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[Cheska]

Yep, there are 4 phases. I didn't find any of the phases to be particularly longer than the other, except maybe 4 if you drag it out with Cosmospheres and stuff. (I Platinum'd the game twice, I should know!)

Oh wow. I assumed only two since there's only a trophy for beating phase one and phase two :/ Thanks so much for that info!

 

[Rarutos]

Oh wow. I assumed only two since there's only a trophy for beating phase one and phase two :/ Thanks so much for that info!

No problem!

Basically, Normal Ending trophies are for Phase 3, and True Ending trophies are for Phase 4, which is probably why they didn't get individual PHASE BEAT trophies methinks. (Although I do think 3 should have gotten one at least...)

 

[Cheska]

This game could really use some kind of a on screen map x.x

 

[luka]

This game could really use some kind of a on screen map x.x

Clusternia Governorate claims another victim.

 

[Volcynika]

Clusternia Governorate claims another victim.

ohgod don't remind me.

 

[Cheska]

The game has frozen on me like three times. Rage mode gauge filling up.

 

[Rarutos]

The game has frozen on me like three times. Rage mode gauge filling up.

It's frozen on me a few of times too... Once in the Governorate, another going up to the Kuu and one right before

Spoiler

fighting Harvey for one of the Normal endings

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Never froze on me when I was playing the Japanese version though, oddly enough.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Clusternia Governorate claims another victim.

LOL, once you go to it like 3 times it becomes second nature.

I can draw the freaking thing from memory and I haven't touched the game in quite a while.

 

[luka]

It's frozen on me a few of times too... Once in the Governorate, another going up to the Kuu and one right before

Spoiler

fighting Harvey for one of the Normal endings

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Never froze on me when I was playing the Japanese version though, oddly enough.

I remember it freezing once on me during one of my 4 or 5 playthroughs of the Japanese version. Nothing major.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

The game has frozen on me like three times. Rage mode gauge filling up.

Odd, Ar Tonleico 3 was probably THE only major NISA release of a Gust game that I didn't have any freezing or crashing problems.

 

[Cheska]

This is probably because I havent played either of the earlier installments, but Ar Tonelico 3 is literally the most suggestive game I've ever played. I had to close my window because I didn't want my neighbors to get the wrong impression lol.

 

[Cheska]

OH MY FUCKING GOD. Game froze on me during the last boss battle.

On the verge of breaking this disc in half.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

OH MY FUCKING GOD. Game froze on me during the last boss battle.

On the verge of breaking this disc in half.

The last boss and the length it took me to complete it is a factor of why Ive not been compelled to play it again. So time intensive.

 

[luka]

It's funny because usually games get less buggy when they are localized several months later.

Oh, NISA.

 

[Cheska]

The last boss and the length it took me to complete it is a factor of why Ive not been compelled to play it again. So time intensive.

Exactly why I was so mad. After retrying again, I finally beat the boss, but it's still incredibly frustrating to have had to go through it another time because of an internal issue.

 

[Gvaz]

Do I need to play the older Ar Tonelico games to understand this one? Is this the ps3 rpg everyone suggests?

 

[Coxy]

Do I need to play the older Ar Tonelico games to understand this one? Is this the ps3 rpg everyone suggests?

It adds a lot to the experience to be sure, there's no real reason not to play the first 2 first, you'll be glad you did. This is my joint top PS3 rpg with Valkyria Chronicles so yeah, I'd say it's a must have

 

[Gvaz]

Ehhh, I guess I'll skip this for a while then. I've got too many other series to plow through.

 

[Yuripaw]

It adds a lot to the experience to be sure, there's no real reason not to play the first 2 first, you'll be glad you did. This is my joint top PS3 rpg with Valkyria Chronicles so yeah, I'd say it's a must have

Well I can think of a reason to not play the first two...simple fact that they're actually kinda hard to find.

The reason I bring this thread up again though was I got the SE of this fairly cheap from a second hand store in town in good shape, so I decided to pick it up cuz it does seem to be one of those hard to find games.

I never played the first two myself, does this game at least stand well enough on it's own that it's playable and coherent without playing the first two? If I could find the first two easily enough I'd get them, but no idea when I'd find em.

 

[Coxy]

videogamesplus.ca has both of them still in stock, not too pricey either

 

[djtiesto]

videogamesplus.ca has both of them still in stock, not too pricey either

Nice, do they ship to the US? I never picked up a copy of the game and the only place I've seen CEs they have been $100+.

 

[RurouniZel]

LOL, once you go to it like 3 times it becomes second nature.

I can draw the freaking thing from memory and I haven't touched the game in quite a while.

Same here. Weird. Ah well. Oh actually wait, it did freeze up, but that was my refurbished PS3 suffering from YLOD. No count.

 

[Coxy]

Nice, do they ship to the US? I never picked up a copy of the game and the only place I've seen CEs they have been $100+.

yeah they ship worldwide, I use them all the time =)