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[Zonic]

For some reason, I feel like doing the side-missions first, then the main story. Guess to just get those out of the way, considering there's only 5 per character, so it doesn't take that long (1/2 hour-ish?), plus makes each character get to about level 22-ish after doing them all.

 

[pariah164]

How many chapters?

5 chapters, with about 5 or 6 missions per chapter. Long missions ran long for me, at times.

 

[Reknoc]

the new frantic transform mechanic :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow

 

[Snkfanatic]

I want to take more screenshots while playing this game but every time I do it kills the cut scene or the story. :\

 

[GuardianE]

The Official Illustration Collection is good all-in-one artbook, but most of the illustrations are exactly the same as the ones in the first 3 Official Perfect Bibles. Therefore it's OK to skip it IMO if you already have the latter.

It looks like the Official Illustration Collection is about the same size as the Perfect Bibles. Are the Perfect Bibles just filled with a lot of text/interviews/guides? I'm debating between them right now.

 

[mankoto]

I want to take more screenshots while playing this game but every time I do it kills the cut scene or the story. :

Press the Home/PS button first then start. Not the other way around.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Press the Home/PS button first then start. Not the other way around.

I thought you had to press them at the same time. Would be great if this is the case

 

[mankoto]

I thought you had to press them at the same time. Would be great if this is the case

Well, in essence, yeah. It's just that the game probably recognizes you pressing the start button first even though your doing it simultaneously.

 

[baconcow]

just checked, the cheapest shipping costs $7 (I think yesterday it was $5, not sure if they increased the price or system error or something)

Good catch. I was thinking of their old shipping for a smaller game (like a single 3DS/Vita game). Might have to cough up for EB's overpriced tax. Luckily, Amazon did not charge me for priority. Odd I am still seeing DELIVERY ESTIMATE: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - Wednesday, October 22, 2014. I am nervous it will change, soon.

 

[Demoskinos]

I thought you had to press them at the same time. Would be great if this is the case

Totally is! I remember having the same exact issue with Conception II skipping dialogue scenes when I tried to take screenshots of them.

 

[Eolz]

Played a bit (near the end of Hanzo chapter 1 I think), and really liking it so far.
However, the camera lock is awful if you're not against a boss, the run animation is weirdly worse than Burst, and the parry is abit weird to use. Disappointed that you need to buy the story pics and music tracks as well

For the positive points, graphics are great, regular enemies don't have huge health bars, story is great, and gameplay is pretty good despite the camera problems.

Any advices on getting good mission rankings? Seems to rank differently than in Burst and I was pretty good there.
Also, I hope they put DLC and other stuff in the EU store soon.

Spoiler

I hope it's not like DOA5 where we get stuff weeks later because Sony EU is incompetent for some reason...

 

[Fatal Futanari]

Just ordered all the artbooks. My two copies arrive on Friday (;_; and hopefully not crushed). I AM STOKED!

 

[Nyoro SF]

Played a bit (near the end of Hanzo chapter 1 I think), and really liking it so far.
However, the camera lock is awful if you're not against a boss, the run animation is weirdly worse than Burst, and the parry is abit weird to use. Disappointed that you need to buy the story pics and music tracks as well

For the positive points, graphics are great, regular enemies don't have huge health bars, story is great, and gameplay is pretty good despite the camera problems.

Any advices on getting good mission rankings? Seems to rank differently than in Burst and I was pretty good there.
Also, I hope they put DLC and other stuff in the EU store soon.

Spoiler

I hope it's not like DOA5 where we get stuff weeks later because Sony EU is incompetent for some reason...

Regarding items in the store. If you play through all four academy stories, you should have enough currency to buy almost everything except song tracks.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Does this game have a lock on function? Hyrule Warriors has spoiled me.

 

[Zonic]

Does this game have a lock on function? Hyrule Warriors has spoiled me.

Yup, press Up on the D-pad. I mainly use it on bosses.

SOOO close with the lottery. Just need 2 more & I'll have them all...though on the thought of customization, kind of surprised you can't mix & match the top & bottom of different lingerie.

Edit: ONE MORE.

 

[ExitPlanetDust]

Yup, press Up on the D-pad. I mainly use it on bosses.

