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Oh shit, that's awesome news about the PS3 patch! I played through it on Normal already, load times and all, but I sort of set it aside before I started a Hard run and went on to other games. If the patch works well that'll give me some motivation to go back and wrap up everything I missed the first time.
Is it me, or is Alfheim #12 the single most frustrating gaming experience anyone else has ever had? It certainly feels that way for me. I have played it for 2 hours, and I am way too stubborn to skip it 
Is there an item or something critical that I'm missing if I am playing it on my first (normal) playthrough.
Is there an item or something critical that I'm missing if I am playing it on my first (normal) playthrough.
Augemitbutter
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rules?
Funchameleon
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FlashbladeGAF said:
I don't have mine on hand but you'll find mine and LiK's and heaps of other great stuff in this epic thread (NOT WORK SAFE)
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Was this video ever linked to here? I don't think it has anyway:
MC LARS: "Reaping Beauty" (featuring Beefy, Random, and Tina Root beat by SMP)
MC LARS: "Reaping Beauty" (featuring Beefy, Random, and Tina Root beat by SMP)
dreamer3kx
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Yay, I was holding out on the game thinking a patch inbound, good news.
omg!! My new frustration... Kinship!!!
Not the enemy itself, that's the easy part...
It's the got damn camera!!! omg like u kill one no problem, then as u r trying to lock on to the next one u end up getting hit from directions u didn't even kno existed!!
How the heck do u guess parry in a direction u don't kno exists??
Either that or u try dodging, only to realize u dodged into a river of missiles that were coming from offscreen...
Also, I hate fighting enemies on sum wierd Mario galaxy sphere... bad camera there too...
Not the enemy itself, that's the easy part...
It's the got damn camera!!! omg like u kill one no problem, then as u r trying to lock on to the next one u end up getting hit from directions u didn't even kno existed!!
How the heck do u guess parry in a direction u don't kno exists??
Either that or u try dodging, only to realize u dodged into a river of missiles that were coming from offscreen...
Also, I hate fighting enemies on sum wierd Mario galaxy sphere... bad camera there too...
FlashbladeGAF
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your pic is in that first post on that epicthreadLiK said:
lol
User 10639
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Oh sweet, patch forthcoming, consider this game bought
when it hits 20 bucks. :'-(
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
Holy shit Sega listened. I feel like I'm being hugged by an invisible Joy.
Yeah, that's the one that stopped me in my tracks, I've given up on them, for now at least.Neckbeard said:Is it me, or is Alfheim #12 the single most frustrating gaming experience anyone else has ever had? It certainly feels that way for me. I have played it for 2 hours, and I am way too stubborn to skip it
Is there an item or something critical that I'm missing if I am playing it on my first (normal) playthrough.
You probably don't have the Durga (claws) or any of the accessories on your 1st playthrough, so I'd wait for those.
edgefusion
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So maybe I'm lttp to the part on this one but the PS3 patch is out. Not tried installing it yet (didn't see an option to) but the little bit of loading before you collect item is now gone. So thank god for that. Still loads when you pause though.
Gazel Ministry
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edgefusion said:
If you didn't manually install it through the menu then I don't think your game is patched. Apparently, it's a JP patch as well. Not sure if that matters or not, but I doubt the NA version will be patched at the same time. I am sure those load pauses are gone if patched, that's kind of the whole point.
edgefusion
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AlbertWeskerUmbrella said:
There were a few speed improvements without installing it. Anyway I just went through the relatively lengthy (even for PS3) install process, can't say it's made a massive difference but if you have nearly 4.5 gigs of space then you may as well.
edgefusion
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nodish2 said:
I'm on the European version, could be that?
Oh and the update was just over 160mb for anyone interested.
IcebergSlim3000
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shintoki said:
One of the best soundtracks to come out this gen. The only one topping it being the Shatter Soundtrack.
JEKKI said:
You're correct, 12 is the torture attack challenge.
I was wondering if I should bother taunting. My dodging is always a bit on the early side so I commonly dodge directly into attacks, especially on the dogs. I'll definitely try this strategy though. Thanks for the tip!
N30RYU said:
How many hours did that take you?
Just downloaded the patch, I have the JPN version if that matters, and installed the game.
