Apologies for a sort of petty write-up (if you already couldn't tell by the score), but this is more a standing warning for it being on the top reviewed alongside Ao no Kiseki, although what I have to say applies vastly more for this one.
The Trails community is a very insular niche group, and not to remark against their enjoyment but I'd keep in mind that this game is largely untranslated with the only translation jobs for it so far are a butchered machine-writing version that certainly doesn't attest to any good writing and a single "loose" stream translation of which I imagine most people came to 'play' this game from. So I would be highly skeptical of the validity of whether or not this is worth getting into! And being at the complete tail end (or most recent one) of a very long series that's required to go through first, that makes the asking price a lot bigger.
So, buyers beware... haha.
Edit: Ok WOW lol.
A few points:
-it was definitely rather poor of me to not at least just keep this at shelved and no rating, but I was too petty and evil! Too number focused, wanted to see it fall. In the future Id rather not become some “outrage hot take reviewer/blogger” so I won’t commit the same mistake there. Apologies to those who follow me for souring the well like this
-Respect to kingbancho for keeping it real haha. I’m no help ofc, I’ve done the peanut stuff a couple times, that I’ve definitely pushed myself to curb away from. I for one especially took the whole brigade as a huge badge of honor at first, and ended up sharing it in a more personal private blog to feel giddy about. Then seeing it go to Twitter too just kept that gravy train rolling. I won’t apologize for taking a bizarre sense of glee in this, but I’ll double down I won’t do this again lol (or at least try!!)
-That being said, what I put up here I definitely reaffirm, in that the translation is trash (seriously awful prose and TL work, but what can you do at this rate), and making a blogpost like this is hardly new for me at all, and I’d rather keep that personal side of me here at all times. If you don’t like that it’s not a real review, fine!
The Trails community is a very insular niche group, and not to remark against their enjoyment but I'd keep in mind that this game is largely untranslated with the only translation jobs for it so far are a butchered machine-writing version that certainly doesn't attest to any good writing and a single "loose" stream translation of which I imagine most people came to 'play' this game from. So I would be highly skeptical of the validity of whether or not this is worth getting into! And being at the complete tail end (or most recent one) of a very long series that's required to go through first, that makes the asking price a lot bigger.
So, buyers beware... haha.
Edit: Ok WOW lol.
A few points:
-it was definitely rather poor of me to not at least just keep this at shelved and no rating, but I was too petty and evil! Too number focused, wanted to see it fall. In the future Id rather not become some “outrage hot take reviewer/blogger” so I won’t commit the same mistake there. Apologies to those who follow me for souring the well like this
-Respect to kingbancho for keeping it real haha. I’m no help ofc, I’ve done the peanut stuff a couple times, that I’ve definitely pushed myself to curb away from. I for one especially took the whole brigade as a huge badge of honor at first, and ended up sharing it in a more personal private blog to feel giddy about. Then seeing it go to Twitter too just kept that gravy train rolling. I won’t apologize for taking a bizarre sense of glee in this, but I’ll double down I won’t do this again lol (or at least try!!)
-That being said, what I put up here I definitely reaffirm, in that the translation is trash (seriously awful prose and TL work, but what can you do at this rate), and making a blogpost like this is hardly new for me at all, and I’d rather keep that personal side of me here at all times. If you don’t like that it’s not a real review, fine!
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If there's anything I've learned from this site, it's that I have no clue where half of the culture subcurrents lifting up most of these games come from. I'm old enough that I can reminisce about /v/ basically memeing God Hand into respectability or FE7-10 era Fire Emblem fans conjuring a completely made-up set of rules to gatekeep people with, but I have no fucking clue how there came to be some kind of cluster network of VN-fiends obsessed enough with Falcom games to twitter brigade some random review trashing a fan translation. Don't even get me started on how Kane & Lynch 2 harbors a dedicated fandom now, or whatever the hell is going on with Ace Combat
epic
mf posted a review of a fan translation LMAO
@beepo learn to live with other people tastes instead of creating subcultures in your head to ridiculize different opinions
"learn to live with other people tastes instead of creating subcultures in your head to ridiculize different opinions"
How is that ridiculing those opinions?
