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[E_Darkness]

Going by Dragon's Crown, I doubt the Vita port will be good.

Huh? The Vita port is great. The PS3 port feels weird because the point and click stuff feels like it was made for Vita.

 

[kewlmyc]

New figures pls.

They are.

 

[pariah164]

I'm so excited for this. Bring it to NA. ATLUS pls.

 

[Ghost Slayer]

Huh? The Vita port is great. The PS3 port feels weird because the point and click stuff feels like it was made for Vita.

I think he talks about framerate, which is shit on Vita during combat

 

[dramatis]

Hmm. As someone who has been interested in Odin Sphere for awhile, I'm curious what combat changes people are seeing. Is it really that drastic, or mainly new moves? Based on the "looks like Muramasa" comments, kinda getting the impression they changed the entire feel of the gameplay. What seems so different?

Perhaps not particularly drastic, but the trailer shows new bosses, new attacks (that are faster than the oddly slowed attacks of the original), as well as adjustments to the auxiliary systems such as food (which was used for healing and exp), and the addition of something to the leveling system (which used to be straight leveling, now it appears they put in a customizable system of some sort). Another thing in the trailer that wasn't in the original is multiple paths/levels on a stage; Odin Sphere has mostly flat straight line stages with slight bumps.

Mostly, Muramasa had faster paced combat and the multilevel stages, so that's where people are drawing their comparisons from.

 

[baudelinog]

Going by Dragon's Crown, I doubt the Vita port will be good.

Dragon's Crown for the Vita is great.

 

[dark_inferno]

Hopefully this doesnt cost 40 bucks.

 

[Chakan]

Is this just a remaster? It honestly looks like it's running on the Dragon's Crown engine.

It looks like a remake actually, as there'll be tons of new stuff.

 

[JudgmentJay]

Odin Sphere is one of the few more recent Vanillaware games that I've yet to play, so I'm pretty excited. While I can't appreciate the differences/additions that the new trailer reveals, it got me ultra hyped nonetheless. Quite an exciting day for Vanillaware fans.

 

[jett]

The original game is pretty, but super dull. Fair warning to any newbs.

 

[kewlmyc]

Hopefully this doesnt cost 40 bucks.

It won't, it'll cost $60.

 

[Kyoufu]

8000 yen is too much for me. Far too much.

 

[NegativeCero]

Yes! Let me get this and not have to break out the PS3 or PS2 version.

 

[maouvin]

I think he talks about framerate, which is shit on Vita during combat

Only when the screen got really busy though. Unless minor dips are worthy of being called "shit". If so even the PS3 version, while obviously running better, was shit.

Hopefully this doesnt cost 40 bucks.

On Vita, yes.

 

[shadow2810]

It won't, it'll cost $60.

$60 for Vita, $80 for PS3/4

 

[Ghost Slayer]

8000 yen is too much for me. Far too much.

Atlus tax. Pretty sure they can sell shitload of it if they pack P5 demo in lol

 

[Wonko_C]

$60 for Vita, $80 for PS3/4

Same game, yet cheaper on Vita? (and cards are more expensive than discs even.) It should be $80 on both. Worth every penny.

 

[DNAbro]

Atlus tax. Pretty sure they can sell shitload of it if they pack P5 demo in lol

P5 is supposed to be out before this game...

 

[Skyzard]

Nice.

Might be worth getting, the Vita version of course.

Going by Dragon's Crown, I doubt the Vita port will be good.

Wat? DC on vita is great.

 

[Ghost Slayer]

Only when the screen got really busy though. Unless minor dips are worthy of being called "shit". If so even the PS3 version, while obviously running better, was shit.

I'm pretty sure most of encounter in game have lots of enemy and framerate usually go below 30fps. (then again i always go with 3 AI NPC so it "help" a lot somehow lol)

P5 is supposed to be out before this game...

oh man, what the fuck is wrong with me today

 

[Mifec]

Will the PS3 version be released in the west?

