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Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky |OT| Just Pretend it's Mana-Khemia 3
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Lee Chaolan
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Yeah GoHastings hasn't shipped yet. I'm thinking this may have been delayed a couple days, or as said, won't ship until Tuesday.
That was always the standard for niche games in the past, it's just easy to forget with the likes of Atlus and NISA going for RDD and some of the others like SE considering themselves big enough to make it standard on all their games regardless of how big the release really is (and Nintendo being Nintendo and always insisting on Fridays or Sundays for whatever reason.)
Yeah everyone's did, despite the sale popping up twice :/ Disappointed but guess I'll wait for a Play-Asia sale or something, in a few months' time.
Edit: Looks like a couple lucky people have it processing
dakkumauji
Member
I guess I was just used to it since DW8 managed to get release date delivery.
Can't remember about Toukiden though.
Three people on GameFAQs have had their orders canceled from goHastings :/
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/7094...gy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/68751890?page=1
I can't tell if mine has been or not. I just get an error: "The order number and billing ZIP code you have entered do not match our records. Please try again."
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/7094...gy-alchemists-of-the-dusk-sky/68751890?page=1
I can't tell if mine has been or not. I just get an error: "The order number and billing ZIP code you have entered do not match our records. Please try again."
Yep, they cancelled mine too... oh well.
Atelier Totori and Meruru are both on Vita and they're great starting points!
Oh, hmm, maybe there is a chance though I imagine Tecmo Koei would prioritize DoA, NG, and DW higher than Deception or Gust games. Still, maybe there is a shred of hope! Certainly it'd be more convenient for anyone that pore-ordered it with Titanfall/Dark Souls II/whatever else might be hitting tomorrow.
EDIT: Well, hope from GameStop. I gave up on Amazon given they couldn't even get the pre-order bonus that was at least implied.
You can at least tell the rest of us if it's in the store and ready to be picked up with midnight launches anyway.
EDIT: Midnight launch tracker just in case they have copies ahead of time and are willing to sell at midnight along with those two.
robotzombie
Member
Yeah, my gohastings order was cancelled too
I can't believe they are allowed to just do that. Not even an email with any kind of explanation?
Is there any chance taking it up with customer service would do anything?
I can't believe they are allowed to just do that. Not even an email with any kind of explanation?
Is there any chance taking it up with customer service would do anything?
My order got cancelled too by Hastings. I am VERY pissed about this. I never received an email from them stating why and I spoke to a representative who told me it was a 'pricing error' and thus that was the reason it was being cancelled. I was rather pushy with the person I spoke to, but I was not abusive towards the person. I simply stated that I was upset and I understood where they were coming from, but if they wanted to do right by their customers, they need to owe up to the mistake and honor the order (or 'uncancel it').
I will never order anything from Hastings again.
I was told by the representative that she couldn't do anything nor could her supervisor. So don't even bother.
Shameful.
I will never order anything from Hastings again.
I was told by the representative that she couldn't do anything nor could her supervisor. So don't even bother.
Shameful.
Someone did on CAG: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/...a-aksys-xseed-and-more/page-312#entry11598436
(Sorry for the long link, I hate using my phone for this).
Hell, Ken's a Warlock.
If you're looking for a traditional RPG experience, then no. Iris 1-3 and Mana-Khemia 1 and 2 are the only ones like that. You could also look into the Ar tonelico series if you want something similar.
dakkumauji
Member
Each of the new game (starting from Rorona on) does get more jRPG-ish with their battle system improving each new game.
This one will probably be the most closest to being like a real jRPG hence the OT subtitle!
It probably is more ideal that it gets closer in that area but not, say, gameplay structure. I think compromising heavily there is a large part of what made Atelier Iris so bland.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Is it even a good idea to play or at least start Escha & Logy before finishing Ayesha? That's kind of the irony for me, I can get that tonight but I didn't get around to completing Ayesha yet so DSII would take priority... but that's coming whenever tomorrow if Amazon doesn't REALLY screw up anyway.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Could always look at the endings if you don't think you'd get back to it, although the lead up to the end is pretty epic, as well as the final boss. Although I'm not sure how spoilery the beginning of EschaLogy might be. Depending how close to the end you are is a big part of the equation.
dakkumauji
Member
This game doesn't seem as strictly connected as how the Arland games were since Ayesha doesn't appear in this game.
You'll probably get spoiled on how Ayesha ends as you play through the game and meet the old characters but that's probably about it.
Well, if you already started Ayesha you might as well finish that first, I'd say... But it doesn't really matter in the end!
Edit: Updated the OP with some reviews.
Wow, this was a first.
I managed to finally get my niche game that nobody else is waiting for, that launches alongside the big games, without having to finalize my order and wait in line with everyone else.
They finally just gave me my order and let me go before everyone waiting for Dark Souls II/Titanfall.
I managed to finally get my niche game that nobody else is waiting for, that launches alongside the big games, without having to finalize my order and wait in line with everyone else.
They finally just gave me my order and let me go before everyone waiting for Dark Souls II/Titanfall.
dakkumauji
Member
Hm, that means some Gamestops already have it.
Guess I should just call them tomorrow and see if they have it then.
I actually called mine earlier and it's in, albeit only the one I preordered. If you're on the west coast or at least the mountain time zone then there may still be time to go in, pay, and get it.
Atelier nowadays is all about that cinematic feel.
dakkumauji
Member
Already got it preordered.
Just never got notification from them if it ever came in so might as well bug them about that tomorrow.
I'll be irritated if I don't get mine, but we'll see what happens. Probably a borderline case being on the 6th at any rate.
And options can usually be found under the menu in most RPGs including Atelier games, try pressing Triangle.
Yeah, Triangle didn't have anything, which was why I was wondering.
Just got the Atelier, and it looks like that's the only place to mess with things.
Catchpenny
Member
Mine was canceled too, the cockmongers. Oh well, I still have several Atelier games to catch up on.
Well, I haven't seen Ayesha (yet ?) but other characters take a large part of the screen time. And as with the Aarland trilogy, you won't get a fair amount of dialogue that's referencing Atelier Ayesha.
The option menu is at the starting screen (I think), and when you press start.
Edit/ start only works on the worldmap, in the town and fields it does something else.
Well, I'm litteraly getting destroyed at the end of the world, now I know why you can go over level 50...
(well, actually with my Phoenix bracelets, I'm technickly quasi-impossible to kill, but I just can't do enough damage to the biggest ennemies...)
You don't have to play Ayesha at all
Yeah, I see now. Ah well, at least most of them aren't options I'll want to mess with on a whim too often though I'll have to check if Barrel got dubbed this time around.
All noted, thanks! Though I do want to get through it eventually, so depending on how NG+ works or whatever I might do a playthrough on one side, go back to Ayesha, then do the other side.
And man, the framerate IS kind of bad in this. At least the PhyreEngine's good about staying at a stable multiple, this is pretty uneven. I'm more forgiving than with someone like Crytek though just because of the size of the developer, their own relative technical expertise, and what the game's doing, but it makes me sorta wish they just stuck with PhyreEngine. Maybe the combat will change my mind, and character models do look nicer.
So yesterday I was on Assignment 3 and for the first time, I was unable to finish all tasks, namely theone.Make Glorious Note
I didn't realize I had the recipe for until literally 1 day left before I had to report in and I needed 2 days to synth it.
Oh well.
You do now you can turn in your assignments a few days late?
I'm also strugling on the ninth set of assignments, but the requirements are insane
I barely managed to equip 50 Adventuring Items, but it cost me like 40 days to synth all that. And using 60 different items in battle, really?