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[1stStrike]

This is going to be my character.

She's mine, all mine!

 

[mollipen]

I can understand the issue you have with your Pawns - the game definitely encourages a dismissive attitude towards them, making them more akin to weapons than characters. Perhaps that's their role in-world, but it is an odd concept. That said, after hundreds of hours of adventuring through Fallout and Skyrim, it's nice to have any companionship at all - even if you will have to ditch them down the line. At the end of the day, your main pawn will always be a constant, so there's an attatchment to be made there. That's more than you can say for your average AI companion in an open-world RPG, given that you can build them in whatever archetype pleases you. I believe DD would be better if you could build your entire cast of pawns from the ground up, really. But as things are, I think the Pawn system does a good job of balancing keeping things fresh and "dynamic" versus having a cohesive team that grows alongside you.

That's part of what made me hate the pawn system even more—because I did really enjoy that sense of team, and of going out adventuring together versus being on my own. It's really awesome to have that "these people have my back" feeling—I just want to get that feeling from an entire team of people I care about, not just one person! *heh*

 

[The Elite]

This is going to be my character.

She's mine, all mine!

And mine!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37956058&postcount=51

Going to create Xena and Gabrielle.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Looks like no midnight launch at my local Best Buy. Oh well, I can wait until tomorrow morning.

 

[1stStrike]

And mine!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37956058&postcount=51

Nooooo! D:

 

[lunchtoast]

I only have one thing to worry about before finalizing my character, tall or short!?

Short. I have a little archer girl. You will hear stories across the land how a little girl chopped the Dragon's head and reclaimed her heart. Her large ugly female pawn was also there to pick up the spoils.

 

[Deified Data]

That's part of what made me hate the pawn system even more—because I did really enjoy that sense of team, and of going out adventuring together versus being on my own. It's really awesome to have that "these people have my back" feeling—I just want to get that feeling from an entire team of people I care about, not just one person! *heh*

Agreed. It's a shame there wasn't A) a way to customize your entire party, and B) a way to customize a pawn's personality like you'd customize their voice and posture.

 

[Kyon]

yes @ my favorite chatacter/series of all time (Xena) getting rep in hurr

 

[RS4-]

Picked it up earlier today and uhh, I guess it isn't bad. I'm so used to trying to block manually and instead I'm hitting random buttons.

Granted I'm not that far, maybe an hour or so.

 

[NoirVisage]

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THE GAME

how is the enemy variety? would you say its demons souls regularly seeing new enemies 12 hours in type of vast or a skyrim sorta deal?

 

[Cth]

I'm probably going to make Hawkeye and Black Widow.

Eventually a Dr. Strange pawn.

Etc.

 

[brandonh83]

does the primary pawn we made from the demo carry over?

 

[Deified Data]

Joystiq review is full of venom and isn't entirely aware of the criticisms it's making, but it's a genuinely funny read.

 

[Santiako]

does the primary pawn we made from the demo carry over?

Yes it does, both main character and pawn.

 

[Teknoman]

Reviews were not what I was expecting from a mega Capcom title, then again. It's all about Capcpom now...

Imo this is more of a...God Hand, Viewtiful Joe, Okami, PN03, Killer7,Lost Planet 1, Monster Hunter, kind of thing.

A game that is really good at expressing what the developers wanted, yet probably wont get the greatest of reviews from everyone.

 

[Wallachia]

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THE GAME

how is the enemy variety? would you say its demons souls regularly seeing new enemies 12 hours in type of vast or a skyrim sorta deal?

I think its fairly good. Not overwhelmingly new every 5 minutes, but alot of surprises. especially the varieties of say, types of Skeletons. And the way this game handles the phantasm/ghost type enemy, is pretty damn sweet.

 

[Teknoman]

I think its fairly good. Not overwhelmingly new every 5 minutes, but alot of surprises. especially the varieties of say, types of Skeletons. And the way this game handles the phantasm/ghost type enemy, is pretty damn sweet.

Have you seen any original enemies yet, or original takes on well known enemy types?

