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NEO: The World Ends with You is releasing on PC via the Epic Games Store on September 28th, 2021

JB2448

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The sites aren't up yet, but you can see it being promoted on the Square Enix homepage.

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Find all the latest news and updates about your favourite games and upcoming releases.
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www.epicgames.com

NEO: The World Ends with You | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play NEO: The World Ends with You at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!
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Finally we have a confirmation date: September 28th, 2022.
 
Javier23

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Isn't this very story focused? Weird choice to port the sequel to PC and not the original.
 
HylianSeven

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PLEASE BUY THIS GAME!!!!

I'm glad they weren't lying about the "Summer 2021" date after all. I have played the entire game on Switch but might double dip to play in 60FPS. I'm curious how this version turns out.

NTWEWY is my game of the year so far though, PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME!
 

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Strings said:
At the same time, I feel like this deal may have made them more than sales in several territories :/
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Yeah... no. One of the reasons Steam is successful in other territories is because you can buy physical cards for redeem in your Steam Wallet. EGS doesn't have that.

Anyways, I expect this to have the same fate as the Kingdom Hearts games in EGS: forgotten until SE decides to release them in Steam.
 
Yolkghost

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double dipping, would love to see some mods like changing who I can explore the overworld as. Hoping this boosts sales, but seeing as square enix refuses to advertise this game I doubt it.
 
Strings

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Linkark07 said:
Yeah... no. One of the reasons Steam is successful in other territories is because you can buy physical cards for redeem in your Steam Wallet. EGS doesn't have that.

Anyways, I expect this to have the same fate as the Kingdom Hearts games in EGS: forgotten until SE decides to release them in Steam.
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What I was getting at is, this Epic deal probably made the game more money than sales in Japan and other countries combined, because it sold very poorly.
 
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Linkark07 said:
Yeah... no. One of the reasons Steam is successful in other territories is because you can buy physical cards for redeem in your Steam Wallet. EGS doesn't have that.

Anyways, I expect this to have the same fate as the Kingdom Hearts games in EGS: forgotten until SE decides to release them in Steam.
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I imagine he just means because the game bombed in general and not much was gonna make a difference.
 
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HylianSeven said:
PLEASE BUY THIS GAME!!!!

I'm glad they weren't lying about the "Summer 2021" date after all. I have played the entire game on Switch but might double dip to play in 60FPS. I'm curious how this version turns out.

NTWEWY is my game of the year so far though, PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME!
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I mean, I would but

1. The first game isn't on Steam. Played it when it first came out but I don't remember a single thing.
2. The sequel is a timed EGS exclusive.

Hard to support the game and series 🤷‍♂️
 
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TioChuck said:
If anyone want to support the game, you better wait for it to release on Steam and buy directly from the Square Enix Store if possible.
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As someone that isn't too versed in the Steam vs EGS issue, how does this make any sense?

I don't care for the EGS either but this seems a really bizarre way to say support the game by not supporting the game.
 
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Glad to see this on PC.

HylianSeven said:
As someone that isn't too versed in the Steam vs EGS issue, how does this make any sense?

I don't care for the EGS either but this seems a really bizarre way to say support the game by not supporting the game.
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I wouldn't bother engaging in the mental gymnastics people take to view Steam as the only means to play on PC.
 

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Strings said:
What I was getting at is, this Epic deal probably made the game more money than sales in Japan and other countries combined, because it sold very poorly.
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Oh, in that case, yeah. Good deal by SE.

That being said, I don't see any reason to buy this in EGS. Better wait till the Steam release since SE already got their money.
 
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Javier23 said:
Isn't this very story focused? Weird choice to port the sequel to PC and not the original.
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The original needs a touch screen to reasonably control. It's built entirely around it being the input method, and a traditional controller style input method would be impossible without gutting the combat system. Even if you tried making it use the mouse instead, you'd have a hell of a bad time and be begging for the worst kind of RSI.
 
