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NIS America announces Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk for Switch/PS4/Steam, out Fall 2018
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Refrain is pretty much one of the only new ip by nis that is considered good.
I heard many great things about it.
definitely a where situation where censorship would go a long way.
Those designs exist in the game and that alone is godawful.
I mean, it's significantly better than being stuck with them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I assume it works like most DRPGs, where you just get a list of character portraits and you pick the ones you like. The ones you don't pick you hardly ever see again.
Or it could be restricted to classes like EO but even then it's easy to avoid the worst ones.
That's not true.
Vita had 3 mentioned games
Switch had 7 or 8 mentioned games
This is extremely common in drpgs nowadays. From Etrian Odyssey, to SMT, to basically every Vita drpg, you are going to get some amount of sexualization, sadly some of it involves underaged children.
It's legitimately one of the the best DRPGs in recent years and certainly one of Nippon Ichi's finest outputs recently. Please give it a chance guys. "Waifu" doesn't even exist in this game because you play as the witch who doesn't give a fuck about anything but her own goal.
I'm sorry, but this game has a story that I actually care about (and no, it doesn't have waifu), so it automatically wins for me.
People used to post the EO4 dancer over and over again and talk about how they'll never play the game because of it. This is despite that character design being easily avoidable and everything else in the game being great.
Posts here make this game seem like a vaguely similar situation. If that's how it is I'll happily give it a go.
Posts here make this game seem like a vaguely similar situation. If that's how it is I'll happily give it a go.
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Sexualization is ok, but underage children is where I draw the line.
The Vita fanbase was easily the most vocal about getting this game over to the West and NISA actually fucked that up. I understand the market changes and all that, but those idiots had years.
At this point I'm just... It's been frustration after frustration with NISA, I have nothing nice to say about them.
At this point I'm just... It's been frustration after frustration with NISA, I have nothing nice to say about them.
To be honest, I don't get why they couldn't atleast do digital only for Vita. Can't be that much more work when you are already releasing on 3 other very different platforms.
Ah man she doesn't even care for the little boy? I was hoping that he was some sort of morality chain for her. You know, someone that prevents you from doing completely insane things.
(Is it a boy or is it a girl? I can't tell sometimes.)
How speedy is the gameplay? The biggest reason why I dropped PQ was because battles took a fucking eternity even on the fastest settings.
Thank you for not buying enough software, to make releasing Vita titles still worthwhile , Vita-fans.
-NIS America
Yeah, the Switch is the new Vita now. And it's been 4 years since the Vita has been released.
Vita fans do buy software, there just isn't enough of a market left for releases to be very profitable, and you have to kill support eventually. Makes sense to do it when a more viable platform presents itself, but it's still sad if you are a Vita fan. I own a Vita and a Switch, but I'm still sad to see the Vita on its last legs.
Yessss! Literally the only announcement I wanted out of this event. Delighted to hear a Switch version is coming too. I'll cop dat.
Looks good, I might check it out eventually, even if I don't expect any DRPG series to be as good as EO.
Agreed.
It had a surprisingly decent run and pushed well above it's weight for how little hardware the system sold, but people being upset that nobody wants to release a Vita game in late 2018 is a bit...cringeworthy.
I wouldn't say that, people are passionate about the platform, there is nothing wrong with that. But all vita fans have seen the writing on the wall for the past few years, this shouldn't be a surprise for anyone.
Well, first of all, it actually has a story. Second, the story really goes places. It can get very dark. I'm nowhere near the end of the story so I can't say anything for the overall plot, but it's quite unique.
Yeah exactly. My problem with NISA isn't just this smack with Coven, as you say it's kind of expected at this point. Disappointing, but expected.
Just in general I am fed up with NISA. The parent company NIS has many interesting and unique IP/VN's just sitting there waiting to be localized. Instead NISA is content to chase after the licenses that other localizers normally handle, and we get maybe 1 or 2 actual NIS games a year. Most of the time rehashes and ports to different systems.
I've imported a lot to compensate, like for example I'm playing Exile Election right now from JP PSN, but still... Not everyone has that option you know?
Your party are not set so you definitely able to avoid those class if you want, just like not using Dancer in EOIV.
Well, I'm in for drpg on switch. Switch and steam versions confirmed for JP as well.
Sounds emotional. Do you own other hardware?
So they're finally localizing it. I'm usually not too much into D-RPG but the word of mouth about this one is particularly good so I'll probably get it.
Word on the street was this was delayed internally a few times. First for the PS4 version and then again with Switch doing super well for the port. It's basically already finished they're just waiting for the Switch version for Fall.
even when words of mouth are good,dungeon crawler is still one of the most nichest genres,you should think carefully before buying it
I already played a few Etrian Odyssey, I'm just not too much into it because most of them are otaku-pandering and uninteresting on the story side.
It's so tough to find jrpgs that don't have some level of out-of-place overly sexy designs. I've heard a lot of good things about the game otherwise, but I'll probably get it used and stay away from the weird portraits (which might mean an all-guy party).
I think the blonde kid is wearing a maid dress sort of outfit. It might still be a boy just because anime, but I'm leaning towards a girl.
I think the blonde kid is wearing a maid dress sort of outfit. It might still be a boy just because anime, but I'm leaning towards a girl.