SOOO close with the lottery. Just need 2 more & I'll have them all...though on the thought of customization, kind of surprised you can't mix & match the top & bottom of different lingerie.

At first I thought it was down on the d-pad. I was eating through my health bar so fast. Lol. "Why isn't it locking on!?"

 

[MagiusNecros]

Yup, press Up on the D-pad. I mainly use it on bosses.

Thanks. Awesome. Hated it when you target the wrong enemy for your aerial raves.

 

[Zonic]

...........after I finished spending all of my money, it occurred to me that I probably should've just saved before doing the lottery, then loading my previous save so I could start over again with the funds I had previously.

 

[pariah164]

...........after I finished spending all of my money, it occurred to me that I probably should've just saved before doing the lottery, then loading my previous save so I could start over again with the funds I had previously.

Awww, muffin.

But glorious panties! Better than some of the crap Monokuma gives you in the Danganronpa games.

 

[Nyoro SF]

...........after I finished spending all of my money, it occurred to me that I probably should've just saved before doing the lottery, then loading my previous save so I could start over again with the funds I had previously.

Oh the clothing unlocks are permanent across all saves?

 

[Interface23]

Good catch. I was thinking of their old shipping for a smaller game (like a single 3DS/Vita game). Might have to cough up for EB's overpriced tax. Luckily, Amazon did not charge me for priority. Odd I am still seeing DELIVERY ESTIMATE: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - Wednesday, October 22, 2014. I am nervous it will change, soon.

Yea don't contact Amazon, they'll either cancel it straight up or change the delivery date to Dec to March. They totally screwed up this release.

 

[Zonic]

Not to mention at the very least, you get 20z back. I'll have to try again after completing a story mission or two.

I actually got rather lucky during the 7% to 3%. Those didn't take long to get.

Oh the clothing unlocks are permanent across all saves?

I'd assume so (well, just the one save file. Don't think it'd be across every single save file). It really isn't an issue until you have...I'd say 15-ish left to get. Just save before hand when you have a good amount of money, then if you felt like you spent a ton of money but didn't get anything, go out & load your save so your money's back to its original amount....at least, that's what I'm guessing, as that's what I did with Danganronpa.

Edit: WELL CRAP. The game automatically seems to save when you exit the store.

Edit 2: YES, got everything from the lottery.

 

[pariah164]

Not to mention at the very least, you get 20z back. I'll have to try again after completing a story mission or two.

I actually got rather lucky during the 7% to 3%. Those didn't take long to get.

I'd assume so (well, just the one save file. Don't think it'd be across every single save file). It really isn't an issue until you have...I'd say 15-ish left to get. Just save before hand when you have a good amount of money, then if you felt like you spent a ton of money but didn't get anything, go out & load your save so your money's back to its original amount....at least, that's what I'm guessing, as that's what I did with Danganronpa.

Edit: WELL CRAP. The game automatically seems to save when you exit the store.

Edit 2: YES, got everything from the lottery.

Congrats. I'm at like, 45 or so. My luck has not been so great. it doesn't help that I always tend to buy stuff from the store right after it unlocks.

 

[Hikami]

Finally got my game delivered.
Came in a bubble mailer... surprisingly unharmed.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Damn this game is legit hard.....on Easy mode! Also, where do you go to equip new techniques and moves? The Ninja Room menu is kinda clunky.

 

[-Horizon-]

Finally got my game delivered.
Came in a bubble mailer... surprisingly unharmed.

At least one of ours survived then, mine got seriously wrecked :'(

At least the stuff inside survived.

I have no one to blame but myself though, I should've known better after Amazon handled the Bravely Default box

 

[baconcow]

Damn this game is legit hard.....on Easy mode! Also, where do you go to equip new techniques and moves? The Ninja Room menu is kinda clunky.

Weird. PlayStation Lifestyle must be gaming gods. They said the game was too easy, even on hard and gave a crap rating.

 

[Zonic]

You learn new combo moves by leveling up. You can see what levels you need to be at in order to learn a new combo. You'll learn a 3rd Secret Art technique, but that won't be until about the 4th chapter of each story.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Weird. PlayStation Lifestyle must be gaming gods. They said the game was too easy, even on hard and gave a crap rating.

