3262c3 No.15454351
Let’s share some underrated and obscure 7th gen games.
ab37f6 No.15454380
I always thought that game was beautiful. There was something so genuine about it. Looking at screenshots it doesn’t look like the visuals aged to bad, I’ll have to pop it in and see if the gameplay has aged well. If nothing else the OST will still be great.
45e848 No.15456408
I feel as those most Dungeon RPGs/crawlers that comes out these days don't take enough risks with their designs and mechanics. Unchained Blades was pretty damn good though. I should finish it someday.
647d3d No.15457108
>underrated
>Eternal Sonata
Fuck no. I played it and it was shit.
As for the question, PSP is 7th gen and has a ton of underated shit. Most of it is Nippon only (Why aren't you learning Nipponese?), but there's some English gems hidden in there too.
647d3d No.15457130
>>15457108
And before idiot ask, game names are literally in the filename.
1660a0 No.15457138
>>15457130
>>15457108
Oh, they are? Jeez anon I dont know about you but I've never heard of a game called NPUH10195_0
647d3d No.15457150
>>15457138
Yes, that alone is more than enough to find the game.
647d3d No.15457178
>>15457157
Seriously, how do you get anywhere without knowing about the title ID for video games? It's important for emulation and piracy.
1660a0 No.15457204
>>15457178
…I'm very lucky
647d3d No.15457213
As for other systems…
DS's best titles, even Nippon only, are fairly well documented. All that's really "hidden" is Go Go Cosmo Cops, which is a fun platformer that makes good use of the DS's unique features. Wouldn't recomend playing it on an emulator or 3DS though as it makes heavy use of swipeing motions and plays like shit. People may overlook Over the Nexus because it's literally a Yu-Gi-Oh simulator, but it's the last good one and has a fun single player mode. Previous Yu-Gi-Oh games on the DS are basicly the same but worse executed and fewer cards.
647d3d No.15457230
>>15457213
*plays like shit on those.
I have to say Over the Nexus is impressive because it used a filler arc and its characters for the PC's backstory, which allows them to have an actual purpose and motivation in a plot that still has to run around the anime's main characters and events.
45e848 No.15457239
>>15457130
Makes me wonder how many cool horror games never came overseas.
>>15457150
It still surprises me how good PSP games look when you can actually view them in a higher resolution.
647d3d No.15458118
>>15457239
Yeah, but you generally have to turn off the native texture filtering the actual PSP has because it makes 2D stuff look like shit.
384e35 No.15458158
>>15457213
>world championship 2011
Is that the one with the retarded racing minigame?
8a9c8b No.15458175
Really well built, good length, amazing graphics and soundtrack and solid gameplay. I always try to replay this at least two or three times a year on my Vita.
647d3d No.15458178
>>15458158
Yes, but you barely need to play it. There's one unimportant speed spell Plus at this point I suspect you're going to be using an emulator where it's pathetically easy to cheese with save states.
ab37f6 No.15458232
>>15458175
That game is the only reason I still own a vita. It really is amazing.
22de35 No.15458366
6de594 No.15458794
Imageepoch rarely caught a break when it came to the west, when we even got their games to begin begin with (though even in Japan, they had some cases of making straight up shit without it simply being localization issues). In this case, Ignition picked up Arc Rise Fantasia, somehow cleared it for release with an English dub that would be more at home with PS1 era dubbing than seventh gen, and no dual audio, effectively killing the game's chances here on their own. There is an undub patched ISO around these days, but I don't think it's done much to rectify the game's stigma of having one of the worst semi-modern dubovers. Especially considering how piracy, emulation, and loading are a bit of a grey area for the general masses (and you'd need the former and either of the latter to make use of the undub). Obviously not a big problem for anons, but still.
>>15458175
>Muramasa
>Underrated
It's one of the most popular Vita titles, though I suppose as a system the Vita's not real popular anyhow, so maybe that in itself counts. I know it's on the Wii as well, but that's both a basic version and has a worse translation.
b9944e No.15458801
>>15457108
I played it and it was fun
6de594 No.15458848
>>15458341
There's already a Tales thread up you could have asked in without taking it here (and the one in your image isn't even seventh gen; you had six eight counting handheld ones to pick from that were). But the answer tends to vary a lot depending on who you ask, and whether and where they consider the series to have died.
4ce3b7 No.15459026
>>15457150
>Brandish
It's not underrated but you're still my nigger.
384e35 No.15459152
>>15458366
Feel free to post better games.
e86e9c No.15459209
>>15457138
Then you haven't been around games much have you? Its the product ID.
ab6f0c No.15459250
>>15459185
An often overlooked detail is that I really enjoy how they did the inventory in this compared to both the previous and latter titles. It's a bit annoying how you can't use items while moving in the previous titles and in the later ones they completely destroyed it by giving you a pause menu inventory where you can drink potions without even animations.
Being able to hotkey consumables is a bit casualized and the combat is a step down from Gothic 2 but a step up from Gothic 3. The world building and attention to detail was great just as in Gothic 2. Taking the manual aiming with magic and spells from 3 was a nice addition.
It got really boring and uncreative towards the end and shields were so overpowered that they should have not been included and instead had the good old backstep from Gothic 1 and 2 where if you wielded a 1H it was faster with more iframes and slower with less while wielding a 2H.
de74e6 No.15459259
>>15455630
hey, that is cute
ab37f6 No.15459545
>>15459259
Yeah, if there was one thing the game didn’t have a shortage of, it was cute girls. Fuck it, I’m going to play it again. There’s always the fear that a game hasn’t aged well and I remember the dungeons being pretty linear, but it looks comfy as fuck and >>15457024 really makes me want to play it again.
ba5c3e No.15459570
>>15459185
it's a little overrated. It's a solid 5/10.
