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Sep 18, 2015 14:30
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Forest Thief Pud posted:Actually, the way Ernest works is that you a) have to have Opera in the party and b) you have to do a bunch of side-events that relate to Opera and Ernest before going to Hoffman Ruins which you're required to go to because of plot reasons, and then he shows up as a boss after you fight the story boss of the dungeon. Ernest and Opera can then go leave the planet together if you don't convince them to stay, so at least that's a decent enough ending. Yeah, but you can avoid that room with the story boss. So if you're a completionist and want Opera but not Ernest in your party, just do the side-events and then make sure to walk past the room with the extra boss on your way out.
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Sep 18, 2015 14:55
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Vp2 is universally liked, it's just graded against another good game backed by nostalgia. The one common complaint is the lack of cutscene on the spirits, but that's not what the plot's about.
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Sep 18, 2015 15:46
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Valkyrie Profile 2 is great. I like VP1 more but VP2 is excellent. I actually imported VP2 when it first came out and liked it enough I bought the US version as soon as it was out.
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Sep 18, 2015 15:53
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corn in the bible posted:valkyrie profile 2 can do 1080i I had to look this up and it sounds like it just upscales from 480p and only works on the JP version of the game. Probably better off trying to emulate it at this point if you want it in HD. As far as the game itself goes, I'll be "that guy" and say I liked VP2 a lot better than 1. The format of VP1 was much more interesting and unique, Lenneth is a way cooler protagonist of course, and a lot of the sprite work in VP1 was fantastic. But basically everything other than that, especially combat, I liked much better about VP2. One real poo poo part of VP2 is, I believe Chapter 3, which is like 3-4 times longer than every other chapter in the game, and virtually nothing happens in the story during it until the end. Just a lot of 'go to this dungeon, now go to this dungeon', really drags. The other poo poo part is that characters join and leave your party permanently all the time and the game has a whole lot of permanent stat booster items you are encouraged to get and use. Spoiler for end of the game: Even the main character Alicia leaves the party right before the final boss. So just on the offhand you had been dumping all your stat boosters into her or something, sorry get hosed. Rufus is the only character that stays with you the entire game, but he does leave the party briefly for a few bossfights near the end of the game.
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Sep 18, 2015 16:44
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corn in the bible posted:A pstv is hella cheap, though it won't run ys celceta because of various bullshit reasons Yeah, I thought about one, but I'd pretty much just be getting something to play on at work, so the Vita is a better choice. That being said, I have yet to play a Tales game that really grabbed me, so it sounds like I'd pretty much be getting it for PSN games, remote play, and Persona 4 (and maybe Disgaea 4). I may need to mull it over more...
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Sep 18, 2015 17:14
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Okay i'm gonna need starting tips for VP2
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Sep 18, 2015 17:30
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Golden Goat posted:Okay i'm gonna need starting tips for VP2 You're sort of expected to "Release" your Einherjar throughout the game, which gives them up in exchange for permanent stat buff items you can give to the other characters you decide to keep. The items you get are based on their gear (not including accessories), so IIRC you just need to gain 5 levels of them and then beyond that they don't matter. This is mostly a min-maxy mechanic, you can completely ignore it on your first playthrough if you want. You'll need to get into it if you go for harder difficulties or the bonus post-game dungeon. Story characters come and go all the time. Don't spend any permanent stat-up items on anyone other than Rufus, or maybe as Einherjar that is particularly good. Pick a few Einherjar you really like and keep them. They're reliable party fillers and many of them are quite good. Feel free to Release any unnecessary ones. In battle you can split your party into multiple groups. Don't forget this because it's really useful. The game isn't like VP1 in that you need to follow a confusing series of decisions to get the 'real' ending. There's one very minor bonus ending bit that's easy to get if you want though. Honestly other than that I think it's pretty easy to pick up, don't really need to know much going in for your first playthrough. Gwyrgyn Blood fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Sep 18, 2015 |
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Sep 18, 2015 17:45
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There's a poem you might want to read in some houses in the first two chapters for a goodie later on, but it's not critical.
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Sep 18, 2015 17:49
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Stats don't really matter much for most of the game. It's mostly about equipment bonus stacking and skills. The tutorial does a good job explaining everything, but generally the most active thing you'll do is switch up your attacks because they are very context-sensitive (size, weight, armor, etc).
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Sep 18, 2015 17:52
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The only two things I disliked about Vp2 were how Einjerhar were random to an extent and how some of the companions were handled.
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Sep 18, 2015 18:00
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Use Phyress Elemental attacks are more or less universally better than non-elemental attacks, since the elemental portion is bonus magic damage on top of the physical damage. Weapons with elements then add additional magical damage, in a way that stacks.
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Sep 18, 2015 19:18
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:I had to look this up and it sounds like it just upscales from 480p and only works on the JP version of the game. Probably better off trying to emulate it at this point if you want it in HD. IIRC, this does work on the US version (and also for Radiata Stories and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time) because I remember holding down some buttons each time (triangle and something) I booted it to enable progressive scan (480p), and then switch to widescreen within the game. Definitely not 720p/1080i though. I want to say the only PS2 game that can do that was Gran Turismo 4. Fake edit: I am completely and utterly wrong. Check this awesome list for all PS2 resolution outliers. Real edit: I wish VP2/RS/SO3 would come up on the PS Store so I could open my wallet for them again. PS2's out of commission and emulation isn't really an option due to my refusal to move the PC to the living room. I preferred VP2 over 1 because there wasn't this lingering "hey the world ends in x days, so quit loving around and move forward already." and I could just sit and grind materials for hours, and by golly I sure did. It was a great incentive to screw around with combos and stuff and getting some of those rewards for hitting poo poo in mid-air or whatever made me feel so warm and happy inside. 