I don't know why. The AI is extremely aggressive in this game and I usually have to fight pretty strategically to win.

You learn new combo moves by leveling up. You can see what levels you need to be at in order to learn a new combo. You'll learn a 3rd Secret Art technique, but that won't be until about the 4th chapter of each story.

Oh so where do you go to see the moves and combos? They mentioned it at the beginning of the game and I couldn't find it since.

EDIT: I'm an idiot. I just found them. -.-

 

[Zonic]

Pause the game & I think it's called "Tech List" or something.

 

[Corgi]

not a fan of the new frantic mechanic vs Burst. you just pretty much just spam [] (more than the other forms lol).

 

[Ken]

Finally finished downloading!

 

[Nyoro SF]

not a fan of the new frantic mechanic vs Burst. you just pretty much just spam [] (more than the other forms lol).

I use Frantic whenever I'm playing a character I don't like, just to speed up the mission.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Mine was in near perfect shape.

I wanted to read the artbook, but I felt like if I pulled the pages back enough to actually read it it was going to split in half. :/

I haven't played it yet though. Pesky work.

 

[Vylash]

just got a piece of "lingerie" that's literally 2 leaves stuck together, welp

 

[Hugstable]

Yay just got my Physical Edition in the mail! Can't wait to start playing. Loving the quality of this Shinobi Syllabus so far, so much awesome stuff along with the art. I just expected art but we got descriptions, character profiles, and of course tons of life filled art. <3

 

[Eolz]

Weird. PlayStation Lifestyle must be gaming gods. They said the game was too easy, even on hard and gave a crap rating.

Well, it's easy to finish a mission, but hard to get a good ranking. Maybe this review didn't care about that.

 

[Corgi]

protip: if you like 'bandaids'.

make sure to get naked apron and take some damage.


jesus.

 

[Zonic]

Oh......so Shiki is one of THOSE girls, judging by the dialogue. I'm guessing it's one of those cultural "translation" things, like how characters from a certain prefecture of Japan is translated to, say, someone from the south in the US.

 

[Omegabalmung9]

Just got my game this morning and finally got to play it and....its freaking awesome!

 

[Vylash]

reposting PSN spreadsheet since it's not in the OP for some reason

google doc spreadsheet thing



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[FLD]

Aww yiss! Got my shipping notice. Now I'm just waiting for tracking to update to find out whether it'll get here this week or not. Tomorrow seems unlikely (and I'll be at school all day anyway) but hopefully I can get it on friday.

Re-ordering from EBGames was the right call, it seems. Amazon.ca lost some major points on this one. I'll definitely think twice before pre-ordering with them from now on, at least when it comes to limited stuff. Now I'm kinda wondering if I should be worried about my Persona Q Premium Edition...

 

[pariah164]

reposting PSN spreadsheet since it's not in the OP for some reason

Um, yes it is. I just checked.

 

[todd360]

So umm can I play this without ever having played this series before? Will I be lost in the story? Is the story good? I would like a serving of plot with my plot.

 

[Alfebit]

Can someone else who's playing this on a PSTV give me a little help? I'm noticing some outfits and lingerie have multiple colors but I can't figure out how to switch them.

 

[Yasumi]

reposting PSN spreadsheet since it's not in the OP for some reason

Quote the OP and Ctrl+F google. It's part of the FAQ.

 

[Zonic]

I think you have to buy separate colors & it's listed as a different outfit in the dressing room.

 

[Vylash]

Um, yes it is. I just checked.

Quote the OP and Ctrl+F google. It's part of the FAQ.

welp i'm blind, nevermind

 

[-Horizon-]

Mine was in near perfect shape.

I wanted to read the artbook, but I felt like if I pulled the pages back enough to actually read it it was going to split in half. :/

I haven't played it yet though. Pesky work.

I put it in my Vita and watched the opening but now I'm writing an essay lol. So close yet so far.

 

[Demoskinos]

Can someone else who's playing this on a PSTV give me a little help? I'm noticing some outfits and lingerie have multiple colors but I can't figure out how to switch them.

I thought the "colors" thing was just there to show you what colors that lingerie was?