I'm happy the game is doing well as I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
Also, yes, please.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2494220/FateSamurai_Remnant_Season_Pass/
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Included in the Season Pass:
1. Additional Episode 1
2. Additional Episode 2
3. Additional Episode 3
Note:
The Season Pass Bonus will be released on the same day as the game. Item 1 is planned to be released before the end of April 2024. Item 2 is planned to be released before the end of July 2024. Item 3 is planned to be released before the end of September 2024."
so for you FGO sickos hows the writing compare to that games arcs like lost belt no clue if any of the same writers like Nasu worked on this
for a muso it seems like it could be fun and outside the world design the visual effects and cutscenes look very pretty for a anime game but as usual KT games don't run great on pc :/
for a muso it seems like it could be fun and outside the world design the visual effects and cutscenes look very pretty for a anime game but as usual KT games don't run great on pc :/
The only thing really missable are digressions which the game tells you will disappear when you go to progress the story. Even if you do miss them though the game is built around multiple playthroughs and it's pretty easy to grab the ones you miss in NG+
Good though it's built around 3 endings and the "true ending" you can get in NG+ is the one that really ties the story together. The writing team is the FE Three Houses writing team iirc.
I would put the writing generally on the level of LB1/2/4/5 or the better EoR chapters, but not as good as LB6. That said, it also has a much more fleshed out protagonist than FGO does, which is a point in its favor.
As for who wrote it: Nasu came up with the initial ideas for the project while consulting with Kou Shibusawa. Sakurai and Higashide came up with the initial story outline along with the various characters, background lore, and so on. The first draft of everything was written by the Koei Tecmo writers responsible for Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Age of Calamity. Sakurai and Higashide then rewrote things as necessary according to which characters they were overseeing and made sure everything fit properly with TM lore.
Sakurai was responsible for Iori and Saber, and they ended up rewriting quite a lot of their dialogue to the point that Sakurai and Higashide are credited as writers and as supervisors. There are points of the game where I'm pretty sure you can tell Sakurai is writing when the dialogue suddenly becomes fancier, particualrly in scenes that break down Iori and Saber's characters. I believe Higashide was more hands-off but may have been involved more heavily for Lancer, who was included in the game at their suggestion. Nasu reviewed everything at the end of the process, and I expect he may have also made edits to the dialogue for his pet characters like Tamamo Aria and Gilgamesh. Nasu did mention in interviews that he had to make less changes than expected as the Koei Tecmo writers were both skilled and were fans of Fate to begin with.
As for who was assigned which character beyond the protagonists, I'm not actually sure since I don't believe there's a breakdown anywhere, but from experience with the writers I'd expect Sakurai was responsible for Yui+Rider, Tsuchimikado+Caster, Dorothea+Assassin (this one's more of a wild guess than the others), Takao+both Berserkers, and Rogue Saber while Higashide was responsible for Zheng+Archer, Chiemon+Lancer, and the remaining Rogues.
EDIT: Apparently this actually was described in the material book, at least to the extent that it mentioned who created each character. So Nasu has sole credit for Rogue Lancer and shared credit for Iori and Musashi, even though he likely didn't write much/any of their dialogue in the game, and Meteor is credited with Crice even though he's not in the game's credits...but he's done uncredited work on TM games before so it's possible he may have been involved just for her by providing ideas and reviewing her dialogue.
I was right for who created almost every character except team Caster, which was handled by Higashide.
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It's kind of worth noting that as the story progresses some areas also become locked down eventually where you can't access large portions of the area, and that rogue servants who are beaten in the story can become unusable until new game plus which also locks you from their skill trees and by extension certain Iori skills that require unlocking a set number from their trees if you hadn't unlocked them already
damn battle recollections giving me big loots
it is funny though that i continue to die in 1-2 hits from random bullshit regardless of my level, like hey are you not at full hp fighting rider? catch this instant grab and die
but void stance makes up for it since it kinda shreds
it is funny though that i continue to die in 1-2 hits from random bullshit regardless of my level, like hey are you not at full hp fighting rider? catch this instant grab and die
but void stance makes up for it since it kinda shreds
Do you happen to know how long the game is, with all the multiple playthroughs and the true ending?
