Toukiden: Ancient Japanese Monster Hunter with HP Bars and Lock-On

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Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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The best weapon is the spear because I like spears and cool people like spears.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2014 22:25

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 17:10

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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dPB posted:

It's up now http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/game/ps-vita/toukiden-the-age-of-demons/698589

no mention of any pre order bonuses.

In the Demo the OP mentions 4 mitama to get. Where is the last one? Is it the one you find in the final mission of the demo but can never receive?

You get to keep that one.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2014 18:21

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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dPB posted:

Dropped by the local JB when I went out for lunch, no idea about any preorder bonuses and now the release date is the 27th of February. (Or was I hallucinating the previous date of 14th like with the rest of Europe?). Also EB Games has no idea about it so I guess you win this time EU PSN.

Gamestop gave me a call and said it would be available tomorrow morning. Maybe different in EU.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2014 03:17

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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Mithaldu posted:

There's mainly one thing in the demo that really soured me on the game: Random drops that are completely disconnected from player skill.

In order to upgrade weapons loot is needed, however unlike Soul Sacrifice, where the loot obtained was purely based on player skill, in the demo it was all about beating the same critter again and again, hoping that it dropped the item with the right id. This was made worse by there being little opportunity to make running the missions faster, since most of the time was spent running from A to B, and some of the needed mobs only being once or thrice in any given mission.

How prevalent is this in the full game?

Similarly, does getting loot from bosses also depend on luck at all, or is that at least purely skill based?

Even SS had an element of randomness, most specifically with the Essences, yes running harder missions made + and ++ more likely and yes there were Sigils to make them more common but gently caress I ran Carn. Slime almost 200 times trying to get a SE+.

Edit: My sorrow made manifest.

Belzac fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Feb 11, 2014

# ¿ Feb 11, 2014 20:20

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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I'm pretty sure any weapon can be a body part sniper god with the Spirit Mitama.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2014 23:47

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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Fauxtool posted:

Played the demo, loved it.
Using the spear, does a charged thrust with the follow up flurry do more or less than the charged special move? I could do either on a downed monster. Is there an even better option?

I never use the O charged attack. Be sure when using the Square charge to chain it into more charges. It can chain 3 times before unleashing the atatatatatata attack at the the end.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2014 19:18

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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Awesome! posted:

It's cool, I'm bad too. The plus side is this game has the downed mechanic that gives your team a chance to revive you. If they fail to do so you can just blame it on them!

Every time you get downed it's harder and harder to bring you back. Stop dieing pls.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2014 21:17

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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Boinks posted:

I just finished chapter 3 and I haven't seen any Goldentalons yet. Anyone know where they show up?

Goldentalons are a special offshoot of the Razortalon enemy and you can force them to spawn by finding any area with at least 2 Razortalons, killing them, and then waiting for them to respawn. One of them will respawn as a Golentalon. This is true for nearly all "rare" versions of enemies.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2014 20:05

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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The exceptions to this would be:
The very small enemies (ie. Imps, Aurwings, and Poison spitters) which need at least 4 in a zone to respawn as a rare.
Drumbles and Flaming Souls rare types are actually rare and very hard to find. I don't know the exact rules on them but they can only be seen with Eye of Truth. The only times I've encountered them they've appeared in the zone after I already scanned the zone, done some fighting, then happened to turn it on again and there's a stupid Drumble in the back how did you get there. I've found most of them in boss rooms actually since you're in them so long I guess the chance of a rare monster spawning is pinged enough for one to hop in.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2014 20:13

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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Did they ever add more than good old Cerb to this game in terms of DLC monsters? All these refights and recolors are lame.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2014 00:38

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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If you don't like killing the same monster 5+ times, you're gonna be in for a surprise.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2014 04:55

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 17:10

Belzac: Mar 20, 2008; The third fracture I would do away with...I can't, sorry.

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Boinks posted:

Oh I wish it was just 5 times. I'm up to 10 and haven't seen one yet!

It's pretty much a 100% guaranteed drop if you destroy the breastplate breakoff part.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2014 18:09

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