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Sep 18, 2015 21:38
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xov posted:I wish RS would come up on the PS Store so I could open my wallet for it again.
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Sep 18, 2015 21:50
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xov posted:IIRC, this does work on the US version (and also for Radiata Stories and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time) because I remember holding down some buttons each time (triangle and something) I booted it to enable progressive scan (480p), and then switch to widescreen within the game. So vp2 is better because its grindfest?
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Sep 18, 2015 22:09
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corn in the bible posted:So vp2 is better because its grindfest? No, it's better because you don't have a ticking timer telling you what you can and can't do.
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Sep 18, 2015 22:12
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it's also better because it makes a bit of sense intsead of making negative sense.
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Sep 18, 2015 22:18
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Just buy all the PS2 RPGs that's what I did.
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Sep 18, 2015 22:19
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Million Ghosts posted:it's also better because it makes a bit of sense intsead of making negative sense. VP2 makes sense, it's just silly. 70% of the plot is "here is what happened in VP1's flashback city." The other 30% is "Lezard travelled back in time, hosed everything up, had to die."
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Sep 18, 2015 22:22
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i know, i mean VP1 is a pile of whats and whys
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Sep 18, 2015 22:23
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The other critical advantage of VP2 is that there are super shortened versions of the super animations.
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Sep 18, 2015 22:39
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SO2 chat got me playing that again and I have but one thing to say about it: gently caress MACHINERY
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Sep 18, 2015 22:51
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VP1 is great because everyone sounds like a pokemon character
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Sep 18, 2015 22:53
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The Taint Reaper posted:Just buy all the PS2 RPGs
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Sep 18, 2015 22:59
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dis astranagant posted:SO2 chat got me playing that again and I have but one thing to say about it: gently caress MACHINERY sorry you keep trying to make the ririca and you see it in the transforming model, but it happens on the failure beat
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Sep 19, 2015 00:32
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Million Ghosts posted:i know, i mean VP1 is a pile of whats and whys
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Sep 19, 2015 00:36
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The White Dragon posted:sorry you keep trying to make the ririca and you see it in the transforming model, but it happens on the failure beat No, I have 20 of those. No Plasma Zap-Stick or Mech Launcher after hundreds of attempts with Orchestra playing.
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Sep 19, 2015 01:59
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Endorph posted:vp1 is a really simple plot But it's a simple plot that's told in the most complicated way possible. Not that it matters because the best part of the game are the character vignettes anyway.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:16
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Valkyrie Profile was the game that carried Classic Enix to Valhalla.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:23
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The Taint Reaper posted:Valkyrie Profile was the game that carried Classic Enix to Valhalla. Which is weird because SE just recently released the best Valkyrie Profile game ever.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:30
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Levantine posted:No, it's better because you don't have a ticking timer telling you what you can and can't do. vp1 gives you so, so, so much extra time to do things, and absolutely all of that extra time is pretty much useless
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Sep 19, 2015 03:26
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Which is weird because SE just recently released the best Valkyrie Profile game ever. Yeah Lightning Returns was good.
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Sep 19, 2015 03:46
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speaking of wicked great ps2 rpgs who has the rights to shadow hearts right now and why aren't they doing anything with them
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Sep 19, 2015 04:25
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Suicide Pacmen posted:speaking of wicked great ps2 rpgs who has the rights to shadow hearts right now and why aren't they doing anything with them Aruze and because they left video games entirely and just do casino stuff now.
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Sep 19, 2015 04:27
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Quest For Glory II posted:I ordered Shining Force Neo and Arc the Lad Twilight. After these two the next ones I might get are Valkyrie Profile 2 and Metal Saga. Gotta catch em all Metal Saga is really cool, but I found myself struggling to want to finish it
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Sep 19, 2015 04:36
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Metal Saga is neat but I kinda why it's the only one that came out here.
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Sep 19, 2015 05:35
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also shadow hearts is a 4 game series, in which one game sold decently at all. a 25% success rate isn't really worth dragging it back out for.
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Sep 19, 2015 05:36
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ImpAtom posted:Aruze and because they left video games entirely and just do casino stuff now. Gambling needs to be banned everywhere so we can have our game companies back.
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Sep 19, 2015 07:02
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it's not like they have the shadow hearts devs working on pachinko machines. Nautilus got dissolved completely by Aruze. it's dead. All the employees went on to work at feelplus (lost odyssey and infinite undiscovery) and then feelplus got rolled into Marvelous (uh, Fate/Extra?)
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Sep 19, 2015 07:06
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If you want people really high up in the chain, the director/writer of Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 worked on some PSP rpgs that never left japan. Big RIP. The guy behind Koudelka went back to just composing games. He's worked on Soul Calibur, the Shining series, and touhou remix albums. The director of Shadow Hearts 3 worked on Lost Odyssey, too. and the character designer for all 3 games draws PreCure fanart on pixiv, which is the happiest ending of all, really.
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