Tactics Ogre

[Gen Eric Gui]

I'm from England and even I have had a run in with a Gamestop employee - they really are annoying.

I was in New York during the PS3 launch and decided to pick one up... from Gamestop.  So I choose my bundle and walk up to the counter and the assistant was convinced that I "am going to waste your money, dude - it won't work in Europe".

I said "dude, I've looked into this and it will work, thanks for your concern".

After a long conversation where I literally had to force him to take my $600 (or whatever it was) he sold me the console.  He was so adamant that it wouldn't work and that the games are region locked and the plugs are different.

Idiot.  That's my vent...

I still use the console today with my games I bought locally.  I hope you're reading this assistant man!!

I dunno man.  This is exactly the kind of thing I would want an employee of such a store to do.  Even though he was ultimately incorrect, he thought he was preventing you from making a mistake and wasting your money.  Sounds like a pretty stand-up guy to me.

[Farron]

I'm from England and even I have had a run in with a Gamestop employee - they really are annoying.

I was in New York during the PS3 launch and decided to pick one up... from Gamestop.  So I choose my bundle and walk up to the counter and the assistant was convinced that I "am going to waste your money, dude - it won't work in Europe".

I said "dude, I've looked into this and it will work, thanks for your concern".

After a long conversation where I literally had to force him to take my $600 (or whatever it was) he sold me the console.  He was so adamant that it wouldn't work and that the games are region locked and the plugs are different.

Idiot.  That's my vent...

I still use the console today with my games I bought locally.  I hope you're reading this assistant man!!

I dunno man.  This is exactly the kind of thing I would want an employee of such a store to do.  Even though he was ultimately incorrect, he thought he was preventing you from making a mistake and wasting your money.  Sounds like a pretty stand-up guy to me.

Something similar happened to me when I was in Japan (I'm from Brazil) buying my PS3 and they were not only saying it might not work but also saying that my warranty would not be valid in Brazil of which both informations are incorrect and the guy is still insisting on the subject.
I think if the guy wants to help you he should say it once and that's it. If by some chance they were to be correct we at least had been warned and would now be paying the price for our own stupidity and choice. I don't know what kind of clients they usually have but assuming everyone is uninformed and repeat the same information about 10 times is not how you make a client to come back.

It is as if me or Kup would travel overseas just to replace a console.

I understand your point,Gen Eric Gui, the guy was being nice and for that I appreciate but he gave us his warning, and said that we understood it so that's how it ends and the guy should be happy to sell us the product, he might even make a bonus off of it.

[John]

I used to work at a GameStop in Las Vegas, and we saw a fair amount of foreign traffic, despite being a fair distance from the strip.  We used to have people ask us which consoles they could take back to other regions of the world.  Perhaps it was because we had so much foreign traffic, but we were aware which consoles were region free, even at launch.  Explaining Software-based region coding on the Xbox 360 was complicated, so we pretty much told customers they needed to buy those from their own region, but PS3s, DSes, and PSPs were ok.

It's good for instructing those who don't know better, but the clerk should have known when to stop.

[Fadedsun]

Okay, enough about Gamestop and more Tactics Ogre!

I played the first couple battles just now and I've got to say it's awesome. Battles run very smoothly and much faster than on the PSX version. I was a bit overwhelmed with some of the changes they've made to how classes and experience work. I have to get used to the new skill system as well. Experience isn't given individually anymore, which is awesome. Units level up by class. So, if I recruit a new warrior and all my warriors are level 4, that warrior will bump up to level 4. No more wasting hours in training mode leveling everyone up one by one. Another plus is being able to view past story events again through the Warren Report.

[Mickeymac92]

Okay, enough about Gamestop and more Tactics Ogre!

I played the first couple battles just now and I've got to say it's awesome. Battles run very smoothly and much faster than on the PSX version. I was a bit overwhelmed with some of the changes they've made to how classes and experience work. I have to get used to the new skill system as well. Experience isn't given individually anymore, which is awesome. Units level up by class. So, if I recruit a new warrior and all my warriors are level 4, that warrior will bump up to level 4. No more wasting hours in training mode leveling everyone up one by one. Another plus is being able to view past story events again through the Warren Report.

