the.golden.ax Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I do admit though that the high price of limited edition games like Total Carnage on the Jaguar have kept me away from those titles, despite the arguably understandable pricing... I was thinking more along the lines of the stuff being produced currently, not necessarily Songbird's stuff. You know... Mad Bodies and the like. I get it totally. For $80 you should get some stickers and a CD etc etc... make people feel like they are opening a gift bag! AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 (edited) I get it totally. For $80 you should get some stickers and a CD etc etc... make people feel like they are opening a gift bag! AX Not to mention, a quality game! And that's really the point here. Seems like a lot more effort went into making Pier Solar @ $35, then what we typically see in other homebrew markets. -edit- That's it AX! For an extra $5, I too would like the handjob. Edited January 1, 2011 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I get it totally. For $80 you should get some stickers and a CD etc etc... make people feel like they are opening a gift bag! AX Not to mention, a quality game! And that's really the point here. Seems like a lot more effort went into making Pier Solar @ $35, then what we typically see in other homebrew markets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 mine arrived today in ohio 285/800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I get it totally. For $80 you should get some stickers and a CD etc etc... make people feel like they are opening a gift bag! AX Not to mention, a quality game! And that's really the point here. Seems like a lot more effort went into making Pier Solar @ $35, then what we typically see in other homebrew markets. You stole my pic! GOOD WORK DETECTIVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikdog Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 What is the flyer of Thunder Driver III about? From looking closely, it seems like a brand new 32x game to be released in 2011? Never heard of it till now. April Fools Joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgcollector Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Got mine yesterday. Worth the wait!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 There is an interesting review for the game here : http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9068543 It seems it may be overhyped, as the gameplay seems to touch upon those aspects of 16-bit RPGs that have not aged well (tedious random battles, slow leveling up and wealth accumulation, poor writing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) It seems it may be overhyped, as the gameplay seems to touch upon those aspects of 16-bit RPGs that have not aged well. I suppose that's all true, but I'd imagine that the target audience may see many of those gameplay elements as positives(?) As for the hype factor, anything with such high production values is going to attract that. This game is physically larger than any of its competition and is the first sega genesis game to take advantage of the CD in what I'd consider the 'ideal' way. Not to mention the fairly lengthy dev cycle for everybody to hype themselves up. That said, I'm really not in the previously mentioned target audience. I gave up on both lunar games after less than a day, 4 phantasy star games not even that long, and after numerous attempts I had to *force* myself to play chrono trigger until it finally got entertaining (even then I wanted my characters to just give up and die right up to the end). Same deal with Pier Solar. I'll go back and finish it, but I'm going to have to increase my constitution a bit first. It surely is polished to a high gloss, though--higher than many of the era's large-budget commercial games which it's currently being compared to. It takes a lot for a tiny game like Pier Solar to be mentioned in sentences with them, but that's exactly what has happened. Edited January 14, 2011 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I love todays hard-ass gamer. With phrases like "repetitive" and "too easy" often being thrown around. Not everyone wants to play Ninja Gaiden Black (or can!). AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Ks Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 After reading that review, I don't think I'll be buying this. I hate games that make you grind for hours just to level up enough for the next area/boss (there's a reason I hate Final Fantasy IV so much). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 OK, so Pier Solar isn't a guy on Conan's show? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9hNZ3WWB0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9hNZ3WWB0&rel=0&fmt=35&showinfo=0&start=36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 OK, so Pier Solar isn't a guy on Conan's show? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9hNZ3WWB0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9hNZ3WWB0&rel=0&fmt=35&showinfo=0&start=36 Actually, I thought that FF2/4 was much, much better than my previous experiences with DW1 and FF1. I liken the necessary leveling up to an hour for FF2/4 vs. a day for DW1/FF1. I utterly despise people who are buying this to hoard and resell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKittyNet Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Yea, did you see whT one guy was selling some for? 300 bucks, and someone bought one. Me, I ordered a reprint for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespeed Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 After reading that review, I don't think I'll be buying this. I hate games that make you grind for hours just to level up enough for the next area/boss (there's a reason I hate Final Fantasy IV so much). The guy that wrote the review responded on the official Pier Solar forums [qoute name =Mr. Neil]Yeah, I wasn't really saying it was hard. Just rather challenging until you get the hang of it. I actually got a game over a couple times in the very early part of the game. That