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[Icicle]

Just picked up the game about a week ago and I'm absolutely horrible at it. Despite this, I refuse to drop down from Normal Mode. Although I've been stuck on

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6-3

for several days now and haven't even gotten to the checkpoint. Should I just give in and drop down at this point, assuming the difficulty is going to steadily increase from here on out? Or is this stage an unusually difficult one?

Otherwise, I quite like the game. I wish the game had original Meguro music though. But god damn do I hate the camera and maneuvering around blocks while you're hanging from them on the back side.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Just picked up the game about a week ago and I'm absolutely horrible at it. Despite this, I refuse to drop down from Normal Mode. Although I've been stuck on

Spoiler

6-3

for several days now and haven't even gotten to the checkpoint. Should I just give in and drop down at this point, assuming the difficulty is going to steadily increase from here on out? Or is this stage an unusually difficult one?

Otherwise, I quite like the game. I wish the game had original Meguro music though. But god damn do I hate the camera and maneuvering around blocks while you're hanging from them on the back side.

It does. All the bar music and tracks in Babel are original.

 

[demosthenes]

Don't think i posted since I got the true Catherine ending and holy shit, was it awesome.

Love this game so much, wish I could be better at it. But I can't get above bronze/silver on normal.

 

[Icicle]

I haven't played Babel, and perhaps never will due to the the whole being horrible thing. But the music in the bar doesn't really whet my appetite for his music.

I feel like I all I have to look forward to is unlocking music from the old games.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I haven't played Babel, and perhaps never will due to the the whole being horrible thing. But the music in the bar doesn't really whet my appetite for his music.

I feel like I all I have to look forward to is unlocking music from the old games.

I think this is what you're looking for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpW6iTAZaM

The most 'Meguro'-esque Catherine track, besides the end credit music(which I dare not spoil for you).


And yes, 6-3 is one of the toughest in the game. My FAQ in the OP should help.

 

[∀ Narayan]

I got my copy of the Venus Mode artbook today. Pretty good stuff.

 

[Andrefpvs]

I think this is what you're looking for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpW6iTAZaM

The most 'Meguro'-esque Catherine track, besides the end credit music(which I dare not spoil for you).


And yes, 6-3 is one of the toughest in the game. My FAQ in the OP should help.

Oh yeah, this is the shit! It's also pretty much where I'm stuck at, so this is all I hear when I play the game.

 

[woober]

I just finished this game. What an amazing ride. I love all the fleshed out endings... something I thought was lacking when I played Deus Ex: HR and all they gave were short video synopses that don't say much about the immediate impact of your actions.

The questions you answer and online submission for statistics is a very cool idea too. Makes me feel like they should have done some sort of question to rate the ending so they get some sort of feedback.

Now... all I want is freaking Persona 5. Completely voiced NPCs like Catherine and the awesome dialogue. GIVE IT TO US. COLLEGE SETTING. NOW.

 

[Vally]

Ugh, Obelisk is so frustrating >_<... I wanted to climb onto one of those blocks that move on their own, and in the middle of the jump it just moved backwards and I fell when I was already at 200 steps. Even worse is when you're running towards a random block that turns out to be an ice block and causes you to slip and fall off the edge.

Oh well I'll keep trying, at least I want to have that stage cleared (I give up on Axis Mundi, have tried it a dozen of times or so and can't get past 15 steps)

 

[Wizpig]

You know those mails with your hi-score you get?

I was playing on Normal, decided it was too hard, switched on Easy for Level 3, then switched on Normal again after Level 3 because it was too easy... and when i received the mail it said "Normal, Hi-Score 0" even if i actually beat it in Easy mode.

I don't know if this is a bug.

What i do know is that the game is too easy on Easy and too hard on Normal for me.
*cries*

 

[Vally]

You know those mails with your hi-score you get?

I was playing on Normal, decided it was too hard, switched on Easy for Level 3, then switched on Normal again after Level 3 because it was too easy... and when i received the mail it said "Normal, Hi-Score 0" even if i actually beat it in Easy mode.

I don't know if this is a bug.

I think the mails only show you the hi-scores on the current difficulty you have selected; try switching to Easy again and it should display your records on Easy and the actual hi-score you got for that level.

 

[patsu]

I played the game until Stage 5, first floor. Like the game so far (Catherine reminds me of a friend. ^_^). According to the manual, I can activate "Very Easy" by holding down the [SELECT] button. But when I did so, I didn't hear any sound. So I'm not sure if it's activated or no. How do I tell for sure ?

