/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2192263
One of the guys behind Wild Arms makes an anime called Symphogear now, with the main character being named Hibiki. Hence the Wild Arms and Symphogear crossover pictures.

>>2091889
The music in general for the series tends to be quite good, though not all of it is done as homage (though still generally rather fitting in my experiences). Though in particular for Wild Arms 1, the overworld theme, Lone Bird in the Shire, sounds a hell of a lot like Ennio Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold.


>>2091818
Not him, but from what I've seen, some people just tend to dislike the PS2 games, and you even get the occasional person that dislikes everything after the first game (seen the translation quality and introduction of the friendship theme in 2 cited as part of the reasoning). Still, Wild Arms 3 tends to be a fan favorite for many, and in my experiences has been quite enjoyable (admittedly I still need to play through the rest of the series myself; think I'm a bit over halfway done with 3 and it's been great so far), much like the previous two games I've played in it.

>If 5 is to be the last WA title (yeah I'm not really including the PSP game here) then it's definitely a good way to conclude the series.
As far as I recall hearing, 5 being an anniversary title and celebration of prior games via cameos and such certainly makes it sound like a good wrap up game. Still, I do recall one of the people behind the series saying he'd like to return to it in the future (big issue being that he's currently busy with Symphogear), so perhaps 5 (or XF too) might not be the last actual title the series sees. And it would certainly be nice to see one of these older, currently dormant (or dead in some cases) JRPG series make a nice comeback (and hopefully not in the form that Capcom's trying to do with Breath of Fire 6).

>>1897107
I suppose so. Any idea if the localization team was given a time crunch that might have resulted in less time for editing, or if they brought in a new localization team compared to the first? It's not like the translation for the first game was without problems, but there it seemed more limited to names and terms meant as references not being caught rather than coming off as awkward due to not having much editing.

>>1897125
Pretty enjoyable. The translation can come across as a bit a bit odd at times though.