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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 30th)

Levantine

@Zaruboggan I would say mostly fixed aside from the load times! They're still kind of long. I don't mind, but it's weird considering the GCN is like instant loading lol. The overworld and battles run at a smooth fps now though compared to footage I've seen of how the game used to run. From what I heard a major issue of Colettes wings causing slowdown has been fixed, but I'm not far enough yet to see it myself.

I'd say it's a solid version to play now but I'd still wait for a sale. It really should've released like this and not taken 3 patches to fix a GCN game

Re: Hideki Kamiya Is Leaving PlatinumGames

Levantine

This is sad and a little concerning for the future of Platinum, but I do think Takahisa Taura's work as director on Astral Chain was really good, so i wouldn't mind him helming projects from now on in Kamiya's absence.

Re: Retro-Inspired Indie Sea Of Stars Sold 100,000 Copies On Its First Day

Levantine

Just started playing myself and I gotta say. I instantly like this a whole lot more than that Chained Echoes that came out. It felt like it was copying the old classics instead of paying homage to them and doing his own thing with the game. Sea of Stars however it instantly feels like it's own thing while paying homage to the classics. Also gotta say I love the mario & luigi style button presses for skills. I knew this would be good as soon as I learned it's from the same studio as The Messenger.

Re: Video: Here's A Look At Red Dead Redemption Running At 60FPS On Switch

Levantine

@TruthisRare Goes to show that the game can be ran at 60fps on modified overclocked hardware sure. Now let's see how long the game can run an overclocked switch without issues. I don't want R* or any developer for that matter turning my switch into a thermal reactor just so I can feel like I got a bit more value out of a port.

Re: Sega President Teases Possible Sonic "Reboots And Remakes"

Levantine

If I'm not being greedy, I'd just ask for Phantasy Star. If I'm being a greedy goblin on the other hand I'll ask for:
Phantasy Star
Skies of Arcadia
I don't care if it's not a classic give me a new Valkyria Chronicles Sega
Remasters/Remakes of SMT 1 & 2 since Sega owns Atlus now
Crazy Taxi

Please stop ignoring your RPGs Sega! PSO2 NGS is not the answer!

Re: Review: Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Key - A Perfect End To The Best Atelier Trilogy

Levantine

I'm so glad the game is good on switch I was worried the open zones would have bad performance.

I'll also throw my hat into the voice acting thing as someone whos the polar opposite and say I hate English voice acting for Japanese games, so if Atelier never gets English VA I wouldn't blink an eye. I've only ever played JP games and watched anime subtitles with their original JP audio since the 2000s when games started to actually include the JP audio with them, and actually returned games (Tales of Xillia is a good example) because I couldn't stand the English voices in them for more than 10 minutes.

Re: Video: Check Out This New Fire Emblem Engage Nintendo Switch Gameplay

Levantine

I didn't like Three Houses much, mainly due to the school setting for half the game feeling like an absolute drag. I do not care about school lectures in a SRPG, but the actual gameplay was as good as any other FE. At least it didnt have the awkward dating mechanics of Fates lol. Engage is looking way more promising for what I'm looking for in a FE game.

Re: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection Launches On Switch Spring 2023

Levantine

@RushDawg Totally fair to be upset about the physical version. I agree with that.

@msvt What does only having one console have to do with the pricing? Some people only use steam and the games are still $75 total. If they were exclusive to ps5 they would still be $75. This is Squeenix we are talking about here. They will squeeze any penny possible.