doesn't happen a lot. I must say that the game over screen has a charm to it. Calling it challenging is not a bad thing. A lot of old school RPG fans are going to be very happy once they figure out what this game is about. The game definitely picks up after the first few hours. The most aggravating parts, as I eluded to, are mostly toward the beginning. Here's what I think about the game, I've actually beat it. You don't have to grind with Pier Solar, if you don't want to. You won't be able to buy everything if you don't grind but you should be able to beat the game. The difficulty curve is like this 1st BOSS area Challenging but manageable at the level you start at 2nd BOSS area HOLY FUCK THIS GAME IS HARD After that the difficulty curve is much more manageable If you play RPGs like this get to a new town grind to buy the best weapons and armor move on get to a new town grind to buy the best weapons and armor move on REPEAT Yeah, Pier Solar will probably be hard for you. Pier Solar will force you to learn it's battle strategy. Most of the time, the right accessories are probably more important than the best armor and weapons I personally spent more of my money on accessories, and healing items.... because you usually could find a lot of weapons and armor in the next dungeon for free. This thread on the official forums also has impressions from people that beat the game http://www.piersolar.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1568 ^HAS SPOILERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 watermelon announced today that the reprints have sold out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Ks Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 After reading that review, I don't think I'll be buying this. I hate games that make you grind for hours just to level up enough for the next area/boss (there's a reason I hate Final Fantasy IV so much). You don't have to grind with Pier Solar, if you don't want to. You won't be able to buy everything if you don't grind but you should be able to beat the game. Oh. The way the 1Up guy worded it, it sounded like Pier Solar is one of those games that gives you such a tiny amount of experience for every fight, that you end up having to grind for hours to get past every area/boss you find. As long as it's not like that, I'll buy it for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akator Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I don't have a copy of Pier Solar. I would love to play it... but the problem is, I can already get what feels like a million RPGs for old platforms. I can't even keep up with all of the new RPGs released for current platforms. I am not currently, nor have I ever been, starved for Genesis/Mega Drive RPG options. I would love it if there was something with the same level of detail but applied to other genres. I'm not sure what I'm "hoping for," but I wish there was something else new for the G/MD that wasn't an RPG... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malducci Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) The popularity of this homebrew game is just amazing. And it gets mentioned with the likes of other great top tier commercial RPG titles of the past. I don't see anyone homebrew teaming passing the hype and popularity of this title any time soon. Coding is one thing, game design for something this large, is something else entirely (the impressive graphics and music are definitely worth mentioning too). I'm happy for the team for getting the game out and can only imagine the pride they must feel right now. I only regret not sparing the cash to buy the game when preorder was open. If there's more print runs, I'll definitely be picking this up (would be the first homebrew title I have bought). Edited January 17, 2011 by malducci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespeed Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I only regret not sparing the cash to buy the game when preorder was open. If there's more print runs, I'll definitely be picking this up (would be the first homebrew title I have bought). After the pre-orders they did make a reprint. The reprint went onsale new years eve, it sold out in like 2 weeks. But on twitter they said they'll make more. Pier Solar twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) The difficulty curve is like this 1st BOSS area Challenging but manageable at the level you start at 2nd BOSS area HOLY FUCK THIS GAME IS HARD After that the difficulty curve is much more manageable I think I just cleared that second boss area you mentioned. Tricky puzzles followed by 2 boss fights in a row, and a 'supposed to lose' after that, all with my item stockpile on empty. Sounds exactly like your description. At least the character that I didn't like is now dead. This is good, because I couldn't figure out a reasonable motivation for me helping him anyway, and he refused to let me just go back home. Now the plot seems to be picking up a bit with some new characters introduced. Edited January 17, 2011 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otaku Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 can't wait for my copy to show up seeing as I just acquired another genesis to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Got mine in this moment! It´s looking G*R*E*A*T!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Still hoping that someone can find it in their hear to either make an ISO of the music or WM will include the CD with the standard re-release when delivered, even if a CDR. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) Still hoping that someone can find it in their hear to either make an ISO of the music or WM will include the CD with the standard re-release when delivered, even if a CDR. AX There's been an ISO posted on their forum. Few people could play the stock CD that came with it in their sega cd units, so a slightly stripped version was provided over there that works much better. Edited January 21, 2011 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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