Dead Prince
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if someone who picked up their steelcase early and somehow gets another one tomorrow. PM me. i would like it please.
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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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Lucent
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rumbalumba
Banned
i would like the Griffy DLC to anyone who's got it. T_T
Deified Data
Banned
I'm really interested to see. Philip Kollar, the guy reviewing the game for Polygon, has done nothing but complain on Twitter about how difficult the game is for him. It must ramp up considerably, because the demo was brain dead easy.
ThatStupidLion
Member
so upset with that GI number... im not one for review scores, but that one 70 brings the MC average from 93 to 87.
i just feel upset for the game in general.
well....atleast it seems all of gaf bought it...
can't wait for my copy to arrive. just shipped!
its possible they also tuned the demo down to not scare people off
i just feel upset for the game in general.
well....atleast it seems all of gaf bought it...
can't wait for my copy to arrive. just shipped!
its possible they also tuned the demo down to not scare people off
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Arn't you overleveled in the demo?
The worst part about it is the fact things they complain about is stuff others praise.
It's only ever worth the price of a guide if you think it is stylistically superior and would make good in your collection.
Be prepared for what I'm guessing will be the two most negative heavily-weighted reviews tomorrow from Polygon and Gamespot. At one point the GS writer mentioned on Twitter that he thought people were convincing themselves that they liked the game more than they actually did, which is an infuriating, weak tactic people use when feeling excluded.
I sprinted through it to try and dig into every nook and cranny, but that would explain it.
zeopower6
Member
He is probably trying to play through the game as quickly as he can. The game does not want you to do that by any means, lol.
In the demo, you're not so much overleveled... it's more like you have really good equips and an uber!familiar (the snow Totoro-thing) who is a Level-5 beast.
Persona 4 is a good game to wait for this one on too...
...so, is Ni No Kuni legitimately strategic? One thing that's important, if battle is so frequent, is if difficulty stays at a decent level (provided you're not grinding all the time) and that strategy is a necessity to defeat hard enemies. Hard to tell how deep this goes since I don't want to spoil myself too much
I got my amazon promo items in the mail today. It's definitely the Japanese wizard guide edition. Not sure what ill do with it. I might just end up selling
Aww I'm so jealous of those plushies!
Wait what? Did you win the US Amazon games deal? I'm jelly over here.
Same here not even put into "shipping soon" status.
I did. I was the 50th email. I wish it came with the game though
rumbalumba
Banned
does anyone wanna "share" their griffy dlcs? please?
Dead Prince
Banned
they had a giveaway today. ;P 4 copies.
Lucent
Member
I'm confused with what you are trying to say. lol.
zeopower6
Member
The 'subtitles' for the Japanese version are just the script from the English version like it tends to be in most dual audio scenarios. I guess they could 'clash' since it's so localized as opposed to being a straight literal translation.
The latter part though? No idea, lol.
The latter part though? No idea, lol.
rumbalumba
Banned
ugh, i know. it's Shizuku, not Mr. Drippy. i think the girl's name is Mari, and the other guy's name is not Swaine. UGHHHHHH...why oh why..
Yeah, you'll always get dubtitles with localized games, the only exception may be Sakura Wars and I think they only switched the names back.
I can understand it, honestly. Games can have way more text than some movie or anime would, and you'd pay way more for less work (purely in regards to localization effort) in a movie/series anyway.
EDIT: Though either keeping the names the same or going for a toggle (that probably would need to be done at the start of the game) might've helped, switching out all instances of a name with the alternative, though that may wreck any terrible puns.
zeopower6
Member
Nah, even Disney does it with their Ghibli films. The Japanese tracks never really get their own set of subtitles from my experience, or the ones they do get are really... different... from the actual Japanese dialogue. Like an edited set of dubtitles?
And judging from what I've seen dialogue-wise, whoever translated this went to town on the puns, lol.
And judging from what I've seen dialogue-wise, whoever translated this went to town on the puns, lol.
SolidSnakex
Member
Depends on how many they received. They shuld give you one if they have more steel-books than pre-orders.
They were rubberbanding games to copies with receipts of customers getting the steelbooks at the store I shop at.... so depends on how your store is doing it, I guess.
I sure hope I can snag one tomorrow. I'll be fine either way though.
zeopower6
Member
Sorry, I'm on Jack Daniels.
To rephrase: i'm complaining about Drippy. i dislike when developers throw an accept onto a character for the sake of giving them an accent that seems out of place. So with Japanese voices on, and specifically using drippy as an example, I hear one thing while my mind is processing a seemingly Welsh accent. The juxatoposition is distracting.
