Who is going to take the first plunge on Soldner X?

battlegorge · Post by **battlegorge** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:50 am

lol shoe-samas

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:18 am

Well, since my thread was locked, I just wanted to point out that there is an image of the complete box up on PA. So you can get a better idea of what the package contains. That's all!

Best,
Rafael

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:07 am

JoshF wrote:Giant particle effects = "We don't know how to make games."

lolling quite a bit with this comment

only too true

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:24 pm

Update: The PC version of the game is available to preorder via Play Asia already as you know, but now there are a few music previews on that page. Scroll down to the OST tracklist and have a listen, I hope you enjoy them and that it gives you an idea of the music feel, I would tend to think it's my most involving work yet. I think if you enjoyed LH, you should enjoy this as well. Well, here's hoping at least.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-7s- ... -255r.html

Also, check out the specs (sceen modes etc.)

All the best,

Rafael

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:32 pm

@soniq-man

Package looks nice. Still think a demo wouldn't hurt

nlen83 · Post by **nlen83** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:37 am

I took the plunge a few days ago. I'm really scared.

I figured that it would at least run at full blown sex on my PC in 16:10 with everything maxed out. Please don't let me be screwed!

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:37 pm

Nah. I don't think this is going to turn into another Broken Thunder debacle. The game looks considerably better graphically, and the music sounds nice too. That already puts this beast a couple steps ahead

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:51 pm

No demo, no buy. That is my personal rule number 1 for doujin games and games by unknown developers (which Last Hope forced me to instate). The second rule is: Don't fall for "Limited Editions" of doujin games. Everybody and their dog is making LEs nowadays.

PS.
So they want us to preorder and don't even show gameplay videos? LOL-erific.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:11 am

isnt there a gameplay video on the site cause im pretty sure i saw one

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:25 am

Ceph wrote:No demo, no buy. That is my personal rule number 1 for doujin games and games by unknown developers (which Last Hope forced me to instate). The second rule is: Don't fall for "Limited Editions" of doujin games. Everybody and their dog is making LEs nowadays.

PS.
So they want us to preorder and don't even show gameplay videos? LOL-erific.

http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:29 am

My bad, I'll have a look later. Nonetheless, rule No. 1.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:09 am

And the game gets it's first push back. It's gone from Nov. 30th, to Dec. 14th.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:28 pm

The Coop wrote: The game looks considerably better graphically, and the music sounds nice too. That already puts this beast a couple steps ahead

If there was one thing that was NOT wrong with broken thunder in the slighthest... it was the music department. And with all respect to soniq-man and noting that I like the samples so far, I doubt this will top BT in that department.

The Coop wrote:And the game gets it's first push back. It's gone from Nov. 30th, to Dec. 14th.

damn...

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:40 pm

I have a different rule. I only buy games for which no information is available anywhere. The less the better in this case -- games with trailers (let alone reviews) are a no-no, and games which I can actually click on a link, download and play I wouldn't even dream of spending money on.

And the search for the obscure continues!

koda · Post by **koda** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:44 am

Packaging looks pretty attractive. I don't have enough money for a blindbuy like this, though. Maybe after it gets into a few peoples' hands and some impressions start making the rounds....

Soniq: Excellent tunes there. What do you do your composition in?

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:15 pm

koda wrote: Soniq: Excellent tunes there. What do you do your composition in?

Glad you like them, I use my trusty project studio set up, that has cost me some 10 years of collecting hardware and software.

Sequencing is done on a Mac and Cubase, most sounds are true hardware synths, but I also allocate some tracks to software and sample players. As for the compositions themselves, it's no secret that I was raised on Hülsbeck, demo scene composers -- and ironically shoot-'em-up-music-steroids.

Blame my father, whose biggest influence on my life was clearly buying me that C64 when I was 14.

