Yeah, Valis 1, but also I believe these games use the Japanese vocals with subtitles, as opposed to the TG-16 voice acting.mamboFoxtrot wrote:Yeah, kinda odd they wouldn't just make it a Complete PC Engine Anthology
They do mention "a new English localization", which I'm guessing is just for Valis 1 here since 2 & 3 already had English versions; so, maybe they just didn't want to bother localizing 4 yet? Who knows :V
Have you played the SNES Valis IV? I remember it being pretty easy and getting through it in a weekend.EmperorIng wrote:Valis IV kind of broke me with how bad and cheap its stage design was, Valis games all have that problem (the Reiko fight in Valis 1 on the Genesis is almost entire down to luck and practically unwinnable at low power, the Rogles fight in PCE CD Valis 1 is practically unwinnable at low power, the river ruins section of Valis III).
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That's just the collector's edition. The standard version is $40:drauch wrote:I like this series a lot, but no doubt they have their problems. Cool that it's getting any sort of release in the first place, but hollllly god, 90 bucks is bonkers.
IIRC the version of Valis I played was III on the PCECD and the level design killed me as well. The levels were unecessarily long. And after a slog of a level you had to fight a hit sponge of a boss. Played it for a bit then said forget this. The saving grace was the soundtrack, but it had that issue that a lot of PCECD games have where the music volume is way too low.EmperorIng wrote:Valis IV kind of broke me with how bad and cheap its stage design was, Valis games all have that problem (the Reiko fight in Valis 1 on the Genesis is almost entire down to luck and practically unwinnable at low power, the Rogles fight in PCE CD Valis 1 is practically unwinnable at low power, the river ruins section of Valis III). But every stage of valis iv is just a kick to the nuts with enemies cheap-shotting you. Drove me mad and I could never muster the energy to do my big write-up in my linked PCE CD thread.
I would have of course included it for completion's sake, but it's a real loss not to have the superior home-computer Valis II, particularly the X68000 version. Don't get me wrong, it plays like ass and has some of the worst i-frame (or lack thereof) and jump controls I have seen in a game, but the game has got STYLE man. Play the fan translation and get immersed in a grimy, grim, unpleasant little story with lots of edge. The PC Engine version of II is so neutered in comparison, considering it was their first attempt at a CD game and barely off the 8bit days.
...I dunno if this is the version of IV to get. I did pick up a copy of the SFC version of IV again...my rosey memories of it did not hold up. It's not terrible, I dunno if the stages are the same as the PCE version, but I thought they were just bland and utterly uninspired. Like the 2nd level has you running through massive expanses of nothing, just copy-pasted greco-roman pillar tilesets.EmperorIng wrote:Valis IV kind of broke me with how bad and cheap its stage design was
The entire series was about milking the protagonist/magical-girl setting.Sima Tuna wrote:Maybe they could try actually making a good Valis game before attempting to milk the franchise.
Here, Retrocore compared them all (except FM7, hopefully you don't do all your gaming on an entry level 8-bit pc from 1982), take your pick:Air Master Burst wrote:Is there a consensus "best" Valis I should be trying?
heli wrote:Why is milestone director in prison ?, are his game to difficult ?
Yeah, that's pretty much the conclusion he reaches in the video. I haven't played it yet, so I didn't want to interject anything myself.EmperorIng wrote:That video is fun. For me the best version is far and away the PCE CD version. The genesis version has a kickin' soundtrack but it plays like shit unfortunately, and I beat it.
LRG's site only says Languages Supported: English, but that could easily be a generic placeholder so I dunno. I can't even find an announcement of any Western release for it at all, aside from LRG. It looks like someone did ask LRG if the games were translated on Twitter on Friday, but they haven't answered yet.pablumatic wrote:Is that LRG Valis IV PC-Engine release translated? I'm guessing not since there's been no mention of that anywhere.
Nor anyone named Syd. Their rationale was making it an acronym for Super Yuko Deformed, and then used only that name on screen, all of which is less comprehensible than if they just did nothing.BrianC wrote: Cosmic Fantasy characters that are nowhere to be seen
At least the dumb Syd thing was in game. The US box art had nothing to do with the game (especially since it's from a different game), aside from Yuko and the characters being SD.Sengoku Strider wrote:Nor anyone named Syd. Their rationale was making it an acronym for Super Yuko Deformed, and then used only that name on screen, all of which is less comprehensible than if they just did nothing.BrianC wrote: Cosmic Fantasy characters that are nowhere to be seen