 

[maltrain]

Copy-paste from Cute_shutin on Gematsu:

for the people not watching the stream
>New Enemies
>New maps
>Alchemy system will be redone
>You don't have to replay stages
>You can teleport between areas
>Fighting system has been readjusted and looks more like Muramasa style fighting *can put some CUHRAYZEE combos*

>OST will include rearrangements but also new songs from the FFT composer
>Faster response when crunching and moving
>new animations when using items
and more

This is AWESOME. I have the PS2 Classic game and I'm ready to jump to PS4 version...

http://gematsu.com/2015/07/odin-sphere-leifdrasir-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita

 

[thelatestmodel]

Going by Dragon's Crown, I doubt the Vita port will be good.

You know nothing John Snow. On board for Odin Vita on day one.

 

[Corleth the Fey]

They are.

Gulp! This is the first time I've ever wanted one of these figurines.

Velvet is the only Waifu I've ever had.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

So what's different in this game vs the og?

 

[Nerokis]

Perhaps not particularly drastic, but the trailer shows new bosses, new attacks (that are faster than the oddly slowed attacks of the original), as well as adjustments to the auxiliary systems such as food (which was used for healing and exp), and the addition of something to the leveling system (which used to be straight leveling, now it appears they put in a customizable system of some sort). Another thing in the trailer that wasn't in the original is multiple paths/levels on a stage; Odin Sphere has mostly flat straight line stages with slight bumps.

Mostly, Muramasa had faster paced combat and the multilevel stages, so that's where people are drawing their comparisons from.

Thanks much! These sound like solid additions/tweaks to the base game. Mostly curious because it would feel slightly odd finally playing this game I've been meaning to get around to forever, only for it to be a version with fundamentally different gameplay. Doesn't seem to be the case, though, and admittedly I'd probably end up going with this version either way.

 

[Dice//]

They are.

Spoiler

(perfect reaction because the carpet looks like velvet?!)

I'm buying that. They can say $200 but not before I already order it up.

 

[ULTROS!]

for the people not watching the stream
>New Enemies
>New maps
>Alchemy system will be redone
>You don't have to replay stages
>You can teleport between areas
>Fighting system has been readjusted and looks more like Muramasa style fighting *can put some CUHRAYZEE combos*

>OST will include rearrangements but also new songs from the FFT composer
>Faster response when crunching and moving
>new animations when using items
and more

Does this address the repetitive issues? I've never played the game (but wanting to!) so I can't point out how it can be improved.

 

[Mozendo]

Wat? DC on vita is great.

The frame rate drops are really bad when they happen.

 

[Zonic]

Copy-paste from Cute_shutin on Gematsu:

This is AWESOME. I have the PS2 Classic game and I'm ready to jump to PS4 version...

http://gematsu.com/2015/07/odin-sphere-leifdrasir-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita

Awesome, hopefully the new content & reworkings will make it feel more like the "Refined" version they're claiming it's going to be. Being able to teleport & not deal with replaying stages should help with some of the tedious/repetitive complaints.

Also this info probably would be a good idea to have in the OP.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Is this just a remaster? It honestly looks like it's running on the Dragon's Crown engine.

OS's assets always existed in high definition. The PS2 game was 480i tho.

 

[cireza]

Dragon's Crown on Vita is very good. Can't wait for Odin Sphere, obviously it will be less demanding than DC. It is more like Muramasa, which runs perfectly well on Vita.

 

[Kouriozan]

Copy-paste from Cute_shutin on Gematsu:



This is AWESOME. I have the PS2 Classic game and I'm ready to jump to PS4 version...

http://gematsu.com/2015/07/odin-sphere-leifdrasir-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita

Give it to me now *-*

 

[entremet]

Huh? The Vita port is great. The PS3 port feels weird because the point and click stuff feels like it was made for Vita.

Dragon's Crown for the Vita is great.

I have both.

Vita had some frame drops when a lot of action was on screen.

PS3 version didn't suffer any drops.