3262c3 No.15459878
>>15459545
>There’s always the fear that a game hasn’t aged well
Fuck me do I know that feel. I recently played Folklore again and realized just how poorly it aged. It plays like a mediocre ps2 game. About the only thing the game has is a nice atmosphere and setting, but not so nice that I wasn’t bored to tears.
cdbb33 No.15459894
>>15459250
yeah the first half of the game was great. As for combat staffs retained the some of the directional swinging if I remember correctly and were fun to use.
Too bad they screwed up the next games so
f520b7 No.15460316
>>15459545
There are some new optional sidequests to do on ng+ by the way.
Also, you can freely modify the Party Level from the get-go.
271219 No.15460342
>>15457150
What is this, notpron?
00c0c0 No.15462529
>>15457150
>bing
That alone is enough to call you a faggot.
647d3d No.15462572
91a63a No.15463019
>>15457108
>Not posting Kurohyou
ab37f6 No.15463200
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>>15460316
I saw that, I’m a little worried as one of the negatives about the game is enemy variety so I hope that doesn’t become to obvious as I’m going through, other than that I’m just debating if I’ll play with the English or Jap dub. A lot of people are recommending the English dub which is bizarre, but it’s also in a time period where eng dubs had a bit more passion and talent to them instead of the blatant nepotism we see now of days.
2e2b99 No.15463221
>>15459185
Risen was terrible.
2e2b99 No.15463224
>>15459878
Doesn't the real-life town of Doolin look completely different to the game's depiction of it?
As in, not a single aspect is the same.
8884e3 No.15464120
>>15459878
Well shit, I have that game too. Is its dlc worth a playthrough/slightly experience enhancing?
e77be6 No.15464128
>>15454351
Glad to see some people still have good tastes. Not a faggot today, OP. Well done. Also contributing to the thread.
538aed No.15464274
>>15457130
>Brandish - The Dark Revenant
>doesnt have a pc release
i thought it had one.
>Summon Night
how was Summon Night 6: Lost Borders?
e6f147 No.15464392
>>15458175
>>15458232
>>15458794
How shit is the wii port? I don't have a vita but i want to play it.
ba5c3e No.15464415
>>15464392
wii port has a lot less content.
7ad730 No.15464536
>>15454351
>Eternal Sonata
Shit, that game was comfy as fuck. Time to dust of the Xbox 360.
Better days.
256ab6 No.15464913
Contact was a pretty good little RPG if you sort of want something in the vein of thematic tone of Earthbound or Undertale but without the faggotry or popularity of either.
6de594 No.15466844
>>15464392
Still a good game (and the Wii version was the original, not a port), but without access to Genroku Legends DLC, which was actually worthwhile stuff, and a worse translation thanks to Ignition (who are pretty hit or miss with what they do, though seem more accidental than willfully destructive). Vita version is the definitive one, though unfortunately Aksys no longer seems to mark down the DLC seperate from the game anymore (though Vitas can be CFWed and thus piratable).
>>15464536
Far as I've heard the PS3 extended port is better, but if you already got the 360 version, I suppose you might not want to drop money on it again (though where I live I've seen seeing it for $10 or so in bargain bins).
7ad730 No.15467272
>>15466844
I'll try to get my hand on the PS3 version. I don;t think my Xbox works anymore anyways.
6de594 No.15467312
>>15467272
If you've got a CFW PS3, you could always pirate it too, but again, physical copies aren't worth too much these days. PSN used to also have a free Eternal Sonata theme that has since been removed for reasons I am not sure of, and unfortunately its pkg and rap files don't seem as if anyone's ripped it and uploaded it elsewhere at this point (themes being lower priority than games/DLC; I still can't find ones that were locked to overpriced CEs), and I'm not sure the one on PS3-themes is official (it could well be fanmade), but it's been quite a while since I saw what the official looked like.
7ad730 No.15467538
>>15467312
Nah my ps3 is not cfw. I remember I had a front plate of Eternal Sonata for my Xbox 360, this was the one I was using, I think it was from a pre-order.
6de594 No.15467575
>>15467538
What model is your PS3? Things became much easier for non-fats after last Thanksgiving (requirements went from hard 3.55 OFW to then-current OFW and 3.56 or lower factory firmware), making about half the slims able to run CFW, but admittedly I haven't kept up on further developments.
e6f147 No.15467583
>>15464415
>>15466844
Gonna download an iso then, thank you, and the DLC doesn't really seem interesting to me except for the one with the peasant farmer and his ghost wife.
>Far as I've heard the PS3 extended port is better, but if you already got the 360 version, I suppose you might not want to drop money on it again (though where I live I've seen seeing it for $10 or so in bargain bins).
It's not necesarily better, they nerfed a ton of characters (all of them female) in favour of a couple males who are now 100% required to be in your party, unless you like dealing shit damage that is, they also let you enter the bonus dungeon way earlier and you can recruit new charactes in there, notably the qt guard who dies in the beginning.
7ad730 No.15467598
>>15467575
It's and old slim, serial finish by 2501A. I haven't played it in ages, it sits unplugged on my shelf since I moved in 5 years ago.
