GungHo survey about GameArt's games and PC
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prudislav
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Apr 2015 22:04    Post subject: GungHo survey about GameArt's games and PC
Survey:http://gamearts.pgtb.me/G11qsW

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Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America launched a questionnaire this morning surveying fan interest in IPs developed by Game Arts, including role-playing series Grandia, Lunar, and more.

The survey, available here, asks the basics up front: which platforms you use, where you find your video game news, and what game genres are your favorites. Several questions specifically reference PC ports, namely which PC digital distribution service you prefer and what new features are most important to you when purchasing updated ports of game.

Game Arts, which became a GungHo subsidiary in 2004, may be best known for its work on RPGs like the Lunar and Grandia series. The studio also produced the mech-focused Gungriffon series, and most recently in 2012, puzzle title Dokuro. GungHo could be testing the waters with this survey to gauge fan interest in these games, possibly paving the way for remastered ports or new franchise titles.

In recent years, GungHo has brought Game Arts' original Grandia, Lunar: Silver Star Story and Ragnarok Odyssey to PlayStation Network for Sony’s current consoles.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/survey-with-classics-lunar-and-grandia-hint-at-pos/1100-6426597/
Titles mentioned in survey:
    Grandia
    Grandia II
    Grandia III
    Grandia Xtreme
    Gungriffon
    Gungriffon II
    Gungriffon Allied Strike
    Gungriffon Blaze
    Lunar: Dragon Song
    Lunar: Eternal Blue
    Lunar: The Silver Star
    Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
    Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
    Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
    Magic Obelisk, The
    Project Sylpheed
    Ragnarok Odyssey
    Ragnarok Odyssey ACE
    Silpheed
    Silpheed: The Lost Planet
    Thexder
    Thexder 2
    Zeliard


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sabin1981
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Apr 2015 22:10    Post subject:
Ho~ly fuck. Grandia 1-3 and Xtreme on PC? MAKE IT HAPPEN !!! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Apr 2015 22:35    Post subject:
Grandia 2 is on PC already no?

I don't really remember much from it (Various bosses like that heart thing and some vague things about the storyline plus some NPC's like a demonic succubus thing party member.) though that was many years ago so it likely doesn't work very well on modern systems.

(I have the physical disc still.)

Would be nice to see the entire series on PC. Smile


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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Apr 2015 22:35    Post subject:
There actually was a Pc port of Grandia 2 it was unfortunately based on the sub par Ps2 version and not the superior Dreamcast version so it was awful^^
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Apr 2015 22:40    Post subject:
Yeah, like tet666 said; it exists already but it's an inferior port (though iirc it does support 1920x1080 via hacks, which was an "upgrade" back then, even with the lower tex-quality Very Happy) and it's buggy as all hell too. I'd love to get it reported properly, along with Grandia 1 and 3 (3 was such an awesome game, criminally underrated in the Grandia universe) -- and I've never played Xtreme, so that too! \o/
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 06:25    Post subject:
Wait, there was a Grandia 3? Didn't even know. I'd sure like to see proper/decent ports of all of them on PC, although I wouldn't be holding my breath. This seems like a "Sega made some easy cash porting ancient console games, what do we have in the cupboard?" kind of deal.
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 06:59    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 08:53    Post subject:
I wouldn't mind ports of Grandia but with proper videos. The magic animations in G2 was so low resolutions it hurt. Otherwise awesome game.


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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 08:59    Post subject:
I know on the pirated DC version that the videos were downsampled to fit onto DVDs, although I assume the originals were only 640x480 at most anyway.
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 09:27    Post subject:
DCB wrote:
I know on the pirated DC version that the videos were downsampled to fit onto DVDs, although I assume the originals were only 640x480 at most anyway.


Dreamcast didn't use DVDs it used GD-ROMs http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD-ROM
but yes you are talking about the first echelon release, later there was some 3 cd rips
which worked and didn't have anything downsampled.
I tried it in my real Dreamcast some time ago(i do have a original disk but it's a bit scratched) and they worked fine, it also looks great in NullDC but there are some small annoyances with the shadows not working as they should, i wish someone would make a better DC emu since all projects seem to have died out ages ago.
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 10:09    Post subject:
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tet666




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 10:56    Post subject:
paxsali wrote:
A Final Fantasy clone with Dragon Quest-ish style and not from Square?

Scratch Head


What are you talking about? the Grandia games where nothing like final Fantasy or Dragon Quest.
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 13:33    Post subject:
tet666 wrote:
i wish someone would make a better DC emu since all projects seem to have died out ages ago.


Demul is pretty good too, it works on some games where NullDC has issues, and vice versa. Makaron used to be the most "accurate" emulator, but dknute has long since abandoned it in favour of Naomi and pushing his GDemu addon for real Dreamcasts.
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Apr 2015 17:59    Post subject:
tet666 wrote:
Dreamcast didn't use DVDs it used GD-ROMs

Yes I know. I meant CDs. Was talking about the Echelon release.
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PostPosted: Tue, 12th May 2015 01:16    Post subject:
Grandia II is coming to Steam:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/acclaimed-dreamcast-rpg-grandia-ii-coming-to-steam/1100-6427252/
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After collecting "enthusiastic feedback" from a survey launched in April, GungHo Online Entertainment America will bring classic role-playing game Grandia II to Steam for Windows PC, the company told GameSpot today.

Grandia II for Steam is being remastered using the game's Dreamcast version, which was published in 2000. In addition to an HD visual upgrade, Grandia II on Steam will have both mouse and keyboard and gamepad support as well as Steam achievements and Trading Cards.

The survey GungHo shared last month focused on properties by Game Arts, the studio behind the much-beloved JRPG series Grandia and Lunar, with several questions specifically referencing interest in PC games. Responses indicating a desire for a remastered Grandia II were "overwhelming," according to GungHo, so the company has chosen to move forward with the port.
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PostPosted: Tue, 12th May 2015 01:18    Post subject:
Aaw, hell yeah! Very Happy


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PostPosted: Tue, 12th May 2015 04:52    Post subject:
This is great news, but it's also a bit... eghhhh... why re-port an already existing port? Why not Grandia 1? Grandia 3? Still, at least it's the DC version so that's a yay moment Smile I'm still hoping Sega stops dicking around and carries on porting their old games too. Give me JSRF, give me Skies of Arcadia, give me Resonance of Fate! \o/
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PostPosted: Tue, 12th May 2015 06:56    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
why re-port an already existing port?

The old "we threw out the shoe box we kept the source code disks in" excuse probably. Well that and of course the simple fact that an existing port is already ported, the hard work is done. A "HD upgrade" is a piece of piss to sub-contract out to a few artists.
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PostPosted: Tue, 12th May 2015 07:50    Post subject:
Start with the easiest I suppose and see how it sells, will be interesting to see how it'll end up. Smile
("HD" probably just means it'll support 1080p screen res and possibly have a better UI but we'll see.)
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PostPosted: Tue, 12th May 2015 08:38    Post subject:
Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. I assume all the pre-rendered movies for spells and stuff will still be the original SD ones.
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