Hm, okay. Kinda wish it was on sale, $50 seems steep.
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Hm, okay. Kinda wish it was on sale, $50 seems steep.
Spirit Hunter: NG is now available to purchase on Steam :D
Happy release day! Hope you guys enjoy! :)
Happy release day! Hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Now available on EU PSN stores, the Vita version is significantly cheaper than the PS4 version
(£44.99 / €49,99 vs. £32.99 / €39,99)
(£44.99 / €49,99 vs. £32.99 / €39,99)
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New Interview with Experience CEO Hajime Chikami on the Playstation Blog:
Agreed about the Screaming Author, that's definitely the darkest part of NG. And cool that he mentioned Raging Loop / Rei-Jin-G-Lu-P as his favorite game in recent memory. That game will be out this month for the fist time in English and I can see many fans of the Spirit Hunter series also enjoying Raging Loop.
Agreed about the Screaming Author, that's definitely the darkest part of NG. And cool that he mentioned Raging Loop / Rei-Jin-G-Lu-P as his favorite game in recent memory. That game will be out this month for the fist time in English and I can see many fans of the Spirit Hunter series also enjoying Raging Loop.
Its on Vita too? Hmm, this makes picking a bit trickier. In truth i was going to picking up Raging Loop first, and this somewhere down the line.
Any reports of performance of Vita vs Switch? I'm guessing no physical for Vita? That's a bit of a knock against it if so, due to the way the store is getting slowly suffocated by Sony. I'm concerned if my Vita conks out i wont be able to re-download it. But the Vita is just the comfiest hand held ever. Perfect weight and balance.
Any reports of performance of Vita vs Switch? I'm guessing no physical for Vita? That's a bit of a knock against it if so, due to the way the store is getting slowly suffocated by Sony. I'm concerned if my Vita conks out i wont be able to re-download it. But the Vita is just the comfiest hand held ever. Perfect weight and balance.
Same performance, only difference should be screen resolution.
Death Mark is cheaper off the EU Aksys store than it is anywhere else right now (£20 for the PS4 version), which is good. Just bought it.
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Now available on US PSN ($39.99 and $49.99)
Spirit Hunter: NG releases today on PS4/Switch/VITA (digital)/Steam, to scare all who dare to play ;)
Here are all the North American buy links for those that haven't seen them yet :)
Buy it physically on PS4/Switch
PS4/VITA (Digital) & PSN Avatars
Steam
And Switch (Digital)
Hope everyone enjoys!
Curious if anyone will play in the dark with the highest scare settings...
Here are all the North American buy links for those that haven't seen them yet :)
Buy it physically on PS4/Switch
PS4/VITA (Digital) & PSN Avatars
Steam
And Switch (Digital)
Hope everyone enjoys!
Curious if anyone will play in the dark with the highest scare settings...
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What does the highest setting change? I'm using default and don't really notice anything in the way of jump scares.
It'll add more scary/spooky stuff throughout the game as you play, depending on your setting.
Not a problem. Not to brag or whatever, but videogames or movies don't scare me one bit. I actively seek out stuff like this, but I guess I've just watched too many horror films as a kid to even get scared these days.
Safe travels, friend! ;)
Haha, your resilience is to be admired!
Regardless, playing it in optimal spooky conditions just adds to the mood and overall immersion while playing :D
More glowing reviews courtesy of RPGFan and The Switch Effect :D
RPGFan - 9/10
The Switch Effect - 4.5/5
Also, for those that haven't played the first game in the series, Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, it's currently on sale for 50% off on Steam to cross promote with Spirit Hunter: NG's 20% off launch week discount!
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark (Steam)
RPGFan - 9/10
The Switch Effect - 4.5/5
Also, for those that haven't played the first game in the series, Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, it's currently on sale for 50% off on Steam to cross promote with Spirit Hunter: NG's 20% off launch week discount!
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark (Steam)
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Always do! Hey who knows, maybe this is the game to finally break me.
Just got the good ending. Despite being a great entry into this new franchise for Experience, I can't see how this was much better than Death Mark. I loved that game and I really enjoyed this one, but at least from my conclusion, it's just as good, but not really that much better. Still, that's a great thing in my book, one of my favorite developers making games from my favorite genre.
I really hope this is not the last Experience game Aksys gets to localize... I mean, there was a new Experience game released a few months ago just waiting for Aksys to localize it. Akselziys
I really hope this is not the last Experience game Aksys gets to localize... I mean, there was a new Experience game released a few months ago just waiting for Aksys to localize it. Akselziys
Hopefully we can work on more EXPERIENCE games in the future! The staff there are good people and the games are great! :D
I was gonna pick it up along with NG on Switch but the first game is $25 on Steam right now compared to the eShop still having it at $50 so I'll have to download it on Steam tomorrow.
Okaye donly like the first half hour yesterday, so I don't have much of an opinion on the game yet.
I do have an opinion though on problematic content. I was not particularly impressed by the game blaming a woman for being harrassed because of how she was dressed in the first 5 minutes.
I do have an opinion though on problematic content. I was not particularly impressed by the game blaming a woman for being harrassed because of how she was dressed in the first 5 minutes.
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Here's a video with the solution:
I think the order is based on the story of Momotarou / Peach Boy, but I also used a guide for this one.
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Nintendo Everything - 👍
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Started playing it. The portraits are so gorgeous. I'm assuming they're digital paintings but they kinda have a bit of an oil painting feel to them, (yet almost look like 3D renders cause of the shading. ) Sometimes I stay on one dialogue box for a bit just to look at the character art.
