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NISA bringing Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed (PS3/Vita) to EU Oct 10th
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Samurai_Heart
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Oh, was gonna preorder an import, won't bother now and just do it for Persona Q CE...
It just came out in Japan, XSEED will probably localize it later if the PS3/Vita versions do well.
The same NISA who bring that **** Criminal Girls? They really had to choose that type of game didn't they. Why would they bring this to Europe? This game doesn't have societal value. Our highly educated society refused to play this game, this is detrimental to our high moral standard. Please keep it to yourself America.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Also waiting for PS4 version, hope it's announced, or will wait for a good sale on PS3 version.
I do hope you're joking. But based on the way you phrased this, I'm pretty sure you are.
After numerous topics in which I've argued this game's merits to non-believers, I don't really want to have to do it again! But I did come up with pretty much the perfect analogy through my experiences thus far:
This game is like a nerdy Japanese video game version of The Hangover.
In exactly the same way The Hangover depicts the worst of Las Vegas culture, yet also celebrates Vegas for all its sinful, extravagant, indulgent glory and goes as over-the-top and ridiculous with it as humanly possible, Akiba's Trip does the same thing with Akihabara culture -- a separate yet not entirely dissimilar atmosphere, albeit with more of an anime and gaming twist.
It's really good stuff, and a really fun game.
-Tom
dakkumauji
Member
Well at least NISA won't be releasing some overpriced LE + overpriced shipping for Europe
I'msorry
Samurai_Heart
Member
I will not be surprised it they won't, it looks pretty damn rough.
Green Card
Member
I dont know if I want the Vita version or to wait and get the PS4 one.
bwhaha. Same here.
Hey, this is NeoGAF, where people make mountains out of sexy molehills on a daily basis.
I figured I needed to jump in and get the preemptive attack.
-Tom
Hours Left
Member
I'm getting the Vita version so that if that PS4 version comes out, then I can have it on console and portable.
(The Vita version does have one small exclusive mode.)
Infernal Monkey
Member
Oh, I already pre-ordered an American copy. Ah well. Nice to see NISA keeping the physical retail dream alive for Vita in Europe/Australia.
I'm not really sure, to be honest. I've seen a little bit of it in action, but I don't personally own a PS4 yet, so I haven't been able to play around with it at home. I'm also not much of a videophile, truth be told, so I'm not sure I'd even notice the difference between 30 and 60 fps, nor that I'd notice the difference between 720p and 1080p. I know that sounds ludicrous to a lot of you, but it HAS happened in the past -- I really have no sense of visual fidelity.
What I did see looked really good to me, though, and was a vast improvement on the PS3 and Vita versions -- the framerate was silky smooth (30fps smooth or 60fps smooth, though, I couldn't say!), there were lighting and shadow effects not present in the other versions, the character models looked more detailed, and there were more than twice as many people wandering the streets (which is pretty cool, but might make the gameplay more difficult, since one of the big features of Akiba's Trip is dynamic NPC behavior: when you engage people in fights, bystanders might just decide to join in for the hell of it, and the more bystanders there are nearby, the greater the chance that you'll have a huge, almost neverending brawl on your hands...).
The PS4 version was definitely impressive, and if we can get our hands on it, I'm sure we wouldn't think twice about doing so. So if you've got a PS4, just keep the faith alive and cross those fingers! We're trying our best.
-Tom
This is neogaf, where some people don't like Super Mario Galaxy.Hey, this is NeoGAF, where people make mountains out of sexy molehills on a daily basis.
I figured I needed to jump in and get the preemptive attack.
-Tom
I'm not really sure, to be honest. I've seen a little bit of it in action, but I don't personally own a PS4 yet, so I haven't been able to play around with it at home. I'm also not much of a videophile, truth be told, so I'm not sure I'd even notice the difference between 30 and 60 fps, nor that I'd notice the difference between 720p and 1080p. I know that sounds ludicrous to a lot of you, but it HAS happened in the past -- I really have no sense of visual fidelity.
What I did see looked really good to me, though, and was a vast improvement on the PS3 and Vita versions -- the framerate was silky smooth (30fps smooth or 60fps smooth, though, I couldn't say!), there were lighting and shadow effects not present in the other versions, the character models looked more detailed, and there were more than twice as many people wandering the streets (which is pretty cool, but might make the gameplay more difficult, since one of the big features of Akiba's Trip is dynamic NPC behavior: when you engage people in fights, bystanders might just decide to join in for the hell of it, and the more bystanders there are nearby, the greater the chance that you'll have a huge, almost neverending brawl on your hands...).
