Future games?

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#141
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Even through Crowd just re-released Kyoushi just like they've re-released XC 1&2?

It's not easy to convince me that a re-release is worth the usual japanese prices. Kyoushi and Fukushuu(1) were released before XChange(1), so I simply assume they were even less refined back then regarding story and development. A re-release may contain some improvements on the technical side, but I have some doubts if they would go far enough to rework the entire story as well.


quote:
Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Besides, apart from the two one that will arrive in a matter of time, I can't think of any game you mentioned that you'd like to have...

Oh, ther ewas one, but I postponed it in favor of Saikyou and Deep 2.
However, if you have forgotten about that, it's allright. It has no high priority for me anyway...


quote:
Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
But maybe after a visit at mine or a couple of previews.. };>

A game that makes me change my mind in that matter has to be at least on par with Deep Fantasy, Utsukushii Hime and Darcrows, but favorably even on par with Dai Akuji. Now bring 'em on... ;ppp

#142
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Originally posted by perigee:
Now watch the stampede to stuff the ballot box for the dark side. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img]

No reason to worry.
Since Benoit's quoted status, the poll has only changed with four more votes:
Light and funny: +1
Serious story-driven: +1
A total sex romp: +1
Fairy tale: +1

So, no new boom for "Dark sory-driven" so far. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

But the votes for "A total sex romp" are indeed disturbing, especially since the second faction in size ("All of the above") at least partially may be counted into this one as well.

So, there go our hopes for further games like Crescendo... [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/frown.gif[/img]

#143
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Originally posted by Pierre:
my opinion is a little different than yours.
Firstly I think that crowd games are greats and I really apprecite the tittle that I had play (more than other compagines).

Hi there! Welcome to our playground! [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

I hope you didn't get the impression that all people here hate CROWD-games. That is not the case, just ceertain aspects. And in the X-Change-series the recurring rape-bus is one of the things that are hated here with a passion.

But on the other hand, you will find here a big majority who really likes Tokimeki CheckIn! very much and some like it perhaps even more than Snow Drop.


EDT:
I checked all the other pages that had info on Obbligato before, but even CROWD have put down their pages.
So, the only one remaining that I found is this one. It's only in japanese, but at least you (and everybody else) may get an idea what I mean by "unusual graphics style".

[This message has been edited by Unicorn (edited 08-11-2004).]

#144
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
... even if compared to OMnY?

I suppose so.
After all, it was released before X-Change(1). So, I wouldn't expect much more in terms of story than in XC(1).

#145

I think we all like Crowd’s Brave Soul as well.

#146

Thanks for yours acceuil.
And thanks Unicorn for your link.
After seeing all the game a will vote for:
1/Yin-Yang!
X-change it’s a great serie(no more comments).
2/How to!
I don’t see what the gameplay could be so, it it can be a good surprise or a big flop, but i’m sure that PP will make the good choise for for it.
3/Fukushuu-Ryoujoku no Yaiba
after the comment that I see on this forum I think that I will appreciate.

of course i wait X change 3 and Doushin impatiently.(be patient,be patient)

#147
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
EDT:
I checked all the other pages that had info on Obbligato before, but even CROWD have put down their pages.
So, the only one remaining that I found is this one. It's only in japanese, but at least you (and everybody else) may get an idea what I mean by "unusual graphics style".

[This message has been edited by Unicorn (edited 08-11-2004).]

That is an "unusual graphics style", but it seems to be one of those "good unusual styles" is this one of the game that might be possible to get for translation? What is the general plot, I tried translating the Japanese page and could not myself, and the translation program said something about a "frog betting against a rock".

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Originally posted by Pierre:
After seeing all the game a will vote for:
1/Yin-Yang!
X-change it's a great serie(no more comments). (...)

I know some people here such as Pierre, like the X-Change series and other then the rape bus and similar seens I have nothing major against it, but especially since this "new" game would be one of the if not the one right after XC3 I personally would rather something entirely different then XC3 meaning almost anything but the Yin-Yang game. Maybe sometime in the future, but not for the one right after XC3 since it would be similar.

