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My favorite part was localizing a game based on an anime that no one had ever watched on a console nobody owned, 5 years after it came out.
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Endorph posted:My favorite part was localizing a game based on an anime that no one had ever watched on a console nobody owned, 5 years after it came out. Which one was that?
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Aug 29, 2014 01:10
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dis astranagant posted:Which one was that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2522HMt5Dg to be fair it was more like 3 and a half years but still
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Aug 29, 2014 01:15
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Endorph posted:My favorite part was localizing a game based on an anime that no one had ever watched on a console nobody owned, 5 years after it came out.  Victor Ireland...
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Aug 29, 2014 01:17
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Endorph posted:My favorite part was localizing a game based on an anime that no one had ever watched on a console nobody owned, 5 years after it came out. You take that back, Magic Knight Rayearth was the best show.
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Aug 29, 2014 01:21
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Endorph posted:My favorite part was localizing a game based on an anime that no one had ever watched on a console nobody owned, 5 years after it came out. Even better was that the only reason to play the Magic Knight Rayearth game was if you already liked the show. Because it is a really bad game.
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Aug 29, 2014 01:28
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Even better was that the only reason to play the Magic Knight Rayearth game was if you already liked the show. Because it is a really bad game. To be fair, I'm not sure what else you're supposed to expect out of a literal magical girl RPG.
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Aug 29, 2014 01:36
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The White Dragon posted:Once upon a time, I was really desperate for a JRPG and I played the fan translation of the SNES version because it was something at least. The battle animations were actually pretty good iirc but I always thought the localization was spotty at best: their androgynous elf buddy was named Fairyo, and the bosses were mechanical beasts called Mashines. "Mashin" is an accurate translation actually. That's what they're called.
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Aug 29, 2014 01:40
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dirty nub posted:The original Lunar: The Silver Star for Sega CD is one of my favorite games of all time. The remakes drastically simplified the combat system and changed up the story a bit. I would really recommend playing the Silver Star and Eternal Blue on Sega CD. The one major advantage I think the PSX version has is that your party will often comment on what NPCs say, and it really adds a lot of character to your party members. I started playing through the Sega CD version and I didn't see that happening in that version, at least from what I saw.
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The White Dragon posted:their androgynous elf buddy was named Fairyo Ferio. As in the car. Because everyone was named after cars.
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Aug 29, 2014 01:44
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Also I'm pretty sure Ferio wasn't one of the androgynous ones.
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Aug 29, 2014 01:53
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The White Dragon posted:To be fair, I'm not sure what else you're supposed to expect out of a literal magical girl RPG. EDIT: Also the Sailor Moon RPG was pretty okay.
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Aug 29, 2014 02:05
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Kickstart that poo poo boys, I wanna play a game about little girls in dorky outfits with a stupidly long title.
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Aug 29, 2014 06:44
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Endorph posted:EDIT: Also the Sailor Moon RPG was pretty okay. This is super-true. Just weird enough in a lot of ways that I'm still fond of it to this day. Also the way they handled the alternate endings was nifty AND let you just reload to see the other one, without it being a "poo poo ending y/n" dialogue box.
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Aug 29, 2014 09:10
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Million Ghosts posted:Kickstart that poo poo boys, I wanna play a game about little girls in dorky outfits with a stupidly long title. There got to be at least a dozen or two of these that never got released over here. I mean, come on, that poo poo is like bread and butter of kids anime.
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Aug 29, 2014 13:57
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So very typical fantasy fair, stupid human tried to use evil all powerful thing and then it didn't work as she had planned and now everyone is hosed. Crono is gone presumed dead and same for Schala. Don't really care about either of them much, especially since Schala had a whole five minutes of screentime, maybe ten. But yeah, how close am I to the endgame now? I will probably be doing some of the sidequests since they seem to be important for Character Development but I hope those aren't too long. I really don't like putting off the end of a game the first time through because it feels like I'm removing the dramatic weight of the story. Also I've been using Ayla a lot because and Marle's Iceberg Toss saved me against the first Golem. Now everyone is clammering for me to keep using her because Charm is apparently super-amazing. I would like a lot of Megalixirs thank you.
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Aug 29, 2014 16:47
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Go talk to the man at the end of time, he will tell you everything you need to know. Also if you go to the north cape in 12 000 bc don't fight who shows up there.
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Aug 29, 2014 16:59
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NikkolasKing posted:But yeah, how close am I to the endgame now? I will probably be doing some of the sidequests since they seem to be important for Character Development but I hope those aren't too long. I really don't like putting off the end of a game the first time through because it feels like I'm removing the dramatic weight of the story. You can end the game whenever you want! Okay but yeah you've actually got a fair amount of end game quests left to do, as mentioned just talk to the man at the End of Time and he'll point you in the right direction as long as you've got something left to do. Most of the late game sidequests are actually all pretty significant in terms of content, so don't skip em. I'd save the Dark Omen for very last though.
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Aug 29, 2014 17:05
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Seconding do all the sidequests and save Dark Omen for last. Those sidequests give a lot of good equipment for Dark Omen and the final boss.
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Aug 29, 2014 17:18
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NikkolasKing posted:So very typical fantasy fair, stupid human tried to use evil all powerful thing and then it didn't work as she had planned and now everyone is hosed. Crono is gone presumed dead and same for Schala. Don't really care about either of them much, especially since Schala had a whole five minutes of screentime, maybe ten. As for Schala, all is forgiven for that theme.
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Aug 29, 2014 17:28
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I wouldn't skip the sidequests, they're significant game content in their own right and they really flesh out some of the characters and their backstories.
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Aug 29, 2014 17:39
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Schala's theme is arguably the single best piece of videogame music ever written.
