/v/ - Video Games

I bought the PC version of Sophie and played it for a bit. I really should get back to it at some point since I did enjoy what I played.

Atelier Rorona Plus can be emulated on RPCS3 if anyone wants to play it.

>game is bland but your dick tricks you into thinking its good

Fascinating

>>14625097

Maybe it’s you just have shit taste and can’t appreciate comfy things.

Does it matter which order I play the games in?

Isn't this the high impact sexual violence game?

>>14626590

not really but you usually want to stay within the same story line and play in release order of those. Example: Rorona, Totori and Meruru is the order of release for the Arland Series, while Ayesha, Escha and Logy, and Shallie is the release order for the Dusk series, and so on and so forth

>>14626570

He literally said the game was bland anon. Cute girls doesn't automatically make a game good. It has to be at least serviceable.

Are all the atelier games ported to PC yet?

>>14626728

Say it out loud anon.

It was for memes.

>>14626728

NISA are le funny memesters

>>14626898

fug, is it possible to emulate this in VA moonrunes?

>>14624983

Dusk trilogy lightens up on the time mechanic so you can play without feeling rushed.

>>14626898

wew

How many atelier games have that kind of events?

>>14626935

>Dusk trilogy lightens up on the time mechanic

And is worse for it.

>>14626943

all of them

>>14626932

you can set japanese VA

>>14626898

>dub

>>14626946

>all of them

Nice.

I will put them on my backlog then.

>>14626955

i feel comfy with english VA in Rorona

Astrid and Cordelia's voice hooked me in

>>14625093

The music is top tier shit really

Can't go wrong with that no matter how bad the games get.

>>14624983

>>14627005

They put Hetro into the game.

>>14627015

Yeah but obviously you're supposed to ignore it and go for the yuri route.

>>14627005

Atelier always mixed otomebait with their yuribait tough

>>14627037

Hidari's artstyle is also good.

>>14627049

I like Hidari's art, but his drawings give girls are certain kind of mature aura, while in-game they're still the same naive innocent girls other Atelier games have, and it makes for a weird contrast. Not unique to Atelier since I felt the same about his art in Fire Emblem. Don't know if it's just me.

>>14627064

Hidari is a woman.

>>14627198

Oh I was mistaken.

>>14627141

I like them. If all you have is PC you can jump right in at Sophie. If you have a Vita you can get the Arland and Dusk trilogies, most anons seem to like Arland the most. All of them are good but the mechanics get progressively better in my opinion as the series goes on.

>>14627412

>Draws cute girls

>Has games made out of his cute girl drawings

>Gets to cosplay as girls and have people hug him

LIVING THE DREAM

>time management

>unsatisfying tbb

>farming items as a game mechanic

Why do people like these games again?

>>14627522

I just don't like feeling like I'm at a high-pressure job when I'm playing a colorful anime videogame.

>>14627522

Why does he wear the mask?

Rorona Overtime tips please

at level 50 on 3rd month

>>14627526

this but i have to go through with it for rorona

>>14627463

Additionally, the same people who worked on the AT2 retranslation also released a translation for the PS2 port of Atelier Marie and Atelier Elie, and are currently working on a translation for Ciel nosurge.

>>14627648

There are some people who think Atelier was always a yuri series, probably because the started with Arland. This is despite the fact that Salburg, Gramnad, Iris, Mana Khemia, Dusk and Mysterious aren't remotely yuri. Arland is the sole trilogy with yuribait yet somehow the Atelier fanbase is filled with yurishitters.

>>14627271

Dusk was handled by NISA right? I know they fucked one set of games in this series so don’t buy those and pirate them instead.

>>14627683

Elie does have a yuri-ish possible ending though.

>>14627711

Nothing in any other game in the series can even remotely compare to the routine child molestation that goes on in the Arland trilogy.

>>14627705

just buy the trilogies, those weren't touched by NISA.

>>14627567

So people care about who he is.

>>14627750

>Don't tell me you go for the guys.

i like to read romance stories

>>14627805

Like women's chick lit or what?