Rafael

koda · Post by **koda** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:32 am

soniq-man wrote:
koda wrote: Soniq: Excellent tunes there. What do you do your composition in?
Glad you like them, I use my trusty project studio set up, that has cost me some 10 years of collecting hardware and software. Sequencing is done on a Mac and Cubase, most sounds are true hardware synths, but I also allocate some tracks to software and sample players. As for the compositions themselves, it's no secret that I was raised on Hülsbeck, demo scene composers -- and ironically shoot-'em-up-music-steroids.

Blame my father, whose biggest influence on my life was clearly buying me that C64 when I was 14.

Rafael

I knew I sensed some demoscene influence in this music. Do you have any pure SID tracks? I'd be quite interested in listening.

To anything you have that's not commercial product, for that matter.

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:32 am

No SIDs I'm afraid, but you can find a few Amiga modules over at Amiga Music Preservation
http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?detai ... &view=9712
They have dug up some mods from somewhere, heck I don't even have them any more (I do have some DAT tapes with these recordings though). One or two I'm actually even happy with today, in particular Club Atmo and Mellow World, quite jazzy stuff for me. Fact fans: the Deliverance mod melody ended up some 15 years later in the second part of the 1st level in Last Hope (only th extnded version though, you can only hear it in the OST).

Ah, those were the days.

Rafael

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:00 pm

There's an update now on the Söldner-X.com site for more convenience:

Package contents:
http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... emid=1[url]

... and a second movie, this time not a trailer, but some gameplay footage:

http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... 9&Itemid=1[/url]

All the best,

Rafael

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:57 pm

soniq-man wrote:There's an update now on the Söldner-X.com site for more convenience:

Package contents:
http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... emid=1[url]

... and a second movie, this time not a trailer, but some gameplay footage:

http://www.soldner-x.com/index.php?opti ... 9&Itemid=1[/url]

All the best,

Rafael

That looks awesome!!

The music's good, too! Can you confirm when, and in what regions, this is getting a PS3 release??

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:28 pm

Ordered

rtw

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:32 am

dave4shmups wrote: That looks awesome!! The music's good, too! Can you confirm when, and in what regions, this is getting a PS3 release??

According to the site

it will not be before Q2 2008. Regions are not disclosed yet. Also, remember that only the first print PC version will have the goodies, embossed black packaging, serial number certificate, artbook, soundtrack audio CD, etc. Sidequest is working on the PSN version though.

Rafael

ArcticXC · Post by **ArcticXC** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:57 pm

soniq-man wrote: http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?detai ... &view=9712

Haha wow.. you mentioned Tip and Mantronix in an interview there which totally made my day. Crystal Symphonies 2 was awesome, and I have much love for Yummy Gap.

koda · Post by **koda** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:39 pm

How many copies are being made of that first-print LE, do you know?

I'm trying to scrape together fifty bucks.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:43 pm

koda wrote:How many copies are being made of that first-print LE, do you know?

I'm trying to scrape together fifty bucks.

3,000.

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:25 pm

ArcticXC wrote: Haha wow.. you mentioned Tip and Mantronix in an interview there which totally made my day. Crystal Symphonies 2 was awesome, and I have much love for Yummy Gap.

Weird. This interview is about 5-6 years old. I think, not sure. I remember vaguely being asked to asnwer these questions. Funny to see that now.

Yes, Yummy Gap was great, I loved the electronic/pop influences in their tracks. Lizardking was another favourite. Excellent themes, less effect stuff.

Best,

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:30 pm

Rafael, your music is cool!

Too bad that the game appears to be glutted with particle effects. You should have shown this thread to the devs while there was still time to address this problem...

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:27 am

Ceph wrote:Rafael, your music is cool!

Seconded. Will it be possible to buy the OST without buying the game?

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:45 am

the musics ace!

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:35 pm

New gameplay trailer is out, I am looking forward to play the PS3 version. (That's why I didn't get the PC version and it also help me see if the game really turns out to be good)