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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy |OT| Yes, "One-Winged Angel" is in! Quit asking!
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Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Why that? It's one of the few games where is just pretty and not plain annoying.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Those of you about to receive your copies: enjoy! It's a great game. But here's one thing to keep in mind as you play, something I've noticed over the course of playing it the last few days:
In a rather... let's call it "boneheaded" design move, it seems S-E pretty much forces you to choose between maximizing your score/getting better grades on songs and enjoying the allure of beating rare monsters, getting rare item drops, and making use of the special "Feature Zone" areas in each kind of stage. This is because completing songs without anything equipped on any of your characters awards you a "Stoic Bonus" that adds 2,000,000 points to your score. To my knowledge, without this bonus it is impossible to get anything above an "S" grade on any song.
Basically, no matter how good you do/are, you'll never get any "SS" or "SSS" grades without that Stoic Bonus, which means no equipping anything.
That, in turn, means no making use of anything that helps you get rare item drops, increases your movement speed in FMS stages so that you get rare treasures/can meet certain bosses during Dark Notes, etc.
It also seems that, with nothing equipped, you don't get to make use of each kind of stage's "Feature Zone" additions. For FMS stages, that means no turning into a Chocobo and getting a movement bonus; for BMS stages, that means no summoning aeons/espers/GFs/pick your term of them; and for EMS stages, that means no extended versions of the songs. So... that pretty much sucks.
Personally, being a rhythm game enthusiast, I've just decided to never equip anything, since I take rhythm games fairly seriously and getting good scores is important to me (getting "SS" grades on all Basic and Expert songs has been pretty easy for me). Obviously, your approach may vary and can be whatever you want it to be, but it sucks that S-E basically forces you to choose between scoring and enjoying a significant chunk of gameplay features. I definitely feel like I'm missing out on a considerable amount of the metagame by not locking myself out of the highest possible scores.
So yeah, just something to keep in mind when you start playing. Don't mean to bring anyone's spirits down, though; it's still a great, very fun game!
Yeah, I guess the menus do look nice with the 3D on. It's still a very subtle effect though, and I still feel that the 3D really doesn't make the game look any better during actual gameplay. It doesn't make it look worse, either, but it doesn't add anything to the visuals or gameplay during actual songs IMO.
In a rather... let's call it "boneheaded" design move, it seems S-E pretty much forces you to choose between maximizing your score/getting better grades on songs and enjoying the allure of beating rare monsters, getting rare item drops, and making use of the special "Feature Zone" areas in each kind of stage. This is because completing songs without anything equipped on any of your characters awards you a "Stoic Bonus" that adds 2,000,000 points to your score. To my knowledge, without this bonus it is impossible to get anything above an "S" grade on any song.
Basically, no matter how good you do/are, you'll never get any "SS" or "SSS" grades without that Stoic Bonus, which means no equipping anything.
That, in turn, means no making use of anything that helps you get rare item drops, increases your movement speed in FMS stages so that you get rare treasures/can meet certain bosses during Dark Notes, etc.
It also seems that, with nothing equipped, you don't get to make use of each kind of stage's "Feature Zone" additions. For FMS stages, that means no turning into a Chocobo and getting a movement bonus; for BMS stages, that means no summoning aeons/espers/GFs/pick your term of them; and for EMS stages, that means no extended versions of the songs. So... that pretty much sucks.
Personally, being a rhythm game enthusiast, I've just decided to never equip anything, since I take rhythm games fairly seriously and getting good scores is important to me (getting "SS" grades on all Basic and Expert songs has been pretty easy for me). Obviously, your approach may vary and can be whatever you want it to be, but it sucks that S-E basically forces you to choose between scoring and enjoying a significant chunk of gameplay features. I definitely feel like I'm missing out on a considerable amount of the metagame by not locking myself out of the highest possible scores.
So yeah, just something to keep in mind when you start playing. Don't mean to bring anyone's spirits down, though; it's still a great, very fun game!
Yeah, I guess the menus do look nice with the 3D on. It's still a very subtle effect though, and I still feel that the 3D really doesn't make the game look any better during actual gameplay. It doesn't make it look worse, either, but it doesn't add anything to the visuals or gameplay during actual songs IMO.
