Even when Squeenix implodes in the future, I hope Kawazu will keep making games. I will follow that man anywhere.
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Even when Squeenix implodes in the future, I hope Kawazu will keep making games. I will follow that man anywhere.
Hmm, about the SaGa games, could end up being a Resident Evil situation? (Which doesn't have a modern remake of RE1 and has a remaster of a 6th gen remake).
A couple years ago we got this, a remaster of a 3D remake of the first Romancing SaGa game:
And now we're getting a modern 3D remake of Romancing SaGa 2, if it does well I wouldn't be surprised if a 3D remake of 3 comes next?
That's not realistic either. I mean, who plays SaGa these days? Not PC gamers, and they are certainly not in this forum either.
I mean it still has to run on the Switch so yea lol. It was never going to look great by other FPS standards.
I think it looks fine considering how old the switch is but yea..
Nintendo is at a point where the only franchises they have that gets great graphics treatment is new open world Zelda or 3D Mario. Those are the only games they would throw hundreds of millions of $$$ at to push graphics/hardware. Everything else will look middle of the road (even on Switch 2 imo). But 3rd party games will feast assuming its power equivalent of Deck minimum. Just playing something like Elden Ring on Deck is visually mindblowing and a lot of games will look amazing on Switch 2.
There are so many SaGa games and I keep forgetting about them lol.
Oh, and Phantom Brave 1 is on sale. It goes on sale often but still, NIS probably need money right now so I don't mind "promoting" a bit after the sequel announcement.
I'm a new fan of Kaz Ayabe since I played BokuNatsu 2 last summer, and I've rewatched this trailer several times already. I hope it will have English localisation, too.
Squeenix would've forgotten about them too if not for Lord Kawazu manifesting a new SaGa game in every board meeting.
It's funny. SaGa games disappeared completely during the PS3 era and then suddenly there is a new one / remaster release every year since Scarlet Grace (?). It's like SQEX discovered a frigging gold mine somewhere when the games are not selling like gangbuster and the fanbase is never that vocal in places that I go. I am jealous as a Sakura Wars fans.Squeenix would've forgotten about them too if not for Lord Kawazu manifesting a new SaGa game in every board meeting.
This probably will never get an English localisation, but Kamaitachi no Yoru (Night of the Sickle Weasel) x3 is coming to Steam as well. 
I think Kawazu is really that good at management. Funnel the income from the SaGa mobage (Re:Universe) into the single player games. Remaster one or two of the old classics (Frontier, Minstrel Song) to keep the older fans excited. Cut the budget a bit to get a new game out while keeping the experimental spirit alive (Emerald Beyond), saving the extras and income from them to remake a fan favourite (RS2) in the style that look great for newcomers.
And I wish the fan base could be bigger, but in the past, most western gamers will get filtered by the game mechanics and art style. Now that the RS2 remake is absolutely the best looking SaGa game ever, they will only get filtered by the mechanics. Progress!
I think Kawazu is really that good at management. Funnel the income from the SaGa mobage (Re:Universe) into the single player games. Remaster one or two of the old classics (Frontier, Minstrel Song) to keep the older fans excited. Cut the budget a bit to get a new game out while keeping the experimental spirit alive (Emerald Beyond), saving the extras and income from them to remake a fan favourite (RS2) in the style that look great for newcomers.
And I wish the fan base could be bigger, but in the past, most western gamers will get filtered by the game mechanics and art style. Now that the RS2 remake is absolutely the best looking SaGa game ever, they will only get filtered by the mechanics. Progress!
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RIP Beyond Good and Evil. I never played the game before. Was the PS3 version decent? I think it's still on PS Now so I might be able to play that version.
I hope you enjoy it as it was one of the biggest surprises I had this year.
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Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit.
It is. Runs at 60 fps with better textures than the 30 fps ps2/gc/xbox gen. You can still buy the pc version on GOG currently: Beyond Good & Evil™ (or a very cheap ubisoft key from key sellers.)
I'm hoping they delisted the game to release an anniversary and hopefully better version. The current PC version isn't that good tbh.
It's a very good game and as mentioned, it's still available on gog. The PC version actually had some problems with performance on modern PCs or operating systems and there were some small hacks/mods needed to make it run properly. The gog version comes with those fixes pre-installed so it's actually a better version of the game that was on Steam.
They probably are releasing the HD/remastered version on Steam soon so you could just hold off for that but in case you want to own the original version as well then this option does exist for now.
They remake SaGa games from time to time. The first Romancing got remade on the PS2 (That's Minstrels Song), you got the gameboy SaGa games remade on the ds and now this.
Square might implode but he'll rise from the ashes and remain.Even when Squeenix implodes in the future, I hope Kawazu will keep making games. I will follow that man anywhere.
According to official homepage Hundred Line is directed and written by Kodaka and Uchikoshi. LET'S F**KING GOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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What a show, what a Direct!
I thought it would be difficult to top the Xbox event (which leaned heavily AAA), but Nintendo just shut it down. So many niche games that are relevant to my interests - I was going nuts when they showed MVC2.
