Why does nobody talk about this game?
I see it now and then, but /v/ mostly talks about recent stuff / events / and other crap
go to /vr/
>>320898992
wasn't translated. why would anyone?
>>320898992
It's too obscure for most people given it wasn't localized.
>>320899231
but it's been translated since 2008
It got overshadowed by Chrono Trigger hard. I'm surprised Square even remembered it existed and put it up on the WiiU's VC for its 20th anniversary,
Shame, Tokita has been wanting to remake it for years.
>>320899231
It was, just not officially
>>320899231
do you live under the rock or something
>>320898992
Because its a JRPG and its retro pixel shit.
>>320899406
shrug. about 14 years too late.
>>320899454
yes i live under a rock because i don't keep up with fan translations of ancient snes games
>>320899492
>and its retro pixel shit
That would apply if the game wasn't from 1994
Live A Live is a legit 10/10 game
>>320898992
You wanna talk? Ok let's talk who has the best chapter and why is it Cube?
>>320899578
>cube
>not Masaru
You can't handle not-Ryu with not-Ken's theme in his own megaman game
Oersted did nothing wrong.
>>320898992
>live a evil
>>320899418
Bahamut Lagoon when?
>>320899578
Cube's chapter works for only your first playthrough. After that all the tension and horror is gone and you're just running the right corridors for an hour until the chapter is finished.
>>320899518
>not just following romhacking.net news with their periodical updates on all translations posted, and occasionally seeing "oh shit, I wanted to play that"
>>320899743
Correct, Oersted himself did nothing wrong, he was just dealt a shitty hand over and over.Odio did everything wrong.
>>320898992
This shit was ridiculously hard. I don't think I was able to complete any one of the lives.
The cowboy level, holy fuck.
>>320899823
>"oh shit, I wanted to play that"
wanted to, anon. when it came out. literally 21 years ago.
normal people move on. even semi-normal people.
>>320899904
>hard
Are you serious? A good deal of the chapters let you outright grind and destroy the challenge. The only hard things are fighting Max Morgan without Abise-Geri or doing a no-kill run with Oboro (and even that you can cheese with killing the ghosts).
>>320899969
Time is just a number. I don't let the years change my desire to play something when I finally can.
>>320900112
>Time is just a number.
Actually time is an abstact concept that only exists because we believe it to.
>>320900112
I just remember failing repeatedly on the cowboy level and said fuck it.
The OST is so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA6hPgroebU
>>320900462
/v/ will hate me for saying this, but use a guide. There's literally no way to know how to do that chapter correctly unless you're told to.
If you do it correctly, the traps will take out everyone but the boss himself.
>>320900570
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3OPy9mrwWc
best song coming through
>>320898992
I actually have this. Can anyone sell me on it? As in why is it good? I can't remember what made me download it.
Ohhh shit I saw Vinesauce stream this a few years ago. This game is dope
>>320900986
such garbage streamers that used to be good there.
>>320900660
After a quick search I couldn't find the example I was looking for on youtube.
But I'm sure you remember what I was talking about. The fight with about 50 enemies + a boss. I had no fucking idea what was going on there.
>>320901105
I don't get why people use /v/ to complain about streamers and youtubers. I'll never understand it, just don't watch.
>>320901131
That's the only fight in the chapter.
The more enemies the traps take out, the less guys you have to fight.
>>320901354
Ah so I guess I was just doing it wrong.
It's impossible to kill all the enemies and the boss in the actual fight right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nZsK_YVwk&list=PLF58BCBB7C4AAB09C&index=32
Found a let's play and saw he was only fighting the boss, then went back to the other parts and he was going around killing guys out of combat.
I honestly don't think I tried any of the lives other than cowboy. Lmao.
>>320901263
I get mad when streamers i used to like start to do it for the money. i dont care that they make money, but when its blatant, it can be really obvious and fucking annoying. Joel from vinesauce is a perfect example, every stream is either bootlegs, le bob ross or now undertale. He very obviously streamed undertale because he caved in to tumblrina pressure and wanted to make a quick buck. His streams are bland and PG despite him originating on /v/. Just today i check his stream and he's doing another fucking undertale game. This self proclaimed metalhead and tough guy going right for the tumblr kiddie audience. $$$
I dont complain often about youtubers and streamers, but it just sucks when your favorite becomes such a big sellout. Its so obvious he does what he does for the attention and money these days. I just want him to chill and play some video games and stop trying to make the kiddies laugh with forced jokes and rollercoasters crashing and sims dick jokes. Theres only so many times you can distort a sim's face before it stops being funny. Definitely far from where he started and sad, but he'll never care because hes just getting bigger and bigger so he'll keep doing what hes doing with no regard. I think this is why so many youtubers and streamers go to shit.
