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Gaming => General Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Sega Uranus on February 14, 2010, 01:26:15 am
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New trailer!
[youtube:13eg4zie]9UUL_MhA8MA[/youtube:13eg4zie]
I know a lot of you have been curious about the series for quite some time now, and it is coming late next month, so not much longer now. It will be released on PlayStation 2 for $40 with an art book and on Wii for $30 (and has a way better boxart).
I never actually played this one in the series, but if you want to know anything I will see if I can answer the question. I think Storm will be able to help out more, though!
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I've never played any of them. Where do I start? Can I start with this one?
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Might as well start with this one unless you can read Japanese. It is a stand alone release, so you do not really need to learn much to understand the universe, I assume they will explain everything well. It has connections to the rest of the series, but almost all of the characters are new in this game.
EDIT: Looks like Wii owners can get the artbook for the same price as the PlayStation 2 if they order from this site: http://rosenqueen.com/product.php?produ ... t=0&page=1 (http://rosenqueen.com/product.php?productid=16331&cat=0&page=1)
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The PS2 version comes with a second disc that has the Japanese voice track on it as a bonus.
I'm really looking forward to giving this series a go. I think I'll go with the PS2 version, even though it means I'll be buying a new PS2 to play it (my old one's broken).
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My PS3 plays PS2 games, so PS2 it is. I just hate turning on my Wii. I seriously only turn it on for SEGA games.
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Naka Yuji must burn in hell for killed my fav series :evil:
LOL! They have changed Rikaritta's name to Rosita!? LOLOL! She is the first latin america girl on the series. She is extremely annoying.
Koei Tecmo is handling the game? How much Sega will earn with this? This game was also the last game from Ohba at Sega... :|
Too bad you there are getting the worst one on the series :lol:
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Here's an image of the PS2 Premium Pack:
(http://http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/bonus/Sakura_premium_pakLG.jpg)
Looks like the outer case will be different art from the game case, which looks to be in a cardboard sleeve.
I'm totally getting this, even if I only play halfway through it. I have to be able to say that I played a Sakura Taisen game in my lifetime.
And hey! Print out a high rez Sega logo and place it over the NIS logo. ;)
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The "special version" for the original Japanese version: SHOW TIME BOX.
(http://http://game.sakura-taisen.com/img/pack/ps2_05-1st.jpg)
And the regular package design:
(http://http://game.sakura-taisen.com/img/pack/ps2_05-s.jpg)
The charcter designer is also famous for work on the Tales of~ series...
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The charcter designer is also famous for work on the Tales of~ series...
So basically it's meant to look like a Namco game? :lol:
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It means that Sega have to pay more and more royalties to others, making the series unviable to produce now.
He does the characters creation, design the package art and a bit more, but the designs inside the game are drawn by another artist. The digital colors ones are drawn by a different artist.
Sega have to pay Studio I.G. for the CGs and animations, Tanaka Kouhei for the sounds, Red for the production and the character designer for the characters... that's why Naka Yuji was not happy with the series.
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Neither would I, especially with a series that is declining in sales and probably a series that would never ever make it big in regions outside of Japan. That's a good business decision if you ask me. Seems to be blog down with so much little point in trying to keep it alive.
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Eh, I'm not really into dating sims with generic Anime rubbish characters, I might give it a miss.
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Eh, I'm not really into dating sims with generic Anime rubbish characters, I might give it a miss.
:|
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Eh, I'm not really into dating sims with generic Anime rubbish characters, I might give it a miss.
The "Dating" is only based on how much your team and your enemies see you. It is the exact same thing as being good and evil in other games except more varied.
Unless you were joking, in which case, jokes on me!
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Unless you were joking, in which case, jokes on me!
Pretty sure he was serious of the generic anime rubbish characters bit though.
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Its a shame that the worst one in the main series is the one being brought over. Wouldn't it have been wiser to bring over the first four on Windows?
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Its a shame that the worst one in the main series is the one being brought over. Wouldn't it have been wiser to bring over the first four on Windows?