6de594 No.15467644
>>15467598
At the very least, disable wifi updates for now.
http://wololo.net/2017/11/27/tutorial-use-ps3xploit-hack-ps3-go-directly-rebug-4-81-2-noob-friendly/
Above is what I used with my slim, as it was the most recent exploit at the time. It also looks like there has since been something for the later slims and superslims, but I'm not sure if it includes as much/as easy functionality:
http://wololo.net/2018/03/14/ps3xploit-3-0-han-released-compatible-ps3s-firmwares-4-81-4-82/
At the very least though, if you're considering getting CFW on it, run minverchk as the first link suggests as a base just to see where your model stands, as far as factory firmware went.
7ad730 No.15467683
>>15467644
Thanks, I might try that, it will give a second life to my PS3. Worst that can happen is that it bricks. I'll do the minverchk since my 2501A is at risk but I think I'm in the clear. It sucks because I had a launch version one before niggers broke into my home and stole anything not bolted down, even my pajama pants. They left the valuable rare games alone and stole my sister's NHL and FIFA games though.
6de594 No.15467709
>>15467683
Minverchk is safe to use; running it just spits back a message of the PS3's status. I think I recall hearing it was a leaked official tool or something, which might explain why. Though, I'd recommend being logged out of the PSN before messing around. Also, if you do wind up going the webkit route, the most reliable way to get the hack to take was to reduce the amount of steps from browser start to initiating the exploit, so basically bookmark the end step and jump to it from a blank homepage. At least, that's what I did, since otherwise it would keep having issues.
>They left the valuable rare games alone and stole my sister's NHL and FIFA games though.
Guessing they were just run of the mill nignogs and not nigaboos.
>valuable rare
Out of curiosity, what do you have that you consider as such? I mean, yeah, there's some that didn't sell too well, and others that outright got shortprinted, but at the same time, there's generally not much demand, at least of now, for even the harder to find ones to go for much, compared to the PS2 library, for instance. Yakuza 3 and 4 come to mind though, given how the series keeps increasing in awareness here, and costs on both have shot up over the last few years.
6de594 No.15467717
>>15467709
I guess the point I'm trying to say with the latter is that it's kind of hard to actually say at this point what counts as rare on the PS3 compared to prior generations, especially since a good bit of the library is also digital for those that don't mind not owning what they buy.
ab37f6 No.15467912
>>15467717
Strangely enough, Spyro Dawn of the Dragon is one of the rarest games on the ps3 and you’d be lucky to find it for its release price.
I will say, it is sort of a fun game, though it’s bizarre that they took Spyro and made it a GoW clone.
6de594 No.15467942
>>15467912
Last Spyro game I had any interest in was Hero's Tail, which didn't compare to the original trilogy, but was alright for what it was. Also solid music despite no Copeland. Also not real big on the whole notion of trying to reboot it into some "epic" or whatever they were going for.
Should also mention another factor there, in that while multiplats were obvious a thing in generations prior, seventh gen felt hit especially hard with it, particularly with the PS3 and 360, and in a number of cases, games that are somewhat more expensive/harder to find on one platform can be a lot easier/cheaper on another. El Shaddai for example, I don't see much of for the PS3, while there's plenty of 360 copies around, perhaps due to low demand amongst their base. But even then it's not particularly expensive, maybe $15 on the PS3 where I live, should a copy show up. And with Spyro there, it seems pretty cheap on the Wii in comparison, though there is the difference of 480 to 720/1080 resolution.
ab37f6 No.15467970
>>15467942
I think it mostly boils down to if it got a digital release, how mang copies of the game were produced, and if the game was actually considered good. In terms of price neither the 360 or PS3 really has that many rare AND expensive games with the Spyro game being a bit of an oddity in both cases, and like you mentioned, the Wii version is relatively normal in price. I actually think the Wii has more cases of those kind of games than either the ps3 or 360. Hell, the reprint of the Metroid Prime Trilogy with the plastic case goes for 40+ dollars. The metal case going for 60+.
6de594 No.15467989
>>15467970
Well, Metroid Prime Trilogy at least got a reprint, even if it was belated and Fucking Gamestop sold them as preowned to reap more shekels. And yeah, the Wii seems more prone to hard to find games actually being pricy. Whether it's just "Nintendo tax", I'm not sure. And it is certainly a factor of if a game has both digital and physical, or just physical. Kind of surprised that companies didn't go back part way through seventh gen and try to get what previously physical only games they'd published up there (Nier for example remains disc only), but maybe they'd have to republish them since a digital option wasn't a goal from the outset, or something.
Only really rare and expensive PS3 games that come to mind are Afrika and the intentionally limited print Class of Heroes 2G. And I suppose that Spyro game can be added to the list. But most others I know of to be kind of hard to find still don't top $20 or so, maybe because PS3 still being stocked by the likes of Fucking Gamestop.
ab37f6 No.15468007
>>15467989
Class of Heroes 2G was another oddity. It was mostly localized on passion alone. Thankfully I still got my copy new when it was a reasonable price as it’s a charming little dungeon crawler and the morality system is neat. Shame 3’s fan translation is dead in the water, there was never any chance of the side games getting localized, and the IP is dead in Japan.
6de594 No.15468021
>>15468007
The fact that it's a Gaijinworks handled game turns me off of wanting to get or play it.
>Shame 3’s fan translation is dead in the water, there was never any chance of the side games getting localized, and the IP is dead in Japan.