ITS MAHVEL BABY!
I know!!!! Hnggggg. So happy they put the Steam page up already so I can gaze lovingly at it.
Thank you so much for posting this! August 6th in English, you say? Instant wishlist.
I thought it would be difficult to top the Xbox event (which leaned heavily AAA), but Nintendo just shut it down. So many niche games that are relevant to my interests - I was going nuts when they showed MVC2.
ITS MAHVEL BABY!
I know!!!! Hnggggg. So happy they put the Steam page up already so I can gaze lovingly at it.
You won't regret it! 1000x Resist is one of the best games of 2024, full stop.
Well, Tizoc is technically still a member here, and he definitely plays a lot of Saga hehe. Every time one of those games launches he shows up in my activity feed posting screenshots!
Thank you so much for posting this! August 6th in English, you say? Instant wishlist.
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We truly live in the best timeline
Lol. I know. I'm mostly joking. But still, that only make two of us that actually plays SaGa. Maybe with Mivey too, makes three.
The responses to RS2R7 on Twitter seems positive, though, so hopefully people will try it because it seems like it's more accessible than the original.
I just hope, that the game is better balanced so I don't have to spam hasten time against the final boss cause I'm kinda locked out otherwise
Oh, I was just talking about the Steam reviews in general.
Especially for an anime game, in a niche sub genre, in a franchise that is pretty much exclusively played by its fans, 70% is extremely low. Just look at the scores of the bin juice that are the SAO games.
But mind you, I will never play a SaGa game again, and not because you need to "read gameplay tips", but because it's literally the crystallization of everything that went wrong in JRPGs over the decades - except they had most of them from the get go: from the crippling scaling that destroys any sense of progression, to absurd amounts of RNG that invalidate strategy (and now it has no healing either, for some reason), to "HD towns are hard" and exploration being actively discouraged in favour of "experimentation" AKA save scum or die, and now with the last game it also gets lambasted for trying to have "cool" modern day characterization and failing at it while also deleting the open world design.
In a world where we have both trusted archetypes like DQ3 but also franchises jumping the shark like FF, it's odd to see SaGa still bumbling around while never fixing anything and regressing in many ways with each episode.
The recent remasters certainly didn't bother, and it's still stuck in a limbo where you can replay the games to see different things... because you never had the tools to know what the fuck was going on and what will screw over the player and railroad them into failure.
Sadly, I'll probably be part of the group that doesn't try it.
I've made many attempts to get into the Saga series over the years, and after consistently bouncing off them every single time I've come to the conclusion that I'm just too stupid to play SaGa titles.
Sure, it would be nice to address a long standing JRPG blind spot (dating back to the PS1 days, even!), but it's just too much money set on fire at this point.
Second half of the year is stacked with so many RPGs.
Metaphor
Avowed
Dragon Age Veilguard
Dragon Quest III
Final Fantasy XVI (most likely)
Shattered Space
Want to play all of them but there is no chance. Will definitely do at least 2 tho + Shattered Space.
And I still need to get through all these Kingdom Hearts games lol fml.
First half of the year was also insane with P3R, Dogma 2, SMTV, Erdtree and Rebirth. This may very well go down as one of the goat RPG years
Metaphor
Avowed
Dragon Age Veilguard
Dragon Quest III
Final Fantasy XVI (most likely)
Shattered Space
Want to play all of them but there is no chance. Will definitely do at least 2 tho + Shattered Space.
And I still need to get through all these Kingdom Hearts games lol fml.
First half of the year was also insane with P3R, Dogma 2, SMTV, Erdtree and Rebirth. This may very well go down as one of the goat RPG years
You also shouldn't mind promoting it since it's the best NIS SRPG (in my opinion)
Gonna check out the demo.
Edit: it's in my brother's library.
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I think even for switch standards that looked really rough, like I said it reminded me of odst/halo 4 which are 360 games. For some reason the conduit also jumped into my mind during that trailer and that's a wii game. Obviously the resolution is higher but what little was shown was reminiscent of shooters of that era, just really dated not just visually but the gameplay looked very old too. Shooting enemies that mostly stood there and let you hit them in the face.
I wonder if the recent changes at Square-Enix means there's now a chance we'll get a Steam release for Collection of Mana or if that one is actually caught up in Nintendo bullshit. IIRC the theory was that they own the localization script or something along those lines?
Oh wait they charge for this shit? lmfao
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Never forget, ATLUS PR recognizes Steam reviews.
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They mention how on Steam the game as overwhelming positive users reviews.
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Remember the Steam weekly list? When every week some one would post what the top selling games on Steam were? Since these are now more easily accessible it doesn't seem like as many people share that information anymore.
Remember the Steam weekly list? When every week some one would post what the top selling games on Steam were? Since these are now more easily accessible it doesn't seem like as many people share that information anymore.
If you're willing to give it another go, RS2R7 has multiple difficulty options. Not sure what "casual" would actually mean in gameplay terms, since from my experience, even low-HP SaGa enemies can be difficult in its own right.
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