Moff
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swiss retail stores still say 20th as well, and it's still not prepurchaseable on steam for me
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Aragami - Cel shaded indie Tenchu, control the shadows on PC/PS4, releasing Oct 4th
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swiss retail stores still say 20th as well, and it's still not prepurchaseable on steam for me
Playing-through/reviewing this game at present. Can't get enough of that UI (or lack thereof). You'll just have to wait and see what I think on Tuesday.
Also, before any discussion on EGX becomes irrelevant, can't remember who it was specifically from Lince Works (David, was it you?!), but that awkward moment when someone watching (not playing) the game starts spouting off "criticism" of the game - "WOW, MUCH STEALTH; I-I S-SURE HOPE I CAN SNEAK PAST THESE ENEMIES WITH LOW AI-INTELLIGENCE...SO HARD GUYS..." or words to that effect - completely oblivious to the fact that a member of the team is standing right behind them and can hear every word. There's a right way to offer critique and there's a wrong way.
But I'd like to think the majority of people who played it - as I did, for the second time after E3 - enjoyed what was shown.
Also, before any discussion on EGX becomes irrelevant, can't remember who it was specifically from Lince Works (David, was it you?!), but that awkward moment when someone watching (not playing) the game starts spouting off "criticism" of the game - "WOW, MUCH STEALTH; I-I S-SURE HOPE I CAN SNEAK PAST THESE ENEMIES WITH LOW AI-INTELLIGENCE...SO HARD GUYS..." or words to that effect - completely oblivious to the fact that a member of the team is standing right behind them and can hear every word. There's a right way to offer critique and there's a wrong way.
But I'd like to think the majority of people who played it - as I did, for the second time after E3 - enjoyed what was shown.
Playing-through/reviewing this game at present. Can't get enough of that UI (or lack thereof). You'll just have to wait and see what I think on Tuesday.
Also, before any discussion on EGX becomes irrelevant, can't remember who it was specifically from Lince Works (David, was it you?!), but that awkward moment when someone watching (not playing) the game starts spouting off "criticism" of the game - "WOW, MUCH STEALTH; I-I S-SURE HOPE I CAN SNEAK PAST THESE ENEMIES WITH LOW AI-INTELLIGENCE...SO HARD GUYS..." or words to that effect - completely oblivious to the fact that a member of the team is standing right behind them and can hear every word. There's a right way to offer critique and there's a wrong way.
But I'd like to think the majority of people who played it - as I did, for the second time after E3 - enjoyed what was shown.
There is a review embargo for this game?
More_Badass
Member
Tizoc
Member
On mobile but is it offline co op?
Yep. Tuesday 7:00am PST / 10:00am CET / 9:00am GMT. Thus, to comply with embargo, I'll shut my mouth from hereon and, like the player-character, disappear into the shadows.
You never saw me
More_Badass
Member
Edit: Never mind.
xDavidLeon
Member
The launch date for physical eds. depend on the local distributor.
Playing-through/reviewing this game at present. Can't get enough of that UI (or lack thereof). You'll just have to wait and see what I think on Tuesday.
Also, before any discussion on EGX becomes irrelevant, can't remember who it was specifically from Lince Works (David, was it you?!), but that awkward moment when someone watching (not playing) the game starts spouting off "criticism" of the game - "WOW, MUCH STEALTH; I-I S-SURE HOPE I CAN SNEAK PAST THESE ENEMIES WITH LOW AI-INTELLIGENCE...SO HARD GUYS..." or words to that effect - completely oblivious to the fact that a member of the team is standing right behind them and can hear every word. There's a right way to offer critique and there's a wrong way.
But I'd like to think the majority of people who played it - as I did, for the second time after E3 - enjoyed what was shown.
Ahhh Edu told me about that (I was at the office working on the day 1 patch). Looks like the guy shut up pretty quickly after trying the game by himself and dying constantly on the first chapter. He later brought back a friend and became a fan.
Tizoc
Member
Nice
Thanks for the info
xDavidLeon
Member
Only online coop (cross platform between PC and PS4, and working on cross platform invites among GOG and Steam users at the moment).
There's 3 tags for coop on steam: Local Co-op, Co-op, and Online Co-op, so we selected the later 2.
