mokalovesoulmate
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Na. There is a lot of people doing that. You just never paying $59.99 digitally so you think there are none, lol.
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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone (200+ songs) coming west on January 10
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Na. There is a lot of people doing that. You just never paying $59.99 digitally so you think there are none, lol.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Project Diva F/F 2nd being better starting points already got brought up, so I'll just say that the series is fantastic.
except for Project Diva X
Future Tone is easily the hardest game in the series, while the others are challenging but not absurdly so. F series Extreme difficulty charts tend to just be fun and not infuriating.
One of F's toughest songs
A total BS song in Future Tone
So, definitely give F or F 2nd a go if you can. FT can come later.
Personally I'd recommend the F series of games for newcomers to the series if they're new or relatively new to rhythm games. The difficulty level in FT is higher than the F games plus I've found there are more issues with lag in FT also. F2nd should be cheapish on eBay so I'd go with that.
For comparison, here is the same song on extreme in Future Tone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV5Rsp8V-A8
It is *much* harder, but it's not impossible and you can use practice mode as much as you like to learn songs and the best way to play them without the risk of failing. I personally find FT more fun than any of the other Miku games, and part of the reason for that is how intense it gets on harder difficulties - practicing a song over and over and finally nailing it is one of the best feelings, especially if you'd looked at it before and deemed it impossible!
Actually, the challenge part is one of the reasons why I'm looking forward to this one compared to previous Project Diva games. I don't mind not having extras like dating, room building and so on, I think that having a gigantic playlist is a pretty good trade-off to make up for that. All I care for is gameplay, while the girlfriend loves dressing them up in random cute outfits, so it's a win-win situation :^)
I want to thank everyone that provided me with the feedback, looks like Miku fans really know their stuff haha
I am somewhat concerned about the "lag" on certain tracks though... I had the same thing happening on certain songs while playing Dance Dance Revolution S on the iPhone and it can really take you out of the experience. I assume they might patch out some issues with this release... Did they keep parity between the US and JPN versions Project Diva X regarding patching and DLC? That would at give us a little assurance that they won't just release the game and call it a day.
By the way, just out of curiosity's sake: What's up with all the hate for Project Diva X? I got the impression that the track selection is a bit weak, but is the game really that terrible? Can't say since I've never played it, but I've been wondering about the reasons behind that.
I want to thank everyone that provided me with the feedback, looks like Miku fans really know their stuff haha
I am somewhat concerned about the "lag" on certain tracks though... I had the same thing happening on certain songs while playing Dance Dance Revolution S on the iPhone and it can really take you out of the experience. I assume they might patch out some issues with this release... Did they keep parity between the US and JPN versions Project Diva X regarding patching and DLC? That would at give us a little assurance that they won't just release the game and call it a day.
By the way, just out of curiosity's sake: What's up with all the hate for Project Diva X? I got the impression that the track selection is a bit weak, but is the game really that terrible? Can't say since I've never played it, but I've been wondering about the reasons behind that.
Remembrance
Member
F 2nd and X have had perfect DLC parity - it only really mattered for the massive year-long DLC campaign that F 2nd had, though. X has very little DLC.
With X, the big problem was artificially dragging out gameplay by adding a story mode that was complete fluff. Outfits and outfit parts were also locked behind random drops instead of the usual unlock system.
Also, people are generally down on the gameplay videos being downgraded to stage performances only, and edit mode being severely cut back to remove support for custom music.
Yeah, seems that anime and Japanese culture in general is much more mainstream in the US nowadays than it was back in the day when I first was starting to get into it.
Anyways, really excited to see this being officially confirmed. Wish there was a physical version to go alongside all my other physical Miku games, but ahh well. Still getting day one.
My journey sounds a lot like yours. I've been playing rhythm games since they existed, and in the early days gravitated toward everything from Parappa to Konami's Bemami stuff to anything else that was out there. Some of my favorite games over time have been Lammy, Rhythm Tengoku, Ouendan, Bust a Groove, Guitaroo Man, and ParaPara Paradise—so we seem to share a lot of similar likes.
I can easily say that the Project Diva series is one of my favorites, but that's in part because I'm also into the whole Vocaloid scene. If you're only going to be touching games that came out in the US, then—even with my limited playing of it so far—I think Future Tone is absolutely the best place to jump in. If I can give you any recommendation, it's to stay away from the other Project Diva games that have been localized. They're fine if you've played the other games and want something new, but in the first game that was brought over, they introduced a new note type—Stars—that were a gigantic mistake. (Some PD fans will disagree—they're wrong.) Seriously, those notes are garbage, and they ruined any songs they were in for me as someone who has spent so many years loving the "hit the note on the timing" style of rhythm game.
Future Tone is far and away the most excited I've been for the series since Project Diva Extend, which was the final PSP release (and still the best game up to this point in my mind, barring what I fully end up thinking of Future Tone).
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Solid! Diva X was the first game I played, but this sounds like it's got enough meat in it to warrant the purchase.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Way more than enough. The value they are giving with this price is insane, I hope it does very well.
YianGaruga
Banned
At $80 or whatever I paid for the JP version I though this was very very good value. This is just crazy
mrmickfran
Member
I would've gladly pay $80 for it, no questions asked.
But $54? That's robbery.
But $54? That's robbery.
RampagingSoul
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Excited for this! I have played f 2nd and Project Mirai Dx and couldn't wait for this to get released over here. I skipped out on Project Diva X because I thought it didn't have much value for what it costs, but this has exceeded my expectations. 200+ songs for $54 is really great value.
What you said kind of reminds me of the spinning wheel thingy from Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents, I've never liked that mechanic one bit (especially since it is a pretty good way to ruin the DS touch-screen, even with a screen cover that always made me a bit nervous). I think that the "press a random note as many times as you can" really shouldn't be in this kind of game, I find it neither skillful nor fun... Except for Donkey Konga of course, destroying those bongos never stops feeling amazing haha
By the way, any impressions on the Season Pass for this one?
StarCreator
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It's probably best to go through the OT for those sort of impressions. The songs and modules can be previewed by watching the JP update blog or browsing videos on the YouTube channel since they're the same updates Arcade has been receiving, just delayed a bit for the home version.
R_thanatos
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Oh damn , i can get double 100% trophies then ?
Looks like we can't import JP save file.
Excellent.
I'll never understand the appeal of the "glasses" song.
I just can't ..and i don't dislike glasses but this song does nothing to me.
Luka is my favorite vocaloid, I have a thing for women in glasses, and my favorite type of music is deep house (which I'd consider Megane a more 'pop' take on it)... easy to understand the appeal. I also love Luka Luka Night Fever though!
mrmickfran
Member
Have they said anything about a preload? 🙁
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Sucks that the cross save support isn't there. If it wasn't for Yakuza coming out the same month i'd bite again.
Cross-save? That's a PS4-to-Vita feature.
somotodsyo
Member
Looks like there won't be any pre-orders.
I hope the game supports "partial downloads" or whatever they call it. I was pleasantly surprised I was able to play a part of Project Diva X before the full game was downloaded.