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The Last Remnant to be removed from PC Storefronts September 4th

Jawmuncher

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Hi everyone,

We will soon be discontinuing digital and physical sales of The Last Remnant on PC.

Sales will cease at the times below:-

Japan region: Wednesday 5th September, approximately 2:00 (JST)
NA region: Tuesday 4th September, approximately 10:00(PDT)
EU region: Tuesday 4th September, approximately 17:00(GMT)

Anyone already owning the game will still be able to play as per usual.

Thanks to everyone who's adventured with the Mitras, Yamas, Qsitis and Sovanis!
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Rather odd to see it being pulled. I'm assuming this is related to some sort of license expiring rather than a new update or some sort of resurgence for the IP. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up in-case they wanted to grab it last minute. Though if you're like me, you might own this from a bundle it was in awhile back. So check before you buy it somewhere. Thanks to Madjoki for pointing this out in the PC Gaming Thread.

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/games/23310/announcements/detail/1709566654679120493

Currently it isn't on sale anywhere. But there might be some coupons laying around for these storfronts
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/lastremnant/info/
 
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Garou

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My previous minute:
Well, I should buy this then...wait I own this already??
 
Lashley

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I apparently have owned this since 2016, and I don't even remembering buying it.

Good old steam sales.
 

LegendarySkitch

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Genuinely disappointing. This game was one of my favorites from last generation. I own the pc version and I hope that I can still re-download it in the future because it is a seriously good game
 
Dinjoralo

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This is thuroughly bizarre. I hope they find a way to re-release it later. I'm also hoping some sites will have it on sale soon.

For those wondering, this game is available on 360, but that is a very different version of the game. The PC version came later and has many, many refinements and content additions.
 
demi

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Its a really good game, buy it if you havent, the PC version is wayyyy better than the console one (and was made easier too afaik)
 
Durante

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The Last Remnant is an extremely interesting case, historically.
It's an early 2009 PC release, of a JRPG, by Square-Enix, that is actually a great port, and by far the best version of the game with several significant gameplay improvements.

milad said:
It's not like this has licensed music or similar, it's strange.
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Yeah.
 
DSP

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the game is exactly 10 years old soon, so it's probably about something expiring but what.
 

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I'm pretty sure this was in a humble bundle? I don't know, but I think that's why I own it. It's funny because I'm sure I would have given this a chance had I not read reviews. I hate when reviews influence me to not play a game.
 

corasaur

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Any legal drm free versions out there? If I'm gonna be hoarding this on a hard drive, I'd like it to be future-proofed as much as possible
 
daninthemix

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Thankyou OP - I just bought this as it's on my backlog to play. I am curious though and have to know - why? Why is this being pulled?
 
AlexFlame116

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Wha-huh? Why? I bought the PC version after giving up hope on a PS3 version and Xbox 360 BC but still!
 
ILikeFeet

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what, why? I already own this, but...what. can't be because of a remaster since they can put that up without removing this
 
Vicious17

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I put in like 80 hours into this thibg, and still have no idea how I feel about it. Im pretty sure I don't like it, but there was something that kept me playing.
 
Mory Dunz

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Durante said:
The Last Remnant is an extremely interesting case, historically.
It's an early 2009 PC release, of a JRPG, by Square-Enix, that is actually a great port, and by far the best version of the game with several significant gameplay improvements.
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Yeah, I played the PC version and beat it 2 times.
With how different it was to the 360 version it might as well be a different game.

like only being able to have 1 unique Unit in a squad.
 
Ultimadrago

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I tried getting into this several times, but the combat and story kept getting too disengaging to continue with. So while I don't respect the game much personally, I do appreciate the improvements made for the PC port.
 
1000% H

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I can't remember anything in the game that would cause issues for SE keeping it on storefronts.
 
Vashetti

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Damn, guess I need to buy a Steam copy quick. Hopefully they do a last-minute sale.

1000% H said:
I can't remember anything in the game that would cause issues for SE keeping it on storefronts.
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They've done it with several of their mobile games like Crystal Defenders. There's seemingly no issue and yet they pull it after an arbitrary amount of time.
 
Parsnip

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I'd guess it's some kind of weird middleware license that they didn't think to license for longer and isn't worth the money to renew now.
Though I know absolutely nothing about middleware licensing deals, so who knows.
 
Mory Dunz

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for anyone playing now I'd recommend editing the config file to allow you to equip party members freely.
makes a big difference

It's only changing a line of FALSE to TRUE lol
 
Durante

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Parsnip said:
I'd guess it's some kind of weird middleware license that they didn't think to license for longer and isn't worth the money to renew now.
Though I know absolutely nothing about middleware licensing deals, so who knows.
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I had the thought that maybe their UE3 license was running out... but I never heard of anyone doing a game engine licensing deal which expires in that way. I don't think that makes any sense.
 
Palazzo

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How baffling and sad. I hope it gets some kind of proper PC re-release in the future.
 

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People who already bought it could re-download it every time they want?
Hope a remake is on the way. It's a great game with a superb OST
 
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