From the Crowd games alone my first vote still would go to Miss You, though from sister companies well it has been said earlier in this thread.

[This message has been edited by SCDawg (edited 08-11-2004).]

#148
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Originally posted by SCDawg:
I know some people here such as Pierre, like the X-Change series and other then the rape bus and similar seens I have nothing major against it, but especially since this "new" game would be one of the if not the one right after XC3 I personally would rather something entirely different then XC3 meaning almost anything but the Yin-Yang game. Maybe sometime in the future, but not for the one right after XC3 since it would be similar.

From the Crowd games alone my first vote still would go to Miss You, though from sister companies well it has been said earlier in this thread.

[This message has been edited by SCDawg (edited 08-11-2004).]

Well, they wouldn't necressiary have to release YinYang directly after XC3. They could release things in soem roder like this: After LMM, Doushin comes and after that perhaps XC3. After that they could release Miss You as a "filler" between the games. Then after that they could release YinYang and FRnY... Sounds like a fairly good scenario to me, but the question is if it's possible. And how soon they could start work on other Crowd-games, then. After all, they seem to need at least one year to release a game...

#149
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
Oh, there was one, but I postponed it in favor of Saikyou and Deep 2.However, if you have forgotten about that, it's allright. It has no high priority for me anyway...

I see... well, if you're certain, then say so, since I was thinking of telling Hokustore quite soon what he should get for me next [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img].

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A game that makes me change my mind in that matter has to be at least on par with Deep Fantasy, Utsukushii Hime and Darcrows, but favorably even on par with Dai Akuji. Now bring 'em on... ;ppp

Ouch, you give me quite a challenge there... but that's alright, I'll see what I can do to convince you that the games (or at least some of them) I'm aiming to get the next few times are worth to get ;p.

#150
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Well, they wouldn't necressiary have to release YinYang directly after XC3. They could release things in soem roder like this: After LMM, Doushin comes and after that perhaps XC3. After that they could release Miss You as a "filler" between the games. Then after that they could release YinYang and FRnY... Sounds like a fairly good scenario to me, but the question is if it's possible. And how soon they could start work on other Crowd-games, then. After all, they seem to need at least one year to release a game...


I don't know who said it, I am not sure where it was said, but it was my understanding the order was something like LMM first, then likely Doushin but maybe Sakigake, yet with the understandable problems with that it is probably third, and last would be XC3. So I was basing my assumptions on that, still it seems far too similar to me and if they want a pattern (as G-Collections seems to have with a majority of slightly dark to very dark games being released), at least personally I would hope it would not be dark games or the gender change games where they find their pattern.

#151
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Originally posted by SCDawg:
What is the general plot, I tried translating the Japanese page and could not myself, and the translation program said something about a "frog betting against a rock".

[img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
What kind of translation engine was that?
However, you may get the first idea here and ask for more info later... [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
#152
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
I see... well, if you're certain, then say so, since I was thinking of telling Hokustore quite soon what he should get for me next [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img].

So.
Or probably rather: Sou desu yo!


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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Ouch, you give me quite a challenge there... but that's alright, I'll see what I can do to convince you that the games (or at least some of them) I'm aiming to get the next few times are worth to get ;p.

Hey, you already have two strong allies: Getchu and Hokusai, so I think this is an appropriate challenge. Also, I still try to avoid the dragon-hoard-effect and I don't see another reasonable method to counter it besides restricting my japanese purchases to a minimum.

#153

How much work has been done on Doushin? Unless it’s quite advanced, I would say that Gun Shield Warrior SAKIGAKE gets out first, since it was already near completion when Hobibox Europe went down.

#154

From things that have been said about Gun Shield Warrior SAKIGAKE I assumed that despite the fact it might be ahead in appearance there are troubles with Hobibox Europe going down that will make it the harder of the two to complete, so even if it is behind now Doushin could be done first.

