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A tri-ace thread to mourn their passing. Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean, Star Ocean 2 and Star Ocean: Blue Sphere apply.

I feel like replaying Valkyrie Profile. What's my best option these days? I've got a physical copy of Lenneth but I'm not a fan of CG cutscenes and I'd prefer not to have the English dub. So, is there an undub of the PS version?

>> No.2245931
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2245931

One day I hope Gotanda and the other Telenet/tri-Ace ex-pats can nab the rights for a Hioden remake/sequel.

>> No.2246040

>tfw Tri-Ace is kill

I know there's an undub of the Star Ocean games to some degree.

>> No.2246054

Damn it, I loved the hell out of the Star Ocean games. Things were amazing.

>> No.2246084

I tried playing the first Star Ocean awhile back and there was a bug where the music would mess up and then after awhile the game would crash. Is there a way to fix this? I made it awhile despite the crashing, just had a backtrack to previous saves a few times, but it was more than a little frustrating.

>> No.2246105

>>2245917
Nope. Only the PSP version has undub.
I'm okay with CG cutscenes because VP2 and CotP also use them, so, if you care about consistency, it's the better option.

>> No.2246110

Didn't Tri-Ace merge with SE at some point? What happened, exactly?

>> No.2246114

>>2246110
SE owns the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile IPs, but they never bought or merged with tri-Ace.

>> No.2246119

>>2246114
Does that mean that in the eventual point that we get sequels/remakes/ports, they won't have a single person on hand to make sure it doesn't all go to shit?

Oh boy, I fear for the worst when it comes to the future of these titles.

>> No.2246134

>>2246119
>Star Ocean 4

>> No.2246141 [DELETED] 

>>2245917
>I'd prefer not to have the English dub

>>>/a/
>>>/jp/

Suck it up. The dub isn't bad.

>> No.2246259

>>2246141
Eh, when it comes to localization of any kind, I'm going by the principle of as little as possible, as much as needed. I guess you mostly consume weebshit yourself when you immediately think of anime, but I just apply the same principle to video games that I use for foreign-language movies and books. I'm not trying to make a statement in your weird culture war with my preference; all I want is limit the cognitive dissonance I'm bound to get with localization the more intrusive it gets.

Plus, I'm not even a native speaker of English. If I have to choose between two languages that I'm not a native speaker of, but one of them is the original language of the medium, I'll always take that one. And why not?

>> No.2246297

>>2246141
It's not great, but it is a whole lot better than what we could have had. For example Legend of Dragoon or Star Ocean 2.

>> No.2246301

>>2246297
>PEAR INTO PEACHES

>> No.2246302 [DELETED] 

>>2246141
Nigger.

>> No.2246304

>>2246259
If you understand the original language just go with that. That's fine.

But I prefer my dubs to sound natural in the language they're dubbed into. If that requires taking some liberties with the translation so be it.

>> No.2246531

>>2246304

This. I can't understand rune particularly great in the first place so English is fine even if the quality of work is less than great.

Besides, bad dubs can be unintentionally hilarious. See: Star Ocean 2.

>> No.2246541

Lenneth sounds great both in Japanese and English.

>> No.2246589

Tri-Ace needs to come back and revive the turned based RPG genre that Squeenix has been molesting the past few years.

Gonna snag all my Tri-Ace games and give them another playthrough. They deserve that much at least. Those beautiful, talented mother fuckers.

>> No.2246646

>>2245917>valkyrie profile
Every time I feel like replaying this, I get irritated at the unskippable intro with the terrible english voice acting and give up.

>> No.2246904

>>2245917
VALKYRIE PROFILE HRIST WHEN!

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>>2246646
>Not liking Eric Stuart

>> No.2246910

Star Ocean 2 is my favorite RPG of all time. That being said, I don't know what happened to Tri-Ace. Every game I played by them from ps2 onward was either disappointing or complete trash. Did some significant people leave the company, or was it some other situation?

>> No.2246913

Is it normal for all the dialogue in VP to be agonizingly slow and unskippable? Is there some setting I'm missing? I'm loving everything else about it but this makes it so hard to enjoy.

>> No.2246957

>>2246084
I think you can't use savestates in that game. Try playing it without them and see if it keeps happening.

>> No.2247404

They hadnt been relevant for over a decade.
They had been dead for a long time already.

>> No.2247469

>>2246910
You could probably say Square-Enix happened, just like FF.

>>2246913
This is normal.

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This was possibly one of my first vidya faps, alongside panties Meryl, and my first vidya waifu.
>Hates Men

And obviously, VP is one of my favorite games of all times too.

But are they really dead? Haven't they just moved on to mobile platforms? Maybe something good will come up.

>> No.2247907

>>2245931
Man, that looks cool. Details?

>> No.2248423 [DELETED] 

>>2247562
>Hates Men
The dragon girl just needs a good dicking.

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fuck, i can't get the undub iso to work

>> No.2250445

>>2249305
might as well ask here.

i can start an iso of a regular rip on my psp just fine, but the undub iso is giving me a 80020148 although the psp recognizes the iso just fine and previews the splash pic and the music in the xmb background. running 6.60-2.3 me on a 2004.

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I hope SE will let the IPs die quietly. I was in middle school when SO2 and VP were released, it made us fucking crazy (along with Grandia). I'm happy to have those physical copies, those contains so many good memories...