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promise i will get this as soon as it goes on steam. it will get to steam right? square is kinda lagging behind in terms of steam support, i'm still waiting for ff7 and the kingdom hearts series. also would be nice if they bring the first game to more platforms.
 
Mocha Joe

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LinkStrikesBack said:
The original needs a touch screen to reasonably control. It's built entirely around it being the input method, and a traditional controller style input method would be impossible without gutting the combat system. Even if you tried making it use the mouse instead, you'd have a hell of a bad time and be begging for the worst kind of RSI.
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Couldn't you use the touch pad on the DualShock / Dualsense?

It's been almost a decade since I played the first one, I don't remember how complex the stylus controls were and if a touch pad could alleviate that
 
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HylianSeven said:
PLEASE BUY THIS GAME!!!!

I'm glad they weren't lying about the "Summer 2021" date after all. I have played the entire game on Switch but might double dip to play in 60FPS. I'm curious how this version turns out.

NTWEWY is my game of the year so far though, PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME!
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Will buy it.
Later.
On Steam.
 
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HylianSeven said:
As someone that isn't too versed in the Steam vs EGS issue, how does this make any sense?

I don't care for the EGS either but this seems a really bizarre way to say support the game by not supporting the game.
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Because of the minimum guarantee from the exclusivity deal, Epic already paid Square Enix so, they will not see any money from purchases made from EGS, but every single Steam sale is more money for them.
 
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Mocha Joe said:
Couldn't you use the touch pad on the DualShock / Dualsense?

It's been almost a decade since I played the first one, I don't remember how complex the stylus controls were and if a touch pad could alleviate that
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I don't think a touchpad would work well. The touch controls were not 'complex' per say but very involved. I don't see it translating to a small touchpad well
 
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So if you're not interested in the EGS version, what's the best platform to play this on? What's the chance that a PS5 patch/version will come out at some point?
 
HylianSeven

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werezompire said:
So if you're not interested in the EGS version, what's the best platform to play this on? What's the chance that a PS5 patch/version will come out at some point?
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I kind of doubt they do a PS5 patch/version for this game, but I could be wrong. If you don't want to play the EGS version though, I'd say play the PS4 version or just wait for Steam. Switch version is fine, but the PS4 version definitely performs better.
 
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Javier23 said:
Isn't this very story focused? Weird choice to port the sequel to PC and not the original.
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Game would be a nightmare to play with KBM. They'd need to heavily rework the game since was designed around touch-based controls.

Having finished the new game I'm also of the opinion that it's relatively friendly to newcomers, sans a few small parts of the climax. The new cast is front and center in the story.
 
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Square's policy of moneyhatting games on exclusivity deals is just bonkers. It's almost as if they don't have faith their games will sell enough, so they need that cash advance.

I'm willing to wait for the Steam release of KH, but not so sure about TWEWY.
 
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HylianSeven said:
PLEASE BUY THIS GAME!!!!

I'm glad they weren't lying about the "Summer 2021" date after all. I have played the entire game on Switch but might double dip to play in 60FPS. I'm curious how this version turns out.

NTWEWY is my game of the year so far though, PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME!
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Will do. Just gonna wait for it to be off of EGS first.
 
Kouriozan

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This game is good, a shame it didn't do so well, and I doubt an EGS release will help that much but who knows, I'll stay optimistic for once.
At least this means that SE got a deal from Epic for that.
 
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werezompire said:
So if you're not interested in the EGS version, what's the best platform to play this on? What's the chance that a PS5 patch/version will come out at some point?
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Don't think the game needs a patch, it runs very well on backward compatibility mode already. Sufficiently high resolution and 60fps at all times.
 
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If you wanna play this game but haven't played the original, just watch the anime. It's more than enough to catch you up. You could probably watch a YT video on the added content of the Switch version as well.

That said, I hope more people buy and play this game. It's soooooooo fucking good. The pin and social system is so addictive and the battle system remains as quirky and fun as the original.
 
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