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Man, having to spread out level-up stats for Angela cause all her spells are under different stats is gonna mess with my head. The abilities should be interesting to see how they work out in party synergies, since I didn't fully grasp how one character learning a cross-party skill meant anyone in the party could equip it till now
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Inflammatory posted:i don't know what i was expecting for lumina's voice but it was not that The remake is mostly good but that part was a bit jarring. At least put a wispy voice effect on it or something.
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Mar 19, 2020 05:05
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Vermain posted:I appreciate that they showed basically zero restraint and played everyone's personalities as straight and stock as possible. Angela yelling out poo poo like, "It's too gross and dark in this cave!" or, "I love shopping!" adds enormously to the game's charm; it's anime as hell and takes pride in that. This sums up my thoughts pretty succinctly, right down to the words 'love letter' which specifically flashed in my mind early on while playing. This was, without a doubt, one of my absolute favorite games during some of the most formative years of my life, and on this remake they did such an incredible job balancing both being faithful and innovating. Like Vermain, I also enjoyed the various color commentary the PCs would provide in different areas, and hearing Hawkeye lament how the enemies were TOO easy made a smile creep across my face. I will say that I definitely noticed a fair amount of texture pop-in while playing on the Switch. But luckily I also own a gaming PC and a PS4, and I only got to see 2/6 intros so far, so I'll do one more on PC and one more on PS4 and make a decision as to what on which platform I want to get the full version from there. Obviously the idea of carting the Switch around is appealing, but I only ever play on a TV anyways...hmm.... NoEyedSquareGuy posted:The remake is mostly good but that part was a bit jarring. At least put a wispy voice effect on it or something. I remember thinking at the time that I loved the voice but really wasn't digging the character model they chose. It was just so small and plastic-looking, while the voice was loud and dynamic. I hope the rest of the Spirits are more animated than that! timp fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Mar 19, 2020 |
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I did like the fact Riesz is like the biggest straight arrow dork and Angela is super valley girl as hell. You could tell they were having fun making this.
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the thing i was most worried about going in was the soundtrack, but from what's in the demo they've done a phenomenal job keeping the charm of the original. love that snare drum.
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Mar 19, 2020 05:45
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The voice acting is so bad and I am completely in love with it.
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No Irish Need Imply posted:The voice acting is so bad and I am completely in love with it.
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Finally got around to playing the demo, and I have thoughts: - really does feel like a completely different game. The areas have newer layouts, and don't seem as maze like. - the combat flow is great. You just kind of weave in and out, and it doesn't feel slow at all. It'll take some getting used to adding jumping to the mix though. - good lord the load times are awful, and I have a hybrid drive. The PS4 version is in 4k (if you have a pro obvs) if any of you are deciding between that and the Switch version if you don't care for mobility.
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Mar 19, 2020 07:02
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Man, watching the intro I legit got chills when the theme transitioned to Angel's Fear. My inner 12 year old is hype as gently caress. Very pleased with the combat system and how the game encourages me to jump everywhere like a madman. Wish there were more spells to play around with, but I was satisfied with the power of Angela's first one and the speed of casting. The voice acting is charming and doesn't take itself too seriously, if a bit uneven in quality/intensity. Ludgar and Lumina is fabulous, but it's a bit jarring how the model is like a rock shaped like a wisp of light. I hope all the elementals have goofy personalities.
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Mar 19, 2020 07:10
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Seriously who is voice acting Hawkeye because he has big Claude Von Riegan from Three Houses energy.
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Mar 19, 2020 07:17
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I just happened to start watching Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts this week, and I swear Angela's is the same VA
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Mar 19, 2020 07:22
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I played the demo and I’m very excited to live Angela’s teen fantasy anime adventure. I’m a little torn on party comp, because my ideal is Angela/Rieze/Hawkeye but I did just use that team on Collection of Mana and I don’t much like the back and forth to the black market for healing.... Maybe Angela/Duran/Hawkeye(or Rieze)? I’d take Charlotte but I like the English voice acting and I don’t know how long I can put up with “hewwo”....
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Mar 19, 2020 07:29
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Mar 19, 2020 10:10
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I'm in love with this demo. For those who know the game, does comp actually matter or can I play on normal with whatever anime wunderkinds I prefer?
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This game is very different from the original so it's hard to tell, but if I had to guess you can probably get away with whatever group you want.
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Throne of Bhalz posted:I'm in love with this demo. For those who know the game, does comp actually matter or can I play on normal with whatever anime wunderkinds I prefer? Comp does matter for the story. There are three paired stories of one character's nation invading another character's nation (Angela's kingdom invades Duran's, Hawke's kingdom conquer's Riesze's, Kevin's kingdom invades Charlie's home). The stories are more complete if you play with matching pairs, provided one of them is your starting character. Because the endgame dungeon and bosses come from the main antagonist of your starting character. So Angela/Duran/Kevin is good, while Kevin/Angela/Duran is bad, or at least will miss part of the story, since Charlie is not in your party. It doesn't matter for your tenth playthrough or so, but if you play through each of the three routes for the first time, you should have both characters important to that route in your party.
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Throne of Bhalz posted:I'm in love with this demo. For those who know the game, does comp actually matter or can I play on normal with whatever anime wunderkinds I prefer? Mechanically, it’s somewhat hard to say since they changed certain things that might make party synergy more of a thing. If it’s like the original though, any composition is possible, you just might need to store more items away to make up for whatever you’re lacking.
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Mar 19, 2020 11:09
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seiferguy posted:- good lord the load times are awful, and I have a hybrid drive. Switch loads were pretty bad, but PC were pretty great (not even SSD) I'm really looking forward to this game. I was going to get this on switch, but I think I will opt for Steam instead.
