This game was never, ever coming to the US. You're thinking of Sakura Taisen 5 Action, which has been revealed to be a Dynasty Warriors type game, still only rumored to be coming to the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by kabuki
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This game was never, ever coming to the US. You're thinking of Sakura Taisen 5 Action, which has been revealed to be a Dynasty Warriors type game, still only rumored to be coming to the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by kabuki
NCS says there's gonna be an LE with a notebook/binder...anyone else heard of this? Not even the official site mentions this.
Link or quote, please? I don't see it on their site.
I saw it on their Monday update, I wrote them an email and that's what they told me. Someone from the STML said it's this:
http://segadirect.jp/Catalog/CustomP...erious_ps2.htm
Hmm looks nice but not sure it's worth an extra $25 since I'll probably never use it.
Edit: Looks like NCS has it in stock and has some of the pre-order CD-ROMs too. I think I'm gonna have to cancel my VGD order and go with NCS this time.
IGN Insider posted a translation of Famitsu's review:
"Sakura Taisen Monogatari: Mysterious Paris
Sega, PS2: 7,7,8,7
This game apparently provides a completely orthodox mystery-adventure experience. There isn't much actual detective work involved, though. One reviewer said that if you view the game as a Sakura Taisen substory you should have fun, but she (that's right, a chick!) wishes the price were a little lower. Another said that the game feels insufficient as a full title, seeming more like a better-than-average fan disk. "
Hmm I'm a little dissappointed that it's not quite the epic adventure I was hoping for, but hopefully it will at least be better fleshed out than the Ecole de Paris OAVS.
Sounds like ST4 all over again. A good budget game that they made me pay full price for. :(
Too many other games worth getting coming up. I'll pass on this for now.
I finished it this past weekend in less than 7 hours. There are 10 endings to collect: Erika, Glycine, Coquelicot, Lobelia, Hanabi, Mell, Ci, Miki, Elsa, and Bernadette. Each adds special art underneath the "privileges" option in the main menu. Other unlockables include Sakura 3 movies, screenshots collected during gameplay, BGM sampler, and a mini-adventure. Although it lacks the battles, there are a few more movies plus more new characters than in Sakura 4 and a decent story to make it seem fresh. Still, I'd recommend this only to die-hard Sakura Taisen fans, 8/10. If you import but aren't a fan, then 5/10. Anyone else probably would be wasting their money.
I'll try not to bump this topic up anymore, so if anyone has questions, please PM me instead.
I thought we were getting the real ST5, and that it was being tailored for the US market; It's set in the US, and it's a prequel with no returning characters, so that it'll be accessible to US gamers with no prior knowledge of the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammadeau
And yeah, I'd feel weird about paying full price for this game when I got Sakura Taisen 1 through 4 on DC for no more than like $60 combined ($9-$15 a peice).
ST5 isn't a prequel, it's set after ST4, though there won't be any returning characters and it is set in New York, but Red have only said they would like to bring ST5 to the US. They said the same thing about the ST1 remake and that never happened.
I'm still interested in Mysterious Paris and will probably pick it up at some point, but right now there are too many games coming that are more full games than just side-stories that I want to get. I love the characters, but time and money encourage me to pass on it for now.