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[Arthea]

to take your mind of FF0, let's talk FFF (ya, I know nobody talks about it but me, so what?)

I hit some kind of wall in FFF, I assume I'm not that far from endgame, but I barely can advance at all, I have no money to upgrade my equipment and buy good items, but I need that in order to go forward, badly, it doesn't help that my characters are in range from 20lvl to 35lvl and if I want to raise some of low lvl characters stats I have to keep them in a main party (for challenges).
I was hoping to get through the game for the first time without grinding at all, but I'm not sure it's possible anymore.

 

[Dr Dogg]

My native resolution is 1920x1080, so all that fuss about not being other options is so totally alien to me that it's boring even to read, but I get that people want their res supported too. But does it really make a bad port? As I said many times, no, the port is only then bad when it: doesn't run, crash constantly, has shitload of bugs, doesn't run smoothly (if it's locked at 30 fps, it should be 30 fps all the time) and eats save files, that's about it. Now, being superb port and good port is not the same, good port is comfortably playable port and all this PC crowd negativity about anything but perfect, doesn't help to get games on PC, like Atlus games or others that are reluctant to bother. I'll take a cheap good port (as stated before) over no port any day, but most PC folks seem to take only all or nothing.

I've also read some of those negative reviews, ridiculous! we knew right from the start that the game will be 30fps locked, we know that it's still a PSP game, HD version or no, yet people still are complaining about this too.

I can't comment on how the game runs as I've still got bloody 18 hours to go until it downloads but on the surface it looks like an acceptable job that could have been better. It does seem to have some weird quirks like prerendered cutscenes displaying at 60hz on a 120hz panel when they are encoded at 30fps causing some audio sync issues (seems they're clamping them down to half refresh hence the 60hz cap instead of 30hz). Most of this appears to be inexperience with the platform so let's wait to see what the response is like before throwing stones at HexaDrive. But yet again lots of folks are showing they only have 2 tolerances when it come to discussing quality in a gaming and that's Absolute Rubbish or The GOAT.

The eye patch doesn't help.

And my right eye is my good one too.

 

[Corpekata]

I don't know if "doesn't BSOD your computer" really qualifies a port for the "Not a bad port" participation trophy.

In order to get it playable I had to create a custom profile to disable Gsync, and then cap the refresh to 60 so audio didn't desync Godzilla style. If I'm having to resort to fiddling with settings outside the game, you're entering bad port territory.

Is it Saints Row 2 tier? No. But it's probably among the worst JRPG ports. In fact, I'm struggling to think of worse JRPG ports that don't have the name Final Fantasy in them too. They're getting outdone by the likes of Idea Factory.

 

[Uzzy]

Seriously, you'd think they'd at least do some sort of analysis or something to determine whether the costs (in time and resources) for porting games to PC would be offset by the projected profits. All my research shows that fully-featured PC ports take only 0.38 manhours (or 23 manminutes) of labor and the only resource needed is a heart that believes, so I don't know what they're doing over there.

My research suggests the same. PC development is just pushing a button and you get a great port with unlocked frame rates and resolution and no bugs.

Stepping back from the absurd a moment, we can see for ourselves that niche Japanese games can be great successes on the PC, like last years Valkyria Chronicles. Which was published by Sega, who own Atlus. You can also see multiple JRPG's selling well on PC, not just the big ones like Final Fantasy either. So yes, Atlus are just leaving money on the table.

 

[Arthea]

I can't comment on how the game runs as I've still got bloody 18 hours to go until it downloads but on the surface it looks like an acceptable job that could have been better. It does seem to have some weird quirks like prerendered cutscenes displaying at 60hz on a 120hz panel when they are encoded at 30fps causing some audio sync issues (seems they're clamping them down to half refresh hence the 60hz cap instead of 30hz). Most of this appears to be inexperience with the platform so let's wait to see what the response is like before throwing stones at HexaDrive. But yet again lots of folks are showing they only have 2 tolerances when it come to discussing quality in a gaming and that's Absolute Rubbish or The GOAT.

18 hours! can I pity you again? You won't be offended or anything?

audiosync problem seems like oversight, maybe they still can fix it, at least I hope so.

too true

I don't know if "doesn't BSOD your computer" really qualifies a port for the "Not a bad port" participation trophy.

