Limited Run Games (producing physical copies of digital games)

[kupomogli]

Looks like iam8bit was able to get Rez Infinite because they pitched the idea of also selling other merchandise as well. Priced at $40 for just the game though seems price gouging when it's probably going to be a $15-$20 remaster.

[Bojay1997]

And they aren't mentioning shipping as far as I can tell. It ships from UK, I wonder what the cost will be.

I think you're on the wrong Iam8bit store. They are going to ship from Los Angeles like they always do and shipping will range from a few dollars for media mail to significantly more for FedEx and other services.

[Bojay1997]

Looks like iam8bit was able to get Rez Infinite because they pitched the idea of also selling other merchandise as well. Priced at $40 for just the game though seems price gouging when it's probably going to be a $15-$20 remaster.

The price on PSN is going to be $30, so it's not really gouging IMHO.

[Deadman]

Would this be an appropriate place to post for trading Limited Run Games? I have managed to get extra copies of a couple and have missed a couple of releases due to being on vacation. Some I am buying on ebay, but some I'd rather try to trade for.

I have sealed extras of:
Soldner X-2 (Vita)
Breach and Clear Deadline (PS4)
Futuridium Soundtrack (limited to 600)


Would like to trade my Soldner X-2 for sealed Xeodrifter (Vita version).

I'm also in need of:
Xeodrifter (PS4)
Octodad (Vita)
Saturday Morning RPG soundtrack

[megasdkirby]

I wonder how successful this print run of Rez Infinite will be since they're not giving any print run size nor any indication of a cut-off date for orders, so I don't know if it'll have that same kind of "limited" appeal to collectors.




And also that the price is friggin' $40! No thanks.

Just got the LRG today, sans the soundtrack variant for Shadow Complex.

[kupomogli]

I got all three games. The games all disappeared for a bit and didn't come back up on. I Google'd Limited Run Games and then went under the first option and the games were back up, but even on there, Shadow Complex Bundle was the only one available at the time, when I put it in my cart it was already gone, but then when hitting okay and doing a refresh again, Shadow Complex the non bundled version was there, so I was able to get it. Would have been pissed if I had to do two orders because the issue the site was having, but would have been more pissed if I missed out on the games period. I can see how this would have turned out to be a mess for some.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I managed to snag the Vita version of Rainbow Moon. For me, that's the most exciting release from LimitedRunGames yet. That kind of game fits the Vita perfectly, and because I can easily dump dozens if not hundreds of hours into it, the physical price + shipping is justified.

Do we have any idea what's coming in September? I'm rather looking forward to Cosmic Star Heroine and Rabi Ribi. So glad to see these guys putting quality releases out on Vita!

[Porksta]

I think you're on the wrong Iam8bit store. They are going to ship from Los Angeles like they always do and shipping will range from a few dollars for media mail to significantly more for FedEx and other services.

Ah, I saw "Go to UK Store" and I didn't know it was a link. I thought it meant Iam8bit was the "go to store" in the UK.

[Aussie2B]

I got one each of each game/variant. Passed on the soundtracks this time too since I'm not familiar with the composers.


The games all disappeared for a bit and didn't come back up on. I Google'd Limited Run Games and then went under the first option and the games were back up, but even on there, Shadow Complex Bundle was the only one available at the time, when I put it in my cart it was already gone, but then when hitting okay and doing a refresh again, Shadow Complex the non bundled version was there, so I was able to get it. Would have been pissed if I had to do two orders because the issue the site was having, but would have been more pissed if I missed out on the games period. I can see how this would have turned out to be a mess for some.

It wasn't an issue with the site; they intentionally took down the listings temporarily before 10AM EST in order to prevent people from preloading items into their carts, which contributed to the problems with the last batch of games. You must've caught the Shadow Complex bundle in the process of it being pulled down, before it was actually available, because it didn't sell out super fast once it was up for real.

I don't know if they're going to stick with this strategy, but I assume they're going to do the same with the 6PM batch at least. Another thing to watch out for is that they're not splitting these releases in half. Since there's way more demand in the morning, they allocated about 65-75% of each game/OST to the morning listings. At 6PM, there's going to be 1900 more copies of Shadow Complex listed, and 1000 of Rainbow Moon on each platform.


Do we have any idea what's coming in September?

Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice for PS4 and Vita, which is currently planned for release within the first week or so of September (I think I read them saying either the 2nd or 9th, IIRC). Then there's a still-unannounced RPG that was developed in Japan. I wouldn't be surprised if there's even more to be released in September since they're saying that the month is pretty packed. Though I know, counting variants, they don't like to release more than 4 or 5 games a month, and with Dragon Fantasy and the mystery RPG, that's at least 3, possibly 4 if the mystery RPG is multiplatform.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I'm not collecting every Limited Run release simply for the sake of collecting them all, I'm trying to only buy the good ones.

Do you know if Dragon Fantasy is any good? I've seen a trailer and it looks like a B tier indie RPG trying to invoke the look of an early 16-bit RPG like Phantasy Star II or Final Fantasy IV. I have a lot of nostalgia for fourth gen RPGs, but they're all the later ones like Lunar, Lufia, Final Fantasy V, VI, Phantasy Star IV and so on.

[Porksta]

I'm not collecting every Limited Run release simply for the sake of collecting them all, I'm trying to only buy the good ones.

Do you know if Dragon Fantasy is any good? I've seen a trailer and it looks like a B tier indie RPG trying to invoke the look of an early 16-bit RPG like Phantasy Star II or Final Fantasy IV. I have a lot of nostalgia for fourth gen RPGs, but they're all the later ones like Lunar, Lufia, Final Fantasy V, VI, Phantasy Star IV and so on.

All their games are re-releases of digital games, so I imagine you could just check out Metacritic. The trophies double up as well!

[Aussie2B]

I haven't played Dragon Fantasy myself, but I have heard that the physical release is improved from the digital versions of the game currently available.