I think what he said was pretty apt too in terms of gaming communities (the FE one is real lol), save for maybe the crossover between VNs and Falcom (they're really separate tbh).
@Beepo by the way, I think the Ace Combat community getting a spike is 99% because two games got a bump from being really easy to emulate now. Some devs for PCSX2 basically messed with it just so they could run two Ace Combat games and now it's more accessible than ever
How is that ridiculing those opinions?
I think what he said was pretty apt too in terms of gaming communities (the FE one is real lol), save for maybe the crossover between VNs and Falcom (they're really separate tbh).
@Beepo by the way, I think the Ace Combat community getting a spike is 99% because two games got a bump from being really easy to emulate now. Some devs for PCSX2 basically messed with it just so they could run two Ace Combat games and now it's more accessible than ever
/v/ please leave <3
@beepo unrelated to any of this but are you the same beepo that used to make youtube videos dissecting fire emblem? The one that also used to go by Beyond Polygons? If you are, I watched your videos!
As for the comment on subcultures and their origins, I think that is just a natural byproduct of the nature of internet communication and its proliferation and ease of use over years in international spheres combined with the influx of younger generations joining conversations that creates sustaining communities generating additional layers of subcultures that diverge outward. You could say we are just approaching the long tail of video game interest communication and the age of journalists, media groups, and major forums being at least at the very head of discussion are on the way out of their dominant positions (as you probably already are well aware)...
As for the comment on subcultures and their origins, I think that is just a natural byproduct of the nature of internet communication and its proliferation and ease of use over years in international spheres combined with the influx of younger generations joining conversations that creates sustaining communities generating additional layers of subcultures that diverge outward. You could say we are just approaching the long tail of video game interest communication and the age of journalists, media groups, and major forums being at least at the very head of discussion are on the way out of their dominant positions (as you probably already are well aware)...
If two people were on the moon and one killed the other with a rock, would that be fucked up or what?
I'm not gonna lie this kind of warning is just very useless i don't really see what's the point to waste time to make something that meaningless
how did i not see this until now this review is the funniest shit
I really don't understand why you feel the need to rate and review a game you've never even bothered playing just because you don't like the fandom? Seems kinda attention seeking to me and very petty and fake if you're doing it just to lower the average, when people talk about rigging polls, this is unironically how it's done.
It costs nothing to move on with your life
the way this nerd squad showed up: they deserve the shade
anyway, @Beepo, from my perspective god hand and dog days alike have always had their fervent support, though for me it has nothing to do with /v/ and everything to do with the selectbutton (formerly insertcredit) forums and reviews posted on actionbutton.net... you wouldn't see any of those people embarrassing themselves by swarming a negative review like angry little bees, though.
anyway, @Beepo, from my perspective god hand and dog days alike have always had their fervent support, though for me it has nothing to do with /v/ and everything to do with the selectbutton (formerly insertcredit) forums and reviews posted on actionbutton.net... you wouldn't see any of those people embarrassing themselves by swarming a negative review like angry little bees, though.
LunaEndlessWitch
3 years ago
A few points:
-it was definitely rather poor of me to not at least just keep this at shelved and no rating, but I was too petty and evil! Too number focused, wanted to see it fall. In the future Id rather not become some “outrage hot take reviewer/blogger” so I won’t commit the same mistake there. Apologies to those who follow me for souring the well like this
-Respect to kingbancho for keeping it real haha. I’m no help ofc, I’ve done the peanut stuff a couple times, that I’ve definitely pushed myself to curb away from. I for one especially took the whole brigade as a huge badge of honor at first, and ended up sharing it in a more personal private blog to feel giddy about. Then seeing it go to Twitter too just kept that gravy train rolling. I won’t apologize for taking a bizarre sense of glee in this, but I’ll double down I won’t do this again lol (or at least try!!)
-That being said, what I put up here I definitely reaffirm, in that the translation is trash (seriously awful prose and TL work, but what can you do at this rate), and making a blogpost like this is hardly new for me at all, and I’d rather keep that personal side of me here at all times. If you don’t like that it’s not a real review, fine!