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Hell yeaaaaah, Tales of Berseria latest trailer was just released.

English info: http://www.siliconera.com/2015/12/15/tales-of-berseria-details-on-its-battle-system-and-a-new-character-laiphaset/

I'm super excited for this, because the main character is a lady, and it seems like she has a dark past and some "beast" issues. Looks like she'll be fun to use in battle. Her outfit is totally ridiculous, which is a plus or minus depending on your sensibilities. (it's a plus for me, but these games usually give you costume options anyway).

Graphically, it kind of looks exactly like Xillia did (and maybe Zestiria, but I haven't played that yet). Whatever, it doesn't bother me that much. Mostly excited for what looks like a "darker" tone. Yuri made Vesperia great for me because he straight up *SPOILER*murdered a dude*SPOILER*. Awesomeeeeee.

ETA:

Eh, they put a child character in. But it seems like he is not a normal kid, so I probably won't be too annoyed.

 

My head is cut off and stuffed into your crimson backpack, ah

 

I forgot about this line.

Now I know why Karasuna Mei's latest look (for Ankoku sekai wa yami) features him carrying a red backpack with long black hair hanging out of it.

No one's gonna read this but I'm bored at work and feel like writing out my feelings on the games I'm playing.

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (PS4)

Surprisingly fun game, especially since I wasn't too impressed with last year's offering (Unity). As usual, I've spent a lot of time on side stuff instead of the main storyline. Currently in Sequence 7, but I'm already at max level. I love having a strong female protagonist to play as.. though the character development is lacking, so far. The ziplines and horse carriages offer the best traversal ever in this series, and the special combat finisher animations are ridiculously brutal, just the way I like it. 

Diabolik Lovers: Dark Fate (PS Vita)

I was really into the first Diabolik Lovers, but not so much into the sequel More Blood, because they added too many romance-able characters (4 more for 10 in total) and I didn't like the dumb "Adam" storyline. Unfortunately, Dark Fate basically continues that storyline, while adding TWO MORE characters. Another issue I have is that, for the 10 returning characters, the heroine starts the game already in a relationship with them, so it's kind of... boring? She also kind of pisses me off because she's such a damsel in distress. And she overcomes her problems with the power of kindness and forgiveness. Ugh. This will be the last Diabolik Lovers game I buy.

Most favourite dudes: Shuu, Subaru

Least favourite dudes: Kanato, Azusa - I will straight up skip these guys' scenarios, they make my skin crawl in a bad way.

Dragon's Crown (PS Vita)

I don't really get the hype behind this game. Maybe it's more fun if you're playing it co-op, but I don't like doing that. The character design is mostly atrocious. I'm sure you've all seen the Sorceress and Amazon by now. I'm stuck playing as an Archer because she was the female option with the least offensive design. But aiming her arrows is terrible, it's hard to tell what "lane" I'm in, and I end up missing half the time. Maybe I just suck at it. Anyway, between having to repeat the same dungeons over and over, and sorting through tons of loot that is 90% trash, and the horrible AI for your party members... and the disgusting artwork of the half-naked mermaid & fairy that greet you every time you go through those dungeons..  I think I might give up on this game.

Grow Home (PS4)

I haven't put much time into this game, because it literally makes me nauseous. I don't know why. It's not even first person. Maybe it's the heights? Also I have a lot of trouble controlling the vines while growing them. Might be another one for the "abandon" pile. It's a shame because, aside from those problems, I like what it's doing.

Bastion (PS4)

Another game that is seriously hyped. It seems ok so far (probably 3-4 hours in), but I'm not in love with it. I put it on hold for Assassin's Creed, and I'm not sure if I'll go back to it.