 

[Vally]

I played the game until Stage 5, first floor. Like the game so far (Catherine reminds me of a friend. ^_^). According to the manual, I can activate "Very Easy" by holding down the [SELECT] button. But when I did so, I didn't hear any sound. So I'm not sure if it's activated or no. How do I tell for sure ?

Are you trying to activate it from within the game? As far as I know you can only do it in the main menu before starting a new game. A message will appear in a corner of the screen so you'll know for sure when it's activated.

 

[MikeE21286]

the game is $39.99 at Best Buy and Amazon this week

 

[patsu]

Completed the game on easy. Easy mode stumped me for a few rounds, so the puzzles were still fun for me. I like the first part of the anime much more than the second part though. Also love the art and production of this game.

 

[Valkendorm]

Finished the game on Normal yesterday with the

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Starting a New Life

ending.

Overall, it was an outstanding experience for its story and the puzzle based gameplay. The difficulty peaked at stage

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6-3

, with the remaining stages ranging from easy to challenging. Shoji Meguro did an excellent work with the composition of the soundtrack.

Will no doubt play it again for the other endings and the Babel tower, but now it's Dark Souls time.

 

[I should be doing hw]

Slowly getting through this game, I really like it. It's practically fucked up my Plasma through, all those maps and the UI and all the pink in the game burn it really badly after only one level.
Also, is there a reason the audio sounds so shittily compressed in the dialog? Everyone sounds like they are whistling with their 's's it's pretty noticeable and annoying. I can't imagine the game takes up that much space on a Bluray disk, why the horrid compression?
Still enjoyable so far despite all this.

 

[Slermy]

Slowly getting through this game, I really like it. It's practically fucked up my Plasma through, all those maps and the UI and all the pink in the game burn it really badly after only one level.

I have a plasma, finished the game, and had no such issues. Sure it's not just image retention?

 

[Midou]

Now... all I want is freaking Persona 5. Completely voiced NPCs like Catherine and the awesome dialogue. GIVE IT TO US. COLLEGE SETTING. NOW.

Yes, oh god yes.

Persona 5 with Catherine graphics and in college setting, I could not imagine a better P3/P4-sort of SMT title.

The relationships could definitely have more significance than naive and embarrassed high school kids.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

The amount of trial and error I did to get a gold trophy on stage three (normal) was ridiculous. After telling my friend about it, he mentioned the undo feature. I had completely forgotten about that.

 

[I should be doing hw]

I have a plasma, finished the game, and had no such issues. Sure it's not just image retention?

Burn in, retention, same difference. My plasma is a piece of shit though, if there is a scene in a film with a light or lamp, for example, that will be burned in for around 2-5 minutes depending on whether that changes to brighter colours.
It's not the games fault, its just an annoying culmination of things that wreck my TV.

The audio is my main gripe though, no info at all on that?

 

[Phatcorns]

Just picked it up from Best Buy for 40, gonna dig in soon

 

[Shanks]

Does it bother anyone else that it says "CATHERINE trophy" in the trophy menu? It irritates my oc enough when they put trophies at the end. Is there a way to change it?

 

[Vally]

Does it bother anyone else that it says "CATHERINE trophy" in the trophy menu? It irritates my oc enough when they put trophies at the end. Is there a way to change it?

It kind of bothers me too (specially because it says trophy instead of trophies), but I think there's no way to change it.

 

[Phatcorns]

Just wanted to pop in and say that I'm on Stage 5 and I LOVE this game. Wow, I'm completely transfixed and I love all the philosophy. I got it pretty much just because of the story and the design of everything, but I'm digging the gameplay too actually.

For those of you who have played Persona 4, if I played through it would I get a good quality story like this game's?

 

[Phatcorns]

Welp...I'm pretty bored and went ahead and picked it up. Is the ending the same for easy/normal modes? Right now I'm going through the game on easy.

Btw, what's up with the inconsistent sound? Sometimes it's low and sometimes it's really loud...

I noticed this too. I'm using the PS3 version

 

[patsu]

Hmm... I didn't notice any sound problem.

 

[Clearly]

How will you celebrate Catherine Day 2011?

Poll on Atlus.com. What's this all about?

 

[Phatcorns]

Hmm... I didn't notice any sound problem.

The sound is much louder in cutscenes.