 

[HamPster PamPster]

So many poor misguided fools in this thread making the wrong characters. FYI, here is a screenshot from my game

 

[NoirVisage]

I think its fairly good. Not overwhelmingly new every 5 minutes, but alot of surprises. especially the varieties of say, types of Skeletons. And the way this game handles the phantasm/ghost type enemy, is pretty damn sweet.

Thanks, that is encouraging.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

The hell are some of you getting this today...thought out tomorrow...

 

[brandonh83]

Yes it does, both main character and pawn.

Welp I guess that's that.

*boots up demo*

 

[Wallachia]

Thanks, that is encouraging.

The world is so open, you can venture almsot anywhere and see new terrain and enemies every few minutes if you run fast enough. Also alot of human bandits out there to take out. Nice mix of animals too.

 

[Wallachia]

Have you seen any original enemies yet, or original takes on well known enemy types?

Mostly well known D&D types, but nice new takes on them. The skeleton mages are bad ass and fresh to me.

 

[Riposte]

Shidoshi

The Western RPG-style visual design. You’re a Japanese company, Capcom. Don’t be ashamed of it!

This is utterly dumb.

"WRPGs" don't hold a trademark on realistic fantasy portrayals. One look at this game and I was able to see significant differences from the usual western efforts, simply because the Capcom team is so talented with visuals and ironing out the details in character/monster design. Not to mention the most popular western takes on fantasy usually looks like a poorly constructed saturday morning cartoon/coloring book from the 80s. (Compare WoW, the most popular fantasy game in the world, to FFXI or FFXIV for example.)

Japanese doesn't mean "looks like Jet Set Radio or SNES JRPGs" and evidently Western doesn't mean "looks like a fantasy novel cover".

 

[Santiako]

Shidoshi



This is utterly dumb.

"WRPGs" don't hold a trademark on realistic fantasy portrayals. One look at this game and I was able to see significant differences from the usual western efforts, simply because the Capcom team is so talented with visuals and ironing out the details in character/monster design. Not to mention the most popular western takes on fantasy usually looks like a poorly constructed saturday morning cartoon/coloring book from the 80s. (Compare WoW, the most popular fantasy game in the world, to FFXI or FFXIV for example.)

Japanese doesn't mean "looks like Jet Set Radio or SNES JRPGs" and evidently Western doesn't mean "looks like a fantasy novel cover".

No, c'mon, the game is Japanese, it should have anime hair and giant eyes.

 

[firehawk12]

So is there any word on the tearing on the 360 version?

 

[Vicetrailia]

my pwn is a 5'7 female, should I make her S weight or M weight?

 

[CadetMahoney]

No, c'mon, the game is Japanese, it should have anime hair and giant eyes.

Japanese companies have found out the hard way that the big bux is not in JRPG's full of anime tropes. They want some of that Skyrim/Diablo moneyz/

 

[Deified Data]

So is there any word on the tearing on the 360 version?

It's real, and you need to install to prevent it.

 

[firehawk12]

It's real, and you need to install to prevent it.

Ah, so you can avoid it by installing it? Does it still have a higher FPS than the PS3 version?

 

[Deified Data]

Ah, so you can avoid it by installing it? Does it still have a higher FPS than the PS3 version?

360 has higher FPS with tearing and some pop-in, PS3 has lower FPS with no tearing.

As to how much tearing remains once you've installed on 360, I do not know. I assume it still happens occasionally, but don't take my word for it. I heard installing fixes most of the problems, though.

 

[Hoarr]

I picked it up today, and I'm hoping to spend more time on perfecting the character I made during the demo -- the Cerebral Assassin himself, Triple H:

It started out as a joke, but there might be something amazing to recreating a perfect Trips in my real game. It's a shame that I cannot have him Pedigree a Griffin, though.

 

[burgerdog]

It's real, and you need to install to prevent it.

Funniest thing I've read all day and I'm getting the 360 version. No, installing will not stop the tearing.

hint hint
The demo is installed, gasp, still tears.

