/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1987550

I haven't played much of it, but what I did play felt exactly like Brandish should - just in an isometric view. The game itself is actually pretty cool - here's a gameplay video I did (with sound!): http://youtu.be/bQoSGGQWxdk

The soundtrack is also pretty good too - just don't expect anything remotely on par with Brandish 2 and 3 levels of greatness in that regard. You can check the whole thing on my YouTube channel as well.

Regarding the Japanese fanbase's thoughts: from what I know, apparently Japanese fans really disliked the sudden change of Brandish VT - the visual style and camera were different, and there was no more Ares and Dela anymore. And without all of that, a lot of people just couldn't consider it a true Brandish game - much like some Japanese fans have trouble accepting Ys Origin as a real Ys game because of the lack of Adol as the protagonist (Japanese Ys fans didn't take kindly to an Ys game without him, and some have even went as far as to pretend the game doesn't even exist - not counting it as official canon).

The translation project has been resurrected this Summer: http://seldane.proboards.com/post/189137/thread - it is being translated by the guy who was working on The Dark Revenant, after XSEED announced the official release.