I just beat my first play through at around 35 hours, but I've been doing a fairly completionist run and a lot of optional battles so you can definitely complete a play through much quicker
Getting all three endings, while reloading for the third ending on NG+ instead of doing a third playthrough, took me about 55 hours. This was a "most things done" playthrough on Normal difficulty only. The only things I didn't do were the "all upgrades" achievements, which require a bit of extra grinding for materials and clearing out at least 15 of the "Battle Recollections" (basically boss fight replays), and the "all logs" achievement which requires combing through every area in the game for some bonus encyclopedia entries. I did end up 100%ing the available story cutscenes and sidequests.
The total playtime if you're going for all achievements and/or want to play through the game on the highest difficulty in NG+ is probably closer to 60-70 hours.
well that's good to hear thanks for all the break downs it's nice to get a solid Fate game that is condensed in a nice amount of time with some fun gameplay to fill in all the plot
surprised to see the FE team working on this and the rest for each of the characters pretty much being okay'd by Nasu sounds promising as well ,excited to get deeper into this needed a JRPG of sorts in my downtime atm
surprised to see the FE team working on this and the rest for each of the characters pretty much being okay'd by Nasu sounds promising as well ,excited to get deeper into this needed a JRPG of sorts in my downtime atm
Here:
I found the translations of several interviews with various people responsible for the game. Here are parts of them (to read the full versions click on the links):
Reddit - Dive into anything
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r/fatesamurairemnantjp - Nasu and Shibusawa's Fate/Samurai Remnant interview, part 3 (Shibukawa's TM opinions and Nasu's KT opinions)
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Translated interviews from Fate/Samurai with Shibusawa Kou (Koei), Nasu, Higashide, Sakurai and Rei Wataru
I found the translations of several interviews with various people responsible for the game. Here are parts of them (to read the full versions click on the links): Character Designer's comments: Wataru Rei Q1. What were your first thoughts on this project and how did you feel when offered the...
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Caster and Rider are the only two uncontrollable Servants, although there are a couple of digressions that include Caster less directly.
I feel like I've been playing way slower than others and I'm not sure why. Just doing all of the digressions and going around exploring each map. 35 hours and just started chapter 3. Friend of mine who reviewed it said it took them 29 to finish. I'm not usually way slower than everyone else!
i'm guessing you went around doing those optional battles every time it's available? since you can easily refresh their availability with save & load
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Finished NG+ and the NG+ ending. Thoughts a bit mixed.
Overall, honestly surprised by the review scores. Having finished it I definitely enjoyed it but it felt like a good low/mid 7. low 8s feels pretty high given a lot of the rough edges the game has.
It feels like a really cool idea that sort of botches the execution somewhat.
The reveal that Iori is not a Shirou but in fact a Kirei is such a fantastic idea, but man, the NG+ cycle desperately needed a more extensive rewrite to make the reveal feel more earned. As it is it's basically just a handful of small scenes peppered throughout the same game you've already played, and it really comes off a lot more like "tell, don't show". It feels like if this was a VN, NG+ would be its own 15 hour route or something, and there's just not enough substance here. To the contrary you end up with weird shit where the game starts to make it clear that Iori is not a good person, but Saber will continue to get on with him amicably.
NG+ adds more digressions but these largely tell you things you could already infer from your first playthrough. There's a large focus on Chiemon who I didn't care much for. I am disappointed that they didn't use more digressions to expand Iori's true nature more, beyond offhand chiemon comments. Additionally, Lancer and Assassin both feel like kinda ass to control, making these digressions kind of a slog. It's actually kind of impressive how unpleasant characters that aren't Iori or Saber or Musashi or maybe rogue lancer/saber are to play as, especially after P5S has characters that all feel pretty great. Like Assassin feels like you're hitting enemies with a pool noodle ffs.
And finally, just in terms of the ending itself -- the fight absolutely should have transitioned from controlling Iori to controlling Saber and this feels like a massive miss. Instead of being able to fight unhinged iori with all his stances, you instead sort of just repeat the saber fight from chapter 4 or whatever with a few new moves at the end. Also afaik there's not even a unique final boss track for this fight wtf?!
Big respect to have the final ending for the game be such a downer one though. Also kinda removes any interest I have in the DLC lmao.
