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Phantom Brave PC |OT| Nippon Ichi's most unique SRPG
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SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
The comparisons to Soul Nomad are interesting, as a certain character from this game ends up in that one, under a different name.
I am referring to Walnut, of course
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Phantom Brave is my favorite SRPG, and while it hasn't aged quite like fine wine, it's still an excellent game that should be played by any Japanese SRPG fan.
The voice acting (in my opinion) is the most hit and miss in any NIS game. Some characters are great, others are amazing, and some lines are delivered with all the energy of a dying cow. I'm glad they're letting us switch between the japanese and english audio in this version.
I've been playing the retail version of the game for about a week, and the only problem I've run into is with my XBox One controller, which I've heard has also been problematic with XBox 360 controllers. Pressing the left analog stick all the way up will register as pressing down.
As long as the arbitrary resolution is 16:9 or 4:3, yeah. The options are very user unfriendly, too.
The voice acting (in my opinion) is the most hit and miss in any NIS game. Some characters are great, others are amazing, and some lines are delivered with all the energy of a dying cow. I'm glad they're letting us switch between the japanese and english audio in this version.
I've been playing the retail version of the game for about a week, and the only problem I've run into is with my XBox One controller, which I've heard has also been problematic with XBox 360 controllers. Pressing the left analog stick all the way up will register as pressing down.
As long as the arbitrary resolution is 16:9 or 4:3, yeah. The options are very user unfriendly, too.
Success!
But in all seriousness, I don't think getting people to buy this now helps in getting more games like it made -- that ship sailed long ago. But it should help more people discover a very unique and somewhat obscure gem. So enjoy! (hopefully)
People sometimes bring that up, but really, "arbitrary resolution" is not at all the same as "arbitrary aspect ratio".
(One of them also involves quite a bit more work, especially in a UI-heavy game)
Could you fix it by manually creating a profile for the executable and setting it to use the dedicated GPU?
Master Milk
Member
Still waiting for the one true king to make its way to PC.
I'm pretty sure I started this game two or three different times over the course of a few years before I could finally bring myself to get past the first chapter . . .
Fun little game though
I'm pretty sure I started this game two or three different times over the course of a few years before I could finally bring myself to get past the first chapter . . .
Fun little game though
Lunarwhale
Member
Welp, this sold me on it. I meant to give this game a shot years ago when I was younger and more into NIS's output (this was a time when their non-Disgaea games were generally still very good). Looked adorable and the gameplay seemed really neat. This seems like as good at time as any to give the game a go. Those HD backgrounds and the like are looking great.
You should. I mean, I disliked BoF
Q when it came out because it was too different, and having played it later it's now easily one of my favourite JRPGs of all time.I think the more unusual or novel a game is the more a new perspective (tempered by time) can completely change your perception.
Mental Atrophy
Banned
For some reason I always thought this was a porn game.
NVIDIA Optimus ALWAYS uses the CPU to for the display and the GPU for the grunt work. The GPU is already running the game. You can change the profile to force it to run on integrated graphics which sometimes fixes some issues, but you lose your discreet GPU's power. But most games that need to be fixed that way aren't demanding at all graphically.
Turning off the integrated graphics through device manager or other means, causes the display not to work at all. It's really weird. I despise NV Optimus. Never buy a laptop that forces you to use that bullshit.
BUT... I just started up the full release and the game works just fine on the 980m
No, you know it's hentai by the "Overwhelmingly positive" reviews combined with the 10,000 year old demons in sexy lingerie on the cover.
Most likely because the gameplay is almost pornographic in its tactical awesomeness!
And the high placement in the top sellers list, which this doesn't even seem to enter
Battlechili
Banned
I beta tested the game, and I can certainly say that it was a real treat! If anyone wants to know anything more about it, feel free to ask:
Phantom Brave is definitely unique and interesting gameplay wise, and I think this is miles better both as a game and as a port than Disgaea PC. I couldn't personally get into Disgaea; item world especially ruined it for me. But this...I love it! The character interactions between Marona and Ash are especially very enjoyable and believable. These characters seem much more real and believable than any Disgaea character. You can really feel the pain Marona has as she tries so desperately to make others happy and be accepted, and you can see the care Ash puts in to try and keep her as safe and happy as he can, even in his phantom state.
Phantom Brave is definitely unique and interesting gameplay wise, and I think this is miles better both as a game and as a port than Disgaea PC. I couldn't personally get into Disgaea; item world especially ruined it for me. But this...I love it! The character interactions between Marona and Ash are especially very enjoyable and believable. These characters seem much more real and believable than any Disgaea character. You can really feel the pain Marona has as she tries so desperately to make others happy and be accepted, and you can see the care Ash puts in to try and keep her as safe and happy as he can, even in his phantom state.