>>14627236

This is the only one I've played or know about. It felt like a generic RPG in the worst way, practically created in RPGMaker.

>>14627247

What's wrong with it aside from what I said above?

>wanting to impregnate a lesbian

Oh you poor thing.

>>14627916

>What's wrong with it aside from what I said above?

Salburg, Gramnad, Arland, Dusk and to a certain extent Mysterious all play similarly, Iris and MK are generic JRPG's with the brand name 'Atelier' thrown on to increase sales.

>>14629303

>vanilla airhead

>footfaggotry all through it

Anon please that isn't vanilla, it's just sick. At least the other guy posted Mado who made the real good shit.

>>14630155

Astrid Magic

>>14630155

Thanks man

i was looking for that gif after I lost it

>>14629404

wasnt the game fanpatched a while ago?

>>14630797

I want a woman who is mentally 30 in the body of a 10 year old.

>>14630814

https://exhentai.org/g/1011942/bad248eadc/

>>14630838

I'm also thinking

https://exhentai.org/g/639566/37daf71f7b/

>>14630838

>>14630864

>doesn’t work

>no alternate URLs work

>all galleries removed

How about that.

>>14630867

>he cant pass the sad panda

>>14630867

They both work fine dude.

>>14630869

Read before replying.

>>14630878

>>14630890

Not all ex content is available just by having an account, a lot of banned or removed works are visible only in 'loyalty' stages with unclear rules; posting on the forums regularly for example, will unlock a tier of work unavailable to most users. There are other tiers involving things like uploading, rating and reviewing, but nobody on the user end is entirely sure exactly how the whole system works.

>>14630907

Not once I've posted on the forums or played that fucking game anon.

>>14630907

Then I must have got grandfathered in from having an older account, because I'm not a faggot.

>>14630915

>>14630929

Learn to check id's please. Account age is also a factor, and I'm not trying to say that those specific doujins are behind a tier, I'm just trying to give the guy who has an account and can't see them an explanation as to why that might be.

Is the new atelier game any good? i liked sophie and firis even though the "open world" aspect of it made the game get old over time, but the new one looks alittle strange.

anyone here play it?

>>14631653

And would said galleries be any good?

>>14631653

>Exhentai hides some galleries unless your level is high enough.

It's kind of hilarious tbh.

>>14631822

Goons want you to think sex appeal is bad. It's just as valid as any other reason for buying a game.

>>14631822

It's equivocal to being a graphics whore.

>>14627718

Not really, anon. The translation team up to Dusk was all former NISA hired on by KT directly.

>>14633120

Then why did you play that shitty game long enough to reach that level?

>>14633144

Not everything there has torrents and not every torrent has seeds. I needed currency to download tons of shit if torrenting wasn't viable, and in the meanwhile, I decided to just keep going until I could unlock continuous scrolling. On that note, is there any good comic reading software that supports contiuous scrolling? I've been using CDisplayEx and I fucking hate it when it snaps to the next page. It bothers me so much that I'd rather use the website unless they don't have what I have.

>>14633197

Just use nhentai for the stuff that doesn't have torrents.

>>14633213

Too late now. I have credits to spare and I don't use nhentai much. nhentai looks better, doesn't hide shit, doesn't have forums, hasn't replaced the "trap" tag with "tomgirl", and isn't run by an autistic brony, so I'll keep it in mind. But it doesn't have continuous scrolling, and my autism demands it at this point. I can hardly enjoy hentai without it now.

>>14633274

You could also try Tsumino, but if even nhentai ain't doing it for you, then it probably won't either.

How is Lydie & Suelle compared to Firis and Sophie?

>>14629404

Funny that the only complaint about Fairy Fencer F is that they changed the spelling of a name so that the English name sounds like the spoken Japanese name. It's one change I support because it actually brings the English that much closer to the original intent.

>>14633314

>Taglist is not oversaturated like nhentai

>lowlegs is a tag

YES

>>14633507

>they changed the spelling of a name so that the English name sounds like the spoken Japanese name.

>a name

>It's one change I support

We've got a live one!