Granted, I don't know how much faith to put in (((wikipedia))), having seen them make outright false statements like a series I like having a (nonexistent) PS3 HD collection, but apparently there was some listed article from 2015 that 3 was being brought over. I can't find an English ISO on CDR either though, and I'm guessing it didn't pan out after all.
ab37f6 No.15468041
>>15468021
Supposedly we were gonna get the PS3 version in the spring of this year, but my guess is it was quietly put down. They actually had the game fully translated and tested from the sounds of it, but for whatever reason I guess they reasoned a digital release would cost more than they’d make back.
6de594 No.15468058
>>15468041
Yeah, I suppose it's not a real popular series here, but if one's put that much work and cost into it, and aren't planning on the added expenditure of a physical, I'd think it would make more sense to still want to recoup costs somewhat by at least releasing the game. Unless Sony's declared no more PS3 releases past Persona 5 or whatever the "swan song" of the system was considered.
ab37f6 No.15468070
>>15468058
Could be, Soyny has been trying to micromanage what comes out on their consoles recently, and I suppose there isn’t much of a reason to release the psp version for the vita considering that console is all but dead and I don’t think they are really supporting it either. It’s a shame, but considering how the series never took off here or Japan I can’t really be to surprised or disappointed in the choice not to officially bring it out.
6de594 No.15468084
>>15468070
I'd say it would be nice if they could leak the translated script online for people to make a patch from, but I highly doubt that's allowed. And recently? No, SCEA has been trying to exert control since sixth gen, if not earlier. Though back then it was more telling Agetec to shit can STA because "muh graphics" and "muh no audience in the west" and "PS1-to-PSP ports need 10% added/changed to come overseas) than SJWism like with Omega Labyrinth Z, or that they only wanted to push the newer system at this point.
a80e51 No.15468086
>>15468007
>and the IP is dead in Japan.
They just released an enhanced remake of the first game for the switch last april
ab37f6 No.15468093
>>15468084
I only became aware with the Labyrinth Z controversy.
>>15468086
I just saw that, I think they may be putting out feelers to gauge the interest as it was directly released to the eshop. It’d be nice to see the IP revived.
ab37f6 No.15468116
>>15468093
And just bought a Japanese copy of CoH3. Found it for 8 bucks and didn’t want the game to get hard to find considering people say it’s the best in the series. Guess it’ll just be more incentive for me to learn nip one day… well this and my copies of Nekojiru.
6de594 No.15468122
>>15468116
Maybe consider ripping and uploading it sometime? Just saying since I don't see a download for either the PSP or PS3 version, at least on the sites I still know of. And that's with searching both Class or Heroes and Ken to Mahou.
6de594 No.15468124
>>15468122
Did find this one though.
ab37f6 No.15468125
>>15468122
Oh weird, yeah, I’ll have my friend who’s good at that sort of stuff do it whenever it gets here.
looks like there was an upload of the psp version on emuparadise before it got nintendo’d
6de594 No.15468131
>>15468125
>looks like there was an upload of the psp version on emuparadise before it got nintendo’d
Reminder that it was more that they got scared by what happened with LoveRoms and cucked out before they got into the JUST crosshairs next.
2454d6 No.15468156
>>15454351
Most good Wii games that weren't the usual Mario, Zelda, etc. are pretty obscure due to high amount of shovelware it had.
13cefd No.15468172
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45cc43 No.15468408
>>15467709
I was speaking of my PS2 library, all SMT CEs when possible, .Hack and .Hack GU complete still shrinkwrapped , etc.
6de594 No.15468447
>>15468408
Oh, well, better they weren't of interest to the roaming pavement apes. I'd hate for my own shelves of stuff to go missing. Still, games are meant to be played, not sit in the wrapping for all eternity. Though I suppose you could always find opened copies of some of those for less than the sealed ones are worth. And of course, there's loading and emulation, but still.
45cc43 No.15468460
>>15468447
I play them on emulator. I recently sold my DS games collection and paid for a nice vacation and a new monitor. I might do it with my PS2 collection too, like you said games are made to be played and someone might enjoy them.
ab37f6 No.15468463
>>15468447
Rarest game I have is still in the wraps simply because I haven’t gotten to it yet.
36b72b No.15468471
I think the 7th gen is the generation where the majority of actually good games were hidden. In prior generations great games like Ocarina of Time or MGS3 were front and center. The 7th gen was the first time the spotlight was almost entirely taken by crap, and you had to start digging to find anything that went beyond being just shallowly decent.
6de594 No.15468599
>>15468460
Except that whoever's liable to buy still wrapped games, barring reprint copies of stuff like SMT/Persona PS2, are just collectors or resellers looking to make an investment. I'm just saying. If you want them to be bought by someone that's actually going to play them, you'll probably either have to undercut all the other "L@@K SEALED RARE" fags (and make it more enticing to the aforementioned collectors/scalpers/VGA graders), or unseal it and drop the value naturally.
>>15468463
>Solatorobo
I've seen three copies around lately, and at the same store no less: a cart only copy for $75, and two sealed ones with the soundtracks for $170 each, with complete copies online being somewhere in between. No DS game should be that fucking high, especially as just a cartridge. Fucking furfags with too much money and not enough common sense. I have to wonder how many people (or just furries?) are kicking themselves in hindsight for not having gotten it for $15 new at Gamestop a number of years back when aside from that when they were trying to clear out all their unsold "new" (read: gutted) DS games.
