, 2018 04:42
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It is so incredibly easy to miss out on Kowloon Fortress. When I first came across it I was not expecting a difficulty spike.
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Aug 26, 2018 18:52
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Prague’s theme is one of my favorites in the series.
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Sep 14, 2018 02:23
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Yuri kicking his ghost dad in the dick is one of the best parts of the game.
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Oct 1, 2018 03:18
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From what I recall, you do still gain Malice post Fox Face. It just accumulates more slowly and culminates in a different sort of fight when maxed out.
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Oct 2, 2018 22:23
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The Judgment Ring design, and how it changes across the series, is one of its coolest design elements IMO. Few other RPGs incorporate such detail into its gameplay design.
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Oct 21, 2018 22:31
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McTimmy posted:I don't remember Symphonia too well but I know in Abyss you get ridiculous things like using a map ability to attack something you've no indication you can do, ridiculous things like a spot you do, specifically triggering the most plot relevant sidequest heading to an area you otherwise have no reason whatsoever to go for which then spans the entire game with equally obtuse triggers including requiring you to get a prompt of "fight the final boss y/n" before unlocking its end. Then in Vesperia you have absurdities like getting the 3rd and 4th parts of sidequests without hitting the 1st and 2nd but then because you didn't get those it stops at 4 and you can't get someone's best weapon. Is Vesperia worth playing? I'm curious about getting the Definitive Edition on PS4 in January. I just bought Star Ocean 4 HD Remaster... and it's terrible. It was only $10.49 so not a big deal. It's sitting in my backlog while I play Spyro.
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Nov 27, 2018 22:01
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Jagged Jim posted:I still don't know why Squenix thought remaking a game so legendarily terrible it killed the series was a good idea. They didn't even remake it. I can barely tell if there's any visual enhancements at all. The environments, the bloom, and the character models are all still hideous. I thought maybe the battle system would be fun, but... it isn't. It's slower and clunkier than both 2 and 3. You can tell that they didn't care about it nearly as much as how much effort they put into remaking FFX/X-2/XII. Even the .hack//G.U. games were remade with more care than SO4.
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Those last couple lines by Simon are what I feel to be the best voice acted lines in the game and some of my favorite lines in the series.
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CmdrKing posted:A friend of mine speedruns FtNW and I am stunned to this day that he didn't get the record by default on the silly thing. Then again I think I personally know every huge fan of that game and WA4, like the 30 person target audience for XSeed's first releases were one weird internet forum I was on. Definitely! Plus it's one of the few RPGs with indigenous American representation... even if it's a bit stereotypical.
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Dec 16, 2018 00:05
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Mordiceius posted:Shadow Hearts 2 walks a fine line between grim grittiness and goofiness. Meanwhile, Shadow Hearts 3 is basically all goofiness and that didn't work for me. Covenant was a gigantic pile of goofiness and it was a major turn-off, so its not like FTNW started that trend. Major story beats were frequently punctuated by pussy jokes, gay jokes, dog jokes, "Bite me" etc.
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dude789 posted:I can forgive a lot of the issues in FTNW because the changes to the combat system they made from Covenant's already very good combat system are incredible. Agreed. FTNW's battle system is one of the best out there for the genre.
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Jan 6, 2019 22:15
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Sgt Thud posted:I have a friend who will go on at length about how awful the Stock system is and how it devolves almost entirely into using your stock to make sure the enemy never gets to use theirs, and how most of the characters feel like B-List versions of the Covenant party. Also that A certain characters Curvy mode is so busted it invalidates half the cast. The first part is... the entire point of the battle system. lol I still got my poo poo kicked in by more than a few bosses in the game, though. That character is a bit broken, but I honestly never used them. The gimmick was at least more manageable than the equivalent character in Covenant.
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...! posted:They had to completely replace the gimmick puzzle for the PS4 port. As I understand it, the PS4 puzzle is much easier. I wonder what that means for the Shadow Hearts IP, since it's tied up with pachinko machines?
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Jan 8, 2019 04:14
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...! posted:Or -- and just take a moment to think about this -- it could be because From the New World legit is a Bad Game. Occam's Razor and all that. No wild theories necessary. In what way? It has a great soundtrack, improves upon the graphics of Covenant, and also improves the core gameplay.
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...! posted:OK, now I suspect that you guys saying FtNW is good are just trolling. It received decent to good reviews critically, and either maintained or improved things from Covenant, so... no?
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Pizuz posted:I played quite a bit of FTNW, but didn't finish it. Much of the gameplay and design decisions felt like a cheap rehash of the elements that made Covenant great. Especially all the pseudo-mandatory backtracking... I must have blacked out that part of my experience of FTNW as I don't remember much mandatory backtracking. Unless you mean the visits back to the detective agency? Ubiquitous_ fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Feb 17, 2019 |
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Feb 17, 2019 01:04
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Pizuz posted:It‘s been ages since I played it, but I seem to remember having to visit every dungeon again for that big native guy to hunt stuff. I might be wrong. Oh yeah! That’s his character quest and is totally optional. I recall the final one being annoying to find.
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Are you planning on LPing Covenant, TDI?
Ubiquitous_ fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Feb 20, 2019 |
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Feb 19, 2019 23:16
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Wipfmetz posted:Thank you for such a great LP, it was fun to follow.
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Feb 23, 2019 01:14
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DanielCross posted:In case anyone's been skipping videos in updates: Watch all the way to the end of that last ending video, same as at the end of the Koudelka thread. Well then! We know what game he's tackling next.
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Schwartzcough posted:Yep, segue from Shadow Hearts to Kingdom Hearts. Nice. It should be Xenosaga Episode 1: Der Wille zur Macht.
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