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|  "Re(1):tobal 2"
, posted Tue 4 Feb 14:10
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i dunno just popped into my head but my friend has this game, he beat all of it it has like 200 + fucking characters!!!!! why wasnt this game ever released in america? i know tobal 1 sucked but damn this one was good, they should have re released it on PS2 or something... well just my rant peace
I've heard various reasons for it never coming out here. One had to do with them redoing textboxes for English, but I don't really understand why that's different from any other game they translate. Low Tobal 1 sales might have to do with it, but despite how much people still want it in the US, they're not gonna do it. It's way too late in the game to translate an old PS1 title, even if it was a pretty good looking one, and is likely to move a bunch of copies.
And don't expect a new Tobal, either.. I doubt Square's interested, and Dream Factory moved on. They did Ehrgeiz which wasn't so bad. Liked the arcade version, liked the PS version a lot, but I think the only reason it sold to anyone was because the home version had a lot of FF7 charas. I liked the Bouncer, too, but I wish it had a lot more gameplay and a lot less video. I wish there'd be a sequel, but it didn't do so well.
Oh, and they did Kakuto Chojin for Xbox which I heard was pretty bland and mediocre, and apparently they worked on UFC2: Tapout, which I know nothing about.
So... yeah. If people want to play Tobal 2, they've still got to import it. Doesn't look like that'll ever change.
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| "Re(1):When good companies go bad" , posted Wed 5 Feb 17:43
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Light Weight (Bushido Blade) and Dream Factory (see this topic) have really, really fallen from grace. Now instead of making innovative and fun games they make... well... I would say "steaming piles of crap", but that's a little too vulgar... okay, they make games that unfortunately "aren't very good".
I tend to think Lightweight never really had it. Bushido Blade was a stroke of luck, if you ask me, considering their track record following...
BB2 was still a decent game, but its gameplay was a simplification of BB and not as much fun in general, IMO. Some cool new characters, but the dubbing was putrid, and when it comes down to it, I would have much rather been playing the first.
Kengo? I've already mentioned my feelings on Kengo in another thread... I bought it for $15 because I love samurai games. Even crappy ones.
And... Kabuki Warriors for Xbox. Oh dear.
Xbox is no stranger to bad titles, especially near launch, but cripes. This is the one everyone and their mother loved to trash, even moreso than Azurik. This was the first one to read the $20-and-below mark if I recall.
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| "Re(1):tobal 2" , posted Wed 5 Feb 17:56
My take on it.
The 200+ characters are useless, since all of the extra ones besides three have around 2 attacks only, some are useless, some cheap. And most are variations of the same (around 10) basic designs. The RPG mode had some of the most annoying controls I've seen, also.
It's a decent fighter, with a lot of depth, yet I didn't found it too interesting, compared with other games of the same time, like Soul Edge.
Graphically it looks pretty, but the musics are really forgettable. Controls aren't that good either.
So basically, while it's a decent game, I think that it was too overhyped in the US. And that's my opinion only, I know.
updated feb 01
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