I guess it had been very appropriate of me to call the unannounced September RPG a "mystery RPG" because it is, in fact, Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics from Spike Chunsoft. I think those who were clamoring for Japanese games and industry-made games will be pretty pleased with this, though it's obviously one of Spike Chunsoft's lower budget titles.

[kupomogli]

I'll be buying both versions of One Way Heroics, loved the original on PC. There's a ton of different perks available to create your characters and many different types of classes to acquire, but after acquiring everything, the game does get pretty repetitive. It doesn't have quite the long lasting value most rogue likes have, but it's an amazing experience for around the first 10 hours or so because the unique style of it, game feels like an adventure over a dungeon crawl.

[Aussie2B]

There's one more game for September, for both Vita and PS4, that LRG describes as a platformer/adventure game. So I guess that's why they were saying September is packed, since if you count the platform variants, that's 6 releases, and that's not even getting into possible OSTs and what have you.

[kupomogli]

Hopefully it's Salt and Sanctuary. I've wanted to play that game.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

It looks like the mystery September game will be Thomas Was Alone. A puzzle platformer with a strong narrative. Not exactly super exciting for me (bring on Rabi-Ribi please!!!) but I'll probably end up buying it regardless.

[kupomogli]

Yeaaah.... no. Thomas and friends can stay alone. A game that should be worth $1 going for $25, even if at retail, no thanks.

[Aussie2B]

Today's the day for Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice and the Saturday Morning RPG vinyl OST. The latter is already gone, and I'm not sure if it's coming back at 6pm EST. The first batch of Dragon Fantasy's Vita version and OST went in the blink of an eye, but there's still a small amount left of the first batch of the PS4 version for now.

[Aussie2B]

Looks like there is more stock of the vinyl for later, and at some random time today, they'll be selling a very small number of bundles of Saturday Morning RPG for Vita or PS4 with the vinyl.

Interesting news today too. LRG is expanding into PC releases with the HD remaster of SUDA51's debut game The Silver Case.

[Aussie2B]

Even more exciting news came out yesterday. Apparently, LRG is releasing the second and third Shantae games on PS4 mid-October. It's especially great for Risky's Revenge because it'll be the first time the game has been released physically. These two have definitely shot up near the top of the LRG releases I'm looking forward to. And XSEED is releasing the fourth game soon, so it's a good time for fans of the series. Now if only we could get an affordable physical release of the first game, but at least it can be acquired legally at a decent price digitally on 3DS.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Too bad there aren't Vita versions of either game as that's the platform I'd like to get them for, but I won't pass up the PS4 versions.

I'm so glad I bought the game when it first came out in 2002. I didn't yet have a GBA, and bought Shantae because of magazine coverage and thought it looked really, really great - plus I was a young teenager and quite liked the concept that the main character was wearing something like a bikini.

[kupomogli]

Fourth PS4 game I've received and the only PS4 game I've ever received that I've received in the mail that's now pretty much worthless. I'll see if I can get a refund on it, if I can't, might just trash the game. Had very little interest in Dragon Fantasy anyways but still had a little interest in it, this makes it as worthless as the digital version. Between most releases not being very good, if this happens again I don't think I'll be bothering with LRG anymore. I've mentioned they should start using cardboard backers or bubble wrap around each game in a post in the forum and that I'd be willing to pay a couple extra dollars to make sure the games came in good condition, will see where it goes though.

*edit*

So I never knew you could get the items shipped in a box, never saw the option of a box in their store or to choose when paying, but found out there actually is. Increases the order cost by $5 though which is a bit steep. $10 for shipping in the same region is a bit ridiculous. I wouldn't complain at $8 since it's just them as a small business, but even then it shouldn't cost more than $6 or $7. It's a flat rate fee of $7 at the post office of up to a certain weight, something a set of games isn't going to exceed.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ctk9XTJVUAAb9fW.jpg

[mailman187666]

^ I haven't picked up my copy of Dragon Fantasy from the PO yet, but the only other game I've ordered from LRG had the disc rattling around inside the case. It sucks that these games come in the mail like this when they are supposed to be collector's items.

[Aussie2B]

LRG will replace (or probably refund the item price) anything that's damaged, but it's on you to cover the return shipping. I personally opted to hold on to my slightly damaged PS4 Saturday Morning RPG rather than spend even more on it and waste my time on a trip to the post office. Maybe that was a dumb move given current values on the game, but oh well.

Either way, a damaged LRG game is definitely not worthless. I mean, if a slightly damaged sealed copy is worthless, then I guess all my opened Vita copies must be totally worthless too. But if you check completed eBay auctions, that's just not the case. I think a LRG release would have to be totally mangled, with the game unplayable, for it to lose essentially all value. I mean, people were clamoring to win even loose copies of Breach & Clear from LRG giveaways.

Anyway, Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics and Thomas Was Alone have been put up for sale, along with the Thomas Was Alone OST. The stock bar is in the red for most everything right now, but nothing is sold out of its first batch just yet. Seems the print run sizes are decent enough to prevent too much insanity this time around.

[Porksta]

And the shipping rates went up.

[Aussie2B]

Did they? I got $5.25 shipping for buying both platform variants of both games, but I assumed the increase was because it's the first time I'm buying four items at once from them. I know they've always said that international shipping is a flat rate of $15 for up to three games and $22 for four or more, so I assumed the same pattern of an increase after three items applied to domestic shipping too.

[Porksta]

Did they? I got $5.25 shipping for buying both platform variants of both games, but I assumed the increase was because it's the first time I'm buying four items at once from them. I know they've always said that international shipping is a flat rate of $15 for up to three games and $22 for four or more, so I assumed the same pattern of an increase after three items applied to domestic shipping too.

I just put in an order for one game - shipping has indeed gone up.

[Aussie2B]

Thanks for the info. Well, I'm glad it's a only a small increase at least, and it's nice to know that the domestic flat rate holds even beyond three items.

