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Dark Souls 3 releasing tomorrow in Japan is the worst
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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How many games get released in NA first and JP much, much later? Plenty. Enough that if you were, say, a Japanese fan of Western games like Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, and Assassin's Creed, you'd be waiting about the same length. There's no helping it. Not unless you're a studio who can afford to release all versions worldwide.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I am a bit on the edge, not because of life, but because of the fear I might not like Batman v Superman.
Worst part is the jp version doesn't have alternate art. "Lets do it for every other souls game but this one!"
TemplaerDude
Member
It's funny... I don't hear anyone standing up for other parts of the world when we get games first here.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Im already replaying DS1 in preparation; all sneakin n stabbin.
Its the Dark Souls of 7-11 food.
Seriously, I hate it. I don't understand the decision. Like do they want it in their fiscal year or what ?
The thing I like most in Dark Souls 3 is having the feeling of 'the first of finding that out', even though I most likely did not find it out the first. Also, a lot of mystic get's lost, as a lot of people are just going to play it in japanese. The Dark Souls 3 wiki will be fleshed out when it releases here, I don't like that either.
There's not really a point of this thread, I am just a bit frustrated because of it and wanted to let it out.
But they had time to bring the darksouls3 chicken wings over.
Its the Dark Souls of 7-11 food.
CyberPunked
Member
It's because the PC version isn't releasing in JP, and probably requires a few more weeks to polish so they decided to hold back the console releases in the west too for marketing reasons.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Nah. The worst is I can't afford to buy it in April and had to cancel my pre-order.
jp steam version is 12 april
$15 and about 2 hours of your life is all you will lose if you don't like the movie. Since so little as at stake, you shouldn't stress about it.
CyberPunked
Member
Exactly, it's because the PC version requires polish.
Snapshot King
Member
Talking about this on twitter had someone send me russian achievements for the DS3 endings. Whoops!
CenturionKei
Banned
Does someone know the cheapest way to get PSN yen cards? I have a Japanese PSN account for Visual novels.
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
Google Translate app can somehow translate on the fly? Explain?
Edit: I've never used it.
Edit: I've never used it.
Possumowner
Member
Meh...I can wait,but avoiding spoilers may prove more difficult
Bloodborne too.
you take a picture,it reads the text and you need to mark the text that you want translated ! its really good
Yeah, I think you can prevent the game from being spoiled if you're careful. If you're reading through the OT, going through the wiki and Souls subreddit, well you're kinda asking for it =P. Hopefully you don't stumble upon any accidental spoilers, and hopefully the chances of this happening on some prominent media site are lessened with the game only being out in Japan (though it can be imported obviously).
As for losing the excitement of discovery, meh, like you said, no matter how early we have the game we're likely never going to really be the first to discover anything. It's cool to discover something before it becomes common knowledge on the internet, but as long as stuff isn't spoiled for you I think you'll be fine.
As for losing the excitement of discovery, meh, like you said, no matter how early we have the game we're likely never going to really be the first to discover anything. It's cool to discover something before it becomes common knowledge on the internet, but as long as stuff isn't spoiled for you I think you'll be fine.
Already Torn
Banned
It's pretty good for my wallet, truth be told.
Souls spoilers are something you generally need to purposefully seek out imo. I've spent around 400 hours on the series and I don't know very much about the story, or even the NPC quest lines.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
If I could Like your post I would do it, because this really made me laugh.
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
So, theoretically, is a playthrough using the Google Translate app actually viable?
I guess its better to piss off everyone instead of only some people.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I laughed.
twozerotwo
Member
I almost went the Jap download route.
The only thing that sucked me into PC was 60fps and thinking about it, I might still go PS4.
The only thing that sucked me into PC was 60fps and thinking about it, I might still go PS4.
EvilKatarn
Member
What do you consider a playthrough?
If you want to learn about the story, go shove any random Japanese text from the internet into Google Translate and you'll have your answer
which is "no."
To be fair the west got Dark Souls 2 and Bloodborne 2 days before the Japanese release. So it's odd that this game goes back to being a month apart.
Astral Dog
Member
You Jelly
Astral Dog
Member
I agree, but I still may end up buying the Japanese version on PSN to "demo", and help ease the wait for the PC version. I mean, my (Japanese) wife and I already own a legitimate JPN account which we use once in a while, so it's going to be difficult to resist the urge once the game is out in less than 2 days.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I can wait.
LucidMomentum
Member
Do we know which streamers are going to be getting a head start via the Japanese release?
I'm hungry and I want to feast on the streams.
I'm hungry and I want to feast on the streams.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Yeah, the game should have released as close to worldwide as possible.
I bet the delay is for marketing reasons and Namco is dumb to do it.
I bet the delay is for marketing reasons and Namco is dumb to do it.
I'm thankful for getting these awesome games, but I also wish they did worldwide release.
The two thoughts don't have to be mutually exclusive.
I don't really see a problem. You'll probably only get spoiled because you couldn't control yourself. Just avoid DSIII threads and the wiki until it releases here and you get to play it, I'm sure it won't be hard.
Edit: With that said, I agree that the game should release here if it's completed, printed and ready to be distributed.
Edit: With that said, I agree that the game should release here if it's completed, printed and ready to be distributed.
i know manvsgame is gonna be streaming it but if you want gameplay i dont think its gonna be the best stream to watch
D
Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
I actually don't mind for once as it will (hopefully) give me time to finish Twilight Princess HD and Salt and Sanctuary before it's out. I canceled my Quantum Break preorder as I just have too many games right now with that stuff, SFV (need to make use of my stick!) and a few in the backlog to get to.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Eh, I can take it or leave if it means I won't have to wait loads of time every single time I die and revive at a bonfire like in previous from games (Bloodborne's loading times were crazy on release).
I know Aris (FIghting game commentator) will be streaming it, though you might get frustrated.
I really wish it had been a WW release, the discovery aspect of the game is one of it's main selling points to me. Since I play online, anyone that had advanced knowledge can potentially affect my game. Kinda loses a tiny bit of it's magic.
twozerotwo
Member
Aris is not going to NorCal Regionals to play Dark Souls the second it's out. That's commitment.
Twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle
Melkezadek
Member
Ugh I hate that I'm going to have to avoid his channel for a bit. The only streamer I watch and thoroughly enjoy.