#155
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
[img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
What kind of translation engine was that?
However, you may get the first idea here and ask for more info later... [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

I have no idea, I thought it was a good program, but it gives me a translation that sounds more like the title of some fable then anything close to what the plot must be for this game.

Thank you for that link, it actually sounds like a very interesting game and one that hopefully can someday be translated.

[This message has been edited by SCDawg (edited 08-12-2004).]

#156

why do i get this impression that benoit and spec almost always make the wrong assumptions?

sakigake isn’t nearly close to completion at the time we got sakigake from hobibox, it was translated but poorly translated aka hobibox style aka italian-english (much like lmm where it was horrible japanese-engrish), so we have to fix that first before we can do anything. the problem now is that the japanese company who developed sakigake is now gone and bankrupt so we will have to wing through the debug/technical aspect…so pray that we wont run into any crap

doushin, it’s all translated by my well-trusted collegue so i am pretty confident with it, but there is a huge techincal issue in the program that needs to be resolved and we have no idea how long it will take (we believe it’s not impossible to fix, but the programmer at crowd is a bit anal, if not lazy, on fixing it)

so currently, it’s a wild guess as to which one comes first because each has their own problems that we have to deal with right now. if doushin’s bug is solved, we will be crusing on that one. if we are lucky enough not to find any bugs with sakigake (remember that we dont have any techincal support or backup), then we will be crusing on that one

#157
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Originally posted by Lamuness:
so currently, it's a wild guess as to which one comes first because each has their own problems that we have to deal with right now. if doushin's bug is solved, we will be crusing on that one. if we are lucky enough not to find any bugs with sakigake (remember that we dont have any techincal support or backup), then we will be crusing on that one

In other words, calling one heads and one tails then tossing a coin in the air would be a great way to guess at this point, sounds like fun, seemingly, on the surface at least even money as to which could be first since each has it's own less then small problem, even if one sounds easier since help is theoretically available.

#158
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Originally posted by SCDawg:
I don't know who said it, I am not sure where it was said, but it was my understanding the order was something like LMM first, then likely Doushin but maybe Sakigake, yet with the understandable problems with that it is probably third, and last would be XC3. So I was basing my assumptions on that, still it seems far too similar to me and if they want a pattern (as G-Collections seems to have with a majority of slightly dark to very dark games being released), at least personally I would hope it would not be dark games or the gender change games where they find their pattern.

Oh, right! Sorry, I forgot that Sakigake is being worked on by PP, so that's why it wasn't included in my calculations...

Edit: BTW, if you need a good webtranslator for translating english into Japanese, then this one is good: http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/

[This message has been edited by Spectator Beholder (edited 08-12-2004).]

#159
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Originally posted by Unicorn:
Hey, you already have two strong allies: Getchu and Hokusai, so I think this is an appropriate challenge. Also, I still try to avoid the dragon-hoard-effect and I don't see another reasonable method to counter it besides restricting my japanese purchases to a minimum.

Oh, well, I suppose that int he light of recent envets that you mentioned inthe mail, it's wise to do tha tot you'll be so confused about what to paly next that you'll not dare to play anything at all ;p

#160
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Originally posted by Spectator Beholder:
Oh, right! Sorry, I forgot that Sakigake is being worked on by PP, so that's why it wasn't included in my calculations...

Edit: BTW, if you need a good webtranslator for translating english into Japanese, then this one is good: http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/

[This message has been edited by Spectator Beholder (edited 08-12-2004).]

Yes but I think I might have been wrong, because of what has recently been said with various 'problems' with both those games it's not sure if they will be one of the first or perhaps they will not be one of the next after LMM.

It's really up in the air from what Lamuness just said, though if I interpert it correct even if it might seem to be even money between those two the better chance is with Doushin since there is actually someone that can offer technical help if they stop being "anal, if not lazy, on fixing (the huge technical issue in the program)". So if this was Vegas I would still put my money down on Doushin being the first between it and Sakigake.

Ah thank you for that program, now maybe I will not get translations about fish swimming while frogs bet against rocks.