[kupomogli]

Either way, a damaged LRG game is definitely not worthless. I mean, if a slightly damaged sealed copy is worthless, then I guess all my opened Vita copies must be totally worthless too. But if you check completed eBay auctions, that's just not the case. I think a LRG release would have to be totally mangled, with the game unplayable, for it to lose essentially all value. I mean, people were clamoring to win even loose copies of Breach & Clear from LRG giveaways.

Damaged and disc is loose. I'm going to have to open it in order to replace the disc, haven't did that yet though because I'm going to email them and ask if they want me to open it and replace the disc or send it the way it is with the loose disc.

*edit*

I've emailed them about it, I've also included in the email mentions of the cardboard backers and found a bulk supplier, included the direct link in the email. For a bulk supply of cardboard backers, have one placed in between each game in a bubble mailer. Didn't mention this, but it'd offer even more protection with one on the outside of the games as well, and they're less than $.05 each. But for the example of having one between each game, if you got three games, you'd have one cardboard backer in between games one and two and one between games two and three and it'd cost $.10 extra. This would go a long way in protecting each game while costing very little money and I really do think they should do this, as I'd recommend everyone who is shipping multiple games in a bubble mailer. Wouldn't make a difference in shipping in a bubble mailer with this added protection either. The box would still be the best, but this is a way to almost guarantee safe arrival of their product while being an extremely low cost. At the very least, no blame could be pushed on them for the product not arriving safely because with this they'd have taken measures for that, if the backers are included and the product comes in damaged, then it's 100% the mailing carriers fault.

https://www.uline.com/BL_1852/Chipboard-Pads

We'll see what happens. I've gave them the idea of a cheap way to guarantee safety of the product while including cost effective shipping to their consumer. It will add a slight extra amount of time to include each backer, so say three games, insert the two backers in, put game one before the two backers, game two between the two, and game three after the last backer. It wouldn't much longer and the cost wouldn't be much more. By doing this it'd show just how much these limited releases mean to them and that while they're in it for the money(this isn't a knock, who wouldn't be, that's the reason to get in a business in the first place,) they're showing that they'll go enough out of their way to do what they can for the fans that are supporting them. They don't have to bend over backwards, but showing the fans they care a little bit goes a long way. Additionally, they increased the shipping by $.25, what's another $.25 to make it an even $5.50. Not having to pay $5 for a box and guaranteeing my games comes in good condition is worth the extra $.25. People who want to ensure safety can still purchase the box, but this will pretty much guarantee no damages.

It's just with the amount of bad rep you hear about LRG having damages in shipping since day one, they really need to do something like this. They've just recently dropped the fulfillment center and while this last one was sent by them, they can change their image and have people shouting praises of how much they care for their fans, etc, etc. Being known for being worse than Digital River when it comes to damages in shipping isn't a good thing and they need to turn this around. I obviously didn't complain before because I never had damages, this is the first time I've had damages, and this is only the fourth purchase I've made from them, so that's 25%. Compare that to Best Buy, Amazon, Play Asia, 365games, etc, that I've ordered multiple games together, and I can't tell you a time that I've received a game that's been damaged. Gamestop? I've only ordered online when I've had credit, so once, and that was an Atlus game that came with day one packaging. Let me just say that Gamestop is 0/1, 100% failure to safeguard my one item. I don't know how I got the item the way it was, but the box was mangled, ripped on multiple corners, etc, and it was a bubblewrap mailer with a thin layer of plastic that you can barely say it's a bubble wrap mailer. Good thing that there was an actual Vita case inside so I just tossed the outside packaging, but I have plenty of extra packaging from Atlus games that I've received from my Amazon copies and those arrived and are still in perfect condition. I also don't have Prime except the free once a year, so I always have to hit the(now $50) free shipping mark, so I always have more than one game from Amazon being shipped together.

[Aussie2B]

I don't know what you've been hearing, but I haven't experienced or heard about any higher rate of items showing up damaged with LRG than with any other company that sells similar quantities or greater of PS4 and Vita games. The only thing that's common is loose discs, but that holds true for anyone shipping PS4 games. These things just happen sometimes. I mean, I know it sucks, and I was disappointed when my Saturday Morning RPG showed up with minor damage. But I've placed 10 separate orders with LRG, and that was the only game I've had from them that showed up damaged. And since I've always bought multiple items at a time except for my Breach & Clear order, then that means only one damaged item out of 20+ individual items.

That said, I'm all for them improving their shipping methods, and having followed them all this time, it does seem like they've been striving to improve with each batch of games. Hopefully they will improve their packing and the rates of damage with drop in the future.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I got my copy of of Dragon Fantasy a week or so ago, and I'm realy annoyed at whoever put together the cover art. Since Vita cases are so small to begin with, it is important for the spines to clearly identicate the game at a glance.

So I'm more than a little bit pissed off the spine uses a very dark solid blue background with the game logo itself using size 10 font and the subtitle using size 7 font. Only standing about 4 feet away, the whole spine appears dark blue with the logo just barely visible at all. You have to physically pull it out to even tell what game it is. And I have 20/20 vision. This is bullshit.

[Porksta]

I'm still waiting for my most recent order to ship...

[kupomogli]

I'm still waiting for my most recent order to ship...

Same here. Still don't have the shipping email. I don't mind the wait if it gets to me though, just don't want them to miss shipping mine.

[Porksta]

Same here. Still don't have the shipping email. I don't mind the wait if it gets to me though, just don't want them to miss shipping mine.

They said shipping could take two weeks. Today is two weeks. I have sent them messages on Twitter before and they give me this shitty line "we are just two people blah blah blah." So what? It takes two seconds to print a label and put a game in a mailer. If you can't handle the load in a timely fashion hire more people or make smaller runs.

[Aussie2B]

Have you guys logged in on the site and checked the fulfillment status? I've noticed that sometimes I don't get a shipping confirmation email, or I don't get it until the games have already shown up, but if I check on the site, I can see if the order has been shipped and check the tracking.