>I have is still in the wraps simply because I haven’t gotten to it yet.
I used to be like that until dad advised me that leaving shit in a wrapper on a shelf can cause the covering on the front of the case to warp. Though, it's not like I had much of anything that was rare like that, namely just cheap reprints.
ab37f6 No.15468640
>>15468599
I bought it on release because I’m a big Cyberconnect 2 fan, but like I said, just never got around to playing it. Funny thing is I didn’t know anything about furries or kemono when I got it.
Now it’s on the backlog until I play Tail Concerto, so in the wraps it’ll stay. Also, even though it’s so expensive, a lot of games don’t really sell when they hit that high.
7ad730 No.15470150
>>15468599
>Except that whoever's liable to buy still wrapped games, barring reprint copies of stuff like SMT/Persona PS2, are just collectors or resellers looking to make an investment. I'm just saying. If you want them to be bought by someone that's actually going to play them, you'll probably either have to undercut all the other "L@@K SEALED RARE" fags (and make it more enticing to the aforementioned collectors/scalpers/VGA graders), or unseal it and drop the value naturally.
Yeah, that's why I was also considering donating them or selling them cheaper but finding people who will enjoy them is hard, I don't want to just sell them to some collector faggot who will sit on them. I'm already doing that.
I was going through my collection and found Resonance of Fate, I remember having a good time with it playing dress up. It was a cool game.
216f7e No.15470196
>>15456408
RF3 was great but tge whole weresheep thing was incredibly pointless and gay
b0ea9e No.15470217
>>15470150
They announced a 4K/HD release for PS4/PC.
7ad730 No.15470245
>>15470217
Nice! I was wishing for one. I'm a happy camper.
ab37f6 No.15470339
Fuck me I forgot how pretty this game is. It’s crazy how well it has aged due to the art direction, lighting, and textures. The story can be a little long winded and preachy at times, but you can tell there was a lot of thought put into the themes. I’m really enjoying this.
my only minor gripe so far is you can’t choose the character you run around the world as.
7ad730 No.15470367
>>15470339
It was a cute and comfy game. I was playing during my Uni time, when I had decided to stop being a NEET.
Ultimate comfyness. Is that the PS3 version?
ab37f6 No.15470398
>>15470367
The version I’m playing at the moment is. Last time I played it was way back when I was in high school on the 360 and I didn’t get to far as I just didn’t appreciate or like classical music, the themes, and it was during a phase where I wanted mature games for mature gamers such as myself.
Also, Polka is great. The voice actor makes her seem like some Disney princess and having her give you a tutorial on how to kill monsters in a gentle, upbeat tone is hilarious.
7ad730 No.15470446
>>15470398
Is the PS3 dual audio? I'll work to CFW my PS3 this week-end due to the help of the other anon.
ab37f6 No.15470498
>>15470446
Dual audio, but the English VA’s are really solid. I’ll probably play encore mode with Japanese dub so I get both effects.
647d3d No.15470663
6de594 No.15471017
>>15468640
Yeah, but most places aren't going to feel like reducing the potential profit to be made, so instead they'll just rot in a display case unbought. Ultimately though, I suppose there's also some blame on the previous owner though for not having played or opened them in the first place enabling such. Though Solatorobo itself is still a pricy bastard even without being sealed. But in a funny way, I at least see copies of it around (though as you've said, that might just be because no one wants to drop $170 on a sealed DS game).
>>15470150
Well, if it helps, where I am these days, .hack//G.U. is only like $25-30 for each volume now due to Last Recode, but obviously that's the open price (and is better than the previous $50/$50/$70+ the volumes went for respectively). IMOQ is still super expensive. I'd say that maybe the best bet might be to open them to reduce chances of scalper faggotry, and see if you can find some anon that would actually play and appreciate them and not just horde or resell them. Donation, at least where I live, wouldn't work too well; either there plenty of patrolling resellers looking for fodder, or places like Goodwill ship anything actually worthwhile elsewhere to sell at full price (I know they opened an electronics and media focused store on the east coast some years back), or people just default to using them as a dumping ground for what they can't get a worthwhile amount of money for elsewhere (sports and licensed shit mainly).
Again though, it's your call for what to do with it. I'm just not sure there's any good way to deal with "too valuable for most to open" sorts of things, short of actually knowing someone in real life that would actually play it
>>15470663
Haven't played the game, but I hope for your sake they leave such intact.
>>15470498
Honestly surprised to hear, especially for the premise of the game. Bamco used to not be real big on dual audio, or at least they used to avoid it hard for their JRPGs, to the point it took until Symphonia Chronicles for them to even start doing it for Tales.
647d3d No.15472275
91a63a No.15472367
>>15470398
Just so you know, but today marks the 10th anniversary of the PS3 version of the game.
6de594 No.15472385
>>15472367
Yesterday, you mean. Actually, looking at the release dates, it sure didn't have a long turn around time on the JP to NA end, but I suppose that's to be expected when the bulk of the script had been done already. Yet, even looking at the 360 version, there was only a couple months between the JP launch and NA's. Makes me think it was being localized while it was still in development, but still seems like it had more time in the oven than Vesperia 360 did (releasing here a few weeks after Japan, with a number of sloppy typos).
91a63a No.15472393
>>15472385
Oops, my bad.
You're really making me want to replay it, maybe I'll grab the PS3 version.
