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As long as it is completely loving nuts and not impossible to play, I will be content.
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jonjonaug posted:People are getting code e-mails for the DLC but not the game itself, yes.
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May 13, 2014 17:37
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I got the code. I just need to enter it.
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May 13, 2014 17:46
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Postal Parcel posted:Is this story wise or gameplay wise? Story-wise, the first Drakengard is like a bad fantasy novel where the writer throws in all sorts of hideous, edgy nonsense to cover up a standard plotline. The second one is YA fiction, sanitized and moralizing and not nearly as unpleasant. Nier is a legitimately good read. Drakengard 3 is a parody of everything before it. You almost don't need a Let's Play of it, because the commentary and meta-jokes are already mixed into the game.
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May 13, 2014 17:55
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The first Drakengard was great because things just got more convolutedly worse until death babies fell from the sky. This, I dunno. It's not bad but if it wasn't called Drakengard I would've given it a pass.
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Just got an email saying the game has shipped.
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May 14, 2014 00:56
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The game is now preorder able on psn. About 15 gigs.
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May 14, 2014 01:04
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My order hasn't been shipped yet I think? They haven't taken the money off my card yet if anything, and I only got two emails. One tells me the product is available now and one giving me my key code.quote:Your key code is now available for Pre-order DLC Pack Wave 1: Japanese VO + 2 Bonus Items. Just keep waiting I guess?
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May 14, 2014 01:21
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What I find facinating about Drakengard 1, is just how typical it starts, and offering no hint of the later  stuff. And then everything goes to hell. The characters were interesting in how atypical they were - the heroic lead was a psychopathic butcher, "the wise old man" figure was a semi-senile, speciesist, manipulative old gently caress, and the young child is a self-absorbed little poo poo with a slight messianic complex. And the game went out of its way to say "Look at these people, they are awful human beings". Drakengard 3 seems lighter in that regard. It's still there, but more balanced by the meta-humour. [e]: It's been a while since I've been through the LP; all I can personally remember was that he expresses it in the endings. I couldn't recall if it was through the whole game or not. VVV Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 01:36 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 01:27
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Slight? Seere had a huge rear end Messiah Complex, he's one of the major reasons it gets as bad as it does because he selfishly wanted to be the hero so bad.
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May 14, 2014 01:29
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Complaining about Drakengard 1 being a standard cliche high fantasy underneath is pretty silly. If the writing actually cared about the genre trappings then maybe, but it's all pretty much just framework for the insanity at the end of the game.
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May 14, 2014 01:33
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Pesky Splinter posted:What I find facinating about Drakengard 1, is just how typical it starts, and offering no hint of the later Yeah, each character is a dark and ugly reversal of a fantasy cliche, but the game doesn't explore the idea beyond heaping misfortune on people who are impossible to care about. In that way, it's sorta like Joe Abercrombie's fiction. I do like the implicit argument that if the typical low-fantasy hero really did carve bloodily through hundreds of enemies (ala Guts from Berserk), he wouldn't be a hero; he'd be a monster. But that point is made pretty early on, and there's not much more to it. Drakengard 3 puts forth the same argument, and I don't know yet know if it does more with it. Edit: I'm interested in seeing just how fans of the first game like the third one. A lot of the original's fans in Japan seemed to hate Drakengard 3. Kid Fenris fucked around with this message at 16:38 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 03:10
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Yeah, the game subverts the character archetypes, but it doesn't really do much with them. Drakengard's fun, but I don't really think it holds well as a story at all.
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May 14, 2014 03:38
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Kid Fenris posted:Edit: I'm interested in seeing just how fans of the first game like the third one. A lot of the original's fans in Japanese seemed to hate Drakengard 3.  Pesky Splinter posted:The characters were interesting in how atypical they were - the heroic lead was a psychopathic butcher, "the wise old man" figure was a semi-senile, speciesist, manipulative old gently caress, and the young child is a self-absorbed little poo poo with a slight messianic complex. And the game went out of its way to say "Look at these people, they are awful human beings". That's without mentioning Arioch!
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May 14, 2014 12:44
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I do not trust Drakengard 1 fans to enjoy an actual good game, because they are already broken people. (If this is actually good)
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May 14, 2014 15:12
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Orgia Carnaval posted:I do not trust Drakengard 1 fans to enjoy an actual good game, because they are already broken people. (If this is actually good) I would rather play just about any given sky stage from D1 than, I dunno, basically any part of D3. Please diagnose how broken I am.
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May 14, 2014 15:45
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We are all broken for being excited for a new Drakengard, really.
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May 14, 2014 15:49
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Orgia Carnaval posted:We are all broken for being excited for a new Drakengard, really. I'm excited for it purely because I want to see another LP of this weird acid trip of a series.
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May 14, 2014 15:51
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Dammit, this thread sure isn't making me feel very confident about all this money I'm dropping on the Collector's Edition.
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May 14, 2014 16:48
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Vermain posted:I'm excited for it purely because I want to see another LP of this weird acid trip of a series. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 16:55 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 16:52
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Orgia Carnaval posted:We are all broken for being excited for a new Drakengard, really. Yeah.  As for the good/bad of the game, I guess it depends what you're expecting, and if talking about the narrative/characters, or the gameplay itself. Gameplay wise, it couldn't be any worse than Drakengard 1. The negatives I've heard about the gameplay is mostly performance based; it takes an eternity to load (with the level zones being too freqently divded by door-opening cutscenes, trying to mask the loading), and drops frames like a bitch.