In order to get it playable I had to create a custom profile to disable Gsync, and then cap the refresh to 60 so audio didn't desync Godzilla style. If I'm having to resort to fiddling with settings outside the game, you're entering bad port territory.

Is it Saints Row 2 tier? No. But it's probably among the worst JRPG ports. In fact, I'm struggling to think of worse JRPG ports that don't have the name Final Fantasy in them too. They're getting outdone by the likes of Idea Factory.

let's be fair, IF games are low budget, they are a lot less taxing, animation heavy or complex in graphics department, it's easier to make a good port of a game that's not demanding in the first place.
But I won't argue, maybe FF0 port really is bad, I'm still stuck with FFF, so I wouldn't know, but many negative reviews I read mention no problems whatsoever and is whining about res and 30 fps and low quality of textures, what we knew from the very beginning.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I am now no longer 33.

I am 33.1.

 

[KenOD]

I am now no longer 33.

I am 33.1.

Patch notes required for judgement.

dude

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/bbpj/index.html

cancel everything

Such a wonderful sight. I can play it while I watch games idle for cards.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Also: Guild of Dungeoneering is the shit.

 

[Chance Hale]

Looks like N++ has been a bit of a bomb sales wise. A shame, I know they had planned a PC port if it sold well. Maybe now it's selling so poorly they'll have to do it anyway.

Where'd you see that?

I ended up not grabbing it because the plus discount ended up being a pre-order bonus instead of the normal week long deal like every other year. Missed it!

 

[Caerith]

My research suggests the same. PC development is just pushing a button and you get a great port with unlocked frame rates and resolution and no bugs.

Stepping back from the absurd a moment, we can see for ourselves that niche Japanese games can be great successes on the PC, like last years Valkyria Chronicles. Which was published by Sega, who own Atlus. You can also see multiple JRPG's selling well on PC, not just the big ones like Final Fantasy either. So yes, Atlus are just leaving money on the table.

How great are these successes, though? I mean, Sega released Valkyria Chronicles on Steam in November and then cut 300 jobs and closed their San Francisco office two months later, so I'm not so sure Operation: Free Money lives up to its name.

 

[Dr Dogg]

18 hours! can I pity you again? You won't be offended or anything?

audiosync problem seems like oversight, maybe they still can fix it, at least I hope so.

too true

One day I will experience average speed broadband let alone Super Fast Broadband sadly today is not one of those days.

I am now no longer 33.

I am 33.1.

Well not to be pedantic (but I'm going to be pedantic) you're technically 33.00273972602739726 years old. 33.1 would be 36 and a half days after your birthday. And nobody likes a pedant ever.

 

[Corpekata]

Where'd you see that?

I ended up not grabbing it because the plus discount ended up being a pre-order bonus instead of the normal week long deal like every other year. Missed it!

The devs have talked about it in the OT.

 

[JaseC]

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[fertygo]

I'll never using Nuveem anymore, so easy to forget you use an VPN/Proxy

Paypal game me a limit for a sec, I scared shitless my fund is RIP.. thanks god its resolved.

but lesson learned

 

[Boss Doggie]

Man the steam forums for the new FF game is bad

 

[Chance Hale]

steam forums bad

 

 

[fertygo]

Man the steam forums for the new FF game is bad

nice avy dawg

http://sakuga.yshi.org/post/show/15114/aikatsu-animated-dancing-presumed-shingo_fujii

 

[Boss Doggie]

true enough lol

nice avy dawg

http://sakuga.yshi.org/post/show/151...d-shingo_fujii

def

I am giving rin a week before my usual

 

[fertygo]

true enough lol



def

I am giving rin a week before my usual

Best Aikatsu currently

Spoiler

Surprised you watch it

 

[AHA-Lambda]

also the sometimes always monsters art looks so much better

aghhhh can't waittt

What's this?

 

[Chariot]

What's this?

As he said. Always Sometimes Monsters.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Best Aikatsu currently

Spoiler

Surprised you watch it

That she is.

Spoiler

I don't. I accidentally watch it since I watch Pokemon XY live streamed, I tune in an hour early so I also catch Tamagotchi and Aikatsu.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

As he said. Always Sometimes Monsters.

