Did PEGI seriously give this game a 16 rating because people consume alcohol or tobacco in it?
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Atelier Ayesha: Alchemist of Dusk |OT|
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Did PEGI seriously give this game a 16 rating because people consume alcohol or tobacco in it?
Well, NISA isn't doing the publishing this time around, so there is no LE. I'm pretty sure they would have done one if they were.
Why did tecmo took over?
This is one of the true NIS-series....
From PEGI:
Atelier Ayesha: the Alchemist of Dusk
Tecmo Koei Europe Ltd
The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 16 years and over only.
It contains: Encouragement of the use of alcohol/tobacco
apparantly, still not as ridiculous as Totori getting an 18+ rating in australia for violence
R_thanatos
Member
Nice OT .
i'm still not done with totori & meruru so i won't get this one.
No Limited Edition , nor japanese track doesn't excite me either so , well...
i'm still not done with totori & meruru so i won't get this one.
No Limited Edition , nor japanese track doesn't excite me either so , well...
I don't know. Gust has made giant leaps and bounds with the presentation of the Atelier games this gen despite being a small studio. Visible equipment really doesn't seem like an insurmountable leap.
...Though I'm still not sure they'll go that route because it could eat into their DLC costume sales.
I'm not saying they'll never do it. I just don't think that the power of the machine is an important limiting factor in whether they go with visible armor or not.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Koei-Tecmo bought GUST Co. last year and now owns all of their IPs.
That short trailer was clipped out from a longer Japanese one...
itzknickknac
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Besides needing more games on my vita, I'm waiting for Totori for this reason. Depending how long the next atelier games come out (if it does) for vita (ie: meruru, ayesha), I may go for the vita port over the ps3
options screen from EU version https://twitter.com/tecmokoeieurope/status/308572333621264384/photo/1
lots of voice options that can be turned down, which pleases me greatly
lots of voice options that can be turned down, which pleases me greatly
It pleases me that I can turn them up. Nothing annoys me more than the background music/SFX/whatever being louder than the voice acting. (Has happened in a few games before)
CharlesSurge
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The unboxings of the japan/asia versions on youtube have a nice looking full color manual.
That doesn't mean a thing for NA or European release most of the time though, though RE6's shown as a mild example why those two don't reflect each other either.
... Unfortunately, I do expect your answer's the best I'll get right now. :/
Slated for Wednesday for me, from Kansas. Ah well, at least they didn't hold it off until tomorrow to ship (and I could be surprised still.)
Makes the manual part kind of moot now though, the main reason I was curious was whether it was worth buying physically or digitally for the $10 credit. After Atlus of all companies dumping it on 3DS, a platform they're not forbidden from including manuals on I'd think, it seems we've entered a free fall where the best we can hope for is that what XSEED did with Ragnarok Odyssey catches on and more and more publishers start including small-but-meaty guides as LE incentives. Whether that catches on or not I'd at least like to get in physical form some of the last games to have decent manuals.
Makes the manual part kind of moot now though, the main reason I was curious was whether it was worth buying physically or digitally for the $10 credit. After Atlus of all companies dumping it on 3DS, a platform they're not forbidden from including manuals on I'd think, it seems we've entered a free fall where the best we can hope for is that what XSEED did with Ragnarok Odyssey catches on and more and more publishers start including small-but-meaty guides as LE incentives. Whether that catches on or not I'd at least like to get in physical form some of the last games to have decent manuals.
I won't lie, this actually got me interested in picking this up. And this is coming from someone who never touched any Gust game for that matter (artstyle just was not for me, and I often did not appreciate its thick innuendo-brand of humor).
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Can't look right now - how big is the PSN version?
That was a sad day. Very sad.
dakkumauji
Member
The webstore lists this as 14.5 GB.
Well I'm glad at least Koei is releasing a retail disc otherwise I would have never gotten this. :|
Lol holy shit. I was thinking of downloading it if it weren't too big, but I guess I'll be buying a disc.
dakkumauji
Member
Oh on a related note, it looks like it's up on PSN already for those who are downloading it. It costs the same as the retail disc, 49.99.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Oof! Disc it is, then.
And they couldn't get release date delivery with Amazon?
... No, more likely they just didn't tell Amazon they could do it, given copies did ship today.
graywolf323
Member
:O
Awesome. I have it pre ordered so I will start the download NOW. Thanks for the reminder.
Haha, I love how they don't give a shit about alcohol, tobacco, swear words or sexual themes in Germany. USK 6, bitches!
Too bad we freak out over everything regarding violence in video games.
Its hard for me to get excited for Gust games in the first place, but I was actually interested in this one enough to think of picking it up at full price. Now i have to go trawling on youtube to see if the english dub is any good (likely not). Any idea if the voices can be turned off?