 

[darkvir]

Will double dip PS4 & PSV. Love playing on the go but don't wanna miss the visuals on a big screen. Did the same thing for Dragons Crown.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Okay wow. I am really impressed with all of the fixes they're doing.

Princess Crown Remake (if it happens) would receive even more changes.

 

[Bebpo]

The fixes are nice, but visually it's kind of hard to "HD Remaster" a 2d game with assets made at 480p. I mean the trailer visually looks identical to the PS2 version from my memory. Should be like a $20-30 PSN game, 7900yen is lol.

What they should have done is just made a sequel in 1080p with all those improvements.

 

[Pejo]

Copy-paste from Cute_shutin on Gematsu:



This is AWESOME. I have the PS2 Classic game and I'm ready to jump to PS4 version...

http://gematsu.com/2015/07/odin-sphere-leifdrasir-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita

Those changes all sound so good. Cannot wait to replay this!

 

[mao2]

Gulp! This is the first time I've ever wanted one of these figurines.

Velvet is the only Waifu I've ever had.

Spoiler

(perfect reaction because the carpet looks like velvet?!)

I'm buying that. They can say $200 but not before I already order it up.

There's another Velvet figure by Yamato released some time ago and IMO it's really nice. Check the link below for pics (not my site and slightly NSFW).
http://www.foobarbaz.jp/figure/review2010/f_yamato_velvet/

It's still available on Nippon-Yasan, but you'd have to pay a premium for it.
https://www.nippon-yasan.com/odin-sphere/3436-odin-sphere-sif-ex-velvet-reissue.html

 

[Biker19]

Okay wow. I am really impressed with all of the fixes they're doing.

Princess Crown Remake (if it happens) would receive even more changes.

I'm hoping for more remakes like this & Odin Sphere so that we won't have to dig out our old consoles to play them, along with a Remaster of Dragon's Crown on PS4 since we've already had a PS3 & a PS Vita version.

And if not a remaster of DC, then a sequel that's even bigger than the original DC.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Fix the item management and I'm in.

 

[kewlmyc]

P5 is supposed to be out before this game...

We really, really need some sort of release date soon if they plan on releasing this in the fall in Japan. Even announcing a release date in September during TGS might be too late. Didn't Japanese stores get pissed at Nintendo when they were only given a month or so to open Majora Mask 3DS preorders?

 

[Crankshaft]

The fixes are nice, but visually it's kind of hard to "HD Remaster" a 2d game with assets made at 480p. I mean the trailer visually looks identical to the PS2 version from my memory. Should be like a $20-30 PSN game, 7900yen is lol.

What they should have done is just made a sequel in 1080p with all those improvements.

I dunno. I'm pretty happy with how Muramasa got handled.

Beautiful artwork on a beautiful OLED screen! My wallet is ready. Although I don't think I have it in me to 100% Odin Sphere again.

 

[Bloodrage]

Looks so beautiful.

 

[Tain]

They made a pretty amazing one in dragon's crown. I guess it's not traditional stage-by-stage progression because it's part ARPG, but it's 90% beat em up.

Dragon's Crown?

Wasn't very traditional at all, at least when it came to the overarching structure. The character progression stuff and the lack of difficulty killed it for me.

It's tragic, too, because I don't think that adding some kind of arcade mode would have been a huge undertaking.

 

[Ninjimbo]

I'd buy it. I really liked the story. It helped me get through the repetition.

The Pooka Prince is top tier stuff.

 

[canedaddy]

I'll definitely double-dip on Vita if it comes to NA. Great game.

 

[Brazil]

Jesus Christ, Japan. 2015 and you still don't understand the difference between "T" and "D"?

Logo has "Leifdrasir", and the trailer says "Leiftrasir".

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Going by Dragon's Crown, I doubt the Vita port will be good.

The Vita port was good, though. Sure, there was some slow down at the times, but it was rare as far as I noticed.

 

[motorised mallard]

*Looks at his unplayed PS2 version*

Better late than never, right?