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (PS4)

I haven't played this much at all. Never played any Guilty Gear before, but picked this up for $15 on PSN. I'm not a competitive fighting game player, I just like screwing around against AI sometimes. Played through some tutorial stuff and it looks nice so far. (I mostly bought it because I love how much I-no resembles/copies Shiina Ringo)

Gems of War (PS4)

I've been playing this on my iPhone for a long time. It has ZERO business being on PS4, but I'm playing it there for trophies. It's a F2P match-3 game from the makers of Puzzle Quest. It's a good, almost-brainless time-waster.

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Up next: Probably will start on Life is Strange, The Witcher 3, and Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki (aka Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, but I imported the Japanese version because the English one will only have the English dub, and I can no longer stand English dubs)

I haven't seen any Disney movies since the 90's, but I remember liking both The Lion King and Toy Story as a kid. I even owned this game on Sega, haha:

 

I played THE SHIT out of the SNES version of that game.

I have no opinion on Ghibli movies. The only ones I have seen are Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away but I remember next to nothing about them.

The Little Mermaid was the first movie I ever saw. My personal faves are probably Lion King and Mulan (because it's Asian themed).

Thus far, the only album I actually listened to is Grieva's. Which is a great pick. Shuuen was really lackluster but I feel like they've bounced back in a big way.

This is why I didn't bother participating in the "predictions" thread.. I could barely even name 25 albums I listened to this year, let alone 25 albums I actually liked.

I didn't play a lot of games that actually released this year. I'm trying to "save" money, so I've been waiting for price drops. Especially now that most new AAA games in Canada cost $80...or $90 with tax. (they were $60+tax just 1-2 years ago)

So.. I just went through my game list and there is ONLY ONE 2015 game I played that I would put on a GOTY list.

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

Yeah, yeah, the series gets a lot of hate. I haven't even finished the main story, but really who cares about the story. I love traversing the city with the new zipline & horse carriages. Ruthlessly stabbing every police officer and rival gang member to death is just stupid fun. Big points for including a tough, strong female protagonist (whose default weapon is a badass cane sword). Throwing knives at enemies' heads and 1-shot killing them is also deeply satisfying. Best murder simulator I've played in a long time.

Almost every other 2015 game I played was a very small indie game. They were fun and cute enough but not really GOTY material. I've got a number of bigger 2015 games in my backlog or "will buy when cheaper" list.

^ Yes that's basically what I was trying to say. (Except that I didn't like the aesthetics very much.)

I didn't say anything bad about the story. The story was fine. I just didn't like playing as child characters, and the gameplay became a turn-off over the course of the game. I only mentioned it here because I'd heard rumours of Level 5 making a new PS4 JRPG for the past year or so, and I was hopeful it would be something different. Was kind of disappointed to hear "Ni No Kuni 2". Well, whatever, it's fine, lots of people loved the first game, I hope the second one is better. =)

You must know that Ni no Kuni was produced by studio Ghibli and essentially works as a playable Ghibli movie? So obviously if you do not like Ghibli movies, there's absolutely no reason for you to play or like Ni no Kuni, the first or the second one. If the only reason for you or anyone else is to play Ni no Kuni is to just capture and level up some new pokemon-esque monsters, then stick with pokemon, honestly, for the story in that case will give you absolutely nothing. 

 

As for the people who adore Ghibli's and Miyazaki's works, like I said, Ni no Kuni works as a playable continuum to their movies. It's worth it and even has a shit ton of replay value. Although you have little to no say to how the story plays out.

 

What I'm saying is, to anyone, if you're considering playing Ni no Kuni for the first time, ask yourself this: Do I like Ghibli movies? If the answer is yes, play it. If the answer is no, don't play it. If the answer is "I like some of them", try it anyways, good chance is you'll love it.

Yeah, I knew it was involved with Studio Ghibli. However, at the time, the game was super hyped up, had good reviews, and I was desperate for a turn-based JRPG to play. I was willing to look past the art style. I paid like $100 to import it from Play-Asia with the physical hardcover book thing (this was before the English version was announced). I kind of had a good time with it in the beginning.

.. but no one could have told me I would get frustrated with the slow pace & the difficulty spike at the end. And over the course of the game, I realized I don't like playing as children. Liking Ghibli movies or not has nothing to do with the gameplay itself.