>>14633678

Name fuckery is a sin but there's key point to anon's post makes it not pants on head retarded

>so that the English name sounds like the spoken Japanese name.

>>14633723

And that point just went out the window. I suppose when anon says "sounds like the spoken Japanese", he means changing names like Brandon to Burandunu.

Firis is the bestest of the best girls

>>14633736

He may have had a point were he being genuine about his argument, but he wasn't. Not only was it not just 1 name, but it was completed retarded changes for the sake of it, because the translator felt like it or whatever.

Basically, he's just a dipshit shill.

>>14633507

>Aerith

>>14634015

Aeris and Aerith are both just different ways of romanizing エアリス. Aerith is the official one according to the devs though, that's why it's correct.

>>14634064

Translators could easily take liberties based on what they believed was intended, or for no fucking reason at all.

>>14634068

Of course, if they are shitheads like NISA

>>14634062

>Aerith could've been Alice

No. There's no ambiguity at all that lends towards that. You'd have to be utterly imcompetent on NISA-levels to confuse the two. エアリス in romaji is Earisu. You can't get Alice from that, especially as Alice is a very popular and well-known name in Nip. Alice in Wonderland is a favorite.

It's still Aeris though I don't give a FUCK what the devs say.

>>14634094

>It's still Aeris though I don't give a FUCK what the devs say.

Don't mean Arisu? Also known as Alice in English. :^)

>>14634126

ARISU AKA ALICE

>>14634705

Who cares if it's common? It's a bad practice.

And I'll shit on NISA as much as I please.

>>14634713

Sure but also shit on every other localisation company because they are all doing it.

>>14634043

Arin would have been acceptable. Alyn however is not. In English we pronounce the L, which would make Alyn sound like Alan. Not only does this not sound anything like the japanese pronunciation (which is identical to Erin), but it also avoids sounding like a mans name.

The way I see it they changed the spelling in order to keep the same name, rather than changing the name in order to keep the same spelling. This, and only this, I approve of.

>>14635343

>they changed the spelling in order to keep the same name, rather than changing the name in order to keep the same spelling

Especially since there is NO correct spelling in English. There are multiple accepted spellings, but it is only CORRECT when spelled in Japanese characters. This is what localization should do, to me it's identical to fixing grammar instead of machine translating.

There may be other changes to other names, but the only one listed in that graphic is Eryn/Alyn, and that's the only one I am specifically saying is right.

>>14634705

>Censorship in translation is EXTREMELY common. Please don't blame Nisa for that, they did not invent it.

>Jewish practices are EXTREMELY common. Please don't blame gachashit for that, they did not invent it.

Wew lad.

>>14634705

NISA can lick my shit.

>>14635905

We were talking about changing names of characters. Which happens in almost every Japanese game.

>>14635121

You think anons don't? How fucking new here are you? People are already concerned about Dragon Warrior XI because you spot the name changes right in the fucking trailer without knowing shit about Japanese.

>>14635362

>This is what localization should do, to me it's identical to fixing grammar instead of machine translating.

Try "this is what translation should do". Don't buy the localization terminology meme. They're fucking with translations. Localization is more technically involved shit like fixing text wrapping for english characters or having artists or 3D modelers redo Japanese signs in English. Localization teams use the term as a weak excuse for unnecessary alteration and fuckery when translating scripts. The only time you'll regularly see the term "localization" instead of "translation" outside of vidya is with anime because the SJWeebs that have infested it use the same excuse.

>>14635924

Yes.

>>14635343

>the japanese pronunciation (which is identical to Erin)

Fuck off if you don't know what you're talking about.

>>14634705

They didn't invent it, no. No one said they did. It's that they participate in that cancer, shill-kun.

>>14637093

I played the game with japanese audio. Every time they say her name it sounds like Erin with a rolled R. That's how the Japenese say it.