 

[sixteen-bit]

How will you celebrate Catherine Day 2011?

Poll on Atlus.com. What's this all about?

Dunno, maybe it's a Halloween thing?

 

[I should be doing hw]

The sound is much louder in cutscenes.

Probably the audio codec they encoded the anime cutscenes with. My money is on upsampled 5.1 audio which means its basically stereo but pumping out of all your speakers, as opposed to true 5.1 ingame which would be appear quieter because you only have certain effects coming out of each speaker instead. Or they pumped the shit through dialog normalisation in the audio for the cutscenes, or both.

In short, its different audio so it will sound different (louder).

 

[GuardianE]

Dunno, maybe it's a Halloween thing?

Wasn't Catherine born on Halloween? Or did I just make that up?

 

[cajunator]

So I just bought this game for Ps3 after playing the demo. I love it and it is already kicking my ass up and down. This game is fucking brutal.

 

[beril]

Just bought the game and played through it in two sittings.

I liked the game, but was I bit dissapointed as well. I though the story was a bit boring actually. It starts off so insanely weird, but then it never really goes any further than that, so while the setting was great there were never really any suprises after the initial shock of watching the first trailer. I also didn't get that invested in any of the characters; the theme felt a bit heavy handed with everyone constantly talking about cheating and failed relationships. Still enjoyed it quite a lot though and the gameplay was fun but pretty frustrating at times.

Still I'm curious; how much of the story depends on your choices? Is it just the ending or are there different variations before that?

For me the bar was mosly in the middle for the most part and swung over slightly to the red side in the end.

Spoiler

Everyone except my friends and the reporter died. I broke up with Catherine and was going to marry Katherine, then in a dream K accidentally stabbed C, and we ran from her in the Cathedral, but then K dumped me. After wanting to get her back and confronting Mutton I somehow ended up getting married to Catherine.

 

[beril]

holy shit; there's no undo on hard?!

 

[cj_iwakura]

Nope. Welcome to hell, sucka!

 

[Pai Pai Master]

holy shit; there's no undo on hard?!

There's no undo in real life man.

 

[AstroLad]

I scanned a few pages of the thread and couldn't find the answer: Any material differences between PS3 & 360?

 

[cj_iwakura]

I scanned a few pages of the thread and couldn't find the answer: Any material differences between PS3 & 360?

Marginal, supposed to be slightly better looking cutscenes on PS3. General opinion is go with whatever.

 

[ULTROS!]

I scanned a few pages of the thread and couldn't find the answer: Any material differences between PS3 & 360?

None really except for (probably slight) graphical compressions on the 360: http://andriasang.com/comtqc/

 

[AstroLad]

hmm 360 has the less porny cover but ps3 has better image quality....

 

[Oyashiro]

Quick question... I just started playing this and Im on like Stage 4 or something. I was at one of the bar portions a while ago and realized that apparently the more drunk you get the faster you are in the puzzle portions? Does that mean that I should get Vincent wasted every time I'm at the bar?

 

[the chris]

Quick question... I just started playing this and Im on like Stage 4 or something. I was at one of the bar portions a while ago and realized that apparently the more drunk you get the faster you are in the puzzle portions? Does that mean that I should get Vincent wasted every time I'm at the bar?

Yea, also starting from the first night drink and order one of and finish every drink to get a trophy on the last night if you're into that kind of stuff.

 

[-tetsuo-]

About how long is it? Finally going to get a chance to play this.

 

[cj_iwakura]

10-20 hours, give or take.

 

[The Frankman]

I have a question:

If your&#65279; significant other was slamming with other jams what would you do?

 

[AstroLad]

Gaah I really wish the game parts were action-puzzler. I hate one-off solvable puzzles. :/ Really love the other parts of the game, just wished that in the gameplay breaks they had me play Lumines or something. (Actually that would fit in quite nicely.)

 

[PSGames]

Anyone looking to get rid of this for cheap or trade? I want to get this as a gift but not at the current prices.

 

[drtomoe123]

I finally bought this on Thursday (got a cheap CE) and I'm excited to try it out tonight. I originally had planned on getting it at release, but I ended up cancelling my pre-order because I decided to take a break from gaming for a while.

Is it really as hard as people say it is? This is coming from someone who got fucked during the demo.

 

[drtomoe123]

The deluxe versions are $60 on Amazon right now, and the regulars are $45.

Amazon