6de594 No.15472434
>>15472393
Going have to get a prepatched file from NB or something; the team that made the patch has removed it so as to not step on Bamco's toes. Personally, while I understand the logic there, I'd rather they waited until the quality of the extended English script was ascertained, because until it comes out, for all we know the fan-translation may still have a superior script.
There's also an pkg file you can find with all the DLC in English as well.
91a63a No.15472453
>>15472434
Actually meant Eternal Sonata, for Vesperia I'm going to wait for the PC version.
6de594 No.15472457
>>15472434
Oh, but at least they did finish that, and once something's on the net, it's impossible to completely purge, even if they whine now. Can't say the same for A0t trashing all their progress Destiny DC, Tales of Phantasia X, or Narikiri Dungeon X, and using pic related as their justification. Even nuked all their finished patches from the site as a show that "we're super serious guys" (though, as with Vesperia PS3, they can't scrub it from anywhere but their own site and maybe RHDN).
6de594 No.15472460
>>15472453
I saw the pic and just wagered that was the one you meant. Well, NB does have a PAL ISO up for Eternal Sonata PS3. Not sure if there's any quality differences between it and the NA one, other than maybe extra text languages.
91a63a No.15472471
>>15472457
Real fucking shame too since Narikiri Dungeon X is my currently favorite Tales game (granted, I didn't play a whole lot of them).
>>15472460
I'll probably play the Jap version, my man, but thanks.
I don't remember much from Eternal Sonata when I think about it. I remember that one 10 minute death scene and the blonde character raping everything to oblivion.
6de594 No.15472501
>>15472471
>Real fucking shame too since Narikiri Dungeon X is my currently favorite Tales game (granted, I didn't play a whole lot of them).
Reminding me of someone I saw many years back in /jrpgg/. I'm just saying.
>I'll probably play the Jap version, my man, but thanks.
I assume you already know to look it up under the Japanese name then. Though, fair warning, depending on where you look for ISOs, chances are high that they might only have the western releases, being that PS3 games can get pretty big on western sites, those are the versions with the demand due to increased playability. Games we didn't get here, or of which have patches requiring the JP version, being obvious exceptions.
Does Japan even have a noticeable piracy base on their side of the net, so to speak? I know for older stuff, they've at least got a more manageable aftermarket of stuff coming and going, compared to stuff getting to be wallet-rape tier here, especially for what doesn't gets so much as an official rerelease (and thus providing further reason to pirate), but are ripped and uploaded games more of a western thing?
91a63a No.15472586
>>15472501
I used to go there and probably posted a few times about NDX but I honestly can't remember.
And yeah, pirating Japanese games can be a huge pain in the ass, especially if they have western releases because most rips are done by importers. It gets even dumber with Steam games since a lot of the newer Japanese ports don't even have Japanese text, at all. The Japanese are also complaining about it a lot. I can find a download link for the Japanese version of Eternal Sonata but there were games that I just wasn't able to find at all.
6de594 No.15472610
>>15472586
Might have seen you around there then. Was Eternia one of the other Tales games you gave a go, due to recommendation? I left those threads when the spoiler campaigns for games "too good for the west" started happening. Xillia 2 and the like.
Really strikes me that there needs to be a more concise site for seventh gen game files. I mean, NB's useful but limited, PS3DLv3 is similar but to a lesser degree, and the other place I know of, some blogspot site, has some stuff the other two don't but the execution of the site is absolute horseshit to try to use. Way too many ads and forced redirects, but occasionally it gets the job done. But somewhere with just frequently updated mega links or whatever, game files from various regions instead of just "one fits all", and ability to comment on if an upload works/link needs to be fixed, etc, would be nice.
>Image
91a63a No.15472624
>>15472610
That's me then, I was told to play Eternia next, though I ended up playing it up to a certain point and then stopped. I really need to go back at it soon. Time sure does fucking fly.
And yeah, it's hard to find proper downloads of anything 7th gen but if you look hard enough it's possible. Also, Jdownloader is a huge saver.
>filters
I messed around a bit with the filters. One way or another it's one of the prettier 2D games I played. Looks real good in motion and runs smooth as fuck.
6de594 No.15472683
>>15472624
Yeah, I remember you. Odd to run into someone from there all these years on. If I might ask, on the off chance you stuck around, did XSEED confirming TitS SC was still in the works back in 2013/2014 (whenever it was) prompt a whole new wave of spoiler campaigning from the moonruners because "we didn't deserve it?" Just something I've been curious about, as I was ling gone by that time.
And yes, definitely with Eternia another go. And report back as to if the skits use actual text boxes; the "hint" system the western release had in it's place was portraits and audio only, with no text, which makes me curious about the skits themselves, and if they'd be feasible for someone to fan-translate one day.
>One way or another it's one of the prettier 2D games I played. Looks real good in motion and runs smooth as fuck.
Namco's Tales team, or one of them (not sure what the case is anymore), can really do a good job with spriting and animation as the years have gone on. Shame that both the era of 2D for the series is pretty much over, and that we've got so few of the 2D ones in English, likely because Bamco thinks 2D won't sell here compared to 3D models and combat.
eb50b4 No.15472715
>>15472624
What's that game in your screenshots?
91a63a No.15472750
>>15472683
I honestly don't remember that much, I ran away when it started getting really shitty.
>And yes, definitely with Eternia another go. And report back as to if the skits use actual text boxes; the "hint" system the western release had in it's place was portraits and audio only, with no text, which makes me curious about the skits themselves, and if they'd be feasible for someone to fan-translate one day.