As for the most recent batch of games, I got an email about my copies shipping on the 7th, and apparently they were delivered yesterday, though I've been away from home for the last few weeks.

[kupomogli]

Have you guys logged in on the site and checked the fulfillment status? I've noticed that sometimes I don't get a shipping confirmation email, or I don't get it until the games have already shown up, but if I check on the site, I can see if the order has been shipped and check the tracking.

As for the most recent batch of games, I got an email about my copies shipping on the 7th, and apparently they were delivered yesterday, though I've been away from home for the last few weeks.

Yeah, I've checked. It usually shows where it's currently located at at the time. It says it hasn't shipped yet and on the main order screen it shows unfulfilled. I'll wait a few more days, if I still don't see it shipped I'll send an email. I pay the ridiculous shipping costs of $10.25 for shipping with a box because of the damage I've received last time, and I don't get the games for a month(presumably.) Play-Asia ships faster than this with their $5 shipping and it's on the other side of the world.

*edit*

Mine has shipped. I only got One Way Heroics because that's the only one I was interested in, I enjoyed the game on PC so wanted to own it at retail.

Btw, I downloaded the demo of OWH on PSN and it's a really good demo for anyone who's interested in trying it out. The demo is only playable on "Easy" or "A Stroll in the Park/PC original name" difficulty and the areas that you traverse through are all the same locations in the world, slightly different per game. At the beginning of the game you're unable to defeat the dark lord, and the trick that you can use to lure the dark lord to the end and have them run away because the darkness hits them doesn't seem to work on this version. After playing the tutorial, it throws you straight into the opening world with the strength, vitality, and agility perks as the swordsman class and your name is nameless. There's no limitations on what you can do in the world though as both times I've attempted, I've made my way and defeated the dark lord on the demo version. It won't allow you to learn new perks or classes in the demo, but you can use the dimensional vault and you can can change to one of five classes afterwards and use three of any of the starting perks.

Whether you're interested in trying it before opening your copy of OWH or maybe you didn't get OWH and want to try out the game, it's actually a really good rogue like. I initially thought it was the best rogue like I've ever played, but the game does lack content, and you can beat the game in less than 20 minutes. The game has different worlds to progress through, different events that will pop up when you go to random worlds, etc, it's finding these worlds that is the problem. Not every world is going to be a unique experience, many of them are going to be an identical experience to the last just have you running across different looking areas, and that's the biggest issue with the game. It's a great unique experience for a rogue like though as it's like a mini grand rpg adventure which is the reason for my initial impression as I first played the game, but shortly after I changed my opinion that it's great because of its unique experience, but far from the best because it sorely lacks the content and depth that a lot of the best rogue likes provide. I haven't played Tales of Majeyal yet, which I've heard was a good one, but from everything I've played, console and PC(based on what's came to the US,) Torneko the Last Hope, Shiren the Wanderer, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Azure Dreams, and ZHP Unlosing Ranger vs Dark Death Evil Man are the very best. I like to praise NIS for ZHP because while imo Disgaea is meh, the style of gameplay for that game is perfect for ZHP and they've made one of the absolute best in the genre.

[Aussie2B]

Today is the last day to preorder The Silver Case for PC if anybody is interested. While the game looks good, I think I'll pass on this one myself, since I'm still not that much of a PC gamer or collector. It's not a part of the main numbered line, so it's not gonna tug away at any obsessive-compulsive collecting tendencies either, haha. They say that if the PC version is successful, the game may someday come to PS4 and/or Vita, and if it does and gets a physical print run on those, then I'll bite. I have just about a million other VNs to play in the meantime.

It's also just a little over a week until the two PS4 Shantae releases and Volume for Vita are to be sold. I'll be going all in on those.

[Bojay1997]

Today is the last day to preorder The Silver Case for PC if anybody is interested. While the game looks good, I think I'll pass on this one myself, since I'm still not that much of a PC gamer or collector. It's not a part of the main numbered line, so it's not gonna tug away at any obsessive-compulsive collecting tendencies either, haha. They say that if the PC version is successful, the game may someday come to PS4 and/or Vita, and if it does and gets a physical print run on those, then I'll bite. I have just about a million other VNs to play in the meantime.

It's also just a little over a week until the two PS4 Shantae releases and Volume for Vita are to be sold. I'll be going all in on those.

Volume won't be in the same batch as the two Shantaes. Volume has a release date of 11/04/16. Also, Silver Case is getting a PS4 remake that will be released physically by NIS America.

[Aussie2B]

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I just heard about Volume's delay a minute ago. It's too bad considering LRG has a packed November now with 6 releases (two on both platforms and two that are Vita-exclusive, with Volume being one of those).

[kupomogli]

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I just heard about Volume's delay a minute ago. It's too bad considering LRG has a packed November now with 6 releases (two on both platforms and two that are Vita-exclusive, with Volume being one of those).

More games in one month saves me on shipping. I don't really care about Volume, but hopefully everything else I'm interested in releases on the same day. I'm not really fond of being there at a specific time multiple weeks in a row, plus it'll save me shipping. I'll be getting a box again so I make sure they're fine. I'll get Shantae shipped regularly since both are PS4 titles, no Vita case to dig into the PS4 version and ruin my copy.

[Aussie2B]

Unfortunately, it's not working out that way with Volume. It's releasing all by itself (outside of maybe an OST, I dunno), so it's going to cost more in shipping coming out in November for people who want both that and the Shantae games versus had it come out in October as planned.

As for the other November games, LRG has said that they're being "paired together", so I'm not getting the impression that the other 5 (or 3, not counting platform variants) will all be released in one go. I'm guessing the other solo Vita game will be sold along one of the multiplatform games, and then the other multiplatform game will be sold by itself (again, not counting any possible OSTs or other merch).

Speaking of OSTs, not only are they going to be selling OSTs for the two Shantae games they're selling, but they'll also have the first Shantae's OST for sale.