All in all, the patch and install takes about 4.6gigs of space from your hard drive, but it's worth it. So much worth it.
The loading times are a lot quicker now, and I mean a lot. It takes around 15 seconds to continue your game from the title screen, while it used to take like 30ish seconds before.
Also, the loading times for changing equipment and so on, are ridiculously fast compared what it used to be. You'll be pretty much instantly in the menu after you press select. And the annoying loading times when picking up an item are gone.
Unfortunately, I couldn't wait to see how the install affected the loading times. So I wasn't able to test the game only with the patch.
All in all, the patch and install takes about 4.6gigs of space from your hard drive, but it's worth it. So much worth it.
The loading times are a lot quicker now, and I mean a lot. It takes around 15 seconds to continue your game from the title screen, while it used to take like 30ish seconds before.
Also, the loading times for changing equipment and so on, are ridiculously fast compared what it used to be. You'll be pretty much instantly in the menu after you press select. And the annoying loading times when picking up an item are gone.
Unfortunately, I couldn't wait to see how the install affected the loading times. So I wasn't able to test the game only with the patch.
Dark Machine
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rezuth said:
It was the Blu-Ray that was the problem, the PS3's read speed on Blu-Ray is much slower than the read on a DVD, there's much more space to get through on a Blu-Ray after all. Every PS3 game that I own (barring FIFA 10) has an install requirement or at least an option (Valkyria Chronicles benefits massively from it) because of this and it mystifies me why Sega overlooked that little issue in the first place. The PS3 version is otherwise fine.
Dark Machine
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54-46! said:
Uncharted 2 I don't have so i can't comment, though Naughty Dog are an awesome developer so they probably did some cool voodoo whatever. PS3 version is fine, I've played through the Xbox version and it suffers from framerate and tearing just as much. Blame Platinum for shoddy coding if you want. The only thing about the PS3 version that I found was the darker colours and less contrast. Which I didn't mind in the least.
Alright, finished the Prologue minutes ago, this game is completely insane :lol . The cutscene cheese is hilarious, but the abundance of tit/vag shots is a bit silly. The framerate actually didn't bother me as much as I thought it would, maybe I've outgrown the platform comparisons (thank you age!); I just hope it won't get much worse later on. The one thing that bothered me though was the length of the damn cutscenes; good lord, do they get much longer as the game progresses, or are they just long in this very early part of the game?
The framerate actually didn't bother me as much as I thought it would, maybe I've outgrown the platform comparisons (thank you age!); I just hope it won't get much worse later on. The one thing that bothered me though was the length of the damn cutscenes; good lord, do they get much longer as the game progresses, or are they just long in this very early part of the game?
akachan ningen
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see5harp said:
Like the camera, right?
Yes, the 360 version also suffers from framerate and tearing problems, but most of the time the framerate is around 50-60 fps during gameplay. While the PS3 version is no where near that. In some scenes, like the clocktower scene, the PS3 version is running half the framerate and lower. It even goes as low as 16fps when using climax and/or during cutscenes. And not to mention the much lower res textures and missing shader effects. Not trolling the PS3. I own the PS3 since launch and is a fantastic console. I bought the 360 solely for Bayonetta, while I did pick up quite a few other exclusives too.Dark Machine said:
But should we blame Sega? Without Sega, the PS3 won't even have Bayonetta. They had to create an engine from scratch to port the 360 codes.canova said:
edgefusion
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BeeDog said:
They drop in length a bit for the bulk of the game but towards the end they get longer again. It does have surprisingly lengthy cutscenes, but they are terribly awesome.
akachan ningen said:
Camera, especially during those horrible vehicle and flight sequences, along with some especially poor storytelling, and some major framerate issues, even on 360. I love that you can replay missions though, that's a great feature for a gameplay driven experience.
Do you have a link or something? Because I thought it was the same as Valve - EA with Half Life 2.canova said:
Valve: Thanks for being the publisher, but we are not doing a PS3 port. If you want to do it, go ahead, here are the 360 codes.
EA: Okay, we'll do it ourselves.
I don't think P* "contracted" Sega. Sega picked up all of P* games to be the publisher and demanded/requested Bayonetta to be ported to the PS3 also, but since P* isn't big all they could do is handing all the data and assets to Sega to do the porting and helped "oversee" the PS3 porting process.