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Panzer Dragoon avaliable NOW ($24.99, Switch timed exclusive)
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Ah interesting. I can understand Nintendo might want to moneyhat indie games away from other consoles, but in the past they'd never moneyhatted them away from PC too. Was hoping Axiom Verge 2 might not be the start of a new trend.
57 minutes remaining to download?? How big is this??
Damn I hate how slow the internet is right now :(
I'm gonna play more Half Life till it's done downloading
Damn I hate how slow the internet is right now :(
I'm gonna play more Half Life till it's done downloading
My god download speed went to hell. I'm stock in 88% :(
First impressions from 3 first levels
The gameplay is almost one to one to the og Sega Saturn Release. Performance seems solid 30fps and image quality looks like native or close in both docked and handheld.
Enemy encounter is close to the original if not the same. Music is the original and you can balance sound and music. No control option and it seems no gyro aiming.
The game overall feels good. The aimimg is a bit stiff and imprecise, even if rhe original Sega Saturn game was mostly the same.
First impressions from 3 first levels
The gameplay is almost one to one to the og Sega Saturn Release. Performance seems solid 30fps and image quality looks like native or close in both docked and handheld.
Enemy encounter is close to the original if not the same. Music is the original and you can balance sound and music. No control option and it seems no gyro aiming.
The game overall feels good. The aimimg is a bit stiff and imprecise, even if rhe original Sega Saturn game was mostly the same.
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I knew I was forgetting something. I was all in on SoR4 just off the strength of that remake.
Heh, i don't know, i guess it's still good from a "better than nothing" point of view.
Still i'm not a fan of hystorical IPs being tossed away to no-name indie studios.
Results have been kind of hit and miss so far.
Do we know if Switch's Joycons gyro tecnology would be good enough to be used as a lightgun substitute?
I know the ir pointer isn't.
the real news, the good shitMort importantly, they also announced panzer dragoon VR
Wow, this is not a game I expected to Shadow Drop. I'm knee-deep in a personal Sega renaissance and Panzer Dragoon has been on my gaming bucket list since the Saturn was on (some) shelves (here and there), so I think I'm in on this today.
I echo everything he says.
I find it funny when a lot of Nintendo fans claim Panzer Dragoon was inspired by Starfox, completely oblivious that Space Harrier and Galaxy Force existed long before Starfox did. Both of those games made by Sega.
This time remaining estimate is pretty poor. 10 minutes later and it says I have... 57 minutes remaining.
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What I don't understand is why Nintendo fans don't admit that Star Fox is heavily influenced by Galaxy Force, like A LOT
It's an open run. You'll have 4 weeks to place an order before things are closed off.
I have a lot more confidence in these indie studios to do Sega IP justice than Sega themselves these days, to be honest.
The original version of the game is tougher than Orta but we don't know what QoL changes there are yet to balance it out.
So playing the first mission handheld, it's mostly a solid 30. I only noticed it get a little framey during one bit of rocks falling around me, but the rest was okay.
Truth be told I've never touched a single Panzer Dragoon game, so I can't give many impressions to the improvements over the original. Music is outstanding. Sound design itself is eh. Sound effects leave a lot to be desired comparing this to something like Star Fox 64. Art style is nice but the price tag shows the level of polish it has, IMO. Certainly not bad by any stretch, but things like the water textures look really plain.
Going docked for the second mission, load times are iffy. Nothing deal-breaking but like 15 seconds to load Episode 2. Was worse for Episode 1 - closer to 20. Looks a little better but textures are still kinda muddy. Framerate problems, gone. Might just be the level though.
All in all, for $25? If you loved the original I cannot see you not liking this.
Personal note, I can't seem to find any control layout? Is it really just fly and shoot, and change the firing direction with the shoulder buttons?
Truth be told I've never touched a single Panzer Dragoon game, so I can't give many impressions to the improvements over the original. Music is outstanding. Sound design itself is eh. Sound effects leave a lot to be desired comparing this to something like Star Fox 64. Art style is nice but the price tag shows the level of polish it has, IMO. Certainly not bad by any stretch, but things like the water textures look really plain.
Going docked for the second mission, load times are iffy. Nothing deal-breaking but like 15 seconds to load Episode 2. Was worse for Episode 1 - closer to 20. Looks a little better but textures are still kinda muddy. Framerate problems, gone. Might just be the level though.
All in all, for $25? If you loved the original I cannot see you not liking this.
Personal note, I can't seem to find any control layout? Is it really just fly and shoot, and change the firing direction with the shoulder buttons?
The first Panzer Dragoon is the hardest. It has no bezerk meter, and thus no super attacks nor any way to heal yourself in-game. You get one life bar per level, and that's it. Of course, there's infinite continues and saving, too. But you have to beat every level in one life, at least in the original and PS2 remake.
I've had plenty of arguments with Nintendo fans about this and they will never admit it even though its clear as day.
I don't recall Star Fox 64 having great sound effects back in the days. Panzer Dragoon sound and effects were above and beyond anything SF 64 dished up.
that is so incredibly disheartening because the water effects in the original Panzer Dragoon games on the saturn were the graphic trick it pulled off. At the time, the water effects were very well praised and were a graphical trick the PSX and N64 couldn't do, so they used water all over the game as a result.
Welp, that's not what I was hoping to hear. May buy it anyway just because it's one of those games I've always wanted to play, even if I don't end up making it very far.
What's the confusion? Can't compare it to the original, which you didn't quote, but if you liked the original, I think you'll like this.
I can't imagine they remade the game for modern audiences and didn't put in infinite continues.
I even tried things like firing at the water and there's no real effect. And again, your results may vary, but the weapon firing itself feels kinda shitty. But this might not be my type of rail shooter; totally possible.
If you find Panzer Dragoon 1 too hard, Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the best shmup in the series. It has by far the best level design and balance in the game. And unlike Panzer Dragoon 1, it introduces outrun-style branching paths through the game. Depending on your route you take through the game, entire levels might be completely different.
Of course, but that's not saying much considering that the only in-house talent left in Sega's home console business are the RGG Studio and the recently re-organized Sonic Team, wich are basically almost one-ip focused developers.
They could've still been more careful with their outsourcing operations than just giving their ips away to random Sega of Europe unknown friends.
But i guess brands are all what people care about nowadays.
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I really want a physical version of this too. But I have no idea if they're doing one and now I'm tempted to just get it today
I just bought Street of Rage 4 last week! D:
Oh well, no choice I guess!