[Aussie2B]

Today's the day for the 2nd and 3rd Shantae games and the soundtracks for the first three Shantae games. Act fast right now or wait for the later batch.

We're also just a few days away from preorders opening up for Skullgirls: 2nd Encore. Weirdly enough, they're still a part of the numbered line, even though they're being sold like The Silver Case rather than all the other numbered PS4/Vita releases. I'm thinking I might make it the first multiplatform release where I don't buy one of each variant. I'm kinda tired of stockpiling sealed PS4 versions that I don't know if I'll ultimately keep. I think I'd be good just going with the Vita versions when there's an option (and still getting the PS4 exclusives, of course).

[Aussie2B]

Volume for Vita is now on sale, and today is your only chance to combine another game release with Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, if you want both and want to save on shipping. Just keep in mind that Skullgirls isn't expected to ship until January, and combining shipping with it means everything else in the order will wait until then too.

[shadowman]

I grabbed Volume but passed on Skull Girls. I already have the Japanese physical release of it (which is already in English) so I had no need for another copy (even if the LRG one will no doubt be the rarer version).

Also pleased to see Stealth Inc. and Lone Survivor getting the LRG treatment - both because I want physical releases of both and because I want to make some extra space on my memory card!

[megasdkirby]

Did anyone get their copy of the Shantae games? My order still says "UNFULFILLED".

[Aussie2B]

Yep, mine arrived on November 12th.

Did you order any OSTs with the games? I know they ran into a snafu with the Shantae OSTs that caused all orders including OSTs to be delayed. It was something like the Risky's Revenge soundtrack discs got packaged in the first game's OST cases, and the discs for the first game's soundtrack got packaged in the Risky's Revenge OST cases. My order didn't contain any OSTs, so I wouldn't be surprised if those who did order OSTs still haven't received their packages.

[Tron 2.0]

Did anyone get their copy of the Shantae games? My order still says "UNFULFILLED".
Got both shantae games from LRG awhile ago.They came in mint shape and the reversible cover art for the insert are they a nice touch.Though i wish i could of bought the sounds tracks to but that would have cost more money.I decided as well to buy a physical copy of (skull girls) from LRG it's cheaper then importing the asia version.

[Aussie2B]

Stealth Inc. is up for sale today. Picked up just the Vita version myself.

[kupomogli]

Did anyone get their copy of the Shantae games? My order still says "UNFULFILLED".

I got my Shantae order much faster than the previous order I made. One Way Heroics took around a month before I finally got it.

I got Shantae around a week ago.

[Aussie2B]

For those of you who do like visual novels, here's a potential LRG release:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tokyootakumode/re-sharin-no-kuni-project/

If the Kickstarter campaign for Sharin no Kuni hits its $120,000 Vita port stretch goal, it'll be released not only digitally for Vita but would also receive a LRG physical print run. LRG stated that they would sell some copies on their website like usual, but backers of the Kickstarter campaign would get an exclusive cover that wouldn't be available anywhere else (unlike the PlayStation Experience version of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, which will be sold along the regular Oddworld copies on December 16).

Speaking of the upcoming Oddworld release, I'm kinda annoyed about how they're selling it. The only options are to buy three copies of the game, such that you get the PSX cover plus two copies with the reversible cover, or you can buy a standard copy and, if you're lucky, they may send you the PSX cover. I guess it really goes to show that a huge portion of LRG's clientele does not give a damn about actually playing any of these games, if they're not only keeping all their copies sealed but are even obsessive-compulsive enough to want two copies of the exact same game just because it has a reversible cover, with some copies having one side facing out and some the other. Me, I've been opening all but the PS4 versions of games that I bought for both PS4 and Vita (which I've stopped doing; now I only buy the Vita version when a game is sold for both platforms), so I couldn't care less about having two copies of the games with reversible covers when I can just flip the cover around at any time if I want. But the PSX version of Oddworld has totally unique packaging, so I would like one of those (I also like its cover much more than the reversible cover, which is ugly on both sides, IMO). But that's enough whining from me. If I gotta buy three copies and sell one off eventually, then so be it.

[kupomogli]

Are you saying it's dumb luck whether you get a PSX cover or not or only if someone buys three copies they'll get the variant? I thought they were only selling 150 of them on the LRG website and you'd assume they'd separate it and list it as rare cover variant or something of the sort.

[Aussie2B]

There are 1000 copies of the PlayStation Experience cover variant. Some were sold at the event, so the exact number remaining is unknown. Of that remaining stock, roughly 400 (which is about 70% of the remaining stock) will be sold in a bundle where you get three copies of the game. One is guaranteed to be the PSX cover, the other two are standard copies, and you're guaranteed to get one of each side of the reversible cover facing out (as opposed to two standard copies that both have the same side of the cover facing out).

Roughly 25% of the remaining PSX variants will be added to the pool of standard copies. If you pass on the bundle and buy a regular copy, it's pure luck if you get the PSX variant. (And if you get the standard copy, it's also pure luck which side of the reversible cover will be facing out.)

And roughly 5% will be sold in charity auctions on eBay.

And then there's whatever number of copies they're setting aside to replace stuff lost/damaged in the mail and what have you.

They've said that they might sell just the PSX insert by itself down the road. The minimum from Sony is greater than 1000, so LRG will receive the surplus in a few months. So if that happens, one could just buy the cover, swap it in, and create an artificial PSX variant, since I don't believe anything else about the packaging is unique. That, of course, only applies to opened copies, so collectors may be all the more insistent to have the PSX variants sealed, to know that they're a "real" PSX variant.

[Spartacus]

Today is the last day to preorder The Silver Case for PC if anybody is interested. While the game looks good, I think I'll pass on this one myself, since I'm still not that much of a PC gamer or collector. It's not a part of the main numbered line, so it's not gonna tug away at any obsessive-compulsive collecting tendencies either, haha. They say that if the PC version is successful, the game may someday come to PS4 and/or Vita, and if it does and gets a physical print run on those, then I'll bite.

