Vasteel 2

ddd1234 · 12/07/2012, 06:08 PM

What are your thoughts on Vasteel 2?

I recently saw the only gameplay video on YouTube on this game, and the music had me hooked. Soulful Pc-engine soundtrack...love it.

How is the game? Will I be able to sail through it If I don't know Japanese?

I really wanna grab a copy of this one. The music rocks.

esteban · 12/07/2012, 08:23 PM

Quote from: ddd1234 on 12/07/2012, 06:08 PMWhat are your thoughts on Vasteel 2?

I recently saw the only gameplay video on YouTube on this game, and the music had me hooked. Soulful Pc-engine soundtrack...love it.

How is the game? Will I be able to sail through it If I don't know Japanese?

I really wanna grab a copy of this one. The music rocks.

The Professor may chime in (I noticed—and was surprised—that he recently recommended it as a decent game).

Personally, I was hoping for it to follow its predesessor more closely, but, in fact, it shares little if anything with its predesessor. I'll have to give Vasteel 2 another chance, but I haven't been in the mood to play it.

CrackTiger · 12/07/2012, 08:26 PM

I hated it and didn't give it a chance. It doesn't play at all like Vasteel.

td741 · 12/07/2012, 11:15 PM

Yeah, I was disappointed that it reverted to a plain strategy game and removes the action elements.

That said, it does a neat routine at the beginning to scan your peripherals and finds out if you're using an AC card, Memory Base 128 (or save kun) and mouse. ;)

ddd1234 · 12/07/2012, 11:17 PM

What does the arcade card do for this game?

ParanoiaDragon · 12/08/2012, 01:41 AM

Also, there's a "sort of" Vasteel 3. It was made by the same team........& I could be wrong, but I thought I heard they considered calling it Vasteel 3. However, I have no way of confirming that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Bandits I have it, but haven't ever played thru it, so I don't know how closely it resembles either game for sure.

td741 · 12/08/2012, 09:53 AM

Quote from: ddd1234 on 12/07/2012, 11:17 PMWhat does the arcade card do for this game?

If I remember correctly (haven't booted it up in a long time) it pretty much preloads the whole game at the start neo-geo CD like. Hmm... Actually, it might also improve the cinemas as well like 3x3 Eyes... (So there might be some loading after the cinemas.)

PCEngineHell · 12/08/2012, 11:00 AM

Yeah this one took a bit of a different route then Vasteel 1. Regardless, its a fairly easy game to get into. To point out though, Vasteel 2 DOES play basically just like Vasteel 1, minus the action battles. In the end they were both isometric grid strategy games. The only real difference is Vasteel 1 battle system employed something similar to Archon, and the art style is somewhat different.

esteban · 12/08/2012, 04:34 PM

Quote from: PCEngineHell on 12/08/2012, 11:00 AMYeah this one took a bit of a different route then Vasteel 1. Regardless, its a fairly easy game to get into. To point out though, Vasteel 2 DOES play basically just like Vasteel 1, minus the action battles. In the end they were both isometric grid strategy games. The only real difference is Vasteel 1 battle system employed something similar to Archon, and the art style is somewhat different.

Archon is awesome, of course (Apple ]['s version, anyway). I would gladly take a port of Archon over Vasteel 2.