Slowdown has been mostly eliminated -- this plagued the Japanese version and a heck of a lot of other PSP titles as well. We know the game has been fully voiced now, but we're kind of disappointed to see the introspective text on a black background get removed. How else will we know Ramza's innermost thoughts and feelings? An issue still remaining is the so-called "flattening" of the musical score, but we can probably get over that.
New features we'll at least mention are the multiplayer aspects where you can face off against a buddy or team up and explore special dungeons with set missions. These are ad-hoc only; no wireless online fun. Two new characters are made available to us: Luso from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 and Balthier from Final Fantasy XII. Don't ask how. Two new classes, Dark Knight and Onion Knight, are also available. The most important change is the complete re-translation of the text. It now sounds like something straight out of Vagrant Story or Final Fantasy XII, as it should. We can't wait to play one of our favorite classics again, especially since it sounds like the experience has been fleshed out into an almost completely new game.
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8-25-2007 @ 4:24PM
Peronthious said...
No...wireless...online. ffs. You'd think it would come standard with SRPGs; both D&D tactics and Jeanne d'Arc scream for it, and Field Commander nailed it on the head, though load times still bogged that game down overall. Ad-hoc is great, but for PSP owners like me who don't know anyone else with a PSP, it's next to useless and confines our multiplayer experience to haggling with the numerous internet tunneling options that are available (XLink, etc.). Developers can always play the price card, and sure it's expensive to run a server, but that doesn't change the fact that Infrastructure play would make these games so much better.
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8-25-2007 @ 10:05PM
Roundhouse Dude said...
Did Square-Enix announce their release of this title?
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8-26-2007 @ 1:47AM
Kouta said...
I don't see how online play would work. Battling against other people's parties? Luminous Arc has that, not really all that fun.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:55AM
Overgauss said...
Perfect. Now I will buy TWO psp's once they add Hard Drives to them.
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8-26-2007 @ 11:24PM
Shortt Sirket said...
Vagrant Story, now there is a game I would kill a puppy to play on the PSP. One of the best RPGs I have ever played, and Square never did anything else for it. It really is a shame.
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8-27-2007 @ 10:16AM
Cheapshot said...
I'm playing Vagrant Story on my PSP right now, what of it? :p
Can't wait for this btw. Anyone know the release date?
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8-27-2007 @ 9:01PM
Shortt Sirket said...
CheapShot....I wish I could hate you to death. Naw, I am kidding, but I am curious how you are pulling that off.
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8-28-2007 @ 1:26PM
Cheapshot said...
It involves being a little naughty but if you're willing to kill a puppy I'm sure you're more than willing to try *hacked firmwares* to play the game on the PSPs in-built PSX emulator. Looks MUCH nicer on PSPs screen too.
I'll say no more since I don't really know pspfanboys stance on this kind of thing...
http://dl.qj.net/Firmwares-PSP-/catid/163
opps... XD
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8-28-2007 @ 1:30PM
Cheapshot said...
Oh and to prove I'm not lying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GKlD2q6fc
Have fun figuring it out yourself. XD
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