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Valkyria Chronicles 2 & 3 PS4/PS Vita Remasters: How they Could Look if Sega Made them on the Cheap

Tomorrow, Valkyria Chronicles will be released as a PS4 remaster in Japan, and today DualShockers celebrates the return of one of the best JRPG franchises of all times to home consoles with something quite special. You could call it a pipe dream.

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breakpad3001d ago

that s a good example for Sega to avoid...Sega put some money and remake them completely with the same or better depth and visuals as chronicles 1

Get_A_Job_Foxtrot3001d ago (Edited 3001d ago )

No it's a great idea. SEGA is cheap as hell, and this low-risk venture is exactly the kind of thing they might be willling to take a chance on. Especially if only as digital releases.

_-EDMIX-_3000d ago

That's a great idea for fans that's a terrible idea for a company I don't mean to be rude but some of you guys need to stop thinking about this very selfishly as consumers and start thinking about it on the business end these games didn't even do well enough to be translated, the third game anyway and I say this as a fan.

Sega didn't get to where they work today by taking such risky Moves, I believe they can remaster those games if the demand exists and put them on Steam and PSN for a healthy return.

I get some people want it complete remake but at the same time you have to be realistic and logical about what you're really asking a company to do with a very niche low selling game.

If you owned a property that that was rented out and always steadily occupied would you completely remodel the entire rental just because attendant asked you to?

There is a difference between what you want and what you could afford the reality is what fans want doesn't logically or economically even make sense based on how those games performed.

A remaster would do.

Theangrybogan3000d ago

"Sega didn't get to where they work today by taking such risky Moves" do u mean a shadow of their former self, a mear publisher, when they used to be an industry leader and innovator? I guess so. I agree with the rest of your statement. But a taking a few risks may benefit ol sega

_-EDMIX-_3000d ago

I'm sorry but not in terms of business no, yes they used to be that but they still releases titles that pushing the boundaries in still high quality titles with great teams.

What does it all mean if you're out of business? Capcom almost went out of business last generation because of all its risky releases of so many titles.

Not only is Sega still in business they purchased three great teams with the relic, Atlus and Creative Assembly.

In order to stay in business you still need to be conservative, watch your margins and be sound.

remember when Capcom would did titles like God Hand in Okami and Veautiful Joe? What happened to clover? What happened last generation when Capcom was open to being bought out? I'm just saying they need to only take such a risk if there's a real profit in doing so.

As a gamer I still like that Sega as a businessman I think they're in better standing currently than they ever been in their company's history.

Look at their amazing sales with aliens isolation!

Sega as a Japanese publisher is making lots of right choices in it's clear that Capcom and even Square Enix are looking at what Sega has done to stay conservative with their releases both square in Capcom have stated they have many PlayStation titles that they're going to create in both publishers are also making titles on PC they're no longer trying to make all their titles on three platforms or for platforms for anything crazy like that or try to release all the Japanese titles to the west regardless.

I think if you like Sega and truly want the best for them you also would want them to make money and stay in business I'd rather they never put out these titles if it would hurt them and have them stay in business vs have them continuously release titles in regions they don't sell for my own selfish reasons, the reality is what good with those two titles be if Sega goes out of business this generation?

I just look at it as though I'm an old school fan of Sega I'm also a businessman myself and completely understand that Sega has to stay conservative in this industry if they want to continue to exist I personally feel again they're doing a great job and how they're running Sega vs 10 or 15 years ago.

I mean let's remember they own Atlus now.

Get_A_Job_Foxtrot3001d ago

Yeah just release them for very cheap. Especially since SEGA owns Atlus, who has an excellent translation studio in USA... they could easily translate and find excellent voice actors or Valkyria 3.

Abriael3001d ago

No please, no voice actors :D The Japanese track is plenty, especially looking at the *terrible* English voice acting in Valkyria 1 and 2.

Get_A_Job_Foxtrot3001d ago

No VO means even cheaper for SEGA. But just in case, ATLUS has never had a bad dub if they go with voice overs

Kaneki-Ken3001d ago

I would like the first one that was Remaster to be ported and release on Vita since I love the anime, and play these type of games on the go plus the gameplay is great.

DivineAssault 3000d ago

I really hope this happens one day

ninjahunter3000d ago

I dont think the gameplay would be compelling enough for a non portable platform.

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The Best Games You Can't Officially Buy Anymore

From Xfire: "It's been estimated that roughly half of the video games ever released on the market can no longer be downloaded or purchased. Whether this is exactly correct is not the point. Rather, we think that either way, the video game industry, as a whole, has done a terrible job at preserving video games and making older titles available to play for future generations."

