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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 20:51    Post subject: [PS2] Atelier_Iris_Eternal_Mana_PS2-AVATAR
Atelier_Iris_Eternal_Mana_PS2-AVATAR




OH-MY-GOD!
This is just too awesome. This is one of my most wanted (if not the most wanted) games this whole year. I was expecting this around the 26-27th since that's when it goes retail, so this review copy was a huge surprise and an awesome surprise Smile

This is old school 2D rpg at it's best.

If you like console-rpg this is a MUST get.
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Godlikez*
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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 21:00    Post subject:
Is there an option in game to turn Kanji into english?

no point playing an rpg if you cant understand anything said.

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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 21:05    Post subject:
Umm it's a US english copy so yeah, you "problary" get english Wink
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Godlikez*
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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 21:13    Post subject:
The link you provided showed JAP screens but no problem good stuff Smile

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4 Door ITR




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 21:39    Post subject:
nfo states its a review version.
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Who-CareZ




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 22:28    Post subject:
Fucking sweet~! Finally something to play other then God of War or MidnightClub. Smile
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 23:03    Post subject:
Yes I already said it's a review copy 4 Door ITR.
But it's still the full game. Although, there are a few bugs in the voices, like a high pitch, but it's rare. This can be because I run the game from the HDD though, so it's up to you to try on a disc Smile
But like I said, the pitch happens very rarely and it's just for like 1-2sec or the time it takes you to read the message, so it's no big deal.
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Who-CareZ




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 23:12    Post subject:
Are there two version of this game released?

One was released or ripped by GeNiuS where the Movies have been removed therefore its on CDR - Which sucks, cause there are no movies.

And ofcourse this version

Atelier Iris Eternal Mana (c) Gust-Nis *FULLDVD* *NTSC* AVATAR

Are they the same or does the AVATAR version have all the movies? I want the whole game not some CDR rip.
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 23:14    Post subject:
FULLDVD means FULLDVD dude Wink
So yes, everything is there in that version.
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Who-CareZ




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PostPosted: Wed, 4th May 2005 23:16    Post subject:
Well thats good to know how could I miss that part LOL! Razz

Looks like I will have to wait for that version, cause the only one I have access to, is the Genius CDR release. BAH!!!

EDIT: Aww Just realized the AVATAR release is a "Pre-release" it says so on the nfo. Would suck to download this only to have problems, GAH! gonna have to wait for a proper version, damn those dont come out for days or even weeks. So tempted to get this version Confused
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Surray




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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 01:58    Post subject:
Who-CareZ wrote:
Well thats good to know how could I miss that part LOL! Razz

Looks like I will have to wait for that version, cause the only one I have access to, is the Genius CDR release. BAH!!!

EDIT: Aww Just realized the AVATAR release is a "Pre-release" it says so on the nfo. Would suck to download this only to have problems, GAH! gonna have to wait for a proper version, damn those dont come out for days or even weeks. So tempted to get this version Confused


it's not like it's a beta. it's a review copy, and review copies are the final, that's why they're review. they're just not called final because they're sent out at the same time as the game is gold and sent out for mass printing. so you can expect the full game without any bugs or anything missing.
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 02:04    Post subject:
Yes, there are no problems that mathers, I have been playing for hours.
There is this small voice pitch error that happens rarely, but it can be because I have the game on hdd, but even if it is a game bug it's not a big deal at all since it doesn't happen often.

Get it and burn it on a RW disc if you dont have a hdd, and when the RETAIL come you can burn that one for the game archive.
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D_A_Kuja
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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 05:58    Post subject:
damn an old school rpg in 2d, i gotta have this one and i hope its not a strategy rpg like ff tactics, disgaea etc. i ve played far too many of these.
so far it looks like a great game cant wait for the dload to finish.
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xAiTheHitman




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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 09:07    Post subject:
D_A_Kuja wrote:
damn an old school rpg in 2d, i gotta have this one and i hope its not a strategy rpg like ff tactics, disgaea etc. i ve played far too many of these.
so far it looks like a great game cant wait for the dload to finish.