KingOfReading
Banned
NOT looking forward to note rotation.
sakurai would give me arranged music.
Nope, I said fuck it to lvl99 Big Bridge clash XD lol
you have to memorize the notes or have really crazy good reaction.
bodyboarder
Member
Played the demo, surprisingly I liked it. Will try to pick up a copy tomorrow.
The Elite
BOSS
I assume that DLC can only be saved to the SD card. I know that's how it worked with my copy of DOA. I believe everything is console locked though.
Yep pretty much everything outside of DSiWare gets saved to the SD card. And content is indeed locked to the system you purchased it on.
robotzombie
Member
awesome, just got a backorder notice from toys r us
Now I gotta decide if I should just wait it out to get it for 30 or cancel and buy it somewhere today for 40. I take it the game is only 30 ONLINE at toys r us, and not in store, correct?
Now I gotta decide if I should just wait it out to get it for 30 or cancel and buy it somewhere today for 40. I take it the game is only 30 ONLINE at toys r us, and not in store, correct?
Didn't know about these: Theatrhythm related products:
Cjdamon042
Member
GAME dispatched today, I'm happy!
And Ride On! Woot!
And so the insane DLC purchasing begins...
And Ride On! Woot!
And so the insane DLC purchasing begins...
Welp, looks like I won't be playing any of the DLC till I pick up an XL then! Bummer
Well there goes $30. THANKS A LOT GUY.
The correct decision is to do both ;P
Buy your $40 copy today and when you get the $30 one from Toys R Us, return it to the store where you paid $40.
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DAT COFFEE MUG
robotzombie
Member
It's like you are some kind of evil genius, and I thank you for your evil
I'm really glad I'm not compulsive enough to get ALL the DLC. (Or even some of the DLC) (Who am I kidding, I'll buy all the FFVIII dlc)
Stormwatch
Member
I'm curious if I'll like this game or not. I enjoy music/rhythm games, but I haven't played a Final Fantasy game since the Super Nintendo days. I wish they had a US demo of the game so I could try it out.
There's new stages, but no new enemies as far as I know.
lol mug brought. 4 left
Yeah I think Chairhome just sold like 5 of them.
Hmm, interesting. So the games which cost $1.99 in North America are 1.80 in UK?
Hopefully we'll get it for $1 then! That'd be great.
AWWW YEAH, was waiting for this! Go Brad!
Robin64
Member
Nope, £2.70
Robin64
Member
You might be right. I don't remember seeing anything for £1.80 though.
Having a quick look, your VVVVVV was $7.99 where ours was £7.20.
So yeah, I suppose expect 99c per track in America?
Seems like it, yeah. If taken at the current exchange rate, that's close to half the price of Japan's DLC. I'm impressed!
Updated OP with the details
VeryGooster
Banned
So I totally ordered that mug. And now I sit back and wait for UPS. My copy of the game won't be here until after 6PM probably.
Big Papa Husker
Member
Any NA news on the DLC?
Big Papa Husker
Member
It showed 1 left and I just ordered, so I dunno.
lazybones18
Banned
TheDarkKnight774
Member
For the life of me I don't know why Amazon isnt shipping my preorder until July 9th. And with sales tax. *sigh* end of an era.
Blame tiny cartridge! That's where I saw it. Haha
Brainiac 8
Member
I got it in the mail from Best Buy today! Woo!
Does anyone know how they handle preorder bonuses? I didn't get my stylus.
Do they usually ship those seperate? Or should it have shown up with the game?
Does anyone know how they handle preorder bonuses? I didn't get my stylus.
Do they usually ship those seperate? Or should it have shown up with the game?
StarCreator
Member
I got it in the mail from Best Buy today! Woo!
Does anyone know how they handle preorder bonuses? I didn't get my stylus.
Do they usually ship those seperate? Or should it have shown up with the game?
It's certainly possible for it to come separately but I don't see why it would in this case. I'd call them up.
coughlanio
Member
They cost ¥150 in Japan, which is exactly 1.50.
I'd be more inclined to buy song packs that individual songs.