Not entirely sure but I think it's the same, no text. Only portraits and audio.
>>15472715
Narikiri Dungeon X
6de594 No.15472757
>>15472715
That's Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X, an apparently fantastic remake of first Narikiri Dungeon Tales spin off, which debuted originally on the Game Boy Color. The two main characters have a costume-based class system. It had a fan-translation in the works, which was first put on the backburner in favor of Destiny DC, and then outright cancelled (along with Destiny DC and Tales of Phantasia X).
>>15472750
I see, I guess if anyone was to reimplement them, they'd have to hack the boxes in, or at least do some sort of overlay. Might in part explain why they were cut, as Symphonia was the first game we got with skits intact (and which had text boxes for them). It's funny though. Having played Phantasia PS1, that one came before Eternia, yet it had text boxes for the skits, which leaves me wondering why Eternia's JP version wouldn't. Or maybe the Phantasia fan-translation hacked them in? I'm honestly not sure.
384e35 No.15472784
>>15472457
>deleting your own translations
Were they shooting for the Best Goy Award that year?
Would you mind telling me where to find everything that was saved, so at least I can feel like I'm spiting those faggots in a way?
000000 No.15472807
>>15456408
>Rune Factory
>obscure
Was it really?
6de594 No.15472817
>>15472784
I don't think it was about wanting to be good goys (though they did state that it Bamco wanted their stuff, they could have it, or something). According to an anon that followed the progress-streams, some of the team, especially Thoroughim there, were tired of the whole thing, and wanted out of the scene. But instead of simply saying as such, and maybe handing their tools at least off to someone else to pick it up, they came up with that shit as a justification, and trashed both what they'd done and what effort had been made, as a way of shifting blame from themselves to us as the end users for wanting those games in English. And that was after they'd roped in other people, like Kajitani and Kingcom (the latter who put his own work with DQM 1+2 PS1 on hold for it), meaning they crashed everyone's time and effort with no survivors. I have more respect for PP's Cless than Thoroughim, because he at least was honest about why he was quitting, as well as actually saying why his Phantasia PS1 translation took twelve fucking years (and which he actually put out there). Funniest thing though: Thoroughim had stated before in taking on Destiny that he didn't just want to be known as that guy that translated Phantasia over and over (in that he'd already picked up ToPX and NDX as well), on the off chance he got hit by a bus or something. Guess what game he's going to be best known for completing a patch on? Oh wait, Cless' patch is considered better anyhow.
>Would you mind telling me where to find everything that was saved, so at least I can feel like I'm spiting those faggots in a way?
Well, they had finished Tales of Phantasia PS1, Tales of Innocence DS, and Tales of the Tempest, but the latter was an April Fool's Joke, the joke being that it was the one entry no one really fucking wanted due to being considered bad (so bad that it actually prompted the dividing of the series into mothership and escort title status) but got an entire patch for. Anyhow, you can still find the individual patches on RHDN even though A0t nuked everything. Apparently they don't have that much sway to get it removed, or haven't asked at least (RHDN having a policy of respecting the wishes of patch creators, hence some being not hosted on the site not simply due to size, but because the creator wants his own download counter to go up). Or you can probably still find prepatched files floating around.
6de594 No.15472820
>>15472807
Frontier maybe. Seems that one is the hardest to come across, at least from my local observations, and one of the highest priced too.
ab567f No.15473161
>>15457213
Yugioh WC 2008 is the best one, 2011's AI takes longer to think, that extra second or two everytime the AI needs to make a move really starts to add up
>>15466844
>Ignition (who are pretty hit or miss with what they do, though seem more accidental than willfully destructive).
pic related
>>15470339
years ago good developers were very creative, and could still make a game look good using their own skill, nowadays many devs just go for HD realism, and in ten or 15 years 8th gen will probably be considered the ugliest gen because of it
>>15472434
I grabbed my copy the moment I saw that remake was being made, because I knew someone'd pull this BS.
>>15472784
same thing happened to the PSP version of Danganronpa 2, though that wasn't finished so the team just scrapped it entirely
6de594 No.15473178
>>15473161
>Lux-Pain
Yeah, that's another fine case of it. No fan retranslation either. Ignition's been dead since 212 though. Same can't be said of XS Games.
>I grabbed my copy the moment I saw that remake was being made, because I knew someone'd pull this BS.
I think it's just done out of respect for the decision to finally bring it over, but again, waiting until seeing the state of how the new content is would be a better move in the long run, so we don't get another Hearts situation (DS translation cancelled due to the Vita remake being cleared to be brought over, only for the translator to be horrified at how horrifically 8-4 botched it).
>and in ten or 15 years 8th gen will probably be considered the ugliest gen because of it
Maybe, if whatever design trend is present then isn't even worse.
384e35 No.15473256
>>15472817
So they're just retarded then. Let me guess, nobody else is willing to do a translation for that PSP game out of (((respect))) for those guys, am I on the money?
>putting possibly months of work into translating a game that they know is bad, for an april fools "prank"
Yeah they're retarded.
6de594 No.15476266
>>15473256
>Let me guess, nobody else is willing to do a translation for that PSP game out of (((respect))) for those guys, am I on the money?