Aye. I'm right up there with you. Looks good. Did you happen to play one of the newer MS releases? Metal Slug 5. Now thats a good old school shooter. Hope we get some more old school releases. Some more RPG and more shooters Very Happy
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D_A_Kuja
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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 13:02    Post subject:
yea i m dloading metal slug 5 too, going kinda slow thouh
but yea love these games too, great arcade fun, my fav one was the gba version.
btw for all of you old school arcade games fans, check out
heavy weapons deluxe by popcap games, its great fun:
http://www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=heavyweapon&src=big8
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staus




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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 15:04    Post subject:
Hmm this game stops loading like 10 minutes in Confused . Tried to burn it 2 times but no luck stops loading the same place. Anybody else got this problem please let me know THX Very Happy

Staus
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Thu, 5th May 2005 15:07    Post subject:
Kuja, if you want a 2d old school rpg that is not a tactical rpg like ff tactics, this is the game Smile
This game is like any old normal 2d rpg, meaning, you walk around freely in towns and everywhere, like all the mana games, final fantasy etc. And the fighting system has the basic fight/defend/etc options and works almost the same as the early final fantasy games, except that this has a few other options of course Smile
It's a truly awesome game. I too have been waiting for a real fantasy game with cartony graphics like this, I'm not a fan of the tactical rpg's either and there have been quite many of those.


Edit: Didn't stop loading for me and I'm way past 10min.
Playing from hdd though, but that doesn't mather, if the game works it works on both hdd and disc, and if it doesn't work it doesn't work on either Smile
Burn it on a RW disc if you can, that way you wont have to waste more disc's.
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xAiTheHitman




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PostPosted: Fri, 6th May 2005 05:58    Post subject:
pallebrun wrote:
Kuja, if you want a 2d old school rpg that is not a tactical rpg like ff tactics, this is the game Smile
This game is like any old normal 2d rpg, meaning, you walk around freely in towns and everywhere, like all the mana games, final fantasy etc. And the fighting system has the basic fight/defend/etc options and works almost the same as the early final fantasy games, except that this has a few other options of course Smile
It's a truly awesome game. I too have been waiting for a real fantasy game with cartony graphics like this, I'm not a fan of the tactical rpg's either and there have been quite many of those.


Edit: Didn't stop loading for me and I'm way past 10min.
Playing from hdd though, but that doesn't mather, if the game works it works on both hdd and disc, and if it doesn't work it doesn't work on either Smile
Burn it on a RW disc if you can, that way you wont have to waste more disc's.


I have a question. How does the story play out? Is it like cutscenes or is it oldschool text popping up above characters? Like in the old school RPGs.
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Fri, 6th May 2005 06:30    Post subject:
Old school message windows popping up Smile
Cant get any more old school than this. Smile
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Hero98




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 19:54    Post subject:
pallebrun, do you have any modes enabled? It freezes for me as well after being about 10 minutes into the game. The second he's on top of the mountain and says "Let's go into the city"....dammit Sad
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 21:00    Post subject:
Nope no extra modes selected, I just installed it from a -RW disc and that's it.
I have played 13h now and haven't had a single crash, just the voice errors.
Very weird that it crashes for you :/
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sTo0z
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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 21:03    Post subject:
pallebrun, can you go into the fighting a little bit more? Fighting systems in RPGs for me is the total sink or swim factor.

I'd love to hear more about it.
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 21:38    Post subject:
The fighting system is basicly your normal final fantasy turn-based system but with alittle more deapth.
You have your basic commands like fight/defend/item/run.
You also have "skills" which you learn while playing the game and these skills uses mana points (magic points in final fantasy). Different characters have different skills.

The difference that gives this game abit more deapth is this.
In this game you have the option to use attacks that take more than 1 turn to do, they are more powerful, and this results in that the enemy can "break" your attack if they hit you hard enough. You can do the same with enemies if they are about to use a hard attack, and it would be smart to break it since these moves takes alot more hp from you Smile
If you suceed in breaking the attack it results in 2-3 turns without getting hit, so it can be a real life saver to focus your attacks on the enemy that "loads" a hard attack.
This is the biggest difference from final fantasy.
But other than that it's ALOT like final fantasy. So if you like the system found in ff you will without a doubt find this game great.

