Ray Gigant and Flinthook just went up for sale. The first batch is very nearly gone already, even with Ray Gigant being a standard price game. Take note that manufacturing of Flinthook has been delayed, so if you order it by itself or with Ray Gigant, you're gonna have to wait a few weeks to receive your package.
I'm very happy to see Ray Gigant. That's not an indie, that's a full blown retail-worthy game. I guess that's why it's more.
I'm looking forward to my order.
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Anyone here able to get "Maldita Castilla" for PS4 via Play Asia? I just managed, by pure luck.
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I got a copy last night at 10PM CST when it came available. I had an email that stated there were 1000 left as of 2AM so I checked to see if they were still available as of 8AM and they were still able to get a copy. Probably sold out by now.
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This is the first I'm hearing about it (the game and Play-Asia's physical print run). Kinda weird that Eastasiasoft is basically doing the LRG thing (even announcing the size of the print run) but through Play-Asia, even though they have already released a few games through LRG. I guess when they went to do another physical print run of Soldner-X 2 through Play-Asia, they must've preferred that experience to working with LRG. Or maybe Play-Asia just asks for an even smaller cut of the profits.
LRG is releasing Night Trap on the PS4. When I made the joke about shovelware coming from LRG, and saying that their releases are all over the place, this is what I'm talking about. LRG pretty much releases anything they can get their hands on, regardless of quality. It was pretty ingenious starting up LRG and announcing games with a predetermined number of units to the public with a number to each and every LRG title, and using your own games to start and get more money is a smart choice, so I can understand the games being poor then. But when there's over 50 LRG releases in less than two years and over half of them aren't good? It's clear as day they're grabbing whatever they can get as anyone with half a brain would know they're making some damn good profit each release. Would be nice if they went for less releases and released better games. I think they'd actually look like a solid publisher to the public honestly and get more of a following by releasing quality titles. Most people seem to have forgot about them or ignore their releases now because how often the releases are low quality.
Night Trap was unique for its time, and when it comes to Sega CD FMV crap, it was one of the better games, but it's more of a piece of history than a good game.
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Why shouldn't they release whatever they can? Nobody is holding a gun to anybody's head, forcing them to buy every single LRG release. Let the consumers decide what they want and what they don't. Who's to say what's a quality game or not? No two people are going to have the exact same opinions on every game, let alone all gamers sharing the exact same opinions. Last thing I want is to be denied the opportunity to buy a physical version of a game I'd like to own just because one random individual decided it's not a good enough game. Anybody who knows anything at all about LRG realizes they're not a developer, and you shouldn't expect anything in common from one release to the next. You have to put in the research to know what you're getting and if it sounds appealing to you or not.
Good game or not, there are a lot of people nostalgic about Night Trap and a lot of people who are excited to buy a physical copy for PS4. Myself, I'm not particularly interested in it, and I'm thinking about bowing out of buying LRG's PS4 releases in general after DariusBurst, unless there's something that comes along that I'm just dying to own. That's not because the quality or lack thereof of their PS4 releases; I just don't care much about collecting for PS4, and I already have more than I have time to play.
Also, I recently played through both Octodad and Thomas Was Alone, two LRG releases that have reputations of being among the "worst" LRG releases, and I had fun with both. I don't think they have released very many stinkers. If you give a damn about pro scores, Metacritic backs that up. Most of LRG's releases have scored pretty decent, even better on average than the physical Vita releases coming out from other publishers, like NISA, IFI, Aksys, etc. Like I've always said, just about every LRG release has its fanbase. It's just that their releases are also very diverse, so unless someone has equally diverse tastes, most gamers are not going to be into some of the genres or types of games they've released (especially some of the more "controversial" genres, like visual novels and the games that people label as "walking simulators" and now we can add FMV games to that list). But that doesn't make them bad, and that doesn't mean LRG should narrow what they release to appeal to only one type of gamer while giving a big "fuck you" to everybody else.
Yeah, I snagged a copy. That's one of my favortie Ouya games, so to get it physically was too tempting to ignore, even though I hate play-asia as their shipping rates to Canada are atrocious.Originally Posted by megasdkirby
The NightTrap HD remaster isn't shovelware. That was a high budget production for it's time and the crowdfunded remaster isn't being skimped over either. Also, people have a kitchy nostalgia for NightTrap - myself included. I'm looking forward to it and will buy a coph as long as it's not like $50 USD. Make it $24.99 like the others and I'll buy.
As far as LRG releasing pretty much anything they can get their hands on, I don't see that as a problem. What's "good" is highly subjective, especially regarding niche genres like visual novels, otome games, sports simulators, and other non-mainstream genres that indie games tend to get into.
The way I see it, if you aren't interested in what LRG is putting out in their next batch, then simply don't buy it. Nova 111 and Darius Burst will be out soon, and I'm not all that interested in either so I'm sitting this one out. Maybe next time will have games for me. If not, no big deal, I'll just wait until there's something I am interested in. I suggest you do that as well.
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For anyone who missed registering for a "limited" PS4 Maldita Castilla, it's available now for pre-order at Play Asia. They did the same thing with the Blue Rider game they published. Had people sign up for the game like it's a limited edition to generate buzz and then a few weeks later it's up for sale on their website.
Castilla is supposed to be an homage to Ghouls 'n Ghosts, as is the Battle Princess Madelyn game LRG is promising to have soon. I hope both are easier to play than Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
Do you have a link? I'm not seeing it available. Maybe there were a few slots unpaid for which went up for sale?
The game looks aright, I'm more interested because of it's supposed following of Spanish lore.
In the case of Blue Rider, I think it just didn't sell.
http://www.play-asia.com/cursed-cast...sive/13/70b3h7
That's what I used this morning before posting. I see it says sold out now but I would just keep checking back. That's I did for both games, neither of which I was able to sign up for in advance.
Another "high quality" game LRG is interested in publishing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bXuX4ita4
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