Eraezr Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Trailer: Not sure what to make of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlchemistWer Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Shibuya 428 is one of the best visual novel according to japanese people. It has a 40/40 according to Famitsu as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeoniangel Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 A Live Action Visual Novel Sounds good to me I will get it but later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerserkerHeru Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Huh, looks pretty interesting. I'm probably gonna pick it up on Steam when it's unlocked in 13 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communistwookiee Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) There is a demo if you wanna check it out. I was really hooked by it. I've not been disappointed by a Spike Chunsoft VN yet. Edited September 4, 2018 by communistwookiee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The game is amazing! Just platinumed it! (Had it for about 5 days for review - which should be up later today) - 71 hours it took me to get the platinum as there was a lot to do in order to get them and a lot of reading (which can't be skipped unless you've gone down that particular pathway before. 85 endings, 4 bonus stories, a quiz, hidden combos etc.... Absolutely amazing game. Some people in the Japanese version on PS3 have platinumed it in 15 hours - I have no idea how! I read everything and pretty much saw everything the game had to offer! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerserkerHeru Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 7 minutes ago, turniplord said: 85 endings, 4 bonus stories, a quiz, hidden combos etc Woah, that's gonna be A LOT of reading lol. I wonder if this version has anything added to it compared to previous versions with that much content? This game did originally come out of the Wii after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dermarx Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 19 minutes ago, turniplord said: 85 endings, 4 bonus stories, a quiz, hidden combos etc. Holy crap, sounds like a lot of time you can put into playing this game. Guess I'll put this one on my wishlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 1 hour ago, BerserkerHeru said: Woah, that's gonna be A LOT of reading lol. I wonder if this version has anything added to it compared to previous versions with that much content? This game did originally come out of the Wii after all. Same as the Wii and the PS3 versions. A few things were changed around - like some of the combos post-game and the translations of the quiz answers (which made me go and find them all without any help haha!) but it's the same game. However, English takes longer to type on screen and read than Japanese, so that probably accounted for the much longers time than the Japanese versions as well. Only thing I didn't like was the fact there were no voices even if it was Japanese. I've seen the post-real ending blooper/funny reel and the actors did actually act everything out like a film, then they turned it into images rather than FMV. I imagine it was to fit the size of a DVD back in the day as the PS4 version is less than 5GB in size as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerserkerHeru Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, turniplord said: there were no voices Aww really? That's kind of a shame. It would've been nice to have it added for this version. I'm kinda glad I didn't try to play any of the older versions then. While I don't really have a problem understanding Japanese, I'm not the best at Kanji so it would be a lot harder for me to read through the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Yuki Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 It looks really interesting, but no voices is a shame... I really like VNs for the voice acting as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Joker88 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 (edited) Looks great... i think it is similar to Late Shift and The Bunker in terms of graphic style? Live Action Game but then without a voice acting? I'm curious how much money it'll cost but i'll keep this in mind at least for now I see a demo in the canadian store but not in the german one i'll test this game later Edited September 4, 2018 by Evil_Joker88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Evil_Joker88 said: Looks great... i think it is similar to Late Shift and The Bunker in terms of graphic style? Live Action Game but then without a voice acting? I'm curious how much money it'll cost but i'll keep this in mind at least for now I see a demo in the canadian store but not in the german one i'll test this game later 5 Half right - It is 'live acting' but it's also not - it's still images for 99.9% of the game. So, they filmed the game as you would a movie, but then pulled out each shot in the game as a still from the video. There are a handful of video sequences, usually when something big is about to happen, but the vast majority is a still image. Well, that's also not true - it uses moving images a lot - but not moving images as in a movie. As in, the image will literally move. Say the image is of a hallway, as the text is appearing it may slowly begin zooming into the hallway so it gives the impression you're going down it. or the image pans from left to right as you see the surrounding environments whilst reading. The game isn't out in EU until Sept 21st - it's out in NA regions today. So EU will get a demo in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraezr Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 11 hours ago, Lava_Yuki said: It looks really interesting, but no voices is a shame... I really like VNs for the voice acting as well. What....why?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Joker88 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Thx for explaining @turniplord It'd be even better if it'd be a real movie like game but i'm still interested But why do we in EU have to wait so much longer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 14 minutes ago, Evil_Joker88 said: Thx for explaining @turniplord It'd be even better if it'd be a real movie like game but i'm still interested But why do we in EU have to wait so much longer? more localisation - may have more languages + Spike Chunsoft are based in the USA so they get things earlier - like that Fire wrestling game. It's like how us in EU get PQube games first as they are based here in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Joker88 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, turniplord said: more localisation - may have more languages + Spike Chunsoft are based in the USA so they get things earlier - like that Fire wrestling game. It's like how us in EU get PQube games first as they are based here in the UK I don't think lokalisations do more work in this case as VNs at least in Germany are sometimes published in english too and text translations are easier compared to voice acting which doesn't exist you said... but there are more countries and rating boards to get an approval so that is the main reason i bet on... either way we have to be patient for this month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPageMartin36 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Does it have English subtitles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, JPageMartin36 said: Does it have English subtitles? Yeah - it's only in English. It's not 'subtitles' as such though - it's like an actual book/novel with a narration and exposition rather than just a conversation But yeah - it's all English with sound effects and music - no voices (three wasn't any in the Japanese version either) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legchomper Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 ooooh Spike Chunsoft? sounds like I may give this a go if it goes down in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 bit of a shameless plug, but here's my 5k word review: http://www.gamepitt.co.uk/428-shibuya-scramble-ps4-review/ no spoilers and no detailed info on what's happening - just brief character situations and an explanation of how the game works. It's an amazing game. 3 hours ago, Blaidd-Cysgodol said: ooooh Spike Chunsoft? sounds like I may give this a go if it goes down in price. Yup - the game designer is the actual founder of Chunsoft as well Well worth its full price tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 It's always a shame when there's an unvoiced VN, but this is 428 (how many people actually understand this nuance? =D), quality of it will make up for it =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aZombieDictator Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I got a copy of it. But Destiny and Dragon Quest are eating my time. Then Spiderman and Tomb Raider. Hopefully I can get around to playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qq281316914 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 The strange thing is that I purchased the Japanese version of the CD, why is the trophy counted in the EU European service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpc630 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 I got the PS3 version for cheap. Is it the same trophies as the PS4 version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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