I think that's it Smile
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 22:10    Post subject:
This is without a doubt one of the best rpg's I have ever played in my 20 years of gaming.
The graphics are absolutley stunning. I wish more developers saw the beaty in creating 2d rpg's instead all these 3d rpg's. The playable characters are outstanding.
And the humour is problary the best part of the whole game. I have laughed so many times at the brilliant dialog the characters have throughout the game with each other or with other non main-story related folks, it's just awesome. Sometimes a hillarious "cutscene" just pop up when you least expect it.
And these hillarious moments makes the game feel new and refreshing all the time. It's actually so funny that I sometimes forget about the main story and instead travel around looking for a funny side thing to pop up. Very Happy
Voice's are also great and fit's the characters perfectly.
And the music, oh wow, it's also awesome and fits the game perfectly.

I would rate this game a 9.8. The -0.2 is because the synthesize system can be abit frustrating at times, but it's such a minor thing so it's still a 9.8 game in my opinion. Smile
I hope many will do as I and buy this game so we get part 2 in english too.
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Hero98




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 22:21    Post subject:
pallebrun wrote:
This is without a doubt one of the best rpg's I have ever played in my 20 years of gaming.
The graphics are absolutley stunning. I wish more developers saw the beaty in creating 2d rpg's instead all these 3d rpg's. The playable characters are outstanding.
And the humour is problary the best part of the whole game. I have laughed so many times at the brilliant dialog the characters have throughout the game with each other or with other non main-story related folks, it's just awesome. Sometimes a hillarious "cutscene" just pop up when you least expect it.
And these hillarious moments makes the game feel new and refreshing all the time. It's actually so funny that I sometimes forget about the main story and instead travel around looking for a funny side thing to pop up. Very Happy
Voice's are also great and fit's the characters perfectly.
And the music, oh wow, it's also awesome and fits the game perfectly.

I would rate this game a 9.8. The -0.2 is because the synthesize system can be abit frustrating at times, but it's such a minor thing so it's still a 9.8 game in my opinion. Smile
I hope many will do as I and buy this game so we get part 2 in english too.


Arrrrrr.... Sad

You don't have an X-Port or MAX Drive, do you? Otherwise you could try sending me a savegame so I could check if it's gonna work or not.

I know I'm asking a lot but I would really like to play this gem for more than ten minutes Smile So in case you could help me out here, please drop me a PM.
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Hero98




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 23:21    Post subject:
I dunno why or how but I got this baby working now Smile Tried several HD loader modes and changed some game options (Stereo sound instead of PL II), unplugged my mem card....and all of a sudden it worked Smile

Halleluja!
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 23:41    Post subject:
Ahh pro logic have problems, you shuld have said that you used that right away Wink
That was most likley the problem. Smile
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Hero98




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 23:43    Post subject:
pallebrun wrote:
Ahh pro logic have problems, you shuld have said that you used that right away Wink
That was most likley the problem. Smile


Oh, so I should set it to stereo all the time? How do you know it's down to PL II, mate? Smile
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pallebrun




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 23:44    Post subject:
It says so in the nfo that the game might have problems with pro logic Smile
So yes, use stereo all the time and all will be good. Smile

"The Dolby sound tracks maybe buggy, so |
| if you experience any crashes use Stereo sound."
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Hero98




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PostPosted: Mon, 9th May 2005 23:47    Post subject:
pallebrun wrote:
It says so in the nfo that the game might have problems with pro logic Smile
So yes, use stereo all the time and all will be good. Smile

"The Dolby sound tracks maybe buggy, so |
| if you experience any crashes use Stereo sound."


Wow, thanks a lot! I didn't bother reading the nfo, that's good to know then. Cheers for your help, though! Smile
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