The reveal that Iori is not a Shirou but in fact a Kirei is such a fantastic idea, but man, the NG+ cycle desperately needed a more extensive rewrite to make the reveal feel more earned. As it is it's basically just a handful of small scenes peppered throughout the same game you've already played, and it really comes off a lot more like "tell, don't show". It feels like if this was a VN, NG+ would be its own 15 hour route or something, and there's just not enough substance here. To the contrary you end up with weird shit where the game starts to make it clear that Iori is not a good person, but Saber will continue to get on with him amicably.
NG+ adds more digressions but these largely tell you things you could already infer from your first playthrough. There's a large focus on Chiemon who I didn't care much for. I am disappointed that they didn't use more digressions to expand Iori's true nature more, beyond offhand chiemon comments. Additionally, Lancer and Assassin both feel like kinda ass to control, making these digressions kind of a slog. It's actually kind of impressive how unpleasant characters that aren't Iori or Saber or Musashi or maybe rogue lancer/saber are to play as, especially after P5S has characters that all feel pretty great. Like Assassin feels like you're hitting enemies with a pool noodle ffs.
And finally, just in terms of the ending itself -- the fight absolutely should have transitioned from controlling Iori to controlling Saber and this feels like a massive miss. Instead of being able to fight unhinged iori with all his stances, you instead sort of just repeat the saber fight from chapter 4 or whatever with a few new moves at the end. Also afaik there's not even a unique final boss track for this fight wtf?!
Big respect to have the final ending for the game be such a downer one though. Also kinda removes any interest I have in the DLC lmao.
Overall, honestly surprised by the review scores. Having finished it I definitely enjoyed it but it felt like a good low/mid 7. low 8s feels pretty high given a lot of the rough edges the game has.
I feel like there's plenty of hints on your first playthrough that Iori isn't the type of person he presents himself as and that something isn't quite right with him. NG+ just makes it a lot more blatant. Personally, NG+ only served to confirm my thoughts on what he was like during my first playthrough.
He rarely, if ever, actually voices concern for the people of Edo. With him it's always "it is the moral thing to defend the people" or "putting a stop to the Waxing Moon Ritual would follow the path of peace", or "killing people is against the law". But it's never "killing people is wrong" or "I can't sit still while people in front of me are being hurt" or anything like that. The first digression with Arjuna where he sees something unsettling in Iori is also something you can get in NG, along with Li Shuwen being cryptic with him. The most blatant thing is how his lines when speaking with Yui in her ending path don't quite line up with how Yui seems to percieve him, and he obviously hesitates a few times while deciding what to say to her.
Speaking of that subject: The way Yui puts so much trust in Iori while ignoring all the red flags reminded me of Bazett thinking she befriended Kirei in F/HA. At least Iori doesn't kill Yui on any route.
He rarely, if ever, actually voices concern for the people of Edo. With him it's always "it is the moral thing to defend the people" or "putting a stop to the Waxing Moon Ritual would follow the path of peace", or "killing people is against the law". But it's never "killing people is wrong" or "I can't sit still while people in front of me are being hurt" or anything like that. The first digression with Arjuna where he sees something unsettling in Iori is also something you can get in NG, along with Li Shuwen being cryptic with him. The most blatant thing is how his lines when speaking with Yui in her ending path don't quite line up with how Yui seems to percieve him, and he obviously hesitates a few times while deciding what to say to her.
Speaking of that subject: The way Yui puts so much trust in Iori while ignoring all the red flags reminded me of Bazett thinking she befriended Kirei in F/HA. At least Iori doesn't kill Yui on any route.