I noticed Amazon is taking pre-orders for The Silver Case on PS4 for 29.99 plus tax with a March 31st release date.

[Aussie2B]

Yep, shortly after LRG took preorders for the physical PC release, NISA announced that they'd be releasing a PS4 version, with both standard physical copies and their own LE.

eastasiasoft also struck up a deal with Play-Asia to offer an English Asian physical Vita release of Soldner-X 2 (since the Vita has no regional lockout is essentially identical to the LRG release, minus the packaging differences):

http://www.play-asia.com/sldner-x-2-final-prototype-play-asiacom-exclusive-multi-langua/13/70am7p

So LRG isn't necessarily the end of the line for these various games in terms of physical print runs. It's only limited in that LRG themselves will never reprint any game.

[Aussie2B]

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD and Firewatch just went up for sale. I was worried that the Oddworld bundle would be a bloodbath, but it went smooth as always for me by simply refreshing until the items could be added to cart and going through the payment process quickly. I'm pretty sure this is my most expensive LRG order yet. x_x But I mean, when you see how much the PSX variant is *already* selling for on eBay, it's hard to pass it up.

[Aussie2B]

The Sharin no Kuni Kickstarter hit its Vita stretch goal. :) LRG will sell standard copies of the game on their own site eventually, but if you want the Kickstarter-exclusive cover, you have a little over two days to back.

LRG also got on board with Plague Road:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcadedistillery/plague-road-a-roguelike-turn-based-strategy-game/

No stretch goal needed to be hit here. The game just needs to hit its base goal and physical copies are a go. It's less than $4,000 to that at this point in time with 8 days to go, so the odds seem good. Like Sharin no Kuni, standard copies will eventually be on the LRG site, but backers of the Kickstarter campaign will get an exclusive cover.

[Aussie2B]

Lone Survivor is up today, in bundles with the soundtrack and without. Grabbed just a regular Vita copy myself. I had to keep reminding myself of this sale for the last few days since having it between Christmas and New Year's makes it easily forgotten, in my opinion.

[megasdkirby]

Aqua Kitty DX and Oxenfree are up now. Managed to get all three, sans the music Cd versions.

[Aussie2B]

I grabbed Oxenfree and the Vita version of Aqua Kitty. I also tried their new hold service for combining shipping, even though it feels kinda pointless for domestic orders. With the fees at each step, I won't even see a discount until my third order, which will only be a couple bucks saved at that, and considering you can only hold items for one month, three orders may be all I get to squeeze in before shipment is mandatory. (Next run is next Friday, the following Friday has nothing, and then there are some games on February 17. Nobody knows yet if anything will be up on February 24, but if they're going to be strict about the four week rule, then that'd be one day past four weeks anyway.)

They're also starting their customer loyalty thing with this batch. I wish it could be retroactive in some way to some degree. It kinda stinks for those of us who have been supporting LRG from day one and bought every single game, especially people like me who have started to cut back (passing on PS4 versions of games that also have a Vita version).

[PreZZ]

They NEED to release a physical copy of salt and sanctuary for vita-ps4

[FieryReign]

Anyone play any of these games? Or are they just shelf trophies?

[Aussie2B]

The only one I've played through to completion so far is Xeodrifter (it helps that it's a very short game). But I've bought every Vita release and opened and played at least a little of every single one so far. I've bought all the games that were PS4-exclusive as well, and most have been opened and played now (I only just recently got a PS4).


They NEED to release a physical copy of salt and sanctuary for vita-ps4

They already signed a deal to do so. :) It's just a matter of waiting for the Vita port to come out, since it's not even available digitally yet.

[Koa Zo]

(passing on PS4 versions of games that also have a Vita version).

I've not kept up with the current generation of consoles and have zero awareness of the Vita.
What is the benefit of buying Vita games over PS4? Can they be played on a TV with a PS4 controller also?

[kupomogli]

Anyone play any of these games? Or are they just shelf trophies?

I play them when I get around to them, just like any traditional release. Problem is, new game comes along and if it wasn't something I was really hyped about playing asap, it'll just get pushed further and further in the backlog the more new content comes out. The last three LRG titles I've purchased I've opened and played have been the Shantae games and One Way Heroics, but everything prior to that is still sealed despite my interest. I don't purchase too many LRG titles though. I only purchase games I think will be good enough to stay in my collection. Games like FF15 I bought day one I sold as soon as I completed it, but Watch Dogs and The Order 1886 were a lot better than internet reviews and impressions made them out to be. I'd like to go into the whole rant about hype, anti-hype, and bs journalism being the reason why a lot of games sell and others don't, but I'd go way off topic. So LRG that I haven't yet played that I own are Saturday Morning RPG, Oddworld New and Tasty, Rainbow Moon, Shadow Complex, and Dragon Fantasy 2. Except for SMRPG, I own the PS4 and Vita versions of all releases where applicable. Once Cosmic Star Heroine comes out I'll buy two copies of each and will play the game on PS4, super hyped about that one.


I've not kept up with the current generation of consoles and have zero awareness of the Vita.
What is the benefit of buying Vita games over PS4? Can they be played on a TV with a PS4 controller also?

They can, as long as you have a PSTV. The only reason I buy them though is because I bought the Vita day one(and a second one off Craigslist,) and the pitiful line up of exclusives have made me really disappointed in the system. So I've been buying up any game that seems like it's more tailor made for the Vita, so I can actually own a decent amount of games for the system, despite most of them just being ports of PS3 or PS4 games. I'd honestly recommend a 3DS over the Vita for people who are into retail games, but if you want a portable and you're a fan of digital, the Vita is the best money can buy, and then find a PSTV for cheap(probably can be easily found for $40 new on Ebay,) and you can play those games anywhere whether they're retail or digital copies. Don't get me wrong though, Vita has some great retail games, even some great retail exclusives(losing them by the day too, Wipeout 2048 is no longer exclusive later this year when it lands on the PS4,) and it's much less of a disappointment to me than the Wii U, but I judge systems by everything I can play, so even though I stiill buy these multiconsole games on the Vita, 90% of the library can be played somewhere else and I don't play it very often when I just play the other consoles/poirtables instead.

