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Baten Kaitos II
http://cube.ign.com/objects/772/772298.html
Comes out this June, according to Nintendo. I really liked the first one.. except the VA was kinda bland.. this one looks like it fixed some of the issues with the first installment. Lets hope June is the real release date. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I'm probably one of the few people who really liked the original too... so I'm definitely looking forward to this. Hopefully they won't nerf down the difficulty or anything either, since one of the things I liked most were how at least a few of the boss fights were actually fucking hard.
It would really help if they would add a pause button during battle, though, since that is something the first game sorely lacked. VA can be as shitty as it wants since I can just disable it like I did the first game. I like to read the text anyway so I often wind up doing that in games rather the VA is good or not. How ya doing, buddy? |
I hear you, its not a big deal.. I can deal with crap VA too.
Im just glad Motoi is back on board, doing the OST This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I cannot deal with the trash that was Xelha again. The VAs better have learnt their lesson from that and fixed it up good!
I liked Baten Kaitos, but I never actually finished it, so I hope with 2 being a prequel, they won't force you to understand the full events of the first one. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I'm really looking forward to this game, have been ever since i saw it announced on IGN. Loved the first one, couldn't put it down once i'd bought it. I hope this will be the same for me. From what i have seen though it looks promising.
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I actually liked the first one too. The voice acting was pretty bad, but I'm a Resident Evil fan so I've suffered through much worse. Also you could just turn it off anyway. I absolutely loved the combat system, and agree with the fact that the bosses actually being hard was a good thing. Can't remember the last time I died in a RPG other than Baten Kaitos. I also liked the twist about halfway through.
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hope to see it at E3 in english form.. playable or not.
FELIPE NO |
I liked the first one as well. The story was good enough and the twists were really unique. I kinda thought they tried to add too many twists thought and some parts of the story just got sorta....weak. Coulda used a few more improvements(didn't like the leveling up idea, and the VAs obviously) so hopefully this game improves upon those ideas. Lookin forward to it
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I just hope, its not delayed. I mean it came out Feb 23 in japan.. thats only 5 months til June(the supposed release date). I hear there is more VA in this one, than the last BK too.
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I liked it for it's originality, but the battle system was so frustrating that I reached a point where I could no longer find the patience for it and sold it off. I had so many game overs because I needed a healing card and they wouldn't come up, or I'd have healing or defense cards when I needed attack cards, or some mix of cards that was utterly useless. I don't mind a game being hard, and most of the time I like it when a game is hard. But it's frustrating when most of the challenge comes simply from really stupid limitations or mechanics.
If BK2 gives you more control over your cards I'll gladly give it a try, but if it turns out to be just like BK1 I doubt I'll bother with it. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Try putting more healing cards in your deck? Sorry to say but it's pretty obvious that when 95% of your deck is battle cards and you only have a few healing "items" scattered within that you're barely going to have the chance to heal. You need to learn how to better manage your deck or something.
I'm not going to deny that the randomness was at times ridiculously annoying but a well managed deck can still help tremendously. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
This is now "Baten Kaitos Origins" and will be released in US Sep. 25 2006...a bit later than was given earlier, but at least it's coming!
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There are also now some very smooth looking pics in Play magazine that I managed to get a glimpse of. It certainly looks beautiful and hopefully the game will match up.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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I read that they removed the defense phase from the battle system. If it's true, it's a damn shame. I really liked it since it kept the player engaged.
FELIPE NO |
Well, the battles are way more fluid now and allow for some awesome techniques and two to three-character-relay-combos. Plus, there are quite a bunch of attacks now that hit all enemies or heal all allies. So cheer up! XD
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Baten Kaitos is one of the few modern day Japanese RPG titles I have enjoyed, Call me crazy but I really like this title over the newer releases of Final Fantasy. I still have not yet beat Baten Kaitos but I plan to in the near future, So the announcement of the second installment is pretty cool seeing as the game has a pretty good story line and all. I'm suprised though that they don't wait until the Wii comes out and release it then, That way it'd be more noticed on the Wii then the dieing life span of the Gamecube.
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Unfortunately I must also express concern about the BK2 release date...late September, when the Wii will probably be here no more than 2 months later. Compare with FFIX, which was released similarly closely to the PS2's launch, and it got glossed over for the most part, and it was Final Fantasy. Seems they're just asking not to sell many copies. Which probably means we won't see another game (BK2 already bombed huge in Japan, like its predecessor before it). So if they end up coming out with a 3rd BK title on Wii (or even DS) I'll be quite surprised and happy. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I enjoyed the first one because I turned off the voice acting before I began playing and never listened to it once. I prefer my RPGs without voice acting anyway. Also, I really liked Chrono Cross (more than Chrono Trigger honestly) and Baten Kaitos reminded me a lot of that game.
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I didn't really mind the VA too much. I mean Xella (I know a spelt that wrong) and Lyude's voices drove me insane (not in a good way), but otherwise I liked them. Giacomo's voice inparticular was good.
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1month away... woot!
No preorder bonus annouced yet, i hope to get another wall scroll like the first game. And its only suppose to be 39.99$ new this time. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I just preordered it a few days ago. It'll probably be the last GC game I buy. Hopefully my GC can go out with a bang.
FELIPE NO |
IGN has some english vids posted.. the VA seems to be, its going to be like the frst game in quality.. no biggie, im still getting the game..
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It doesn't sound as bad as the first game. Granted what I heard wasn't up to MGs standards or anything. It was still decent, and much better than the ear poison that was in the first game.
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