I thought Lancer felt pretty good to play. Assassin though lol yeah.
i didn't expect ng+ only ending is that short. at first i thought i'll do a proper run for that ending way later like i mentioned before, but eh since i kinda want to compile my proper thoughts about certain chara might as well check the 2 variations of that and do what i originally planned somewhere near dlc 1 release.
anyway... screw you higashide & mushroom. lancer's inclusion in this game was a mistake. i rather being bombarded with those never ending onee-chan gag or vanilla apoc rather than having to see this "yes, master" drone anymore outside of this game
as for gameplay, both lancer and assassin are a bit slow to my liking. my issue with lancer specifically was that her affinity tech have uhh... lag or something after doing it. i don't remember actually having time to take advantage of enemy being stunned vs when controlling other servants
anyway... screw you higashide & mushroom. lancer's inclusion in this game was a mistake. i rather being bombarded with those never ending onee-chan gag or vanilla apoc rather than having to see this "yes, master" drone anymore outside of this game
also how the fuck that shit chiemon can somehow use la pucelle to kill hieda no are?????? how is that even possible in the first place? what a bullshit situation
as for gameplay, both lancer and assassin are a bit slow to my liking. my issue with lancer specifically was that her affinity tech have uhh... lag or something after doing it. i don't remember actually having time to take advantage of enemy being stunned vs when controlling other servants
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I'm in early hours for the game (still in Chapter 1), but I'm glad I stuck with the game past the very iffy prologue. As a Fate fan, I want to love Fate content, so I gave it that extra energy, and the game has really come through for me.
The only thing i worry about is all the requirements for both skill tree unlocks and reportable quests. It would be really nice if I could pin those things to my UI so I know what I'm gunning for.
The only thing i worry about is all the requirements for both skill tree unlocks and reportable quests. It would be really nice if I could pin those things to my UI so I know what I'm gunning for.
This game truly show its H visual novel roots when they dedicated a full screen illustration for (chap 5 ending) unprotected homunculus hand holding 0_0;;
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finished up all the endings, i was foolishly going for platinum but i missed literally one stupid food stall probably in asakasa or something and that plus some of the green item pickups that i didnt grab yet mean another playthrough. and i probably wont do that right now!
as far as the endings go
anyway, omega force generally makes games that are mediocre and repetitive but with characters doing cool things i really like, and this is yet another one of those. i never knew anything about the fate series other than original saber. and now i am reading fate/stay night and gonna end up gettin sucked into all this. so thanks omega force and type moon. i had like 60ish pretty awesome hours with that game and now im staring at a billion more hours of other fate stuff, rip me
oh right also the difficulty curve is so goofy, hard mode is prettymuch ideal for most of the NG playtime until you actually have money and become op, sword demon difficulty is like literally not any harder because by the time you can play it you, again, have money and are approaching godhood on iori. big boss nue and izuna are the only true threats besides saber turning the tables and casting that water shit at point blank range on me
i beat every optional boss in sword demon mode and all it took was some rice balls
as far as the endings go
they are indeed all bittersweet and entreat the darkness is like a straight downer, ha. but even after all that i can still feel saber with me. the game i think mostly revolves around enjoying spending time with my historical mass murderer friend as i learn to be a true sociopath, which you know, that feels like if you wrote in 2 more lines it would literally be one of those "you are playing the video game to kill as much as possible now you are the bad guy" rhetorics. if it is one of those its not that obnoxious though.
the non true endings are nice excuses to make big scary bosses including like a literal from software dragon, even if chiemon and zheng are kinda whatever and their servants (not archer, archer is my beloved boy) are also whatever
honestly the only ending that wouldnt have made me sad is if yui and iori lived, since saber cant stay. alas!
the non true endings are nice excuses to make big scary bosses including like a literal from software dragon, even if chiemon and zheng are kinda whatever and their servants (not archer, archer is my beloved boy) are also whatever
honestly the only ending that wouldnt have made me sad is if yui and iori lived, since saber cant stay. alas!
anyway, omega force generally makes games that are mediocre and repetitive but with characters doing cool things i really like, and this is yet another one of those. i never knew anything about the fate series other than original saber. and now i am reading fate/stay night and gonna end up gettin sucked into all this. so thanks omega force and type moon. i had like 60ish pretty awesome hours with that game and now im staring at a billion more hours of other fate stuff, rip me
oh right also the difficulty curve is so goofy, hard mode is prettymuch ideal for most of the NG playtime until you actually have money and become op, sword demon difficulty is like literally not any harder because by the time you can play it you, again, have money and are approaching godhood on iori. big boss nue and izuna are the only true threats besides saber turning the tables and casting that water shit at point blank range on me
i beat every optional boss in sword demon mode and all it took was some rice balls
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Finished the game, Rat route and I loved it, it sparked my Fate mania once again, took me almost 45 hours and I have no desire to do the other routes honestly, the gameplay while enjoyable it was a bit too repetitive.