Also, sorry kinda off-topic but what was up with the Love Hotel/Red Rainhood Girl in Death Mark? I already beat it, but didn't encounter that chapter at all. Thought it was post game, but the game just starts from the beginning once you beat it. Was it not on the Switch version?
Also, sorry kinda off-topic but what was up with the Love Hotel/Red Rainhood Girl in Death Mark? I already beat it, but didn't encounter that chapter at all. Thought it was post game, but the game just starts from the beginning once you beat it. Was it not on the Switch version?
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That last chapter was originally released as DLC in Japan. It's more of a bonus chapter than the conclusion to the story, but it's included on disc/cart in all English versions except for the Vita release. To access that final chapter, you need to finish the main game with the good ending.
I mean there was a section in each chapter showing an attack by each of the spirits that was demonstrated by half naked women :/
I mean there was a section in each chapter showing an attack by each of the spirits that was demonstrated by half naked women :/
Okay, so I do remember that one in the school, now that you've jogged my memory. But did they do it every chapter? Sheesh, that didn't leave an impression on me at all. Probably because I was trying not to crap my pants.
Ah gotcha. I'm fully in NG mode now so don't think I'll go back to do a "Good Ending" run on Death Mark, but will YouTube. Thanks.
There's a couple more off the top of my head, they were just so unnecessary and took away from the horror they were supposed to be showed. Don't get me wrong, the game was still really good apart from them, I just couldn't help but roll my eyes every time they did it.
Thinking of picking this up, I know a lot of people here are prob fans of the game, what things would you say it does badly? And, is it actually scary or lame?
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As a fan of the series and horror in general, I think both DM and NG are some of the darker, scarier games in some time. Both games make great use of their limited but fantastic art and the sound design contributes a lot, but the scariest parts happen in your head while reading. So scary, not lame.
My nitpicks: Navigation and some of the oldschool adventure gameplay can be cumbersome but NG is an improvement over DM because it does a better job of guiding you and there's less backtracking, voice acting would be greatly appreciated but I get that that's a budget issue, the story takes a while to get going but the slow start pays off later, no touch screen support on Vita (and I believe Switch), no flowchart feels like an oversight and I personally would have preferred the game without the unnecessary "fanservice"; those moments take you out of the experience and just feel cheap. From what I've seen, there's nothing quite as bad as the images posted above by sleepless_swan in NG.
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Thank you, I appreciate the time you took to write that. I think... I'm gonna get it haha
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By yours truly. Same score I gave Death Mark, because I did feel that, while the series took one step forward, it also took one step back.
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Glad to read you did end up enjoying the game. Since I can't read the full review, where did you think NG fell short compared to Death Mark?
It could be interpreted as spoilers, so I'll just use a tag here:
Because characters stuck around, they got used to the game (and therefore the spirits), taking a bit of the tension off. While we did have brave characters in the first game, someone like Hazuki didn't allow me to feel scared or tense for her chapters.
Also, the removal of the battle aspect bummed me out, it streamlined the encounters with spirits and made them all the same.
The art is less gruesome and detailed, if you ask me. The design of the characters are a little more generic this time around and there wasn't much depth to them, although they were more connected to the story and more natural instead of people showing up at your door and then risking their lives with you the same night.
Ooe is an example of a character that had the biggest potential with a backstory to be explored, but nah, it didn't really go anywhere. Same with Amanome.
Also, the removal of the battle aspect bummed me out, it streamlined the encounters with spirits and made them all the same.
The art is less gruesome and detailed, if you ask me. The design of the characters are a little more generic this time around and there wasn't much depth to them, although they were more connected to the story and more natural instead of people showing up at your door and then risking their lives with you the same night.
Ooe is an example of a character that had the biggest potential with a backstory to be explored, but nah, it didn't really go anywhere. Same with Amanome.
These are the points where I felt it fell short in comparison with Death Mark.
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Interesting points, thanks for the translated version ;)
I remember you mentioned the lack of combat before as a negative. I personally liked it in DM, but didn't really miss it here. Among those first concept images for Spirit Hunter 3 was one that showed a choice screen with percentages like in a tabletop RPG. They mentioned they are currently thinking of going further into that direction with the third game, so combat might come back in some form back as well.
And I also would have liked to see more of Ooe's backstory explored, especially once you find out what happened to her family towards the end of the game.
And I also would have liked to see more of Ooe's backstory explored, especially once you find out what happened to her family towards the end of the game.
Honestly, I wouldn't have minded if they changed protagonists with each chapter, telling us more about their backstory. I'd have liked to know more about Ban at the middle of the game and Ooe at the end.
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That or at least an introductory chapter from each of the main characters POV might have been a good way to find out more about them. It would have been interesting to find out more about Ban's shady extortionist journalism or what happened to Ooe between those horrible events in the department store and her rise in the police force. Maybe not the best idea from a pacing standpoint for a horror game, but it could have added a bit more to the story.
Having said that, I liked how focused the main story was on Akira's quest to save Ami and I liked that Exp didn't just make a direct sequel to Death Mark with the same cast again. Curious what they'll do with the third game and how the crowdfunding approach will play into it.
Having said that, I liked how focused the main story was on Akira's quest to save Ami and I liked that Exp didn't just make a direct sequel to Death Mark with the same cast again. Curious what they'll do with the third game and how the crowdfunding approach will play into it.