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Throne of Bhalz posted:I'm in love with this demo. For those who know the game, does comp actually matter or can I play on normal with whatever anime wunderkinds I prefer? The main thing party composition affects is which faction and which final boss you're going to fight at the end, as well as what intros you're able to play, some story cutscenes, a midgame dungeon, and two endgame dungeons that come straight after one another. In the original, two characters also had an optional superboss assigned to them, but I don't think this will necessarily be true in the remake (and judging from the trailers, we're getting a postgame superboss for everyone as well). It also matters a bit due to what kind of moves and spells your party members learn, but with usage of the Black Market, this is largely mitigated (and since the remake is significantly different from the original anyways, even veterans of SD3 cannot strictly apply their old strategies and expect them to work in the same way).
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Have they released the Trophy list for Trials yet? I’m just curious since I’m still not sure whether to get this on Switch or PS4. I’m leaning toward Switch for the portability.
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Mar 19, 2020 14:53
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I'm really glad this is not a re-skin at all, but a legit remake. Sure, it doesn't have the budget of the most expensive games, but it definitely feels like an awful lot of work has gone into it.
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Throne of Bhalz posted:I'm in love with this demo. For those who know the game, does comp actually matter or can I play on normal with whatever anime wunderkinds I prefer? I'll probably just use Kevin and Durant with Charlotte as a heal bot to keep them alive while they blast through everything like a freight train.
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Mar 19, 2020 16:28
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Anyone found the hidden character so far in the demo? I guess I am blind.
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Mar 19, 2020 16:33
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Hawkeye's Trap/Projectile spells (or is it moves now) now keys off of Luck. I tested this by having Hawkeye and Riesz use the Shuriken item against Golbins and Mushbooms in the area right before Fullmetal Hugger and Hawk was constantly doing 5 points more damage with them on average.
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Mar 19, 2020 17:07
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How big is this demo? I'm at 40% downloaded with eight hours to go but I'm assuming it's my ISP melting down.
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Mar 19, 2020 17:18
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About 7GB.
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Playing Angela's flashback after having Kevin as a primary felt like a bit of a slog. Am I missing some neat trick, or is that just what the non-combat specialists have to deal with early on?
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gandlethorpe posted:Playing Angela's flashback after having Kevin as a primary felt like a bit of a slog. Am I missing some neat trick, or is that just what the non-combat specialists have to deal with early on? That's how it was in the original, Angela had to slog through the ice with her staff and nothing else.
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Mar 19, 2020 17:32
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Does Trials of Mana have local co-op? Did a search to check and I saw some yes and some no results Asking because I introduced my wife to SoM by playing local co-op of the PS4 remake and it'd be a lot of fun to try the sequel together too
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seiferguy posted:That's how it was in the original, Angela had to slog through the ice with her staff and nothing else. Yes, I vividly remember doing a run like that *shudder* I was wondering if they threw her a bone this time. Oh well, the first spell already feels pretty great, so hopefully that makes up for it. Or just pick her as a sidekick and skip all that, lol.
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I'm going to play as my three favorite animes and not worry about composition. Genuinely impressed with the quality of the demo. I might have some awkward decisions to make, with this and FF7:R being released so close to each other.
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loquacius posted:Does Trials of Mana have local co-op? Did a search to check and I saw some yes and some no results The remake will not, the re-release (part of the collections of mana release) does.
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gandlethorpe posted:Yes, I vividly remember doing a run like that *shudder* She gets a spell early on (when you get the first spirit) which is nice but yeah her and Charlotte have an annoying start to their game.
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Throne of Bhalz posted:I might have some awkward decisions to make, with this and FF7:R being released so close to each other. 
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I really like what they did with this track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoVhHStgpvM I mentioned a few day ago that it seemed like all the music was more transcription than arrangement, with each instrument hitting every note from the original with virtually no exceptions. After playing the demo and listening more, that still holds true for the most part, but I have picked up on a few minor changes. But it's still really wonderful because they're subtle and don't take away from the song's "thesis" as it were at all. For instance, in the track above, they removed the accented shaker part from the original and replaced it with some light hand drumming. They also added some really tasty sustained strings in the part when the main theme repeats itself. I'm just so impressed with the direction they took at arranging these tracks—90% original with an extra 10% punch-up. IMO it's the best route they could have taken. Oh also the Crimson Wizard's teleportation effect looks fucken rad
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Throne of Bhalz posted:I'm in love with this demo. For those who know the game, does comp actually matter or can I play on normal with whatever anime wunderkinds I prefer? One thing to note is that there's exactly one team comp that (assuming the spell lists are the same as in the original) can never have a healer: Hawkeye, Riesz, and Angela. Any of the other characters can at least learn a healing spell by reclassing. In the original even that was fine because healing items can cover you pretty easily, and it's entirely possible the rebalancing made it possible for one of them to learn a healing spell in one of their classes (or not, no way to know yet). From what I can tell, the most important thing with team comp is story, especially because normal mode seems pretty easy.
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timp posted:I really like what they did with this track Yeah, I normally hate remade tracks from 8/16-bit originals. It always feels like something was lost in translation. That hasn't happened here. They managed to keep the charm of the original while still feeling modernized.
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timp posted:Oh also the Crimson Wizard's teleportation effect looks fucken rad  Harrow posted:From what I can tell, the most important thing with team comp is story, especially because normal mode seems pretty easy. so is hard mode, for that matter.
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Mar 19, 2020 18:18
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