[Aussie2B]

I've not kept up with the current generation of consoles and have zero awareness of the Vita.
What is the benefit of buying Vita games over PS4? Can they be played on a TV with a PS4 controller also?

There isn't really any benefit, it's just my personal preference. Many of LRG's Vita releases are PSTV compatible (some aren't), but I don't even have a PSTV myself. I've never been one to particularly crave playing my handheld games on a TV. I never bothered using TV out with my PSP, I never bought a Game Boy Player for GameCube, and though I did buy a Super Game Boy in the 2000s for a few bucks, I've barely used the thing. Meanwhile, I've surely sunk hundreds of hours playing GB/GBC games on my GBA SP.

As for why I pass on the PS4 versions and get the Vita versions, first, it was just a matter of practicality. I owned a Vita before LRG even existed, but I didn't get a PS4 until about a month ago. For a while there, I was buying PS4 games that I couldn't even play. Then there's the fact that the Vita is a more collectible system. The PS4 is hugely successful and gets loads of games. Sony more or less abandoned the Vita, and now it's all about niche games. While it gets a steady stream of US releases, there aren't tons. Even after all these years, I believe there are still only around 200 physical US releases. If I was ever so inclined to go for a full set, I would be way more likely to do that with the Vita than the PS4, hence I'd rather get the rarest releases when their cheap than at inflated prices on the used market years down the road. Then there's just the fact that I'd like more to play on Vita, as I'm really fond of the system. Not that I'm really lacking there, my Vita backlog is already over 50 games deep, haha. Lastly, since most of LRG's releases are indies, and most are relatively simplistic games, there's no performance benefit to playing them on PS4. They run the same on either, and personally, I think these sorts of simple games are better suited to handhelds rather than today's home consoles. I don't care to have a simple retro-style 2D game on a massive HD screen, running on hardware designed for huge AAA games. Like when LRG released the second and third Shantae games, just on PS4, I personally wish I could play them on Vita instead. And they've got Rabi-Ribi coming in the future, which is a 2D Metroid-style game, and while I already have the game on Steam, I think I'll enjoy it even more as a handheld game.

[Aussie2B]

Today's the day for Curses 'N Chaos and The Swapper, though the morning batch will probably be sold out before I hit submit on this post.

Some exciting announcements lately too. The Swindle is coming soon and Forma.8 was announced right before today's games went up, but the best announcement, in my opinion, is a physical print run of DariusBurst: Chronicle Saviours. Given the digital price, though, it's definitely going to be a standard price PS4 release. There is also going to be a LE of it, so I'm guessing that'll be at least $70. No word yet if the LE will be a preorder like the previous LEs they've done or not. The one disappointing thing is that, even though it was released for Vita on PSN in the US, Degica, the game's publisher, didn't want to do a physical print run of the Vita version, and even LRG doesn't know why.

[Bojay1997]

Today's the day for Curses 'N Chaos and The Swapper, though the morning batch will probably be sold out before I hit submit on this post.

Some exciting announcements lately too. The Swindle is coming soon and Forma.8 was announced right before today's games went up, but the best announcement, in my opinion, is a physical print run of DariusBurst: Chronicle Saviours. Given the digital price, though, it's definitely going to be a standard price PS4 release. There is also going to be a LE of it, so I'm guessing that'll be at least $70. No word yet if the LE will be a preorder like the previous LEs they've done or not. The one disappointing thing is that, even though it was released for Vita on PSN in the US, Degica, the game's publisher, didn't want to do a physical print run of the Vita version, and even LRG doesn't know why.

A few updates. DariusBurst is not going to be a preorder and the release price of the LE is likely at least $100 while the standard is $60. Also, LRG are going to go back to Degica and inquire about the Vita. According to an LRG post this morning, they brought it up early on with Degica and were ignored, but they basically didn't want to push their luck by bringing it up again once the negotiations on the PS4 version happened.

[Aussie2B]

Thanks for the updates. I'm glad to hear that there's still some chance of a physical Vita version. I'd definitely rather pay $40 for a Vita release than $60 for a PS4 release, especially when I'd rather play it on Vita anyway. Though it's always possible that, even if they do choose to do a Vita print run, the LE might still be exclusive to the PS4 version, leaving me to choose between either getting the LE or my preferred platform.

[The S]

I only pick up ones that interest me. I kind of was low-key wanting Stranger's Wrath but I missed out. It's okay because I have it on OUYA, though. Jumped on Skullgirls on Vita ASAP because I love the hell outta that game. Curses 'N Chaos looked a'ight so I got that.

[Koa Zo]

If anyone missed the email from LRG, they have just announced; with less than 24 hours to go, that LRG will be producing the CA$100 tier boxsets, OST, physical artbook, and dual physical PC & PS4 limited edition for the Sundered Kickstarter. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thunderlotus/sundered-a-horrifying-fight-for-survival-and-sanit)
The CA$100 tier description can't be updated but the details of the upgrades are on the campaign page.

Thanks for these replies about whether Vita games can be played on PS4. I don't have much interest in handheld and never looked at Vita, but then I noticed the Vita games were selling out faster than the PS4 version, so I was curious why they seem to be in higher demand.