Sounds good, though what's different about the skill system?

[Fadedsun]

Okay, enough about Gamestop and more Tactics Ogre!

I played the first couple battles just now and I've got to say it's awesome. Battles run very smoothly and much faster than on the PSX version. I was a bit overwhelmed with some of the changes they've made to how classes and experience work. I have to get used to the new skill system as well. Experience isn't given individually anymore, which is awesome. Units level up by class. So, if I recruit a new warrior and all my warriors are level 4, that warrior will bump up to level 4. No more wasting hours in training mode leveling everyone up one by one. Another plus is being able to view past story events again through the Warren Report.

Sounds good, though what's different about the skill system?

It's been completely overhauled for one thing. I'm not sure about the specific details yet because I've only played the first few battles then shut it off. I know that characters can equip passive skills now. For example, Lans had a passive skill equipped that made it so if someone stepped next to him on any side, they wouldn't be able to move from that spot until their next turn.

[Agent D.]

Been playing since launch, almost at the end of chapter 2 now. Honestly, some of the stuff I liked in the original is missing (training, orbs [so far], and the funny little "Fight it out" that popped up for battles), but the remake more than makes up for it. The skill sets are interesting for custom set ups (course, I grind so everyone will have everything), and the new class change system is very easy to deal with, compared to the old one where you had to meet certain requirements for certain classes which bordered ridiculous. The music....WOW it's impressive. It's the old songs properly orchestrated now, so they sound more real and definitely fit the tune of this dark title. My only gripe is for its dark theme (which is also my gripe from 10+ years ago playing it), the sprites don't fit the scenario. Feels kiddy unless you really sit back and imagine it in its dark, political charged glory.If you have a psp and play rpgs, the only thing stopping you from playing this game is about a 15-30 minute drive to your local video game store to pick it up.

[Chronix112]

Still waiting on it to arrive. I need to stop being cheap and buy prime already x_x

[Aeolus]

the only thing stopping you from playing this game is about a 15-30 minute drive to your local video game store to pick it up.

Unless the Gamestop you ordered it from misplaced the game or had you drive a couple of miles to the next Gamestop to get the preorder bonus then it'll take longer.

Also DQVI.

[John]

Am I missing something in shops, or is there really no way to do equipment comparison?  Kind of a buzzkill.

[Eusis]

Am I missing something in shops, or is there really no way to do equipment comparison?  Kind of a buzzkill.

Either I'm missing it too or it's not there. You CAN see how many of an item you have though when you go to select how many you want, so usually that'll tell you right there if it's something you already have equipped or not.

[Lucca]

Agh my god Arceylle or whatever her name is has a death wish.

I'm trying to save her (I picked the chaos route) and she runs headlong into enemies. Hell, Denam tells her to head back to his army, but she has such a hatred for him she tells him to screw off, and then goes off on her own. Cue her AI getting her killed in a couple of rounds.

Lobber and fast Canopus helps but NGGGGGH.

Hey! Her name was Aloser in the PSX version. I am starting to think this is a meaningful name!

[Fadedsun]

Am I missing something in shops, or is there really no way to do equipment comparison?  Kind of a buzzkill.

I don't think there's a direct comparison, but you can tell by going through inventory how it will affect your stats before you actually equip it.

[John]

Am I missing something in shops, or is there really no way to do equipment comparison?  Kind of a buzzkill.

I don't think there's a direct comparison, but you can tell by going through inventory how it will affect your stats before you actually equip it.

Yeah, still sucks that you can't look at an item on a character while in a shop.  Makes shopping 10000% easier.

[Eusis]

Am I missing something in shops, or is there really no way to do equipment comparison?  Kind of a buzzkill.

I don't think there's a direct comparison, but you can tell by going through inventory how it will affect your stats before you actually equip it.

Yeah, still sucks that you can't look at an item on a character while in a shop.  Makes shopping 10000% easier.

It's also strange that, for all the ways the game improves over the original and takes after later SRPGs, it forgets one of the most basic features, one I definitely recall FFT using.