The PS4 version was definitely impressive, and if we can get our hands on it, I'm sure we wouldn't think twice about doing so. So if you've got a PS4, just keep the faith alive and cross those fingers! We're trying our best.
-Tom
Thanks for the answer. I don't have a PS4 (And I don't plan to buy one soon), but I fell like it's a waste to make the upgrade without implementing these.
If you say that it moves smoothier, then I'll believe
dakkumauji
Member
Hopefully we'll get a date soon.
Need to know when I need to get my butt into gear into making the OT
Not that surprising when you realize that it's the same people who made the Way of the Samurai series. I guess this is like Way of the Otaku or something. Lol.
Also not that surprising when you realize where Acquire's offices are located.
Hint: After the game proper begins, turn around and look across the street.
-Tom
Wait I thought this was coming out August 5th in NA?
I wish people didn't take release dates from Amazon and Gamestop etc as fact.
That's the date we were shooting for, but we haven't announced an actual release date just yet -- and it's looking like August 5th won't be happening. However, the mastering process has been going pretty smoothly nonetheless, so hopefully we won't be tooooooo far behind that! If all goes well, we'll announce further information soon.
-Tom
Hours Left
Member
This fall is pretty jam packed, so I hope it's not much later than that.
August - Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited, Sword Art Online, and Neptunia Rebirth. So August is actually the most jam packed month.
August is still what we're shooting for, so we might be joining those ranks! Which would be kind of ironic, since there are ads for both Disgaea 4 and Neptunia Rebirth *in* Akiba's Trip, as well as free DLC items associated with both Disgaea and Neptunia.
See, that's how awesome we are. Not only are we presenting this game to you guys with dual audio (and dual text, for that matter!), but we're even ADVERTISING OUR COMPETITION within the game itself. If that ain't hardcore, I don't know what is!
Heheheheh...-Tom
Hours Left
Member
I'm not into those games, so no worries. (I'll get to D4 eventually, but I'm waaaaaaaaaaaay behind in that series.)
Fall 2014
Prof. Layton vs. Phoenix Wright
DanganRonpa 2
Fantasy Life
Smash Bros. for 3DS
Theatrhythm: Curtain Call
Tales of Hearts R
Persona Q
Pokémon Alpha/Omega
Etc, etc, etc.
O_O
SocksForWoks
Banned
Recently I pre-ordered this and the new Theaterrythm : )
Green Card
Member
What is the exclusive mode?
The Vita version has an AR mode, though to be fair, it doesn't really add much to the game -- it just lets you take pictures of the Akiba's Trip girls standing around on your desk or what-not.
Cool feature to have, but if you pick the PS3 version, I doubt you'll miss it.
-Tom
BumblebeeCody
Member
If it wasn't wyrdwad defending this against about bias points then I wouldn't have been interested in it. The dude has convinced me to get it. It looks fun and funny.
Green Card
Member
Why hello ladies
Also wyrdwad I bought Legend of Heroes A Tear of Vermilion and Popolocrois (and other games I'm sure) because of your posts on GameFAQs way back when the PSP came out. I'm a fan!
Oh, it's not a complaint. I'm almost certain I'll be picking up the game myself, though whether or not it's right away depends on outside factors.
Callibretto
Member
I'm wondering between vita and ps3 version. how's the framerate and resolution for vita version? if they're solid, I'lll probably get in on vita rather than ps3
dakkumauji
Member
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The Vita version is slightly better than the PS3 version in terms of framerate, though both do stutter (especially when you first enter an area and all the Akihabara townsfolk are still loading in).
And resolution-wise, they look more or less identical to me, though I did notice the text is really small when reading emails and Pitter conversations on Vita, and can be kind of hard to read compared to the PS3 version as a result, so that might indicate a higher resolution on PS3 that I just never really noticed before. (As I said, I'm bad at judging visual fidelity in games!)
In general, I'd say go for Vita if you're concerned about performance, or go for PS3 if you're concerned about resolution.
-Tom
AtomskEater
Member
Wha? Disgaea is one of the few games where the "it's okay bruh she's really 1000 years old" jokes actually apply.
Plus they're still making them so it's all good.