ShadowgeistX
Member
Wait, WHAT?! This is coming out so soon? My backlog is so ridiculously large, and I was gonna wait to buy it...but if there's a 25% voucher coming in then they're leaving me no choice. I really do want to support this game.
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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming |OT| PC/Steam - April 4th
- Thread starter PixyJunket
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I might as well mention that until the 13th, you can get the first Half-Minute Hero for $3.50 with a bunch of other games/music.
PixyJunket
Member
COPLonesteban, in the future, if you are going to give away things like game codes, wrap them in the tag so only members can see them.[/QUOTE]Alternatively, he can send the codes to me (or a willing mod) to be put through a ModBot raffle.
Of course, it's just great that he's giving away codes either way.
Any idea how the 25% discount will work? We looking at a coupon distributed to owners, or an in store discount like red orchestra 2 expansion and that one crysis game we're? Just curious if I'll be able to jump for a purchase the second the game turns up or if I'll be waiting for an inventory coupon update.
COPLonesteban
Neo Member
Alternatively, he can send the codes to me (or a willing mod) to be put through a ModBot raffle.
Of course, it's just great that he's giving away codes either way.
I can send them to you if you wanna hand them out. How does 30 sound?!
PixyJunket
Member
Historically, in situations like this it does involve getting a coupon.
I'll check with Steam |OT| for a solid answer, but I'm pretty sure such coupons are "scheduled," so publishers can get them to people correctly.
COPLonesteban
Neo Member
I've asked Valve to make it automatic (like the Deus Ex:HR Director's Cut upgrade) so the price should just display as lower for owners of the first game. I hope that's how it works out, but Valve hasn't told me exactly what's happening yet.
PixyJunket
Member
We have a script that takes care of the dirty work, so thirty is no problem.
The Return of
Banned
How much can you talk about these games on PC?
I'm asking because I'm curious about how MAQL reacted to Half Minute Hero doing well on PC. Like was it only enough to bring over the sequel or did it spark ideas of porting other games to PC as well
The first game is currently in a bundle for $3.50
http://groupees.com/bm12
I never played it but all this hype for the sequel is getting to me, I'll probably grab it.
EDIT: Whoops, my ctrl+f failed me
http://groupees.com/bm12
I never played it but all this hype for the sequel is getting to me, I'll probably grab it.
EDIT: Whoops, my ctrl+f failed me
transience
Member
Fucking awesome if this is really coming out in 2 days. Unfortunately I have to work about 40 hours from Friday to Sunday, but I will dominate the hell out of this game on Monday night. Excited!
Awesome, hopefully that'll work out then! Definitely picking it up at any rate.
tim_pkmn89
Member
I'm disappointed you guys aren't announcing this game 30 seconds before release.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It has online co op too?
PixyJunket
Member
Unless much has changed since the first game, it has a two to four player online mode, but it's more of a versus mode than co-op (though you could easily just play all the online levels together without paying attention to the competition aspect).
kiunchbb
www.dictionary.com
I got previous game for free.
Is HMH1 good?
I played it on the PSP, it was really enjoyable. I am so glad the sequel is coming, I might consider double dip for the original on PC.
transience
Member
I happily own all three US versions of the original. worth it!
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Concept sounds cool. Never played the 1st, don't remember why. So happy this is during my break so I can play all day, so getting this day one. Any word on pricing?
pancakesandsex
Member
I'm super happy this is coming out. I hope it does well and encourages more Japanese devs to take a chance on steam.
PixyJunket
Member
Seems to be $10-$20, minus 25% if you have the first game.
I love you bro
havent played a lot of the first on Steam since I exhausted that game on PSP. Getting this ASAP
IIRC, there are some things that get changed up a bit for the 2nd game.
-World Map!(?): Unlike the original game which sorta had you jumping from scenario to scenario, you can actually traverse a World Map between Quests!
-Global Level: This relates to the above. While quests typically act as they normally did in the original game (i.e. Level up a bunch from Lv1 to defeat Evil), you now have a Global Level you can raise between Quests.
So instead of starting from Lv1 every Quest, you get something of a head start now. (Of course, it raises nowhere near as fast as it would in a Quest.)
-Party Members: Apart from Hero 300 and some Hero 30 quests, you were pretty much by yourself for a lot of the game. Now you can have additional party members to assist in battle!
-Visible Enemies: Yup, enemies are now visible on the map, so you don't have to quite wander around aimlessly trying to get into a fight.
Additionally, once you get strong enough, you can just straight-up insta-kill them by running into them (a la Earthbound).
Special Abilities: Instead of just throwing yourself at enemies, your guys also get Special Abilities to put more hurting on some enemies. (Of course, the bad guys get some of this as well...)
Dungeons: Yeah, there's actual dungeons complete with enemies, multiple floors, teleporters, and all sorts of terribly fun stuff.
A Hero's Moving Castle: In case one of those screenshots didn't give it away, you get a castle. With mecha-legs. It also fights giant-sized monsters by running into them (because how else would it attack?).
Music: Seriously, the game's got some really good tunes.
(Then again, if you played the 1st game, you'd know this as well.)
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Lol I have exactly $15 in account. I should probably add more funds.
Earthpainting
Member
It's finally happening. Somebody hold me, please.
ramoisdead
Member
Heck I don't care if it's priced at what a PSP game cost back in the early 2000s, this is definitely the game well worth buying to show the support where pretty much everyone else gave up on.
Would love to see some of those upcoming trading cards. Only two more days until I can play this sucka all weekend. Best of luck on the launch, COPLonesteban.
Would love to see some of those upcoming trading cards. Only two more days until I can play this sucka all weekend. Best of luck on the launch, COPLonesteban.
Im getting the game definitely. I enjoyed the first game a lot and I kept replaying it.
Thatoneguy64
Member
I am so hyped for the sequel to one of the best games of last generation.
My love for Half-Minute Hero, Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax, and Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy cannot be properly described. It's immense.
My love for Half-Minute Hero, Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax, and Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy cannot be properly described. It's immense.
Rest assured that whenever I post my "released games with native Rift support" list (which is quite short at the moment) HMH2 will be featured prominently!
I can't wait to try it, I expect some kind of virtual screen mode.
Also, I'm probably one of the 5 people in the target audience for this game who owns a DK1
I'm sorry to come at you with a complaint, but I feel I must.
I had your user profile page here on NeoGAF open and I was throwing money at it, but I still don't appear to be playing Half Minute Hero 2. What gives?
HNNNGGGG SO EXCITED
Bomber Bob
Banned
Steam workshop? Yes please!
PixyJunket
Member
COPLonesteban is giving away THIRTY copies of the original Half Minute Hero on Steam!
^ Pro Tip: If you have the first game on Steam, you'll get 25% off of the sequel.
I'll be putting these through ModBot at different times today (so that people in different time zones have a chance to get one).
^ Pro Tip: If you have the first game on Steam, you'll get 25% off of the sequel.
I'll be putting these through ModBot at different times today (so that people in different time zones have a chance to get one).
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 10 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).
Rules for this Giveaway:
- This is a giveaway for the thread url: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=794738.
- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
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PixyJunket
Member
Yup.
PixyJunket
Member
I added a word to hopefully clarify it for others.
Don't forget though that the original game was for the PSP. This one was probably designed with higher res machines in mind.