Now that I have a lot of other games to look forward to, I do not feel the need to get excited for Ni no Kuni 2. That's all I'm saying.

Just added type B to my order.

I spend so much money on you, Ikuma.

Actually are 11 tracks, 円環のメモーリア comes in one of the types on the place of テディ.

I'm happy to see they are releasing one of their ultra rare live limited single ^^

OH

so you're telling me i have to buy both types now??? >_<

also, I just spent quite a bit of money to get that live limited single.

Only 10 tracks? And it looks like 3 old songs.

Disappointing...

The preview sounds good though.

I thought they disbanded holy shit! Isn't this their first activity in like 6 years?

Umm not sure if this is a joke post... but this is a totally different "Reign"

I wish bands would stop reusing band names.

I'm not a fan of this look... Jyou looks too manly... The only one I actually like the look of is Naoto.

Re: twin vocals -

I feel bad because, the first time they released a song with Miko singing, I said "Miko's voice is nice, she should sing more!" 

I'm sorry.

Go back to Jyou-only please. I would like their current stuff a lot more if Miko didn't sing. Ideally, go back to 2008 raw-ass Jyou. But I have been assuming that she stopped growling cuz it was screwing up her voice.

edit: I actually did kind of like the new songs I heard his year (Twin Wings/Shout Out)

I completely forgot Nimo joined, and was surprised again when I saw this topic.

Well, the new song seems ok. I like those beats. 

The old songs seem a lot better now that Ricky's not singing them. But those songs are still just mediocre rock songs that don't seem to stand out at all.

I miss D'espairsRay too (by coincidence, I am wearing my D'espairsRay t-shirt right now...), but with Hizumi's voice problems, Zero & Tsukasa stuck in this band, and Karyu stuck in Angelo with another vocalist I don't like... I will move on.. .

Before we all freak out about FF7-Remake being "multi-part" and being "action RPG".. here are some points from interviews with Nomura & Kitase (taken from another forum)

 

Originally Posted by raven777 

 

Quick stuff from interviews

 

-they made multi-release since they would have to cut stuff out if they made it in one game. The detail of the game will be so dense, and you will be able to go to various locations within Midgar that you couldn't go before.

-there will be some stuff that has to be cut, but there will be lots of stuff added. overall volume will be big

-The battle system is real-time, action feel. The degree of action will be "Dissidia > Kingdom Hearts> FF7 remake" It will be more tactical.

-Although it's action style, it has ATB as well. 

-You can control other party members, but you can keep control one if you want

-3 party members ata time like the original

-ATB and Limit gauge is there but they are different from the original. ATB turning red is something important.

-Battle tempo will be similar to Dissidia. Battle is done by people who has experience in both Dissidia and Kingdom Hearts..

I don't trust Square Enix very much, and I'm totally convinced they are splitting FF7 to charge more $$$. However I understand that the game is rather huge, and re-creating all of those different towns, environments, and characters with modern graphics cannot be cheap. If they really cannot fit all of this into one disc, I would actually support the decision to split it up. They can use revenue from part 1 to fund part 2. It also means you'll be able to play part 1 a lot sooner than if you had to wait for the entire thing. Too bad they have to milk the rabid fanbase to do it. 

..That said, they have not revealed anything about the pricing or how many parts there will be. I would wait for that information before having a meltdown.

As for battle system, I would prefer turn-based. The part where it's "similar to Dissidia" has me a little concerned, because I played Dissidia on PSP for about 1-2 hours, did not get the battle system at all, and quit playing it. But, whatever, this game's battle system will be a hybrid of multiple styles, and I will be more motivated to learn it because it is FF7.

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As for Ni no Kuni 2, I wish I was more excited about it. I played the first game, and ~sort of~ liked it up until that last dungeon where there seemed to be a difficulty spike and I had to grind out levels. It really killed all the momentum of the story and made me hate the game. I also do not like the Miyazaki art style, and I hate playing as small children. The best part of the game was naming all of my Pokemon tamed monster things after VK band members. ..... I guess this series is just not for me.