Amazon changed mine to "Shipping Soon" status yesterday, WHY AMAZON WHY DID YOU NOT SHIP.
The english voices are pretty good so far. Im impressed. Also, like, two minutes in the game and I already recognized one of the guys has the same voice actor as Asbel in Tales of Graces f. lmao I like his voice though, so thats good.
Vocal songs? You mean in the opening? They are in, if thats what you mean.
As I said, they are ok so far. And the voices can be turned off yes, if you lower the voices to 0 in the options menu, Im guessing.
Vocal songs? You mean in the opening? They are in, if thats what you mean.
Its hard for me to get excited for Gust games in the first place, but I was actually interested in this one enough to think of picking it up at full price. Now i have to go trawling on youtube to see if the english dub is any good (likely not). Any idea if the voices can be turned off?
As I said, they are ok so far. And the voices can be turned off yes, if you lower the voices to 0 in the options menu, Im guessing.
Spirit Icana
Member
Oh snap! Just found out my game shipped yesterday and its gonna be here soon!
Looks like I'll be playing today! Really hoping the English dub is good. Can't wait! It's almost here!
Edit: Luukyk, any guess on who played Ayehsa and Willbell?
Looks like I'll be playing today! Really hoping the English dub is good. Can't wait! It's almost here!
Edit: Luukyk, any guess on who played Ayehsa and Willbell?
Ah, that's great. Thanks! There should be three of them in the game. Glad to hear it's in.
Not really. Ayesha is kinda annoying though. x_x
Spirit Icana
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Unless I'm missing your point, there are more than three vocal songs in this game. I can think of 7 off the top of my head. Might be one more, but I can't remember.
Luukyk said:
Oh no! That's the last person that should be annoying. She's the one that's gonna be talking most of the time.
Anyway, I'm hoping it's not Laura Bailey or Wendy Lee, at least.
God, they really managed to make this game look prettier than the last ones. The art style is SO good. The music too.
Yeah, its the typical jrpg cute girl voice, if you know what I mean. Its not terribad, but its not good either. I find myself skipping most of her dialogs after finishing reading it. lol
Oh no! That's the last person that should be annoying. She's the one that's gonna be talking most of the time.
Yeah, its the typical jrpg cute girl voice, if you know what I mean. Its not terribad, but its not good either. I find myself skipping most of her dialogs after finishing reading it. lol
Sorry, I meant to say that there's at least 3 vocal songs from the videos I watched. I know that the vocal album has around 10 songs.
Ban Puncher
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No Japanese vocal track?
Spirit Icana
Member
I see. Gotcha!
Lyuukyk said:
I'm guessing it sounds pretty exaggerated, right? Doesn't sound like someone's natural voice.
I definitely heard at least two vocal songs already. And I just started. The OST is pretty much intact from the japanese version.
No Japanese vocal track?
Yeah. :/ Sucks. Blame Tecmo Koei for this.
Its not exaggerated. It just seems forced and not natural. It really is weird that for now she is the only bad voice in the game. lol
Edit: Oh and btw, I may be wrong, but Regina seems to share the same voice actor as Pascal in Tales of Graces f. wow lol Tales of Graces f 2.
Spirit Icana
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Kate Higgins then. Cool.
She also did Lissa from Fire Emblem Awakening and Tails from Sonic Colors and after.
I'm picking this up later today, should be able to actually play it by friday lol.
I've seen you post in the last topic about this game. Do you people just show back up just to make witty responses like this? I mean seriously though we don't need the same exact people saying the same exact thing we get it you aren't buying, so can you please use that other thread for complaints please?
No Japanese vocal track?
I've seen you post in the last topic about this game. Do you people just show back up just to make witty responses like this? I mean seriously though we don't need the same exact people saying the same exact thing we get it you aren't buying, so can you please use that other thread for complaints please?
I started Meruru the weekend, my first Atelier game. Didn't realize this was so close. I wonder if I should drop it seeing as it's a new arc for this one. Meruru don't seem to be too concerned with the previous games anyways.
I wonder if this will this be hard to find in the near future? Money is pretty tight so I don't know if I can swing buying a game for the backlog. Then again, Meruru is still easily available at my local EB's.
I wonder if this will this be hard to find in the near future? Money is pretty tight so I don't know if I can swing buying a game for the backlog. Then again, Meruru is still easily available at my local EB's.
It's a different publisher so I wouldn't judge based on availability of previous games. Hopefully it is still readily available in a few months though because that is when I intend to buy it.
No Japanese vocal track?
You should pick a gif from a different popular sitcom that doesn't have someone putting money on the counter. You keep your money when you don't buy something.