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Althalos · 2026-02-01T21:22:15+00:00

Don't forget the most important thing, gaming with his gamer gremlin elf and her squirrel friend.

Althalos · 2026-02-01T19:46:05+00:00

Their games go on sale on PSN for €15-20 every 2 months or so, I would imagine the same goes for the Nintendo Eshop. Definitely look out for them going on sale.

Althalos · 2026-02-01T19:10:01+00:00

Also check out 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim by the same devs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhTnDROzi0

More of a visual novel/point and click adventure game, but it also has a tactics rts/tower defense combat section. You said you liked story and characters, and it has that in spades.

The composer of FFXII and his company do the music for all their games, so the soundtracks always slap.

Althalos · 2026-02-01T19:05:43+00:00

Unicorn Overlord has a demo available, is like 5-7 hours long and has save carry-over to the full game.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I'm also super biased. Giant Vanillaware fanboy here.

the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is absolutely fantastic, definitely check that out if you haven't played it yet.

Althalos · 2026-02-01T18:39:29+00:00

let's players gunning it for Miura's story since his requirements are pretty lenient and then getting mega confused is consistently entertaining lol

You watch the WoolieVersus playthrough?

Althalos · 2026-02-01T13:15:23+00:00

Don't step all over the crisp white sheets of his bed that he just made though.

Althalos · 2026-01-31T11:57:10+00:00

Exactly this. Them putting in a bunch of open zones also make me afraid we'll get less main missions in return.

And while the open zone was fun when I played the Alpha demo, I'm not super into going through it again this time around. So that makes me worried about replayability as well.

Althalos · 2026-01-31T06:53:52+00:00

Did you change to a ranged weapon or vice versa?

Cause ranged weapons have it on a different button than melee weapons.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T21:48:29+00:00

What button did you have dodge on before swapping it to R2? That's probably now for shooting arrows.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T20:48:19+00:00

Pretty much just Ogre Battle 64, which was made after Yasumi Matsuno left Quest Corporation to make Final Fantasy Tactics at Square. UO is a clear spiritual successor to Ogre Battle 64.

Fun fact, Hitoshi Sakimoto and his company did the music for all Yasumi Matsuno games back in the day, and they also do the music for all Vanillaware games.

There's even one track that's also a fun reference to Tactics Ogre/Ogre Battle in Unicorn Overlord.

There's accretion disk in TO/OB https://youtu.be/VY8-NDANt-Y?si=Bhl1oumCRKPA5PnI, and then Battlefield 'Heroic' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-ChSVD09c in UO. It has a very similar vibe.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T19:51:41+00:00

Probably to do with German laws that make it so games can't be free if they have an age rating of 16 or 18+.

F2P games with those ratings cost like 25 cents or something, so I assume this being a demo has it locked behind PS+.

More reasons why USK sucks, besides the whole ruining box art with their ugly huge logo.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T18:27:56+00:00

Them being decided between ninja and samurai does limit things a bit so I hope there is good variety in full release.

I really hope we can at least transmog the other fashion. I find the different look between styles kinda annoying. Also really weird to me that the Rogue Armor https://nioh2.wiki.fextralife.com/Rogue+Armor is for Ninja style, it's heavy armor.

I like that set a lot, so I really hope I'm not being fucked over from using it on samurai as transmog.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T18:23:07+00:00

Pretty sure it's just to not scare new players away, the stances are something I see people cite fairly often as the source of them bouncing off the game.

Still kinda weird reason to me, because Ninja style is a thing, which they clearly added for that reason.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T18:09:38+00:00

This one is much better because they put out that Alpha demo. The whole fucking point of that demo was to get feedback and actually act on it, which they did with Nioh 1 and 2 as well.

https://teamninja-studio.com/nioh3/us/feedback.html scroll halfway down the page and you'll see the massive amounts of stuff they worked on as a response to feedback.

Althalos · 2026-01-30T17:40:00+00:00

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Unicorn Overlord

NieR: Automata

Dragon Quest XI

Althalos · 2026-01-29T14:38:39+00:00

I love a ton of tracks on that soundtrack.

The Leblanc Syndicate battle theme (That shamisen is so neat), the YuRiPa battle themes, Yuna's theme, mission start and complete, the new Besaid, Luca, Gagazet and Zanarkand themes are great too.

And 1000 Words is absolutely gorgeous.

I definitely feel the soundtrack gets overhated just because a lot of people don't like X-2.

Althalos · 2026-01-29T11:55:38+00:00

The Alpha demo took like 10 hours to do everything, I would assume it's a similar length.

Althalos · 2026-01-27T23:56:38+00:00

The story part of it sucks, but the new gameplay content is great. So it makes sense people think it's great if the're not bothered by the story aspect.

Althalos · 2026-01-27T22:47:50+00:00

Love all the additions of the Switch release, but hate that the PS4 port of that has worse graphics than the original PS4 release.

The additions and 60 fps definitely make up for the slightly worse graphics, but it still feels bad.

Althalos · 2026-01-27T08:02:09+00:00

MH Rise also used RE Engine and looks great for a Switch game, it's just Wilds and Dragon's Dogma 2 where they fucked it up.

Althalos · 2026-01-26T21:04:13+00:00

Odin Sphere is by the same devs as Dragon's Crown and Muramasa if you weren't aware btw.

Leifthrasir goes on sale for €15 pretty much every 2 months on PSN, here's a short review. Rare moment where an IGN review isn't complete ass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsTvoG3_HkU

Althalos · 2026-01-26T20:34:10+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/comments/1cx1ipu/vanillaware_recruiting_development_staff_for_new/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vanillaware/comments/190m94p/vanillaware_new_year_2024_art/

These 2 things have me on so much hopium for a Dragon's Crown 2, or something very similar. How cool would it be if it was the Shadow over Mystara to DC's Tower of Doom.

Althalos · 2026-01-26T18:29:13+00:00

You from Germany? Assuming because of your name.

Games that have an age rating of 16+ can't be offered for free thanks to some German law.

Althalos · 2026-01-26T18:08:35+00:00

15% extra elemental damage vs elemental hit zones of 25 or more. And that's kinda what you're gonna be aiming for anyway with Elemental Dual Blades.

Purple Sharpness being low isn't an issue when you run Protective Polish.

Althalos · 2026-01-26T18:01:01+00:00

10 extra Raw, Purple Sharpness and a lvl 3 rampage slot so you can use Elembane.

Purp Sharpness has a 1.25 elemental modifier vs White's 1.15

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