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May 14, 2014 17:15
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Honestly I'm planning on 3 being my first drakengard experience outside of dark id's lp.
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May 14, 2014 17:21
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I bought Drakengard 1 after reading that LP because it looked awful and after playing the tutorial stage I put it down and never touched it again. That game is too much even for someone like me who plays bad games for fun.
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May 14, 2014 17:27
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Years later, I still go back to the original 2 games for their gameplay. Get on my level scrubs. its me i am the broken one
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May 14, 2014 17:31
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Orgia Carnaval posted:I bought Drakengard 1 after reading that LP because it looked awful and after playing the tutorial stage I put it down and never touched it again. That game is too much even for someone like me who plays bad games for fun. Drakengard 1 is just pure tedium. Drakengard 2 is more tolerable in the actual "gameplay" department, and its apparent that there was a conscious effort to vary it more, and not make it completely terrible. It's satisfactory - not good, not bad, just acceptable.
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May 14, 2014 17:45
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I finished Drakengard 1 with all the endings before LP's were even a thing. I recently beat 2 just because I hadn't before. I am the broken one.
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May 14, 2014 17:55
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I really want to buy this game without awaiting a single in-depth review and the youtube videos look interesting enough... ...but yeah, I'ma wait to see more folks' opinions on this. I loved Nier and enjoyed reading the Drakengard LP right around when I played Nier but the two videos I've watched and the general hush around the game haven't sold me on it just yet.
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May 14, 2014 21:12
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In Drakengard 1 I really liked how you could get all the different endings at a pretty fast pace once you beat the game. Just go back to labeled branching points and do the different thing. Drakengard 2 straight up made you replay through the entire game for each ending or something didn't it? Is 3 more like the first in terms of accessing endings? This probably affects whether I buy it or not. Also Manah was a lot cooler as an insane little girl compared to whatever the gently caress she was supposed to be in 2.
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May 14, 2014 21:26
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Memnaelar posted:I really want to buy this game without awaiting a single in-depth review and the youtube videos look interesting enough... I only have anecdotal info so far, but one of my co-workers has a wife that absolutely adored Nier, and she hated the Japanese Drakengard 3. I'm not expecting a good game from this.
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May 14, 2014 21:40
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LibbyM posted:In Drakengard 1 I really liked how you could get all the different endings at a pretty fast pace once you beat the game. Just go back to labeled branching points and do the different thing. Drakengard 2 straight up made you replay through the entire game for each ending or something didn't it? Is 3 more like the first in terms of accessing endings? This probably affects whether I buy it or not. Brackhar posted:I only have anecdotal info so far, but one of my co-workers has a wife that absolutely adored Nier, and she hated the Japanese Drakengard 3. I'm not expecting a good game from this. Accordion Man fucked around with this message at 21:45 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 21:40
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I pre-ordered the collector's edition knowing that the gameplay was probably going to blow. Cavia wasn't revived for the project, so they went with the group responsible for Deadly Premonition. That was a huge warning sign to me, but I just don't care. Drakengard has entertained me as a franchise, and as it is not Final Fantasy I want it to succeed. I am willing to put up with lackluster gameplay if it means more, better products down the line. I'm also fully prepared for this game not to move me like Nier did, but then again how many games have actually done that in the first place? Oh well. 
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May 14, 2014 21:44
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Brackhar posted:I only have anecdotal info so far, but one of my co-workers has a wife that absolutely adored Nier, and she hated the Japanese Drakengard 3. I'm not expecting a good game from this. This is generally what I'm expecting. Everyone who comments on it does a "well, it's... you know, it's..." kind of stuff which usually disguises genuine dislike.
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May 14, 2014 22:18
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So my original expectations were not unfounded, that's very disappointing although not surprising.
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May 14, 2014 22:22
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I don't get why anyone would be disappointed unless they thought it was gonna be Nier 2 or something dumb like that. I've not played it but gameplay wise it looks as good as Nier and story-wise it's in the same vein of insanity as Drakengard, tho not quite as good.
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May 14, 2014 22:30
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All I want is for the gameplay to be slightly less poo poo than Drakengard 1 and the story to be almost as insane. Drakengard 3 already gave us it'S soundtrack, so it's at least got that going.
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May 14, 2014 22:35
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My problem is if the gameplay is not better than Drakengard 2's gameplay, I'm asking for something that can be conceived as somewhat enjoyable and it seems like it's close to Drakengard 1 in that respect.
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May 14, 2014 22:39
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I'm expecting it to be mediocre but I'm still looking forward to it. I'm tired of the AAA games gimmie a C tier game. Eventually. I preordered this mess back in October and I don't have any emails about codes or shipping or anything 
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May 14, 2014 23:27
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I actually just got an e-mail telling me it's shipping and I already got my DLC code a few days ago. So yeah, keep checking your email it seems they're sort of sending things as they come and go.
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May 14, 2014 23:31
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I got my code for pre-ordering, but still no notice about the game shipping yet. 
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W.T. Fits posted:I got my code for pre-ordering, but still no notice about the game shipping yet. Same. I hope it just means they,re sending them in sequence.
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