Like... on the PC? But then it wouldn't be a console game (and who would play it?). I'd preferred that they released the Sakura Taisen Complete Box for the Dreamcast way back when. 10 GD-ROMs is drool worthy.
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Its a shame that the worst one in the main series is the one being brought over. Wouldn't it have been wiser to bring over the first four on Windows?
They might do that if this sells good enough. It would probably be fairly cheap considering they could just hire a specific cast for all of the games and just get it over with.
But I am entirely certain they picked this one up over the others because it is an independent release from the rest of the series. So if it is a failure you do not have your fans complaining about a cliff hanger.
I do not mind, this is the only one in the series I never got to play, so woo.
Unless you were joking, in which case, jokes on me!
Pretty sure he was serious of the generic anime rubbish characters bit though.
That cannot be the case, he told me he is interested in Valkyria!
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Unless you were joking, in which case, jokes on me!
Pretty sure he was serious of the generic anime rubbish characters bit though.
That cannot be the case, he told me he is interested in Valkyria!
(http://http://sjending.webs.com/orson-clapping.gif)
Touché good sir.
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Its a shame that the worst one in the main series is the one being brought over. Wouldn't it have been wiser to bring over the first four on Windows?
Like... on the PC? But then it wouldn't be a console game (and who would play it?). I'd preferred that they released the Sakura Taisen Complete Box for the Dreamcast way back when. 10 GD-ROMs is drool worthy.
Who will play it anyway but fans of the series? And they're all already on Windows, so it wouldn't be too difficult. Who doesn't have a PC?
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That cannot be the case, he told me he is interested in Valkyria!
While both games look very similar, Valkryia at least has an under-utilised setting, and a cool filter/engine to work with. I just hate what Sakura Tension is doing to the fanbase.
The art style is not interesting at all, even if it had a filter it goes through, the actual character designs are generic anime stuff outside of a select few of characters. Not everyone is going to hate that, but I like it when people try to make their games stand out. Some argue Skies of Arcadia's art is similar, but most of the humans in that still stand out (a good example is De Loco) if not just for their outfits, the world art, monster art and even ship and building art are all at least creative, while in Sakura all of the characters look similar or have the same builds. The majority of the characters share the same bodies with a custom head, lazy design IMO.
The gameplay is not really new, not that it makes it bad because I like it when games stick to tried and true gameplay styles, but in here the developers could not make up their mind and it becomes some kind of malformed half turn based half DATING game. The characters can flirt you while you move around... I do not see why anyone would think that is a good idea. When a character dies they leave the game forever unless they have something to do with the story. COOL, I will just restart the whole mission now because I liked that character or literally have to because I will need him or her for future battles.
The music is not really bad just... girly. It all fits I guess, just does not feel right for a SEGA game and the vocal stuff is like Special Friends quality.
SEGA fans treating the franchise like some kind of golden child just pisses me off way more... A sequel, a set of figurines and toys, a whole cartoon, a constant stream of DLC, updates on all of their blogs about the franchise every fucking week and more. Where is this kind of love for Virtua Fighter? The House of the Dead? Streets of Rage? Those were way more profitable and are loved by way more people. It is games like this that I think are helping make SEGA lose it's image they have kept since the early 80s, and I do not like how it looks.
*Cough* (http://http://seganerds.thekartel.com/go/thread/view/87386/21081974/What_games_cant_you_understand_the_hate_or_love_for&post_num=23#362745878)
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Hey Mang, all that stuff held up for Valkyria like I originally said, but not Sakura Taisen! At least, nowhere near as much.
:x
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One week til release! I have little interest, and yet the idea of the special edition box tempts me!
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I am probably gonna opt for the PS2 version for the lovely package...
I don't want that nasty Wii version :(
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I've got the PS2 version pre-ordered at EB Games.
I read a review of the Wii version in that Nintendo Power with the writeup on Sonic 4, and they basically said that the controls would be better on the PS2 because of some sections that were designed for a dual analogue setup.