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

Matsunaga · Post by **Matsunaga** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:29 pm

It's confirmed for december 4, for $9.99.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:40 pm

I'll believe it when I see it.

Matsunaga · Post by **Matsunaga** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:43 pm

Me too, though it's an official press release.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:58 pm

They just managed to inspire that kind of confidence in all of us.

antron · Post by **antron** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:08 pm

everyone knows it is impossible to make a shmup for the PS3 becuse it is too difficult a platform to develop for. you know, sprites and all.

so this is BS

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:21 pm

Whatever made you so disbelieving that Sony will release it? Rest assured, the game is ready and done.

The OST is available from Synsoniq and Play-Asia for those interesetd.

Happy shmupping.

Rafael

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:41 pm

the soundtrack was amazing for last hope and this game has the same guy doing the music. is the soundtrack worth buying?

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:38 pm

lilmanjs wrote:the soundtrack was amazing for last hope and this game has the same guy doing the music. is the soundtrack worth buying?

Soniq-man is not allowed to answer that question...

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:52 pm

lilmanjs wrote:the soundtrack was amazing for last hope and this game has the same guy doing the music. is the soundtrack worth buying?

Of course it... oops. Sorry. Not allowed to answer that. It's probably ok, you know, some synth stuff, a little melody here and there, that kind of thing. Seems alright.

Rafael

handsome_rakshas · Post by **handsome_rakshas** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:31 am

I just picked it up off PSN and I'm loving it so far!

ali_710 · Post by **ali_710** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:49 am

amazing shmup

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:55 pm

Played this a bit more last night. Level 2 seriously kicked my ass though. Some minor quibbles;

Some things can blend into the background a little; e.g. the green insects against the jungle background in 1-1 and the red mines against the mainly red buildings in 1-2.

The stuff falling from the top of the screen (bombs in 1-2 and rocks in stage 2) can be a bit frustrating. The game is hard enough as it is without bombarding you from a different direction simultaneously. Maybe I just suck at those bits...

Sound effects seem a little weak apart from some of the mid-boss/boss explosions.

The dead ends in level 2 are a bit of a nuisance.

Other than that, it's a really fine effort. It looks waaaaay better than I was expecting and I like the chaining system. If you own a PS3, have $10 to spare and don't break into a rash over the thought of playing a non-Japanese shmup, then you should check it out.

ali_710 · Post by **ali_710** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:48 pm

you act like a kid, r-type is much more difficult than this one.

all these excuses about color blinding is bull shit, dont like it , go play something else like gradius. they are all Hori. if u dont know.

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:29 pm

ali_710 wrote:you act like a kid... blah blah etc...

Somebody is a bit touchy. I said that I liked the game and that these were 'minor' quibbles, i.e. they don't seriously affect my enjoyment of the game. I expect level 2 will get easier when I memorize the correct route and don't run into the dead ends.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:33 pm

I just bought the Soldner-X Collector's Edition from Play-asia.com cause it was cheap.

Wasn't worth even the thirty bucks. The soundtrack sucks and so does the game.

ali_710 · Post by **ali_710** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:39 pm

well, sorry for that. i love games like rtype and gradius but this game is a new game, and not japanese, lots of people crapping about it, its nor rtype or darius but it is a really good game and it is good to see some studio other than cave give us a goog game. no offense for cave .

Fudoh · Post by **Fudoh** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:00 pm

My PS3 version stopped working as of today. Probably some bug with the trophies update. Any ideas ? Similar experiences among you guys ?

soniq-man · Post by **soniq-man** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:25 pm

http://www.strikebang.com/showthread.php?t=5817

Rafael

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:32 pm

We recommend to backup all your savegame data and to reformat/initialize the system.

LOL

antron · Post by **antron** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:54 pm

looks lika a lot of people have problems with their harddiscs. good thing this game found the problems for everyone.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:59 pm

Uh ohhhhhhhh.

Fudoh · Post by **Fudoh** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:32 pm

Yeah, found the bug. You mustn't change your password or update your account in any other aspect. If you do it, your Trophy account will be killed and some of the Trophy games like Söldner-X and Motorstorm 2 won't load anymore.

I've created an offline account for the time being. Söldner-X works on this one and Sony's likely to fix the bug sooner or later.

Inkvisitor · Post by **Inkvisitor** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:09 pm

Fudoh wrote:You mustn't change your password or update your account in any other aspect.

what the heck? this sounds pretty serious. are there any other criteria for getting the bug?

Inkvisitor · Post by **Inkvisitor** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:05 am

Kotaku reported on this today, apparently a fix is coming in a patch:

An as-yet unexplained error related to PS3 Trophy synchronisation is breaking a number of games on the console.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=204492

So Sony has known about this bug since october and has done nothing to inform PS3 owners about it?

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