>>2246134

Strangely enough, I enjoyed the twist with the final boss.
The creepy doll-like models, the boring depression after destroying the Earth , the useless crafting, the dumb girl with wings and the overly short story were bullshit, though.
Oh, and Muyria's tits are god-tier.

>> No.2250480

>>2250445
Try loading a different iso drive. Just hit Select in the XMB screen and choose Inferno, M33 Driver or Sony NP9660.

>> No.2250481

>>2247907
translated version on the snes , compatible with the mouse. wicked game

>> No.2250484

>>2245931
best game they ever put out imo

>> No.2250517

>>2250480
thanks mate, sadly none of the drivers work. i might try updating from 6.60 to 6.61 though i don't think that will help much.

>> No.2251562

>>2250445
Maybe there's a problem with the ISO, where did you get it?

Mine works perfectly on my 6.20 PSP and even with PPSSPP.
Here's an old WEBM I did some time ago.
http://a.pomf.se/wsdxrl.webm

>> No.2252289

>>2245917
I felt that blow. VP was one of those special games for me, too many memories tied to it. lost friends, lost siblings, that kind of jazz
I've been tortured by nostalgia since I've read that.

>> No.2252725

>>2247907
Made a overview here: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/hioden_pc98

Like Anon said, it's the rare Japanese PC real-time tactics game with puzzle-like dungeon missions to plow through. Both games have the premise of you gaining the ability to revive allies/monsters and control them, making for mission variety. Cool music at least.

>> No.2254329

>>2251562
wow, that webm looks and sounds tempting as fuck
i got two ISOs, the mugi undub and another one from one of the emu/rom/iso download site listed in the wiki.

since then, i've been fiddling around with my psp and i noticed that my microSD-to-MS adapter is basically falling apart. i backed up my savestates, formated the thing and when i put the ISOs back that worked 100% before, the psp wouldn't play them. so i assume this may actually be an issue with the SD card adapter. i ordered a new one, which i'll test tomorrow. thanks for your help anyway!

>> No.2255096

>>2251562
Can you please make one showing Nanami's original voice?

>> No.2255340

>>2246531
C'MERE BLARNEY
POIPOIPOIPOIPOIPOIPOISONPILLS

Bowman solo is the only way to play.

>> No.2255602

>>2254329
I got the undubbed ISO here if you're still having problems, there are only a few mismatched voice clips in the gallery regarding high spells for a few magicians, I've replayed the game rather recently and all the rest works fine though.
http://nicoblog.org/psp/iso/valkyrie-profile-lenneth-usa/
>>2255096
There you go
http://a.pomf.se/rdhlcq.webm
She's rather grating, not as much as Yumei though, that's for sure.
A pity most of the high spell clips have that awful filter, Gandar's clips would have been amazing thanks to based Mugihito, I should get that .at3 codec and try to make them at least less crappy.
>>2255340
>EXPLOEXPLEXPLOSEXPLOSIVE FIST
>SELSELSELFSELSELFMSELFMEDIKAYSHUN
Bowman is the shit, it's hilarious how you can really break 90% of the game with him, he also had the best skits and character story.

>> No.2255605

>>2255340
>>2255602

My niggas. Bowman truly is the finest character in the game, even if his ultimate weapon and last special attack is lackluster.

>> No.2255615

>>2255340
So many memories.

>POISONPOISONPOISONPOISONPOISONPOISON
>PILLS

>> No.2255627

>>2255605
>even if his ultimate weapon and last special attack is lackluster.
Bowman shits all over the cast with his mid and early attacks anyway, why would you need a strong finisher when pretty much all your moveset is overkill already?

>> No.2255639

>>2255602
>http://a.pomf.se/rdhlcq.webm
Thank you a lot for that, anon. Would you mind doing Jelanda too?

>> No.2255668

>>2255627
Because you want to see your character evolve and his strongest movesets come early on? I'm not saying it's not an awesome early moveset, but most other characters have really good finishers and late game moves(Dias has a similar problem with a shitty last move as well, though his Illusion is pretty okay, but his strongest move is still his very first Air Slash).

Bowman's greatest strength is that he looks like a chill guy that I would love hanging out with.

>> No.2255701

>>2255668
And the interactions between him and his wife are funny. He gives zero fucks.

>> No.2255727

>>2255340
>>2255602
>>2255605
>>2255615
>>2255627
>>2255668
>tfw I took Precis over Bowman

I MEAN

I FIGURED SHE'D HAVE COOL SHIT WITH ROBOTS

Completely useless against Indalecio Limiter Off

>> No.2255737

>>2255668
>Bowman's greatest strength is that he looks like a chill guy that I would love hanging out with.
Definitely, especially when it comes to ogling at chicks.
>>2255639
No problem, though I'm a bit busy right now and can't do it quickly, I'll deliver in a few hours.

>> No.2255854

http://youtu.be/Yo90dQJIa9k

Have you played Star Ocean V?

>> No.2255950

Jelanda Webm, I kinda slipped a bit at one of the higher spells, again.
http://a.pomf.se/vmlkhi.webm

>> No.2256156

>>2255950
That "b-bureimono!" is making my dick rock hard. Hnnnnnnnnngh.

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>>2255950
That's gotta be a first, a young girl in a Japanese game that doesn't sound like a hentai seiyuu overdosed on helium. Nice voice acting.

Also, HNNNNNGH.

>> No.2256934

>>2255950
Thanks a lot.

>> No.2257686

>>2256156
>>2256164
>>2256934
If you guys want more just ask.
It takes a bit to convert but only mages are a big deal due to how many lines they have.