Terry_B1075d ago

You can play all of these games still lol. The headline is just misleading. Funny is that there is not one game in the list that you really can't play anymore due to it being online only games.

CorndogBurglar1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

Its not about games you can't play. Its about games you can't officially buy anywhere.

Terry_B1075d ago

The author changed it actually

Army_of_Darkness1074d ago

Who needs to buy these games anyway? Most of them are average at best and won't really be missed.

littletad1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

It says buy, not play though. You can't purchase Deadpool or the Simpsons game anymore. Unless you have a 360 for the simpsons or a physical copy of deadpool, or purchased it before it was delisted.

shuvam091075d ago

Look at his comment. It's from 9 hours ago. Article goes back 4 hours. Title might have been changed after realising the mistake

isarai1075d ago

One you actually legit cannot play AT ALL is Noby Noby Boy. I miss turning my brain off and messing around in that game, was so psyched to re-download it when i rebought a ps3 slim, but you cant, even if it's in your downl library, along with a few other obscure PS3 games i had.

NecrumOddBoy1075d ago

The original memes to the moon game. Loved NNB on PS3.

FreeckyCake1075d ago

I would replace Transformers Devastation with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron tho.

Knightofelemia1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

Transformers Devastation was good but not as good as Fall and War of Cybertron they should be on the list. SH 2 I can play any time I want since it came free in a $10 Xbox I bought used. The Simpsons Arcade I have on my PS3 surprised the Xmen Arcade game is not on this list or the Turtles arcade game either.

CorndogBurglar1075d ago

I had the X-Men arcade game on my 360. I don't know if Xbox Live is still a thing or not, and of it is, I don't know of they still sell X-Men. But it was deinitely on Xbox Live at some point.

Knightofelemia1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

If you had X-Men before you can redownload it from your transaction history on the 360 Microsoft did not castrate the 360 from online. That is how I was able to redownload the old TMNT arcade game to my 360 you can't play it on XB1 or Series X but you can still access it for sure on the 360.

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Valkyria Chronicles 3's Riela Getting New Figure Reproducing VC Duel's Illustration

The Valkyria Chronicles series holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers, so its heroines continue to get occasional figures.

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TheColbertinator1284d ago

Unfortunately we still don't have an English language release

Samus7071283d ago

My condolences to my brothers in Australia.

NukeDaHippies1283d ago

What....Reila sucks, they shoulda done Imca instead

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7 JRPGs With a School Setting If You're Feeling Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Twinfinite Writes: With Fire Emblem Three Houses the series takes its first leap into a school life game, but there are other great JRPGs out there with a school setting.

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bluefox7551732d ago

Currently playing through Trails in the Sky SC, after spending 60 hours finishing the first. I want to jump into Trails of Cold Steel, but was told by several people that it's better to play the previous games first.

Positivelypositive 1732d ago

Trails of cold steel is great to jump right into. You won't feel like you missed anything. I am sure there is more to get out of the 3rd and 4th TOTS games but I don't see any reason to wait to play Steel.

DarkZane1732d ago

There are some mentions of events in Trails in the Sky in the first 2 trails of cold steel, but not much. You should definitely play Trails in the Sky completely before Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4 (which are yet to be released), because there are characters from that series in those games.

You might also want to play Trails of Zero and Azure, which are the 2 unlocalized games. There are translation patches for them out there that are 100% done.

bluefox7551732d ago (Edited 1732d ago )

Interesting, thanks for the tip. I heard TITS 2 was the best one in that series, so I think I'll still finish it. Depending on the ending though, I may jump into TOCS after, mainly because the gameplay looks way better, and obviously the visuals as well. The TITS combat is a little shallow IMO.

Outlawzz1732d ago

Cold steel 1 was my first trails game. There were certain parts where I could tell they were referencing previous games but other than that it was a complete and separate story. It was great and I never felt like I missed out on anything just small mentions of other events.

Teflon021732d ago

doesn't matter which you play first as the games directly involving the story of Sky aren't even all released here to even worry about order. You'll miss alot of references no matter which way you look at it. Just play which ever ones you want in any order as long as 1s before 2. They're self contained stories by name for the most part.

AnnaDea1732d ago

Finished Cold Steel II today.

I have some time now to finish the Crossbell games before Cold Steel III arrives in late October. I can't sing enough praise for the Legend of Heroes series. I have only beaten Sky FC a little earlier and gonna play SC soon too. I feel sorry for the fans of jrpgs that misses this hidden gem of a series.

I have been a great fan of Nihon Falcom since the elary 90's. One of the strongest japanese developers out there. But and support their games Kreygasm.