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Cosmic Star Heroine |OT| Alyssa's Chrono Phantasy
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Heroine is the generally recommended difficulty? Is Super-Spy realistic for first-time playthroughs if you really want a challenge, or does it really require knowing a lot already, ala a second playthrough?
I tend to play games on higher difficulties, and thought Cold Steel 2 was perfect on Nightmare, and other games in the series were perfect on Hard. Is there a settled verdict on difficulties for first-time playthroughs?
I tend to play games on higher difficulties, and thought Cold Steel 2 was perfect on Nightmare, and other games in the series were perfect on Hard. Is there a settled verdict on difficulties for first-time playthroughs?
Super Spy is the highest difficulty, Heroine is the next one down.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I tried Super Spy very briefly and had to retry the first battle like, 6 times? Then nope'd and went Heroine. 
I tried Super Spy very briefly and had to retry the first battle like, 6 times? Then nope'd and went Heroine.
thing stabilize after that segment, you should return to super spy AFTER
.I'm finding myself appropriately challenged at Heroine. I generally like being a bit OP in my JRPGs so I grind a bit (the battle sim is a feature more RPGs need IMO). I'm at the point where I need to think about 3 actions ahead with a couple backups in case a party member gets KO'ed. It's much more engaging than the old school ATB normal attack spam but after a while it's exhausting. I take more breaks from this than I did with FF6/Chrono Trigger as a result. The battle sim is nice because things tend to play out the same way which makes for easy grinding.
Super spy is tough, not impossible but really tough, you'll have to repeat most of fights until you find a way to win it, heroine is about right.
This thread has sold me on the game. Thanks guys. Gonna buy it and play it after Disgaea and Grandia II.
Is Heroine considered the "normal" difficulty?
Is Heroine considered the "normal" difficulty?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
It's the 2nd hardest mode out of 4. So it depends on your baseline really. Either it's this:
Tourist = Very Easy
Agent = Easy
Heroine = Normal
Super-Spy = Hard
Or this:
Tourist = Easy
Agent = Normal
Heroine = Hard
Super-Spy = Very Hard/Insane
Or something else entirely, more nuanced than the typical "easy vs hard" dichotomies, such as:
Tourist = For the story only/people completely new to RPGs
Agent = For people who played RPGs before still want to breeze through
Heroine = For experienced RPG players
Super-Spy = For the ultra-hardcore, prepare to constantly repeat battles
I played on Heroine, and I found it challenging at times but pretty manageable for the most part, not brutal or anything. The last bosses were, in fact, way too easy, I wasn't ever in danger and I didn't grind. Super-Spy completely destroyed me on battle 1, on the other hand.
I would recommend Heroine for a first playthrough.
Edit: here's the dev explaining the difficulty settings in his own words:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=210572172&postcount=502
And
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=210573081&postcount=505
jetsetnickradio
Member
Yeah, I'm playing on Heroine difficulty and I think it's the perfect balance of challenging but not too unforgiving. The Persona 3/4 comparison is dead on. I lose characters and get the occasional game over about as often as I would in a Persona game.
Of course, I still haven't finished the game. I've really been taking my time with it.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Haven't had any issues myself, finished it about two weeks ago? I think you should be fine now.
Sounds like most bugs are fixed, but I'm still waiting for the Vita version before I play it. I already bought it though, since it's cross-buy.
Cornbread78
Member
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Cornbread78
Member
In my dreams yeah, but I've been following twitter, and (correct me if I'm wrong here) there seems to be issues with Unity keeping textures in memory, and I guess then Vita runing out of memory?
Still checking for Vita news every day though
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
And I bought it. Easy choice.
ResourcefulStar
Neo Member
Thank you! I already have a Steam copy, but will definitely get a DRM-free one once the discount gets deeper. I hope your next game gets a GOG release on day 1.
I finished the game about a month ago and really enjoyed the combat system. Misses and critical hits are the devil, and the more developers do away with them, the better.
I have a number of suggestions for QoL improvements, if you're still open to reworking the interface at this point.
1. Have abilities explicitly mention what stats they work off in the description because it's not intuitive at all in a lot of cases. Is gunmancy tech or magic, or does it vary from one ability to another? What about Anvil Drop, which deals physical damage, but has the flavor of a spell? Does it benefit from Physique or Sparke? Do all programs use Hacktitude, or is Sparke the governing stat for elemental ones?
2. Programs, as far as I can tell, lack detailed descriptions that show things like damage and duration.
3. Players should be able to view the detailed descriptions of abilities and programs in combat.
4. Include hard numbers in perk descriptions. It's difficult to choose between a weapon with a damage boosting perk and a weapon with a higher attack value when you can't tell how good the perk is.
5. There should be tutorial pop-ups somewhere that clarify stacking rules for perks and buffs. Do multiple instances of the same perk granted by different pieces of equipment stack with each other? Additively or multiplicatively? What about Chahn's defense buff? It has no duration listed, so I assume that it lasts for the entire fight, but is there any benefit to recasting it? Does it stack with itself? Up to how many times, if there's a limit?
6. Clarify whether or not the weapon's attack value affects magic damage. Different games handle it differently.
7. Next to the name of an enemy ability show an icon indicating whether it targets physical or magic defense.
8. Since you're already showing the HP and elemental weaknesses of enemies, why not show their physical and magic defense values and ailment resistances on top of that?
9. Include damage formulas, either in ability descriptions (if the way damage is calculated varies significantly between abilities), or in the help menu (if there's only one formula that you can plug the relevant stat value and the ability-specific multiplier into).