 

[Deified Data]

Funniest thing I've read all day and I'm getting the 360 version. No, installing will not stop the tearing.

hint hint
The demo is installed, gasp, still tears.

I'm on PS3 so I'm no expert. But the install helps, right? Or is that only with pop-in?

my pwn is a 5'7 female, should I make her S weight or M weight?

Depends on her vocation. If she's going to be a rogue-ish type, go with small. If a warrior, make her bigger. If mage, medium sounds fine. I think just about anything other than a tiny warrior would be viable, but that could be fun in and of itself.

 

[sublimit]

Yeah, character models look pretty nice to me, especially for an open world game. It's a good step above skyrim in terms of modeling and especially animations. You can see polygonal edges in skyrim, not so much here.

Very nice!

 

[Santiako]

I'm on PS3 so I'm no expert. But the install helps, right? Or is that only with pop-in?

Installs only help with load times usually.

 

[LProtag]

I made my Arisen in the small weight class and my main pawn medium.

Going to do Magick Archer/Warrior probably.

 

[Wind's Howling]

In every single game where you can pick a ranged class, in the end that is the one I always stay with. My only troublesome decision making is whether I should go with Ranger or do the Magic Archer path. I am leaning towards the Archer because something just screams uber awesome when firing magic arrows.

Created a female class for now. 1.74 in height and 64.0 in weight. I suppose this is in the Small region and not the Medium?

 

[burgerdog]

I'm on PS3 so I'm no expert. But the install helps, right? Or is that only with pop-in?

It should only affect loading, so pop-in could be reduced if it's loading them a lot faster than the dvd.

 

[Meicyn]

Created a female class for now. 1.74 in height and 64.0 in weight. I suppose this is in the Small region and not the Medium?

Yeah, 69kg is the cutoff for small. 70kg puts you at medium.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Yeah, 69kg is the cutoff for small. 70kg puts you at medium.

Good. Because going under 60kg just did not feel right.

 

[darkside31337]

I picked it up today, and I'm hoping to spend more time on perfecting the character I made during the demo -- the Cerebral Assassin himself, Triple H:

It started out as a joke, but there might be something amazing to recreating a perfect Trips in my real game. It's a shame that I cannot have him Pedigree a Griffin, though.

Now I have to ask, does this game have custom soundtrack support on the PS3?

Because I'm suddenly interested in doing what you just did.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Walmart shipped mine! Hope to get it at the end of the week. Nice timing as I just beat Diablo 3, will taper off a bit to play this.

 

[benzy]

Beautiful. 10/10

Very nice!

I'm actually using Plywood's face settings, but with the face shape changed to 19. Credit goes to him.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37287510&postcount=1057

Here's one of my original faces I'll probably use for my pawn.

 

[Lavalamp1138]

Got the release date mixed up so I went to Gamestop today by mistake. I wasn't going to bother reserving a copy but then the guy behind the counter said that they only have three copies of each version and only one of each was left so I put my money down. Dat shit cray!

 

[AgentP]

As to how much tearing remains once you've installed on 360, I do not know. I assume it still happens occasionally, but don't take my word for it. I heard installing fixes most of the problems, though.

Installing only helps loading data from the disc to memory, so it can lower load times and reduce pop-in (which is related to slow streaming). It cannot reduce tearing.

 

[Deified Data]

Dammit, it's zero hour and I still don't know what class I'm going to roll with. Sigh.

 

[lunchtoast]

Mine just shipped. Will have to will-call so probably won't play until Wed.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Got the release date mixed up so I went to Gamestop today by mistake. I wasn't going to bother reserving a copy but then the guy behind the counter said that they only have three copies of each version and only one of each was left so I put my money down. Dat shit cray!

GameStop lives and dies by preorders. Pretty sure you got played. :lol

 

[KefkaTaran]

Dammit, it's zero hour and I still don't know what class I'm going to roll with. Sigh.

Strider is literally the only choice to start with.

Okay, not literally, but seriously, you should begin with that class and try others from there if you get bored. Which I sure didn't!