Nothing to do with that; there's no hard rule that someone can't pick up the same game as another, but in most cases doing so while one effort is active would be a waste of time on someone's part, depending on who finishes first and thus fills the demand. Just that pretty much every Tales focused group is now dead. PP's Cless wanted to enjoy life he felt he missed out on after muddling through a decade of depression (understandable), Rebirth team's been dead silent for five years (confusing), Vesperia Team accomplished their goal, and A0t called it quits in a horrifically enraging fashion (they also trashed their forum, which some of those other teams had borrowed to communicate with fans through). And while not Tales focused, DeJap, who handled Phantasia SFC, are long dead (and I wouldn't want them working on the series anyhow after their pre-modern memeworthy liberty taking). Only one left notably invested is Kajitani, but I can understand if he's been feeling burned from both having cancelled Hearts in favor of HeartsR (and how that turned out) and having whatever he had done for A0t being a wasted effort. These days he'd rather analyze how Bamco's handled recent games, as well as shitpost. He might be planning a non-beta release of RM2 given he's posted some screenshots, but that's assuming he's not just tinkering with the game for his own amusement. Also unknown whether Kingcom was allowed to keep the tools he'd made for both Destiny DC and ToPX/NDX, or if they had to be trashed too; his site's been dormant for a while, though I have seen a twatter post that he's still working at DQM despite that.
Tales also has the issue in that while there's certainly a fanbase here, and more-so than in the past as of seventh gen, there's apparently not been the devotion to fan translate them (into English, I mean) outside the above groups, and there hasn't been enough of an autistic drive amongst imageboard moonspeakers to push some through, ala Nep Rebirth (though in that case, the drive was removing Doerr).
>Yeah they're retarded.
Here's the thing: Tempest has a number of things wrong with it, one of which being that for what was meant as a main series Tales game, it's pretty short. That also means the script was rather short in comparison to other mainline Tales. Thus, A0t had said they actually hadn't had to put too much time into it, and apparently it had made good practice. In effect, it's still a rather poor game, but has a good English script. Still kind of a waste of time though, being a game no one wanted in English due to moonruner opinion (admittedly should not be an absolute; SFC game Treasure of the Rudras had it's translation delayed for years and years due to importers calling it shit and a potential waste of time translating, yet it's now one of the more popular SFC fan translations with the west) and by their own admittance one of the worst games Tales has to offer, and of which the interest base would be those few wanting to see the series at its lowest.
1d4cae No.15476281
>>15458175
>amazing graphics
You can stop saying this to fit in already. Vanillaware games have terrible animations and the art itself isn't that good.
6de594 No.15476290
>>15476266
Should also say that I'm not defending their choice to waste time on Tempest, but at least it wasn't a game with a long script on top of being bad.
1d4cae No.15476292
The best games in each of their respective series in a long while, and none of you fuckers played them.
6de594 No.15476343
>>15476292
Too bad Konami didn't do some sort of compilation release of them on an actual disc, instead leaving them digital only on a shop that has since died.
539506 No.15477634
>>15457130
What are the first and fourth pic from?
6de594 No.15477656
>>15477634
He already said that you can find them from the game's ID. But the first is some Agerest game (of which there's claims it's much better than the console ones) and the fourth is a Summon Night, I think.
539506 No.15477703
9a5676 No.15478073
If it wasn't for obscure weebshit I would gave quit gaming long ago.
Long may Japan live! Death to normalfaggies.
9a5676 No.15479019
>>15468599
>If you want them to be bought by someone that's actually going to play them, you'll probably either have to undercut all the other "L@@K SEALED RARE" fags
Thats what I'm doing. If anyone here is Dutch and is interested in 100 PS3 weebshit games for cheap keep your eye out on marktplaats in the next three weeks. Spring cleaning and everything must go.
4093b7 No.15480419
>>15477656
>spoonfeeding fucking retards
Why the fuck do you do this? The faggot literally couldn't read the fucking post he was interested in. It's enabling retards like you that allow these cuckchan rapefugees to settle in instead of bullying and shunning them.
Fuck you.
c4f9d5 No.15482428
>>15468086
>for the switch last april
PC port when?
69f811 No.15482652
>>15464913
Owned that game and fell out around the time I unlocked the Flyboy outfit. Is it playable without the online services available anymore? Did one of those SA wizards ever create a server-mimic to unlock whatever there was to obtain?
e00897 No.15488526
>>15480419
>bawwww
No fuck you
36b72b No.15488649
>>15476292
They should really re-release them on something. I really don't feel like pulling my Wii out to play them again.
You can emulate E-shop games on Dolphin, right?
647d3d No.15488745
>>15488649
Of course! N64 emulation was so shit and Dolphin so good that emulating virtual console releases for N64 was actually the best option for some titles for years. Even today some subtle emulation quirks on the virtual console version (mostly "game doesn't crash when you pull off this glitch") makes it the preferred version for speedrunning
9818e5 No.15488773
So it's a "cinematic" QTE based game but I really fucking love Asura's Wrath
Unlike most other titles of that nature, it actually leverages it's focus on cutscenes to do shit that wouldn't work in gameplay formats and knows how to has fun with it and be constantly entertaining rather then being artsy. Playing it was like I was a kid watching DBZ for the first time again with how insane it gets. Also has some of the best animation of any game to date, a fantastic soundtrack, etc.
Sadly capcom were being jews and made the actual ending DLC, which is bullshit, but it's also the hypest ending for anything i've ever seen, like the Wonderful 101's but twice as over the top.
If you can roll with the fact it's trying to be an interactive anime rather then a mechanically solid gameplay ecpierence and you love over the tope hype bullshit then I can't reccomend it enough. Try to get the 360 version since it has less screen tearing