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Post by Red Hairdo on May 29, 2009 18:22:39 GMT -5
In a worst case scenario, PC games could always be Falcom's plan B if their investments don't present satisfactory results.
I highly expect an Ys SEVEN case here: PSP first, PC later (or the opposite. Who knows). Falcom needs money, and Falcom isn't stupid. xD So they will have at least a PC release, I'd guess.
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Post by Red Hairdo on May 30, 2009 1:59:41 GMT -5
My money's on a simultaneous PC/PSP release. It'll be a first for Falcom, but it seems like the best possible route they could go, and it makes the most sense. -Tom The only reason I don't think they will do that is because it can hurt the sales: whoever decides to buy the game will end up choosing the version they would like the best, instead of both. But if they distance the release dates, the profit will be greater: Let's suppose it will come for PSP first. The sales will be something like: people who would rather choose the PSP version + people who would rather choose the PC version, but decided to buy this version first (the PC gamers who can't wait or something). Then once it's released for PC, all of those who would rather play it on PC, having previously bought the PSP version or not, would buy it. (Of course, there's still a chance some of said people would quit after acquiring the PSP version, but I think that would be a minority.) That's what I think anyway. I may just be wrong too, of course. (I'm no marketing manager or salesman anyway.) xD
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Post by Red Hairdo on May 30, 2009 2:07:16 GMT -5
Oh, also, there's something I forgot to mention. In order to further bait people into buying both versions, the version that is released last usually has something the previous version didn't: it can be an item, a side-quest, an expansion... Anyway, yes, we will see. xD Who knows. I'm more interested about Ys SEVEN's "multiplatform" thingy, actually.
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Post by Varion on Jul 31, 2009 5:18:43 GMT -5
Looking at that first picture, this seems to be our protagonist. Looking fine so far! Like the artist they're using too... I think? Stop teasing us with occasional tiny images ;_;
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Post by Mutagene on Jul 31, 2009 7:01:08 GMT -5
He's named Lloyd and wields tonfa; I approve.
However, I don't really have much to add to the topic aside from that. Even if it was PSP-only, that would almost be a plus for me (disregarding the fact that I wouldn't be able to read 98% of the game's text).
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Post by Varion on Jul 31, 2009 7:27:31 GMT -5
Can we let the PSP/PC discussion die until we have an announcement please ;_;
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Post by fireinthehole on Jul 31, 2009 8:00:16 GMT -5
Can we let the PSP/PC discussion die until we have an announcement please ;_; Come on, it's more fun to discuss and predict. The best thing about this forum is that people can go on and on about these things without going into a flame war or insulting each other. Regarding the "Bannings" guy, I am unconvinced that he is the main lead. He doesn't look badass enough but the image is small and there isn't any video of LoH VII, so I will wait for more news.
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Post by fireinthehole on Aug 2, 2009 2:43:04 GMT -5
*dies* Estelle as a 'dumb jock' is *so right*. XDD She still has her moments in the game, too. But that's eventually what makes her so awesome. To be fair, everyone around her (especially in the beginning) is more experienced, smarter, or both. She's one of those "stupid" characters who need to be present in order for other characters to explain the setting to the player. I thought she looked badass enough for a bracer-in-training when I first saw her.
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Post by Varion on Aug 2, 2009 3:02:32 GMT -5
Honestly, I fell for Estelle pretty quickly, because she actually broke the mould in quite a few ways. One, female protagonist. That really doesn't happen often. Two, she isn't a damsel in distress either. The one time she does get herself caught, instead of sitting around waiting around to be rescued she actually shows some pretty awesome initiative and breaks right back out - probably one of my favourite scenes. She's got some pretty strong spirit too, it's very hard to keep her gloomy for more than five seconds, which when overemotional seems to be the order of the day lately is always nice to see, and made me laugh a whole lot during the course of the game. The usual 'sun' image used in the game is pretty appropriate, and you can see why the rest of the party loves her so much. For the above reasons (SC outfit is nothing to do with it, I swear!) she currently occupies a spot in my top three favourite protagonists along with Ryudo from Grandia 2 and Yuri from Tales of Vesperia
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Post by Musa-Revived on Aug 3, 2009 22:18:47 GMT -5
I :HEART: ESTELLE.
Enuf said.
Well the Bannings dude seems like protagonist material to me... now where's Lechter?
* tries very hard not to think on the psp/pc issue...
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Post by fireinthehole on Aug 19, 2009 19:45:17 GMT -5
Strikes me as one of those mysterious waif characters. She is probably the second character in this pic. I wonder when will the site be up...
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Post by 01 on Aug 19, 2009 20:15:51 GMT -5
Oh boy oh boy, another Falcom game I will probably never get to play
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Post by fireinthehole on Aug 19, 2009 21:04:58 GMT -5
Nah, there's always that little hope for release over here. After all, Garghav trilogy got one (really crappy one, but still).
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Post by Red Hairdo on Aug 19, 2009 21:08:53 GMT -5
Something tells me that girl will be tsundere.
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Post by fireinthehole on Aug 19, 2009 21:14:56 GMT -5
Something tells me that girl will be tsundere. Really? I think Lloyd and this girl are a gender-flipped version of Estelle and Joshua.
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Post by fireinthehole on Sept 16, 2009 1:20:20 GMT -5
Now, we have several pics of other chracters who will appear in LoH 7. You can see them at the following link: blog.naver.com/feverchris/60090541821(Just click on >´õº¸±â once you enter the website and pics should pop up)
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Post by megalink11 on Sept 17, 2009 7:08:55 GMT -5
Definitely has a more modern feel to the look of the game. I like where the art direction is going.
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Post by superlocke on Dec 28, 2009 6:46:24 GMT -5
Bah I got the LoH2 that was released on psp here.... and was put off by the series to say the least. I wanted to like it, I really did.... but honestly, this "amazing story" I keep hearing about was just not there for me. The battle system especially felt so insanely vanilla that I could barely sit through it. Couldn't bring myself to finish it unfortunately. Is LoH6 better? I always wanted to try it, as it seems to be the generally best-regarded of the bunch.
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Post by HJ on Dec 28, 2009 8:33:24 GMT -5
I still haven't mustered up the effort to play PotMW after sitting through both ToV and SotO. I mean, they were.... erm, acceptable, but probably the most monotonous games I've ever played (or close). I could tell there was a good story to be had underneath the grammatical mess, though, and the games did have a nice sense of journey.
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Post by HJ on Dec 28, 2009 8:56:31 GMT -5
In it's defense, the story seemed charming enough despite the only-average dialogue. I only got to the part where Chris and Juno get on that ship and those two thieves plot (and later fail miserably) to stealing the Silver Dagger. Really, by then I was just tired of the gameplay since I had played the previous two games, AND I got Demon's Souls. I'll still finish the game at some point.
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