Saw some complaints about the background images being cropped so theyre missing some of the original image, anyone know if this is true?
Have to agree I preferred Makai Kingfom, characters and writing were great in it. If memory serves Makai Kingdom also has shares a number of the systems listed as unique in the OP.
Have to agree I preferred Makai Kingfom, characters and writing were great in it. If memory serves Makai Kingdom also has shares a number of the systems listed as unique in the OP.
Yeah, it's a touching story at times. On top of being a great strategy game.
For some reason the demo ran crappy on my laptop, but now the full game works fine. I am very happy.
Well I suppose it will have to go on the wishlist. Likely a Christmas purchase. Need to try more SRPGs. Usually put off by the "anime" styling that immediately leads me to assume several cliched tropes will bore me. Valkyria is probably the first to steer me away from that mode of thinking, and I now have a list of things to try, now including this
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Some of the "Stupid Things" I was talking about earlier. The game's full of it.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss.
One of the reasons I disdain the New Super Mario games so much is this game did the "BAH"s orders of magnitude better.
It's exceedingly kid-friendly without being saccharine or annoying
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss.
One of the reasons I disdain the New Super Mario games so much is this game did the "BAH"s orders of magnitude better.
I beta tested the game, and I can certainly say that it was a real treat! If anyone wants to know anything more about it, feel free to ask:
Phantom Brave is definitely unique and interesting gameplay wise, and I think this is miles better both as a game and as a port than Disgaea PC. I couldn't personally get into Disgaea; item world especially ruined it for me. But this...I love it! The character interactions between Marona and Ash are especially very enjoyable and believable. These characters seem much more real and believable than any Disgaea character. You can really feel the pain Marona has as she tries so desperately to make others happy and be accepted, and you can see the care Ash puts in to try and keep her as safe and happy as he can, even in his phantom state.
It's exceedingly kid-friendly without being saccharine or annoying
read: buy a copy for your kid.
Shorty11857
Member
Put the game in full screen and it looks like I'm only seeing a quarter of the screen...that's odd...
Is there anyway to force it back into windowed mode or do I need to get a refund?
Is there anyway to force it back into windowed mode or do I need to get a refund?
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
Sounds like a graphical setting more than anything (anti-aliasing?)
Shorty11857
Member
Found out the game was running in 4k but my display is only 1080p, was able to mess around with graphics settings to adjust it down, a bit strange but whatever
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Bought. Love nis games!
ThatsMytrunks
Member
I have an extra key I'm looking to sell for $14 if anyone's interested. Just shoot me a PM.
This game's incredible. Just got Bottlemail (didn't know that was a thing back when I played on PS2), and I just finished Chapter 3. Any other neat secrets I shouldn't miss on my first playthrough? I never finished the game because the girl that had the game (
) and I broke up. I'm glad I get to revisit it.
This game's incredible. Just got Bottlemail (didn't know that was a thing back when I played on PS2), and I just finished Chapter 3. Any other neat secrets I shouldn't miss on my first playthrough? I never finished the game because the girl that had the game (
was a lying, cheating, monster
Battlechili
Banned
Check your updates; the game should have an update ready now, if you didn't have it already. Update. It should be around 33mb in size. Then, go into the game folder that Phantom Brave PC is stored in (Steam->Steamapps->common->Phantom Brave PC) and there should be a PDF of the artbook in there. NISA was apparently late in releasing it or something.
SquirrelWide
Member
Loved the original. Definitely picking this up within the next month.
I had fun playing for a bit. Lots of room for strategies/improvising it seems and not just tactically either. Using other units as clubs is hilarious. So is throwing your unit on a enemy and them being stomped like a goomba. I'm sure there's a lot more when i start unlocking/using more classes.
I'm not sure what to think of the story yet, but the setup being somewhat unique makes me optimistic.
I need to finish up Fire Emblem, but it's nice knowing i'll have something good waiting after that.
I'm not sure what to think of the story yet, but the setup being somewhat unique makes me optimistic.
I need to finish up Fire Emblem, but it's nice knowing i'll have something good waiting after that.
Huh? Why? For one, the settings default to the old UI graphics and sprite smoothing. The new UI graphics and no sprite smoothing look much better (as does the 3D stuff when it's rendered at 5k rather than 640x480).
Throw your phantom off the level
Throw your phantom off the level
Y-you...you can do that?!
They respawn at the border of the level, but it seems to clear some statuses.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Question: does this have any more content than the PSP version? Itching to play this game again, but portability >> bigger screen, especially when the sprites are blown up anyway.
in your case, both versions should be identical
I just feel like it doesn't really "pop" no matter what you do to it. I'd rather just be playing it.
Yeah, I don't know what he's getting at. A few tweaks in Settings is a night and day difference. Sprite filtering in particular looks *awful*