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Aug 29, 2014 17:40
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Sakurazuka posted:Schala's theme is arguably the single best piece of videogame music ever written. um https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK3Et0Vedos
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Aug 29, 2014 17:46
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I did say arguably. Also the GBA soundchip makes everything sound like it's playing underwater.
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Aug 29, 2014 17:51
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I suppose now is as good a time as any to repost the best thing to come from Chrono Resurrection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYoGFvn_fOk
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Aug 29, 2014 18:42
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All the music from Suikoden 2 is so good, but that might be because I've played it so many times that I need to love it.
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Aug 30, 2014 00:36
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So I love Charm. I was gonna start the "Rainbow Shell" sidequest but in the old Reptile lair there are these things called Fossil Apes I can constantly respawn and each of them gives me a Megalixir. I'm gonna spend a good while stockpiling those. I also HAVE to use Magus in my party now I know he was Janus. That was a great twist/reveal and it really just makes all the pieces fall into place. In a game that hasn't had much in the way of surprises, this was a welcome change of things and so he has to be in my party when I defeat Lavos. Also I just learned that the Fiends are called "Mystics" in Woolsey's translation. I can kinda get behind that since "Fiend' has rather negative connotations. Makes them all sound like Hellspawn when we know that not all of them are quite so terrible. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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Aug 30, 2014 00:39
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It also helps that Magus is really strong, bordering on overpowered. He was in my party pretty much constantly once I got him.
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Aug 30, 2014 00:46
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So I got Magus, Ayla and Crono as my party but then I don't have a healer. I don't want to constantly rely on Items. I have like 100K Gil but I'm sure any future equipment I will want to buy will be insanely pricy so I don't want to squander my fortune on getting as many Hi Potions as I can. Mid-Potions only heel like 200 I think and that's useless. Marle with Cure can heal pretty much any character to full and it only costs 1 MP with the Stud she has on as an accessory. Maybe I'll go for a party of Magus, Ayla and Marle. They are my favorite characters. Well Marle and Magus for Story and Ayla for Charm. edit: I forgot Marle has Haste. Yeah, she stays. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Aug 30, 2014 |
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Aug 30, 2014 00:59
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NikkolasKing posted:So I got Magus, Ayla and Crono as my party but then I don't have a healer. I don't want to constantly rely on Items. I have like 100K Gil but I'm sure any future equipment I will want to buy will be insanely pricy so I don't want to squander my fortune on getting as many Hi Potions as I can. Mid-Potions only heel like 200 I think and that's useless. Marle with Cure can heal pretty much any character to full and it only costs 1 MP with the Stud she has on as an accessory. Magus Marle Crono is probably my party of choice, since Crono is far and away the best physical attacker with endgame equipment.
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NikkolasKing posted:Also I just learned that the Fiends are called "Mystics" in Woolsey's translation. I can kinda get behind that since "Fiend' has rather negative connotations. Makes them all sound like Hellspawn when we know that not all of them are quite so terrible. Fiends is a more more accurate translation though. In the original version they're just called Mazoku (basically "demons") and Magus's name is just "Maoh" which is just effectively 'evil lord/demon king" Negative connotations are exactly what they should have.
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Aug 30, 2014 01:06
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Sakurazuka posted:Schala's theme is arguably the single best piece of videogame music ever written. Someone post the youtube video where some guy freestyle raps over Schala's theme
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Aug 30, 2014 01:08
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ImpAtom posted:Fiends is a more more accurate translation though. In the original version they're just called Mazoku (basically "demons") and Magus's name is just "Maoh" which is just effectively 'evil lord/demon king" Negative connotations are exactly what they should have. Oh I understand that. I settled on the DS version because it is apparently more accurate than the SNES one. Some people told me Magus' character was even changed somewhat in the Woolsey version. I guess because he's more fond of joking around? That does seem out-of-character given how rather bleak his storyline is.
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Aug 30, 2014 01:10
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I used Magus Marle Lucca for their insanely powerful Dark Eternal triple tech but Crono definitely has the highest damage potential in the end game on his own.
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Aug 30, 2014 01:20
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Baby Babbeh posted:It also helps that Magus is really strong, bordering on overpowered. He was in my party pretty much constantly once I got him. quote:I used Magus Marle Lucca for their insanely powerful Dark Eternal triple tech but Crono definitely has the highest damage potential in the end game on his own.
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Aug 30, 2014 01:34
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NikkolasKing posted:So I got Magus, Ayla and Crono as my party but then I don't have a healer. I don't want to constantly rely on Items. I have like 100K Gil but I'm sure any future equipment I will want to buy will be insanely pricy so I don't want to squander my fortune on getting as many Hi Potions as I can. Mid-Potions only heel like 200 I think and that's useless. Marle with Cure can heal pretty much any character to full and it only costs 1 MP with the Stud she has on as an accessory. If you ever want a real easy time with the game, use Crono, Robo, and Frog. Frog and Robo have a heal that always cures everyone for full health. You can use it every turn if you wanted while Crono does whatever he wants. That's an unstoppable tactic. The group also has one of the strongest triple techs.
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Aug 30, 2014 01:55
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The White Dragon posted:Well, barring any crit shenanigans with Ayla. Or Robo with Crisis Arm, once you figure out how it works from the misleading item description.
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Aug 30, 2014 02:03
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I typically use Crono Frog and Ayla, Ayla and Frog have a heal all dual tech and the physical triple tech you get from this team is beast as gently caress. Plus Crono and Frog have increased crits from the hero medal and rainbow sword. Doubly so in the ds version where they give Frog an even better hero's medal.
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Aug 30, 2014 02:03
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Crono, Robo, Ayla. Heal Laser! Kung fu! YEAAAAA
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I love how this thread, right now, is illustrating exactly why the game is so popular.
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