Ah, I'd forgotten that.
abstract alien
Member
Eh, I feel like it would hurt the game as far as sales go. Most demos seem to that don't have Kojima's branding(and insane production values) attached to them. People get to try it out, and the urge to purchase it suddenly decreases. I'm not arguing against it, as it's better for me in the end, but I wouldn't if I were in charge of such decisions. Not right now anyway.
illusionary
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It ships worldwide, including to the US. Shipping is £2.50 to UK addresses and £3.50 internationally.
illusionary
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It seems that we've just had a second update released for the PS4 version of the game, now on v1.02.
The update notes have a few bug fixes, but also improvements to enemy AI, new tutorials, a toggle crouch option and difficulty curve improvements, among other items.
The update notes have a few bug fixes, but also improvements to enemy AI, new tutorials, a toggle crouch option and difficulty curve improvements, among other items.
abstract alien
Member
Inching ever closer to a day 1 purchase, and basically blind play through. I've only actually seen a few seconds of the first trailer, and the latest one, so I'm still mostly in the dark.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
which part of the world if i may ask?
go physical first if you can
to some degree, but it doesn't really play that way
Australia. Or at the very least, my local EB games doesn't understand street dates.
Uh oh. Unity, by any chance?
Yes
Screen tearing I can deal with.... Are the frame drops horrible? Also are the patches downloaded ?
Shit.
MisterShine
Member
No achievements for a pacifist playthrough?
You're dead to me, Aragami! DEAD TO ME
You're dead to me, Aragami! DEAD TO ME
Fuck yeah 2016 is a great year for stealth games.
disastermouse
Banned
I ordered the special edition from Amazon...doesn't have it shipping until 10/11.
Looks amazing, though.
Looks amazing, though.
xDavidLeon
Member
Yes, there's the Pacifist trophy: https://www.exophase.com/trophy/aragami-ps4/150949-pacifist/
Did you download the 01.02 patch we released yesterday? We are still working on improving performance, will launch a 01.03 patch this week. Also, for screen tearing just enable VSYNC on the video options.
More_Badass
Member
When's the OT going up?
MisterShine
Member
Who is doing it?
edit: Thanks JaseC. Been on these forums a couple years and I never even noticed we had an Thread Thread.
More_Badass
Member
Can you say anything about the game?
Sparrowhawk
Member
I was going to get the physical copy for PS4, but as soon as I saw it's a Unity game, I decided I'm going to get it on PC. Might still get it down the road if performance is improved, though - especially with the PS4 Pro coming up.
Well, the digital version is less expensive and "comes with the patches" so ...
Chairmanchuck
Member
Only 1 day left. Was one of the original backers.
What I would like to know is how long the game is.
What I would like to know is how long the game is.
Sparrowhawk
Member
Regardless, I will get better performance on my PC. I just really like having physical copies of stuff for some reason.
More_Badass
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The PS Blog stated 8-10 hours
Sparrowhawk
Member
I wonder how/if this will be compounded by achievements/trophies.
Yeah me too. I like to think that physical is future proof as well... But with all the patches and updates, I guess physical is becoming more and more questionable.
Physical PC copies that came in the big boxes back in the 90s still had updates and patches, sometimes huge ones, so that's not a really good excuse. That said, unless a PC version of the PS4 special edition comes out with all the bells and whistles, I'll gladly grab a digital copy.
Sparrowhawk
Member
Pretty much. I really wish more devs would show PC more love with physical releases, but I understand that it's a pretty small market.
xDavidLeon
Member
Well, there IS a physical PC version.
Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Merge-Games-MERGE-ARAGPC-Aragami-DVD/dp/B01ISTAX56/
And it contains the digital OST and digital artbook.
illusionary
Member
Performance doesn't seem amazing, but it's perfectly serviceable from what I've played so far on PS4 (albeit this isn't far in yet, as I'm trying to wrap up Unravel first). If at David's suggested, v1.02 brings performance improvements I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Agreed, even with v1.01 VSync sorted the screen tearing, with little apparent performance hit (I didn't test with v.1.00) - to the extent actually that I wonder why you included it as an options, actually (not really intended as a criticism, just curious).
Well, 100%-ing the achievements/trophies will require at least two playthroughs of each chapter (no kills/all kills), so we're probably looking at somewhere around double for 100%. David suggested 6-8 hours in his earlier post for a single-playthrough, pretty much in line with the PS Blog post, so I'd guess somewhere around 14 hours for 100%.
GwyndolinCinder
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Will this be up on psn at midnight gmt?