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Upcoming games I'm presently hyped for (I'm a PS4/PS3/Vita player):

Tales of Berseria

Star Ocean 5

Yakuza 0 (I might actually just play the Japanese version if it goes on sale)

"Yakuza Extreme" (aka Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami)

Yakuza 6

Dragon Quest XI

Danganronpa 3

Zero Escape 3

Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Wattam

Final Fantasy XV

Pretty sure all of these are scheduled for 2016 release. My wallet just fainted.

@Scarlet Obsidian, if you're still looking for this..

I have posted kanji/romaji for every song except for Codomo Dragon's "Sick?" Couldn't find that one.

http://hiphopvomit.blogspot.com/2015/12/index-royz.html

http://hiphopvomit.blogspot.com/2013/06/index-codomo-dragon.html

http://hiphopvomit.blogspot.com/2011/05/index-kiryu.html

@lei0418, Mahiro did not even write Utakata. That was the work of Hiyori & Junji  It was indeed every bit as torturous as Mahiro-written songs, though.

*ends up ticking off everything*

FUCK

" Listens to Visual Kei

i'm not really the type to go full fangirl and squeal over band guys, but that photo of minpha & chizuru in bed ... brb need to stop my nosebleed

.... also, I'd really love to have the t-shirt the redhead (Yutori?) is wearing. Nice, subtle design.

I don't really have time to partake in discussions.. or even check the news regularly... but I come here for my download needs and now post all my uploads here. It is a great pleasure to serve the VK fan community in some way =)

PRE-ORDERED

ahhh ikuma looks great 

Glad to see they are still going after losing 2 members, I was kind of worried

Here's Ryuzi's "official" picture.. most of it anyway

Oh yay, my second-fave mitsu is doing something!

..I hope we get to hear this.

None.

The only reason I can think of to keep unopened copies is for higher resale value. (or maybe some kind of weird OCD collection)

I'm way too lazy to resell anything.

I'm taking my collection to my grave.

You can have my visual kei if you pry it from my cold dead hands.

etc. etc.

I hate short band names. This forum won't let me search anything under 4 letters.

These bands need to start thinking about their SEO. [search engine optimization].

How the hell am I supposed to google NIA.

^ yeah I got an e-mail from CD Japan overnight. Fucking delay AGAIN. It has already held up my original order by a week. I have now moved this album to my other order scheduled to ship 11/25. 

.. then I added Arlequin's single to the first order because it's releasing 11/04 anyway. Wasn't planning to buy it. Thanks for making me spend another 3000 yen (+shipping). 

(in the case of autotune being used to correct or enhance vocals) - If I don't notice it, I don't really care. There's a reason I almost never listen to live performances - most singers, in my experience, sound kind of terrible at lives...

(in the case of autotune being used to create obvious effects) - I don't like it if it's overused. If the entire song has that robotic sound I usually can't stand it. If it's just like a sound effect here and there, I think it's fine.

CDJapan has listed the latest single : 

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/ACCD-4A

WOW. This makes me kind of angry at CDJapan's customer service. Unless, for whatever reason, it's something that *none* of their suppliers had any information about.. until now.

It would have a RSCD serial number if it were with Rockstar. Could be that they had it in the works before the label opened and just didn't have it released through them. I'm curious to see what their relation to the label is: a lot of events feature all of their bands but list Avenchick as "guest." They do have their one-mans listed on RR's site, though.

Yeah, that is weird... They are mentioned in the (only) news post as members of the label along with all the other bands, they have their own link in the sidebar, etc. There are also 2 of those lives where they aren't called "guests".

Maybe there are answers in RR's blog or Avanchick's blogs but I'm too lazy to dig through all of that. I guess it doesn't matter too much.. all I care about is being able to acquire the CDs...