They can, as long as you have a PSTV. The only reason I buy them though is because I bought the Vita day one(and a second one off Craigslist,) and the pitiful line up of exclusives have made me really disappointed in the system. So I've been buying up any game that seems like it's more tailor made for the Vita, so I can actually own a decent amount of games for the system, despite most of them just being ports of PS3 or PS4 games. I'd honestly recommend a 3DS over the Vita for people who are into retail games, but if you want a portable and you're a fan of digital, the Vita is the best money can buy, and then find a PSTV for cheap(probably can be easily found for $40 new on Ebay,) and you can play those games anywhere whether they're retail or digital copies. Don't get me wrong though, Vita has some great retail games, even some great retail exclusives(losing them by the day too, Wipeout 2048 is no longer exclusive later this year when it lands on the PS4,) and it's much less of a disappointment to me than the Wii U, but I judge systems by everything I can play, so even though I stiill buy these multiconsole games on the Vita, 90% of the library can be played somewhere else and I don't play it very often when I just play the other consoles/poirtables instead.



There isn't really any benefit, it's just my personal preference. Many of LRG's Vita releases are PSTV compatible (some aren't), but I don't even have a PSTV myself. I've never been one to particularly crave playing my handheld games on a TV. I never bothered using TV out with my PSP, I never bought a Game Boy Player for GameCube, and though I did buy a Super Game Boy in the 2000s for a few bucks, I've barely used the thing. Meanwhile, I've surely sunk hundreds of hours playing GB/GBC games on my GBA SP.

As for why I pass on the PS4 versions and get the Vita versions, first, it was just a matter of practicality. I owned a Vita before LRG even existed, but I didn't get a PS4 until about a month ago. For a while there, I was buying PS4 games that I couldn't even play. Then there's the fact that the Vita is a more collectible system. The PS4 is hugely successful and gets loads of games. Sony more or less abandoned the Vita, and now it's all about niche games. While it gets a steady stream of US releases, there aren't tons. Even after all these years, I believe there are still only around 200 physical US releases. If I was ever so inclined to go for a full set, I would be way more likely to do that with the Vita than the PS4, hence I'd rather get the rarest releases when their cheap than at inflated prices on the used market years down the road. Then there's just the fact that I'd like more to play on Vita, as I'm really fond of the system. Not that I'm really lacking there, my Vita backlog is already over 50 games deep, haha. Lastly, since most of LRG's releases are indies, and most are relatively simplistic games, there's no performance benefit to playing them on PS4. They run the same on either, and personally, I think these sorts of simple games are better suited to handhelds rather than today's home consoles. I don't care to have a simple retro-style 2D game on a massive HD screen, running on hardware designed for huge AAA games. Like when LRG released the second and third Shantae games, just on PS4, I personally wish I could play them on Vita instead. And they've got Rabi-Ribi coming in the future, which is a 2D Metroid-style game, and while I already have the game on Steam, I think I'll enjoy it even more as a handheld game.

[Aussie2B]

There's gonna be a standard PS4 version of Sundered on LRG's website eventually too, but yeah, anybody who wants the LE set, the physical PC release, and/or the Kickstarter-exclusive cover for the PS4 release should back the Kickstarter.

For me, since I'm more interested in collecting Vita than PS4 or PC, I think I'll just wait for the standard Sundered, even though I did back the Kickstarter campaigns for Sharin no Kuni and Plague Road for their exclusive covers.

This is a little off-topic, but PS4 and Vita collectors should also take a look at the Kickstarter campaign for Aegis: Innocence:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aegis/aegis-innocence

LRG has been receptive to the developer, but they won't sign the deal until a game is further along in development. The developer says that, if they reach their goal, no matter what, they're going to make physical PS4 and Vita copies, even if not through LRG. It'd either be just for the Kickstarter backers, or assuming LRG was on board, the Kickstarter backers would get an exclusive cover variant, just like with Plague Road and Sharin no Kuni. Honestly, I'm not too hopeful that they'll hit their goal at all at this point, but I backed for a physical copy anyway just in case they do.

[Aussie2B]

I would've liked to give you guys a heads up about the morning batch of The Swindle and Dear Esther, but this batch is already completely sold out. Anybody who missed them will have to wait until 6pm ET.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD playing cards are ready to go out too, so if you ordered that game, you're entitled to at least one pack for free. It's a little convoluted to redeem them, though. On the store, they're priced very high to discourage anybody from actually trying to buy them outright, and in your email, you should have a coupon code that will subtract off the price of the cards. You'll have to pay shipping if you want to get the cards by themselves, but you can always add them to an order you're making anyway and see no increase to the shipping cost. The codes are good till April 14, so you can wait a little bit if The Swindle and Dear Esther don't interest you, though we don't know what'll be coming out over the next couple months just yet.

[Aussie2B]

Runner2 is up today, and the morning batch is nearly sold out. The bundles with the PAX variant cover went ridiculously fast. I grabbed a Vita bundle, and they were sold out in literally 2 minutes. The PS4 bundle sold out a couple minutes after that. I assume there are going to be more of the bundles at 6pm ET, but you never know with these special variants.

As for LRG news lately, the most exciting thing, in my opinion, was the announcement of Ray Gigant for Vita. It's both a Japanese game and industry-made, so that's pretty rare for LRG. It's $30 on PSN, so it's going to be a full-priced $40 game from LRG, which makes sense because it's from Experience, the same developer behind other Vita dungeon-crawling RPGs like Demon Gaze, Operation Abyss, and Stranger of Sword City, which were all full price. Though I hear this game is more of a visual novel than a dungeon crawler, which works just fine for me, but fair warning for the VN haters out there.

[FieryReign]

Did these people release Axiom Verge for Vita? Or anyone know how to obtain physical? I'm not about that "limited rare" shit.

[Aussie2B]

LRG tried to get Axiom Verge, but they were shot down. Turns out BadLand Game got the deal to publish physical copies:

http://www.dualshockers.com/2017/02/23/axiom-verge-physical-release-2017/

PS4, Vita, and Wii U versions are due out Q2 2017. Other platforms may come later. They say it's getting a "retail edition", so I assume that mean it should be widely available, from stores like GameStop and Amazon and such. At least I hope that's what happens, but it concerns me that BadLand Games is located in Spain. It'd suck if Americans would have to import to get a physical copy.