What a great game, hopefully they make another one in a different era, Edo has such a nice atmosphere here, now waiting for the anime adaptation, it will surely come.
What a great game, hopefully they make another one in a different era, Edo has such a nice atmosphere here, now waiting for the anime adaptation, it will surely come.
The good:
The characters.
The art of the characters on specific.
When the story actually moves forward.
The bad:
All the rest.
Repetitive until nausea "gameplay"
Repetitive plot points
Repetitive sponge boss battles (fight this boss 2 to 3 times in one battle, to later fight them again 3 or 4 times more)
Bland as F**** world.
Different music? No, you get to 2 tunes and f* off.
Different type of enemies? No, you will fight snakes, tentacle enemies and random yakuza for hours on end.
This game is the perfect definition of copy paste.
The characters.
The art of the characters on specific.
When the story actually moves forward.
The bad:
All the rest.
Repetitive until nausea "gameplay"
Repetitive plot points
Repetitive sponge boss battles (fight this boss 2 to 3 times in one battle, to later fight them again 3 or 4 times more)
Bland as F**** world.
Different music? No, you get to 2 tunes and f* off.
Different type of enemies? No, you will fight snakes, tentacle enemies and random yakuza for hours on end.
This game is the perfect definition of copy paste.
Late December will have a free update that will let you use any of the playable servants in cleared stages. That's exactly one of the major things I was hoping they'd do.
View: https://twitter.com/KoeiTecmoUS/status/1729862792810008840/photo/1
View: https://twitter.com/KoeiTecmoUS/status/1729862792810008840/photo/1
I wasn't sure since some articles worded it oddly when I tried looking up more info, but yeah, it probably is just the boss battles. Still pretty nice.
Hope they let servants dodge cancel their strings for the battle recollections. Outside of Lancer, they genuinely over commit with their attacks. There were times where I was thinking I'd rather be Iori instead of a servant. The fight against
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Rogue Lancer and Rogue Assassin
Fate/Samurai Remnant version 1.03 update now available, adds new difficulty levels, playable Servants
Publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Omega Force have released the version 1.03 update for Fate/Samurai Remnant, which adds the new difficulty levels “Apprentice” and “Fatal Sword,&…
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its about $36 on pc atm. whats the general vibe of the game? I occasionally am fine with a fate story and im generally ok with the musou combat flow.
I assume its a fairly repetitive experience, but is the story worth the time?
I assume its a fairly repetitive experience, but is the story worth the time?
Game is solid fun - enjoyed the story quite a bit.
Gameplay is serviceable enough. The musou part of it is trivial as the the real combat is breaking down larger boss or sub boss type enemies.
Some of the systems are relatively half baked but overall I recommend the game
Gameplay is serviceable enough. The musou part of it is trivial as the the real combat is breaking down larger boss or sub boss type enemies.
Some of the systems are relatively half baked but overall I recommend the game
yeah it's serviceable, and i enjoy the interactions you have with saber and some of the other servants. considering the ups and downs of fate story quality i would say it's just fine, more on the actiony side of things without a lot of like psychological moments though
i suffered through fate extra (starting ccc now) with a bunch of cheats. As long as the combat is half enjoyable (saw that there is an easy mode too so thats awesome), im game.
Someone uploaded the short (with CC) they showed off in the New Years stream lol.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EszEktNq20
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EszEktNq20
They also had the teaser for the first DLC scenario called the Keian Command Championship
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y33EPjnEyE
It looks like it will be a tournament hosted by Gil featuring the main master/servants.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y33EPjnEyE
It looks like it will be a tournament hosted by Gil featuring the main master/servants.
Thumbnail spoils the new servant in the DLC. Looks like you can play as each master and servant pair (aside from berserker who is paired up with the rogue berserker)
Im at what I assume is the final boss of my first playthrough (Rat). Man they are kicking my butt lol. The whole game is cake until this final fight, which requires parrying everything. Want to see the other routes but I also want to get to P3R or Yakua IW. Gunna wait on the DLC for at least a bit.
have you considered simply eating a bunch of sweets and using servant skills on them until they die