THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: recursivelyenumerable on February 27, 2008, 11:57:09 AM
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on the one hand, it is a DS game :o made by Tetsuya Takahashi and the Xenosaga team :o :o starring Chrono and Sephiroth, which sp0rsk is currently spooging over.
on the other hand
Story's great but the customization is the heart of the game. Rare item drops invokes feelings of Diablo. Orbs can be used to enhance weapons. The motivation in the game is to build a solid character. Together with the action elements of the game, the tempo is great.
:o :o :o
can this dilemma ever possibly be resolved?!
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SOMA?
YES PLEASE
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This game, based on the videos, looks REAL awesome - flows nicely, good graphics, variety of combat styles/weapons, Mitsuda music :bow. I'm itchin' for a good ARPG since the Kingdom Hearts series is ass, and the Mana series dropped the ball majorly.
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demi is gonna try soma bringer too
2058 - Soma Bringer (J)
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my store has it filed under
Soma_Bringer_JPN_NDS-6rz
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97MB zip file, yaya
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oh yes, yes i will
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Game reminds me of Children of Mana
Cant understand a lick though as usual - deleted
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This game, based on the videos, looks REAL awesome - flows nicely, good graphics, variety of combat styles/weapons, Mitsuda music :bow. I'm itchin' for a good ARPG since the Kingdom Hearts series is ass, and the Mana series dropped the ball majorly.
Yeah TotA isn't filling that void for me either
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ugh, LO has turned me into that creature I've always hated
the man who wants to skip all the cutscenes on his first playthrough
:gloomy
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LIRUM :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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I also have a special hatred in my heart now for the "wacky" theme in any RPG
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I also have a special hatred in my heart now for the "wacky" theme in any RPG
Gongara's Theme or the Dream theme for maximum wakitude?
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I was thinking of the prison escape theme
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now that I can read Japanese, I am just mashing A to get through the cutscenes as quickly as possible
how ironic
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EVENT SKIP = ON
set it in the options, L+R to skip cutscenes
game is looking better already
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I've been seeing a lot of commercials for Soma Bringer lately, looks pretty cool.
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This game, based on the videos, looks REAL awesome - flows nicely, good graphics, variety of combat styles/weapons, Mitsuda music :bow. I'm itchin' for a good ARPG since the Kingdom Hearts series is ass, and the Mana series dropped the ball majorly.
Yeah TotA isn't filling that void for me either
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Tales games aren't ARPGs.
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omg a talent tree
with multiple points placeable in each talent
and free respecs
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This game, based on the videos, looks REAL awesome - flows nicely, good graphics, variety of combat styles/weapons, Mitsuda music :bow. I'm itchin' for a good ARPG since the Kingdom Hearts series is ass, and the Mana series dropped the ball majorly.
Yeah TotA isn't filling that void for me either
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Tales games aren't ARPGs.
Tales games have a weird RPG+fighting game system, which I HATE.
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just beat the first dungeon
I went with the Assassin character, focus on martial arts and such.
I like the way all four face buttons are "attacks" and you can mix up your mashing.
I also really like the way they went with TINY characters--means they can fit three party members and multiple enemies on screen at once. camera zooms in as you strike.
still learning the combo/break system--not really necessary yet.
talent tree with multiple levels in each talent and 3 talent points per level = zomg let me touch u
FREE RESPECS, wow, Japanese developer does what Hellgate don't
100% skippable story, once you turn on "EVENT SKIP" in the options you just press Start during a cutscene and it INSTANTLY skips to the next playable section
:bow Event Skip :bow2
Story:
In a world where the a magical energy source known as Soma drives the technology and daily lives of all its inhabitants, there lies a huge continent named Barnea. In recent years, the natural balance of Soma has been disrupted by the arrival of mysterious beings called Visitors. To investigate these occurances, Secundadeians - the organization that regulates Soma in the world, creates a military division to deal with these Visitors - the Pharzuph. The story follows the seven members of the 7th Division of the Pharzuph. What they discover on one of their missions will determine the fate of the world... HIT THINGS
there's even a good story log and quest log in case you skip something important (from a gameplay perspective, nothing can be important from a story perspective lol)
great music (Mitsuda, duh)
overall, pretty good so far, will definitely keep at it beyond this first dungeon.
sadness: can't customize your NPC's skills or equipment
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Sounds pretty good for a free game.
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This was made by the Baten Katios people, right?
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skill trees are per weapon type, not per character :O
three trees per character
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Sounds funs.
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This was made by the Baten Katios people, right?
as stated in my OP, it's made by (part of) the Xenosaga team.
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Chances of English release?
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Those are some nice impressions, Patel. I'll definitely keep an eye on this title. Can anyone comment on the story, though? I was hoping for something better than most of the DS's RPG offerings.
I watched some video on YouTube and the battle system does look fun. Graphics are pretty, and the music is great (Mitsuda: :drool). I am not a fan of the character designs, though. They look awful to me. RE wasn't kidding about Chrono and Sephiroth.
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the character designs are crap but i like the environments.
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duckroll quite likes the story, but I'll be damned if I read a single word of it. that's why the game has a quest log.
I played a bit more...my only real complaint is that I wish enemy density was higher. hopefully that picks up in later acts.
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EVENT SKIP
I love this game, the people never talk
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http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,6167.0.html
(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4979/somabringerul8.png)(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/723/somabringervq8.png)
If any of you nice Japanese speaking folk would like to HELP Drinky and Demi (well mostly Demi) play Soma Bringer, feel free to help translate it
http://somatrans.scribblewiki.com/Script
Granted, Groo says it is coming in six months, but there are no hints as to who would even bring this over
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I played a bit more...my only real complaint is that I wish enemy density was higher. hopefully that picks up in later acts.
HA!
No, but the maps get bigger! That's a ... yeah. Enemy population in this game is a huge fucking issue. I enjoyed it but outside of maybe playing some multiplayer with people once in a while I won't be touching it again.
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Official blog says the game will be coming to America in six months.
Then you can skip over the English text instead of the Japanese text.
1000% YES! :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant
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So wait, is this game really like an animu Diablo.
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Woo I'm getting that English translation.
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Official blog says the game will be coming to America in six months.
Then you can skip over the English text instead of the Japanese text.
So after extensive research I can't seem to find this official blog. Do you mind linking?