Ideally, the mechanics should be as transparent as they are in P&P RPGs. Gameplay-wise, RPGs are largely about number optimization, and hiding the numbers or their effects kind of gets in the way of that.
For your next game, I think you should decide whether you want to make a dungeon crawler or a story-driven RPG and either decrease or increase the amount of dialogue accordingly because I found CSH to occupy an uncomfortable middle ground. If it's supposed to be a dungeon crawler first, why is there an entirely combat-free chapter about
a murder investigation
raise any objections against working with a known terrorist organization
stick with the party after you defeat Steele, the bounty he was after
almost everyone ends right where they started, with the exception of Sue getting a promotion and Finn getting a medal
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. If you want to make Etrian Odyssey, make Etrian Odyssey. If you want to make Trails, make Trails.
Elaugaufein
Member
Is it possible to get a GOG copy through Kickstarter (eg by revoking the Steam key) ? Or should I buy it while it's discounted. Sorry for using this thread to ask but I can't find a convenient contact form (other than the Kickstarter which I'm guessing isn't particularly active).
toythatkills
Member
Half price on PSN (US) this week.
Hope those bugs are as squashed as everyone says! Well, for when I finally beat Persona 5, bloody hell.
Hope those bugs are as squashed as everyone says! Well, for when I finally beat Persona 5, bloody hell.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Game is now on sale on NA PSN. 33% off or 50% with PS+! https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...oine/cid=UP0707-CUSA03167_00-ZEBOYDCSHFG00001
The dungeon crawler vs Trails comment is an intriguing one. I love both styles of games, but I personally like focusing on gameplay much more than story when it comes to development. My only worry is that we wouldn't be able to sell enough with a story-minimal game.
The dungeon crawler vs Trails comment is an intriguing one. I love both styles of games, but I personally like focusing on gameplay much more than story when it comes to development. My only worry is that we wouldn't be able to sell enough with a story-minimal game.
Awesome, thanks! I was starting to lose hope that it would be coming to GoG. Just purchased and downloading now...
ShadowOwl
Member
Picked this up when it released on GOG. Even though I'm using and browsing Steam each and every day I didn't know about the game at all before. GOG's selection process can a blessing sometimes.
@Robert at Zeboyd Games:
Anyway I really hope you are going to implement button remapping. Playing the game on a keyboard as a German user is pain since all German speaking countries are using a QWERTZ layout instead of QWERTY. Unfortunately many games, especially Japanese ones, use the Z key to confirm stuff. Argh!
@Robert at Zeboyd Games:
Anyway I really hope you are going to implement button remapping. Playing the game on a keyboard as a German user is pain since all German speaking countries are using a QWERTZ layout instead of QWERTY. Unfortunately many games, especially Japanese ones, use the Z key to confirm stuff. Argh!
took me over 20 hours to finish.
story is good for the most part, a bit rushed closer to the end.
That's the perfect length for me. Too bad about the end part, but I've played FFXV, it can't be worse than that. Thanks!
if you enjoy hard games and the magic of turn based battles - crank up the difficulty to the max right from the start.
combat system in this game is very good. it starts off REALLY hard, but as you understand it more and more and get better gear it gets easier.
if you are not looking for a challenge - default difficulty is forgiivng
Katana_Strikes
Member
Bought it in the EU sale. Now that it seems to be working as intended. I'll be finishing FFXII before dipping in though.
Bananastand
Member
Bought this in the sale and really looking forward to playing it. This thread defiantly sold me on it
DriftingSpirit
Member
Just bought this from the PSN sale. Looking forward to it!
Just got reminded of this through GOG recommending it upon launching the program. On sale from $14.99 to $9.99, but after reading in here that it's on sale on PS4 I think that's the route I'm going.
This game might just jump to the front of the queue with how short it is. Looking forward to it.
This game might just jump to the front of the queue with how short it is. Looking forward to it.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Noticed that we're currently #3 on GOG's front page popularity/sales list. No clue what that translates into as far as actual sales go, but it can't be bad, I'm thinking.
I really hope the sales of CSH picked up for you guys. I need CSH2 in my life!Noticed that we're currently #3 on GOG's front page popularity/sales list. No clue what that translates into as far as actual sales go, but it can't be bad, I'm thinking.
Noticed that we're currently #3 on GOG's front page popularity/sales list. No clue what that translates into as far as actual sales go, but it can't be bad, I'm thinking.
I remember a couple of month ago you were worry of the popularity of the game because it's have start really slow. Word and mouth seem to have worked here, congrats !
Noticed that we're currently #3 on GOG's front page popularity/sales list. No clue what that translates into as far as actual sales go, but it can't be bad, I'm thinking.
Hey Robert, wasn't there going to be an update that would add a bonus dungeon or flesh out a sidequest? Is that still happening, and any estimate on when it'll come out? I bought my PC copy on launch day but haven't gotten around to it, and I can wait a bit longer for some extra content.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
We have some content we're planning on adding, but we're going to time that with one of the ports to try to get more attention. Not sure which port at the moment.
Gotcha. Is the content going to be easily accessible if you've already finished the game?
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Bill just posted some art book stuff: https://twitter.com/bill_at_zeboyd/status/888444449440776192
TwistedFate
Member
So I bought the game and been playing for a few hours but I believe I've encountered a glitch?
I'm playing on the PS4 version.
edit: It fixed itself when I used his teamwork tech
I didn't notice initially, but at some point after receiving Sue, I've been unable to take any action with his character. In every battle screen he has no animation and is stuck and obviously useless.
I'm playing on the PS4 version.
edit: It fixed itself when I used his teamwork tech