Ah, from the way it was worded I wondered if it was an ASM sequel

 

[Teppic]

As he said. Always Sometimes Monsters.

No, Sometimes Always Monsters.

 

[JaseC]

What's this?

The game name is in the post.

Ah, from the way it was worded I wondered if it was an ASM sequel

It is.

 

[Tizoc]

Spares:

Noooo missed my chance for a free Viktor key D;

 

[Chariot]

Ah, from the way it was worded I wondered if it was an ASM sequel

Zky is wording everything strange.

No, Sometimes Always Monsters.

 

[Tizoc]

Will have FF0 download later today, I left home this morning and forgot to have it dl o I can play it when I get back from work :V

 

[lashman]

There's going to be a Goosebumps video game

WayForward will be bringing the Goosebumps book series to life by way of an all-new, point-and-click adventure game, Goosebumps: The Game.

 

[JaseC]

There's going to be a Goosebumps video game

I would have loved this 20 years ago.

 

[Caerith]

I would have loved this 20 years ago.

You still might, if it ends up being a +62 to game count.

 

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[Teppic]

Zky is wording everything strange.

.

 

[Tizoc]

There's going to be a Goosebumps video game

I've never read goosbumps but have known of it.
may just give this game a try even though I dislike horror games for the most part

 

[Chariot]

.

Now I'm confused.

 

[Teppic]

Now I'm confused.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/274310/discussions/0/530649887196916964/

 

[Chariot]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/274310/discussions/0/530649887196916964/

Oh, so it IS a sequel. Man, this title is really dickish >:O

 

[Dr Dogg]

I'm going to wait until Monsters Sometimes Always is out before diving in.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

It is.

Oh! Neat! First game has a lot of problems but there's a good idea there

 

[Eila]

I was enjoying ASM until I lost my save. It's one of those games that don't have steamcloud and don't have the saves in the steamapps folder.

 

[Corpekata]

Don't the vast majority of games not have saves in the Steamapps folder?

 

[Se7enSword]

Don't the vast majority of games not have saves in the Steamapps folder?

Yes, most do.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Yes, most do.

I thought userdata was were most save went? I have like 200 or 300 folders in there.

 

[Lord British]

GeForce 660 2gb.

8gb ram.

Can I run Arkham Knight, SteamGAF?

Can I run Arkham Knight.

 

[Chariot]

Huh, uh? How did Hero Prinny get banned?

 

[Eila]

Don't the vast majority of games not have saves in the Steamapps folder?

I didn't lose that many saves, must be because of steamcloud.
Anyway, false alarm, just booted ASM and it had all my saves. Must have been other RPGmaker game I was talking about.

 

[JaseC]

You still might, if it ends up being a +62 to game count.

Good point!

 

[Chance Hale]

My Always Sometimes Monsters playthrough took an incredibly dark turn towards the end so I'm interested to see how the sequel handles it.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Atlus USA responds to question on PC Persona 5 release, sounds unlikely

I remember pestering Nich Maragos, an old EGM staffer that became one of Atlus USA's localisers, through 1up.com's old forums about PC ports of the PS2-era MegaTen games and received a better answer.

Atlus USA basically take what the Japanese parent company outputs and that's about the long and short of it. If Atlus R&D1 isn't making a PC port, it isn't happening. Maybe now that Sega owns Atlus and they've warmed up to PC gaming, they'll back port some of Atlus' catalogue to PC. We've gotten games like Jet Set Radio and Valkyria Chronicles. Who knows.

I don't fucking care what the resolution would be or what the framerate would be locked to, if I could play Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne or Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 on PC again, that would be fuck balls amazing. Also probably never gonna happen.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Last time I tried I know Nocturne was a bit funky on PCSX2 (well my PAL copy didn't render shadows correctly) but Persona 3 and 4 pretty much are better on PCSX2 than any other platform. Widescreen support and UI aspect ratio correction is easy peasy and although you miss out on Golden's extra content you get OG Chie and OG Chie is Best Chie.

Huh, uh? How did Hero Prinny get banned?

Guessing thread whining

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=175826765&postcount=99

But you know dood's not been erased from existence you could always ask them on Steam on something.