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Chainsaw_Charlie
09-27-2009, 08:32 AM
I almost picked it up last week but with no reviews on gamefaqs.com for it I wonder if it's any good?
kupomogli
09-27-2009, 10:01 AM
Vic Ireland. We've missed you. Some of us atleast. Now that Miami Law is out of the way, get out there and start localizing games as good as Arc the Lad 2, Alundra, Vanguard Bandits, and Dragon Force.
Eternal Tune
09-27-2009, 10:23 AM
Vic Ireland. We've missed you. Some of us atleast. Now that Miami Law is out of the way, get out there and start localizing games as good as Arc the Lad 2, Alundra, Vanguard Bandits, and Dragon Force.
WTF are you talking about?
Oh and I'm no help either. Bought the game because I saw Drexel talking about it on one of his update youtube videos, but haven't taken it outta the wrap yet. Probably sub par at best.
Press_Start
09-27-2009, 11:02 AM
WTF are you talking about?
Oh and I'm no help either. Bought the game because I saw Drexel talking about it on one of his update youtube videos, but haven't taken it outta the wrap yet. Probably sub par at best.
After the fall of Working Designs (rest in peace), the head man, Victor Ireland, started up another company called Gaijinworks. Miami Law is said to be the first game developed for the company but what bothers me is I looked at the cover in Gamestop, I didn't see any mention of Gaijinworks or Victor Ireland. Did they have a falling out or something?
Anyway, if old Vic wants to get back in the ring in a big way, I'd say translate and publish Earthbound and other great imports many waited for so long on VC, XBLA, and PSN.
Kitsune Sniper
09-27-2009, 11:19 AM
Anyway, if old Vic wants to get back in the ring in a big way, I'd say translate and publish Earthbound and other great imports many waited for so long on VC, XBLA, and PSN.
Earthbound? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Nintendo would never let anyone touch that game. Especially Victor Ireland. He could make a killing if he tried rebooting a niche Japanese game localization company, especially now that you can sell PS2 games for $10.
Press_Start
09-27-2009, 11:57 AM
Earthbound? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Nintendo would never let anyone touch that game. Especially Victor Ireland. He could make a killing if he tried rebooting a niche Japanese game localization company, especially now that you can sell PS2 games for $10.
Well, not Earthbound per say. More like Mother 1 & 3. If not that, there's plenty of old-school, Japanese goodies gamers over here are dying for a English release. The modern-niche market is too crowded with Atlus, NiS, and the like at the moment and the retro niche market is left nearly untapped.
Bojay1997
09-27-2009, 12:45 PM
For anyone who lives near a Fry's, the game is on clearance for about $8 right now. I picked it up last week and I would say it's interesting for about 2-3 hours. It's designed as a visual novel which means a lot of clicking and reading as opposed to hardcore gameplay.
Arkhan
09-27-2009, 03:52 PM
I have been on the ropes about grabbing this game. I like visual novels, and I like victor ireland, so it could be good.
anyone put enough time into it to get a review yet?
Vic needs to setup a company like WD and only this time get the games out faster. :)
Xexyz
09-28-2009, 12:14 PM
He did, and it's called Gajinworks as mentioned earlier. Miami Law was their first job, although Hudson was footing the bill since they developed it and have a U.S. publishing branch. Gajinworks was hired on exclusively to handle the localization.
Snapple
09-28-2009, 12:28 PM
Well, not Earthbound per say. More like Mother 1 & 3. If not that, there's plenty of old-school, Japanese goodies gamers over here are dying for a English release. The modern-niche market is too crowded with Atlus, NiS, and the like at the moment and the retro niche market is left nearly untapped.
Just so you know, Mother 1 and 3 both have fan translations.
Mother 3 was especially a pain-staking process that required oodles of programming by the best fan translation team probably ever assembled.
Flashback2012
09-28-2009, 09:02 PM
For anyone who lives near a Fry's, the game is on clearance for about $8 right now. I picked it up last week and I would say it's interesting for about 2-3 hours. It's designed as a visual novel which means a lot of clicking and reading as opposed to hardcore gameplay.
Anyone near a Fry's willing to help me snap it up at that price? :drinking:
InsaneDavid
09-28-2009, 09:26 PM
Anyone near a Fry's willing to help me snap it up at that price? :drinking:
You'd have to pay the "Fry's tax." You know, an extra fee for digging through their mess, being herded around like cattle in line, actually paying for the game, then escaping the body cavity search area. "You wan Fry card today?"
Cryomancer
09-28-2009, 10:51 PM
Played this a bit. It's pretty nice, actually. Japanese trailer shows off some of the features a bit better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZTqK7WmHA
Icarus Moonsight
09-29-2009, 12:28 AM
You'd have to pay the "Fry's tax." You know, an extra fee for digging through their mess, being herded around like cattle in line, actually paying for the game, then escaping the body cavity search area. "You wan Fry card today?"
Uh huh, nailed it. They do have great selection and sometimes great prices, but you do pay in kind through their customers are ++ungood policy. I have a huge Fry's about 20min away and I can only bring myself to go 3-4 times a year.
What the world needs now is a re-release of Mother with Obama jokes... Get crackin' Vic.