Rogue Galaxy released

[Demon Cleaner]

I'm currently downloading it on Usenet, has been released today. Seems that there are speculations if it's DVD9 or not, this release isn't, and many say it's the official one, so I don't know exactly.

[Harrison]

Cool. Will grab this myself when I get home (currently using work internet connection ;) ).

I've had that before, not knowing if the real game should be a DVD5 or DVD9 as I've found ISO's of both sizes for some games. I tend to look for feedback on torrents when that is the case to see reports from downloaders saying which is working and which is real.

[Demon Cleaner]

I'm downloading this one now, as I still have a 106GB bank at Easynews. But there are already 7 comments discussing the release.

[Harrison]

I'm downloading it from a torrent at the moment. Is a DVD5 US ISO and the comments say it works.

[Demon Cleaner]

There's also a comment here who says it works, but some say that the video on the DVD9 release has been upgraded. Another one reports that it runs fine, and it doesn't seem for him, that something is missing.

My d/l has finished, so I will burn it tomorrow and test it, as I'm home until Tuesday. I saw now that it only has 3.73GB uncompressed, so no need for a DVD9. And if they ripped it to a DVD5, it would certainly be bigger.

[Demon Cleaner]

Ok, I tested this version, and it works fine. Although I read that it crashes at end of level 7 boss, it's not the full version. The full version is a DVD9 and is also available, it's called Rogue_Galaxy_PROPER_USA_PS2DVD9-Start2.

EDIT: The graphics are very well made, the cel shading looks good. Battles are real time, and remind me a bit of Devil May Cry, as you push X for sword attack, O to jump and [] to fire your gun. I have played it for 30 min though, but it looks quite good.

[Harrison]

That is annoying if the DVD5 version isn't the full one. I will therefore have to download the full DVD9 release to make sure I have the full one.

[Demon Cleaner]

This version now has 6.97GB when extracted, so definitely a DVD9. I'll burn it now, and let you know if it works fine.

[Harrison]

Cool thanks. If it does I will definitely be downloading it again so I know I have a proper copy.

[Demon Cleaner]

This one works fine too. I patched it though, don't know if I had to, but as you can use the patcher anyway, I just did. If you want, I can give you the link to my zip-manager at easynews, so that you can d/l it immediately?

[Harrison]

Oh, that would be great if you could. Would save me a lot of time trying to find the correct version on torrent sites. :)

[Demon Cleaner]

Ok, I'll send you a PM.

[Harrison]

Thanks. I will try to download it later tonight. :)

[Demon Cleaner]

Have you finished the d/l? I saw that some GB were removed from my bank. So I can remove it from my queue. Did you log in from enta.net?

[Harrison]

Yes, it finished downloading this morning so it is safe to remove then form the queue. Thanks for letting me have access to the account. I haven't extracted the files yet, but I do now have them all. Cheers. :)

[Harrison]

I gave Rogue Galaxy a quick play this evening and it definitely looks good.

I only played it for a short time to see what the game was like. The graphics style is very nice. Clean fluid style with a slight anim feel to it and quite impressive.

The realtime combat system will take some time to fully get used to. The game pauses during key moments to show you some helpful advice, but there seems to be a lot to take in early on and the combat system is quite complicated for a realtime system as it seems to uses nearly every button on the controller for something as well as both the D Pad and the analogue sticks at the same time for movement and targeting. You can pause during combat when you enter the inventory to use items such as health restoration or weapon change overs so you can do this to give yourself a quick rest during combat. The hardest thing I found during my quick play was keeping track of the HP levels as well as the attack limit bar (which drops as you attack and once depleted you have to wait for it to fill before you can attack again).

This definitely looks like an RPG worth playing and I will definitely be adding it to my list of ones to play in the near future.