La Pucelle: Tactics to US

[Compass]

I have an unopened Disgaea sitting here calling to me. Is there any reason I should buy and play La Pucelle first?

[RedCoKid]

As for censoring in PB... well, most of the game there's no reason to touch it, though they might take the cigars out of the mouths of the bears, which would be a shame since it adds to their personality. But there are two scenes, one from the end of the story and one optional, that practically drown in blood. We're talking Mortal Kombat levels here. I could see those being cleaned up for a Teen rating.

Imagine if they'd decide to replace the bottles of wine with pitchers of coffee in all the bar scenes... Walnut would be wired instead of drunk.

I have an unopened Disgaea sitting here calling to me. Is there any reason I should buy and play La Pucelle first?

Both are fun for their own features. I consider Disgaea's gameplay better except for geopanels replacing LP's stream system.

[AaronChance]

Argh, you had to think of that. Losing the cigars or the blood wouldn't bother me, but losing Walnut's binge drinking with his beaked buddy would make me sad, almost as sad as the last drinking scene did.

[Captain Vegetable]

So, there are Prinnies in Phantom Brave, too? Cool. I loved the Prinnies in Disgaea.

Thanks for all the information, Amm. You're really on the ball, you are.

As for the censors, all of the stuff you've mentioned, including the binge drinking, probably won't be touched. For the most part, the only thing we United Statesians miss out on are relegious references. They won't touch anything else.

Besides, Mastiff isn't doing Phantom Brave, and since all of the censorship in La Pucelle comes from them not wanting to cause a ruckus with their first high profile release, I'd say we are worrying about nothing.

[AaronChance]

Yeah, I don't think PB will be touched at all so I'm not worried about it. It's got nothing remotely religious about it this time around.

Speaking of PB, I finally got the digital art collection, though haven't had the time to look at it yet. It has every tiny scrap of art made for the game (including the animations) and hopefully some bits that weren't used. So maybe if the US version does get edited, I can help someone make a patch for it.

EDIT: Woof!

[Captain Vegetable]

Hey! Got any more of those cool animated gifs? My sig is looking might bare.

You know, I just got done with chapter 3 in La Pucelle, and the sprite work in this game just keeps getting better. It kind of makes me scratch my head seeing them go from this to Disgaea. Now, Disgaea had some awesome art and sprite work, but La Pucelle seems to blow it away in every reguard (except character design; I think they're about even in that area).

Incedentally, has anyone read the EGM review on this? It makes me want to puke, it's that inaccurate. Shoe says something about it being sickly sweet, and makes comments about how "it looks like a kiddy game," "the plot is for nine-year-old idiots," and other such nonsense. I really hate EGM. Always have, but this solidifies my stance on the matter.

[AaronChance]

Hey! Got any more of those cool animated gifs? My sig is looking might bare.

I'll give you laughing boy since it's a character you'll recognize.

The digital art CD for PB is amazing. While sadly there are few animations, it comes with so much art, including a 32 comic that covers the whole first episode of the story (and is really funny to boot) and some early and unused character and monster designs. Some look finished, so I wonder if they'll appear in the next SRPG they make.

For animation, yeah there was a dip in Disgaea for some reason, but PB is well animated. Heck, a few animations from La Pucelle are reused in it, like Prier's prayer animation used by Marrone.

[Captain Vegetable]

Why, thank you!

I can't wait for Phantom Brave. Though I should probably hope it gets held off for as long as it takes me to complete La Pucelle.

[RedCoKid]

What, WEREWOLVES! and no one told me?!

Man if I knew that I would've bought the Phantom Brave LE version, do you have that Ammadeau? I want to see if there is any werewolf art in that artbook

Werewolf will love that GIF. What others do you have, Amm? Ash or Etna? Edit: I found one...

[Opaque]

I want mid boss.