>>14627463

The only thing you should be giving NISA a hand for is helping pioneer dual-audio into more of a thing with western vidya releases, since back in the PS2 era, it was only sparingly toyed with by other companies at the time. And even then they'd have cases of cropping into the JP dubs to fit the English ones, like AT2. At least Sega/Red Entertainment can get some credit for forcing NISA to use two DVD-9s for the western PS2 release Sakura Wars 5 instead of one DVD-5, after NISA removed like half AT2's JP audio, in order to avoid that happening with their own game (which also prompted two different English scripts, accuracy varying on which disc's data you're playing off of). In short, I wouldn't say they're especially good at that either, especially as due to name changes, script fuckery, turning single word responses into lengthier ones for the west, etc, including it more highlights the issues with their scripts to anyone that knows moon.

>>14629404

I honestly wish someone would keep the "Fuck NISA" image up to date, as it's missing a couple years worth of stuff. Though, I don't fault people for not wanting to try their games and see what they botched when they could be playing other things.

Actually, I think a number of companies could use similar images/pastas, like 8-4 and NoA.

>>14633614

Tsumino is slow to add shit, but they also function as a workaround to (((Jake)))'s paywall horseshit on his own site in hosting various Fakku rips. Just thought you might like to know that if you haven't noticed already.

>>14634705

It's not a good practice, especially if a company plans to include dual audio for a release (which might be why some companies don't want to, to obscure potential changes). Though, if a game allows for character name customization, it can be rectified to what audio you'd like to play with (but even then for NPCs and the like it's rare; Wild Arms used to do allow that via the Name Tag item).

>>14637223

The fuck is this

>>14637188

You're wrong.

>>14637224

>The only thing you should be giving NISA a hand for is helping pioneer dual-audio into more of a thing with western vidya releases

Reminder that the first Disgaea game was localized by Atlus, and it had dual audio as well.

>>14637263

Yeah, that's a valid point, and they did it before NISA had become a thing too (Atlus also having handled their prior work Rhapsody on the PS1; Phantom Brave being the first NIS title handled by NISA). However, Atlus didn't stick with dual audio for many other games at the time; just that and Odin Sphere to my knowledge. Hence "sparingly toyed with by other companies".

dead

>>14637224

>I honestly wish someone would keep the "Fuck NISA" image up to date, as it's missing a couple years worth of stuff.

Which games exactly are missing?

>I think a number of companies could use similar images/pastas, like 8-4 and NoA.

It's good idea, but it will be a pain to describe all games (((localized))) by them now.

The ones i only played were Atelier Iris 2, Mana Khemia (1) and some other on the DS (i hardly played it since DS emulators were shit at that time) since the games were hard to find where i lived, now i'm waiting for the online game to come out although i doubt anyone can live enough to see it after revising Atelier Iris 2 (because my older brother took the PS2 and all the games then returned the PS2 with… some games) years later i found out that i can petty much break the game the moment i can place XL modifiers on the right items (damage dealing and healing increasing on battle items, mass production cost reduction for the previously mentioned plus the rest of the items and stat boost increase for gear, i only use speed up, power up, magic up and defense up) for a whooping 700 normal attack damage before even reaching midgame when i was just struggling to deal 200 normal attack damage, by the time shit hits the fan, i'm on my trip to 2k damage and Felt with his break attack is the major offender with his triple attack thanks to the FFIX skill learning mechanic, i have no idea how hard globe and the variations hit yet with damage XL

Nights of Azure is like 20 bucks right now on PSN, is it good compared to Omega Force's action games, or does it feel half-baked since Gust doesn't make too many action games?

>>14640583

Everything about it is shit.

I love all of you anons I wish we wouldnt fight so much

>>14627141

Liane get the fuck out, alchemists only. God I hate this cunt in the last game.

As for your question, Sophie combat plainly sucks. the other two games are better, but I'm not a fan of the group gauge in favor of individual gauges (my obtuse way to say Dusk is way better)

>>14627456

>tfw japanese schoolgirls will never gossip about you on national tv and call you a huge pervert

>>14640583

It's okay, but has severe problems with lack of difficulty, especially in the early game. Don't pay for the sequel, it's a disappointment.

I know that Ar Tonelico 2's translation by NISA is dogshit, but is the first one okay?

http://jntynj.blogspot.com/..

