Ginga Force & Eschatos Wonder Pack (June 13)

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Re: Ginga Force & Eschatos Wonder Pack (June 13)

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Well, my Wonder Pack was waiting for me in the mail this morning. I'm still not terribly sure why I bought it since I own the two original releases. Kind of overkill. Anyway, I just popped both of the game disks into my US 360, and, like the original releases, both disks are region-free.
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GrantWindsor wrote:Well, my Wonder Pack was waiting for me in the mail this morning. I'm still not terribly sure why I bought it since I own the two original releases. Kind of overkill. Anyway, I just popped both of the game disks into my US 360, and, like the original releases, both disks are region-free.
Well, gonna order it on monday... this game(s) deserve's to be bought and spent money on.
Thanks for confirming though!! :D
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Thanks. Been meaning to pick up Ginga Force, might as well just get both at once.
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Well, at least that solves that both games work the same as they did originally, lol. :3
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Is the Eschatos Wonder Price version region-free? Ginga Force looks cool, but I'd rather just get Eschatos.
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Any and all of Qute's 360 Games are Reigon-Free, so don't worry about it. ;)
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dave4shmups wrote:Is the Eschatos Wonder Price version region-free? Ginga Force looks cool, but I'd rather just get Eschatos.
I have it for my US 360. It's not only region free, but it still has the Judgement Silversword games too.
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dave4shmups wrote:Is the Eschatos Wonder Price version region-free? Ginga Force looks cool, but I'd rather just get Eschatos.
I don't feel like I'm likely to convince anybody to drop extra monies, but Eschatos and Ginga Force are both absolutely amazing, groundbreaking shooters that deserve all the love in the world. Qute's pretty much at the top of my list of developers to watch right now.
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Special World wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:Is the Eschatos Wonder Price version region-free? Ginga Force looks cool, but I'd rather just get Eschatos.
I don't feel like I'm likely to convince anybody to drop extra monies, but Eschatos and Ginga Force are both absolutely amazing, groundbreaking shooters that deserve all the love in the world. Qute's pretty much at the top of my list of developers to watch right now.
I believe you, but I just don't want to spend the money right now. Thanks to all who gave me the information on the Wonder Price version of Eschatos! :D Play Asia's site just had a question mark on the subject.
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I plan to get Ginga Force eventually, but the problem I have is that the Wonder Pack with both games is priced similar to getting Ginga Force by itself. I already have Eschatos and just want to get Ginga Force by itself.
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BrianC wrote:I plan to get Ginga Force eventually, but the problem I have is that the Wonder Pack with both games is priced similar to getting Ginga Force by itself. I already have Eschatos and just want to get Ginga Force by itself.
Why dont you put the eschatos up for sale, and get the wonder price pack... even if you get half the price back, you will be spending 3/4 of what you would have to pay for the individual games to get the pack.
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nasty_wolverine wrote:
BrianC wrote:I plan to get Ginga Force eventually, but the problem I have is that the Wonder Pack with both games is priced similar to getting Ginga Force by itself. I already have Eschatos and just want to get Ginga Force by itself.
Why dont you put the eschatos up for sale, and get the wonder price pack... even if you get half the price back, you will be spending 3/4 of what you would have to pay for the individual games to get the pack.
Thanks, but I'll just wait and see for now. Not to mention that there's other stuff I plan to get like Saidaioujou and Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets too.
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Eshatos on Sale for $30 USD on Play-Asia. Please use the STG Weekly affiliate link and buy this game!!

http://www.play-asia.com/eschatos-wonde ... -4ojt.html
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Aquas wrote:Eshatos on Sale for $30 USD on Play-Asia. Please use the STG Weekly affiliate link and buy this game!!

http://www.play-asia.com/eschatos-wonde ... -4ojt.html
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Wrote a review on Eschatos at HonestGamers. For anyone who still doesn't know much about this game. I try to sum it up. Sorry if the review is a little plain, I'm getting back into writing them with this.
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Hi there,
I plan to get Ginga Force/Eschatos Wonder Pack. Is Judgment Silversword included ? Thanks!
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Yes, it's on the Eschatos disc along with Cardinal Sins.
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honestly I'd say these two games are some of the greatest hidden treasure this gen

like pretty much tip top of the scrolling shooter heap, right under mushi futari black for me
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I want to get them so bad, but that price...
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Ginga Force and Eschatos are great.
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Yeah these games are incredible.
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If anybody's still on the fence about these games, here's my review of Ginga Force: http://catstronaut.wordpress.com/2013/0 ... nga-force/

And here's another article in which I praise Eschatos: http://catstronaut.wordpress.com/2012/1 ... -shooters/

Seriously can't give these games enough love. Taking a chance on Eschatos is one of the best gaming decisions I've ever made. These games are the real deal.
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Thanks @all

Buy this game yesterday @solarisjapan . Hope I can start to play next week. I´m very excited :D
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Finally got Ginga Force. I'm liking it so far.
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I caved in and bought this yesterday, most expensive game I ever bought. I'm really looking forward to play it. Which one should I try first by the way?
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Eschatos is a very 'pure' shooting experience. Incredible music & gameplay. I'd try that first.

Ginga Force builds off the main gameplay components of Eschatos with some unique RPG-ish elements such as weapon/shield leveling & customization.

Eschatos also has a tate mode whereas Ginga Force is vertizontal, so that may affect which game you dive into first. Have fun!
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I'm borrowing Ginga Force to a friend and she's digging it as a shmup novice. So far she beat the first 2 stages on easy. I'm hype to see her get through it.. hehe.
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Since there was no unboxing video of this on youtube, I made my own. Sorry for the shaky camera but filming this was trickier than I thought. D:
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Did we ever establish whether the wonder price Ginga Force was region free?
According to Play Asia it aint, but I know they're a bit cagey about listing that kinda thing.
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Stevas wrote:Did we ever establish whether the wonder price Ginga Force was region free?
According to Play Asia it aint, but I know they're a bit cagey about listing that kinda thing.
http://www.play-asia.com/ginga-force-wo ... -7lix.html
Play-Asia has it listed as "untested", which is what the "?" signifies. If it was confirmed locked, the "?" would have been replaced with a red circle with a horizontal white line going through it.
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