New Neo-Geo shmup -- Last Hope [also for DC]

RHE · Post by **RHE** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:41 pm

Who will be selling the game inside the EU?

Retailers who are going to take preorders will announce that by themselves.

the allett · Post by **the allett** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:05 pm

Go to www.Games-dojo.com

Bloody ace retailer, very reliable and great friendly service!! They have it in the Pre-order section on the site £45!!

I've been using them for years and they never let me down ;D

If you are unsure about using the site then give them a call and speak to mass he's a very helpful guy!!

Hope this helps

mark

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:14 pm

the allett wrote:Go to www.Games-dojo.com

Bloody ace retailer, very reliable and great friendly service!! They have it in the Pre-order section on the site £45!!

Nice, and at only slightly more than twice the price Play-Asia is asking ($39.99 = £20.90). Seems you discovered a real bargain there

EDIT: typo corrected

the allett · Post by **the allett** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:53 pm

glad i was of help

nem · Post by **nem** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:48 pm

I got a Last Hope flyer today. It came with my other stuff from Play-Asia.

What's odd though, is that the flyer has preorder voucher on the other side that's not useable at Play-Asia. Instead it can be used at Van Basilco.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:09 pm

I wonder if NCSX will have it for preorder. I went thru them for my copy of Under Defeat.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:02 pm

Play-asia have the DC version down as a Jan 2007 release now. My recent orders from them have been delivered with a cool Last Hope sticker too

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:26 pm

This game is bloody terrible.

Don't waste your money,men.

B-

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:04 pm

Care to elaborate?

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:07 pm

BIG wrote:This game is bloody terrible.

Don't waste your money,men.

B-

please explain why ... cuz, im interested on gettin one copy for my DC... and i dont want my money go to waste.

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:54 pm

Well,let me start by saying that Last Hope looks and plays like shit.

I mean,I've played homebrew games that are much,much better than Last Hope....and that alone speak volumes.

Trust me on this. DO NOT waste your money on this game.

B-

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:20 am

Great review, BIG. Really insightful. I guess everybody now knows exactly whether or not this game will suit his or her taste. You should become a video game journalist.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:28 am

BIG wrote:Well,let me start by saying that Last Hope looks and plays like shit.

I mean,I've played homebrew games that are much,much better than Last Hope....and that alone speak volumes.

Trust me on this. DO NOT waste your money on this game.

B-

What does it play like? What other games would you say are shit? What games would you say are NOT shit?

I know what I like and dislike and need to compare your tastes to my own as "It plays like shit" isn't thorough enough.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:21 am

I think its fairly obvious that we need to wait until a user or two intrepid enough (and more serious) to order the game on faith to post their detailed impressions. Based on the videos, I don't think the game could be all that bad--provided that you like hori-scrollers with what looks to be an R-Type-like theme.

If a few serious posts come up indicating that its somewhat decent, I might spring for it through NCSX.

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:34 am

Heh,this game suck so hard I don't even know where to begin.

I've played just about every shmup there is,and believe me,I know a good shmup when I see one...and Last Hope isn't one of them.

Last Hope is more like 'Hopeless'.

Go ahead and buy the game,you'll see what I mean.

B-

icepick · Post by **icepick** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:35 am

BIG wrote:Heh,this game suck so hard I don't even know where to begin.

Maybe you could pick one of the things that bothers you about it, and start from there? Any beginning would be better than no beginning.

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:27 pm

I played the Neogeo one for about 10 mins (it was at a gaming meet) it was good fun for the 3 goes I had, its very hard, but not unfair. Appar the DC oe has had some playability fixes.

As to the GFX, it looked really sweet for a neo geo game compared to all of the comercial games that I have played on it (pulstar etc).

Again, I didnt play it enough to say if its great or not, but its got me interested enough to ensure I have pre-ordered the DC one.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:50 pm

Well, I just preordered the Dreamcast port today. I can't wait to try it out. It's supposed to be release sometime in January. Anyone know the exact date?

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:53 am

I just got a mail from Play-Asia that they will be selling the Limited Edition.
They write they are the only one that's selling them and there will be only 500 copy's.

Get it here

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:09 am

Michaelm wrote:I just got a mail from Play-Asia that they will be selling the Limited Edition.
They write they are the only one that's selling them and there will be only 500 copy's.

Get it here

Already canceled the regular edition and replaced it with the Limited Edition hours ago.

Varuna · Post by **Varuna** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:14 am

Michaelm wrote:I just got a mail from Play-Asia that they will be selling the Limited Edition.
They write they are the only one that's selling them and there will be only 500 copy's.

Get it here

Play-Asia has already sold out of the limited edition version! I got lucky and snagged a copy only hours before they disappeared.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:32 am

BIG wrote:I've played just about every shmup there is

Sure you have. *pats head*

Pre-ordered mine. Was thinking about Trigger Heart as well, but the reviews weren't so crash hot.

Looking forward to getting this, and seeing what else these kids can come up with in the future.

Jeffrey · Post by **Jeffrey** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:53 am

I ordered Last Hope LE last week. Will post impressions when it arrives. Thanks for the links and heads up.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:09 am

Damnit. I missed out on the LE version by one day. It might've even been a few hours or so, because I went to preorder a copy yesterday around 6:00 or 7:00 pm, and it was already sold out. I'm fine with the normal version. But I hope the soundtrack is released on CD.

By the way, doesn't anybody know what the official release date is? Jesus Christ!

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:38 am

elvis wrote:
BIG wrote:I've played just about every shmup there is
Sure you have. *pats head*

Pre-ordered mine. Was thinking about Trigger Heart as well, but the reviews weren't so crash hot.

Looking forward to getting this, and seeing what else these kids can come up with in the future.

You passed on Trigger Heart in favor of this POS?

Good going,champ.

B-

bVork · Post by **bVork** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:45 am

People might heed your remarks if you chose to describe your issues with the game.

By the way, how about putting spaces after your commas?

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:28 am

bVork wrote:People might heed your remarks if you chose to describe your issues with the game.

Don't be silly. It's far more fun to cast throw-away one-liner statements in a sad attempt to troll/derail a thread than it is to actually post constructive and useful comments that help the community at large.

I mean, who wouldn't believe the one man on earth who's actually played EVERY SINGLE SHMUP THERE IS? Please, in future don't doubt such greatness.

All sarcasm aside, BIG I invite you to do an actual review of the game. If I had a dollar every time someone on a forum offered "advice" that constituted the equivalent of "buy this it rocks" or "don't buy this it sucks", I would be very wealthy. I also would have not bought a great deal of very entertaining games, remembering that taste is and always will be subjective.

If you have genuine comments to pass on about the game, please put them out there with specifics. So far the grand totality of your comments amount to "I don't like it", which honestly doesn't count for much. Plenty of folks here hate games I like.

Long story short: you are invited to post something constructive and detailed. Not another two-liner "I hated it" post, please.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:27 am

The only difference is that the limited edition contains the soundtrack, right?

How much was the LE at play asia?

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:16 pm

Ceph wrote:The only difference is that the limited edition contains the soundtrack, right?

How much was the LE at play asia?

It was about £30, I got my pre-order just in time.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:15 pm

Play-Asia was lying, btw. They are NOT the only ones selling the Limited Ediition. The German online shop that is selling Last Hope also has it, for €49,95 (=£33,97).

http://www.vanbasilco.com/shop

They still have some left; I just pre-ordered there.

If you are in Europe I strongly suggest you buy it there to avoid expensive shipping and import tax which you WILL almost certainly have to pay when buying at Pay-Asia.