by Sarge Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:04 pm
Well, it's spotty in where they use voice acting and where they don't. And it's in Japanese where it is. That doesn't really bother me. In fact, I often disable voices when I get the opportunity, because the voices in my head (har!) sound better in general. The translation itself, at least for the time I've played, seems fine. I've heard good things on that front.
I've also heard folks say that the DS version's battle system was slicker, though. This one moves it to 3D, like most modern Tales games, for better or for worse.
Now, for the other reason I'm in this thread...
...I've done it. I've beaten Holy Diver legit.
Well, effectively. I was pounding away at levels 5 and 6 today, and managed to get through them legit. No joke! I've even got the horrible "grapes of wrath" section down to a science. I usually only lose a life or two, and I've generally got five or six when I get there because the rest of the stage has gotten a bit easy.
Of course, I knew not beating the stupid eyeball tower in a proper run would bug me like crazy, so I went back to the beginning, and pounded on him. Took me three stage runs, and I got there the last time, thought I didn't have enough life, but managed to put him down without losing any lives against him. The speedrun has the right strategy for sure, you just have to do some manic switching between triggering your Overdrive and blasting away. I had two segments down for a while without even realizing it, I was so into it. With that, I've legit finished every single stage, so I'm calling this one done. I have zero doubts I could roll through levels 5 and 6 right now, but I'm absolutely exhausted putting that much effort into the game today.
My playthrough wasn't nearly as pretty, either. There are segments where I shine, but Funkdoc's got some amazing skills in the game, far more than I have achieved.
For the record? Game is still BS.