So if I turn the English voices on, is Drippy going to sound Welsh while all other character speak witha formal English accent?
I dunno; i find it distracting
Pssst, he was given that accent because in Japanese, he spoke in Kansai-ben. It doesn't really translate well from English to Japanese and vice-versa. It's sort of like how whenever they translate/dub Osaka-ben, it tends to come out like a Brooklyn/Southern accent.
You know, before the game got all hype-y, some people's GameStops were literally just handing out the steelcases about two weeks ago. Bad move. Now they're not gonna have enough.
Dead Prince
Banned
which means you should go when the store opens to secure your steelcase again
Pretty sure that's a problem only Laputa had, I distinctly recall very different tracks for English/Japanese on those films, as they're actually worth rewatching in each language.
I really don't get the guide.... How is it going to arrive if it hasn't even been boxed up yet? Stupid Amazon Release Day Delivery...
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Deified Data
Banned
I didn't get the chance to pre-order, either - hoping they'll just give me one if I ask nicely, they've been pretty cool to me in the past.
RPGCrazied
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I don't mind difficulty spikes. Grinding will help with that. As long as it doesn't get Demon Souls hard, I'll be fine. Hated that game.
Lucent
Member
Demon Souls loves you, though.
Avada Kedavra
Banned
Do you guys know when we can expect the Gamespot and Polygon reviews? Who are the reviewers?
zeopower6
Member
I remember Kiki and a few others being slightly 'off'.
I don't see this being Demon's Souls style there anyway for better or worse. A lot of the challenge there was familiarizing yourself with the game, once that was done you could eviscerate anything that stood in your way. Most likely Ni No Kuni would still be a challenge until you reached a high level, then they'd just run in terror from you.
Although, I do recall Halo Legends apparently stuck with dubtitles, but there's a reason something like that is phoned in while they strive to improve Ghibli's.
Kiki WAS an earlier example, I even saw a trailer for it on a Disney VHS tape we had to watch in middle school. I know Mononoke avoided dubtitles and I vividly recall the subtitles for Spirited Away not matching the spoken dialogue (English) whatsoever. So they probably got better at it over time rather than sticking with dubbing and one subtitle track.
Although, I do recall Halo Legends apparently stuck with dubtitles, but there's a reason something like that is phoned in while they strive to improve Ghibli's.
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Alex
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I would be pleased if the difficulty level is decently punishing. Nothing annoys me more than getting an RPG or a strategy game with lots of dials to turn and things to experiment with and it largely being rendered meaningless by poor tuning. Ie; having to mod the damn XP out of questing in Xenoblade for a modern example.
Traditional RPGs and more notably strategy RPGs seem to be the types of entries that traditionally suffer the most. Especially SRPGs, there's like a 90% chance in a a Japanese SRPG that something is just crazy busted by default and I'm not talking about going in and breaking the game yourself like in TO classic or any NIS game.
For traditional entries, from childhood to now, I've always really respected Dragon Warrior/Quest's tuning. It always seemed just right, absolutely perfect for a baseline level. I always loved my wacky learning curves and difficulty spikes, but even as I'm starting to get older and mellow out of it a little I still have a really hard time enjoying a game that can't push back some.
All the blah blah aside, if there's an easy mode why is someone bringing a spiel against the game and it's difficulty, or is the easy mode also just that bad ass or something?
Traditional RPGs and more notably strategy RPGs seem to be the types of entries that traditionally suffer the most. Especially SRPGs, there's like a 90% chance in a a Japanese SRPG that something is just crazy busted by default and I'm not talking about going in and breaking the game yourself like in TO classic or any NIS game.
For traditional entries, from childhood to now, I've always really respected Dragon Warrior/Quest's tuning. It always seemed just right, absolutely perfect for a baseline level. I always loved my wacky learning curves and difficulty spikes, but even as I'm starting to get older and mellow out of it a little I still have a really hard time enjoying a game that can't push back some.
All the blah blah aside, if there's an easy mode why is someone bringing a spiel against the game and it's difficulty, or is the easy mode also just that bad ass or something?
zeopower6
Member
https://twitter.com/fiddlecub GameStop's here. He's about 55 hours in and the review will be up tomorrow. He was also like "This game is getting a lot of praise that isn't warranted" or something.
From what I have heard.... even on Easy Mode, if you try blasting through the game, you're going to get slapped in the face, lol.
RPGCrazied
Member
Hmm.. can you put the logo somewhere on the 16:10 one? I'd use that for my wallpaper on my PC, can't seem to find anything else.