>>14641978

I was considering it, but I only posted the image instead. >>14630797

IMPREGNATE RORONA

>>14641948

It's pretty bad too, but there are no fixes for it.

Anyone play Ciel Nosurge in here? I'm playing the offline version and I was wondering, Ion is supposed to sync her daily routine to yours, right? But it seems kinda fucky when HymP gets involved. Also generally it feels like the ingame time doesn't progress linearly, as well as the ingame real-time indicator always being a couple minutes off.

What's up with that? Is this because I'm playing the offline version or am I misunderstanding something?

>>14642625

Offline doesn't use real time, and time in Ion's world is different than time in our world. You can use HymP to fast forward time.

>>14642748

I know all that. Somehow I thought there was a gimmick where she would adjust to your schedule, must have read that somewhere forever ago and my Ion just seems really erratic with hers so I'm not sure if it's because of what I'm doing or if it's normal.

>>14642853

Maybe that's how it worked in the online version, I'm not sure.

>>14642904

Ah, shame. Guess I just have to deal with it. Thanks anon.

>>14634114

>>14634126

Why not A Rice?

>>14640185

>Which games exactly are missing?

Anything after Operation Abyss' release that they might have fucked up, so the cutoff was 2015 or so. Of course, barring stuff like Ys VIII and some of the Touhou fangames they've been grabbing I haven't heard much about recent games they've been handling, perhaps since the idea is that no one here should be buying NISA's shit at this point anyhow. Wouldn't surprise me if few people want to subject themselves to delving into potential shitshows NISA charges money for in order to research how bad off they are.

>It's good idea, but it will be a pain to describe all games (((localized))) by them now.

In image form, yeah. HTML/CSS though as a webpage would remove the issue of filesize/dimension limits. But that would require someone care enough, not just for taking the time to set up such a site (and image/video examples of proof would also be useful), but also to pay domain and hosting fees, to get it workable. Probably why images/pastas that get reposted are more popular to make.

Bump

>>14625093

Try it again it's a lot of fun.

Game sucks tbh

>>14654031

You suck tbh

>>14624983

I'm really thinking in getting into the series (the only one I've played was Eternal Mana way back then), but I'm thinking about skipping all the Vita ones and going straight into Sophie on PC. Will I be missing much? Most importantly, will they be even playable if I like Sophie and want to go back to the earlier games?

>>14629442

Nope. Iris 1 is "Project A6" and MK1 is "A9". If Gust sees them as part of the Atelier series, then they are.

So >>14627236 isn't wrong in calling them Atelier games.

Now, while Ar Tonelico 1 & 2 do use the same Gust PS2 engine as the Atelier titles of the system, that is a separate subseries not part of the "A" brand.

>>14659020

The point is that they are Atelier in name only.

On a whim I got Atelier Lydie and Suelle on Nintendo Switch. I'm jumping straight into hard difficulty because I want to be an alchemist where my creations are my survival. This is my first Atelier game. I wish I got into the series sooner. How much of a bad time am I in for?

Is Blue Reflection any good? Last time i played it I wanted to vomit from the frame rate and the terrible camera transitions.

>>14665612

There were a few fixes after launch but it was a really bad port.

>>14665775

>It has better textures and framerate on the PS4pro

No?

Shit's been fixed on PC for half a year now, the only severe issue it has is low framerates if you don't have standart dual channel memory.

>>14659230

>Atelier with no time limit.

>"How much of a bad time am I in for?"

No much of a bad time if you mean difficulty.

>>14659020

>>14659025

this

So just started watching the Ciel Nosurge videos on YT because I wanna play Ar Nosurge. What a weird game but liking Ion so far.

One question, what is the player? is it some terminal or machine? Or is that a spoiler for later on? I´m just starting Chapter 2.

>>14668289

The player is literally you. The game acts like the Vita is a means of communicating with Ion in another world.

>>14668335

I understand that, what I don´t get is what is Ion looking when she communicates with you.

>>14668371

I think she has terminals in her room.

>>14667031

Oh well I'll have to try a blind playthrough of one of the older games then.

>>14668289

It's a small terminal of the size of a computer monitor.