>>320901557
I think the best case scenario is there's just one guy helping the boss, and you can kill him easily.
Also make sure to switch Mad Dog and Sundown's equipment since Mad Dog's are newer and better, and only Sundown goes into the final chapter.
>>320901707
I have such vague memories of the game. But I for some reason I remember being immediately thrown into an unwinnable fight with the boss and his 20 cronies. It's been so long since I played it though.
>>320901638
Mostly this. The only streamer I watch that I feel like never sold out is Protonjon, and that's probably because his day job causes him to stream so little.
>>320901879
There's always the other chapters to do instead. The Kung Fu one is really good for beginners. Just make sure that whoever you choose to train of the 3 pupils, pump EVERYTHING into that one student. It'll save you tons of headache.
>>320901638
I thought he streamed Undertale because Toby Fox reached out to him?
>>320902083
$$$
>>320902001
>his day job
A good thing to keep note of is that if a streamer no longer has a day job because of streaming, they've sold out. They can't make the money otherwise.
It's aged like cheese, which isn't good for a game that american's only got in 2008.
Straybow did nothing wrong.
>>320898992
>Why does nobody talk about this game?
There's not much to complain about.
Aside from the terrible final chapter, it's a great game.
>>320902173
Lets hope none of these streamers dropped out of college to stream because when the bubble bursts and they have no skills and qualifications, life is gonna suck
>>320902297
I don't think it's aged that badly.
But I understand why Tokita said he'd want to update the gameplay for a remake.
>>320900829
Ok get this
You dont just live
U LIVE A LIVE!
It's a nice game.
Not much else to say.
>>320902154
>Dev asks if you would play their game on stream
>"Sure"
>Suddenly is a jew?
What logic is that?
>>320902690
>all that Li/Akira shipping in Japan
>>320900112
>max morgan
this guy, the fish in oboro's chapter, and optinal boss the fish in the final chapter were the only difficult parts of the game.
>>320898992
>scrolling past threads on /v/
>see this
>boss music instantly starts playing in my head
https://youtu.be/p1Nmc84Noos
It's literally the only good JRPG.
>>320902731
You forgot the anciest swordsman ghost that you fight for the Murasame, the strongest enemy in the game.
They even have Megalomania play during the fight.
>>320902793
>remember the song
>open link
>see comment section
Is nothing sacred anymore?
>>320902662
Thanks
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-yK7nGYt52g
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FRepkv6BfhU
Too many people don't know these exists.
>>320902793
>megalomania became a song in curtain call
Quickest purchase ever made in my life
>>320898992
The game is decent but there's not too much to talk about, really, most of the characters are simple. The stories are generally predictable enough that you can guess their outcome if you have any familiarity with the genre they base themselves on (with one exception, you know which one). There's not too much to discuss with gameplay either since it's pretty basic aside from a few parts like Oboro's story, which is peppered with a bunch of secrets and alternate routes.
>>320903229
True.
That being said, it was made with a lot of love. It was basically one big love letter to all the stuff the developers loved.
>>320903229
>The stories are generally predictable enough that you can guess their outcome if you have any familiarity with the genre they base themselves on
That's the point.
>>320899904
>>320900462
>>320901557
Yeah, the gimmick with the cowboy level is that you use the traps beforehand to decrease the amount of henchmen during the boss fight. You definitely don't need to trap all the henchmen to win, but you probably need to trap a whole bunch of them.
>there are people that think meglomania was the best fight theme
I feel like the only person who think it's just ok, there are so many better battle songs.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD7492B33ACAD8E31¶ms=OAFIAVgd&v=xkJ0dyp-2lA&mode=NORMAL
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD7492B33ACAD8E31¶ms=OAFIAVga&v=Pkkw9xB1c0g&mode=NORMAL
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD7492B33ACAD8E31¶ms=OAFIAVgV&v=ZRDYGR9Tfmk&mode=NORMAL
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD7492B33ACAD8E31&v=YXQH6hT_Fcc
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLD7492B33ACAD8E31&v=SceCRjgPfQc
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zA6hPgroebU
All of these are way better then megolomania but get overshadowed by it.
>>320903623
Knock you down is still my favorite, even if it's basically a remix of Ken's SF2 theme
>>320903623
>Title theme becomes the final chapter battle theme.
>>320903623
Megalomania is the most memorable because it got the most play.
>>320903229
I think the combination and diversity between the chapters make it interesting. As weird as it is to say I wish the final chapter, which was when it became a typical jrpg from a gameplay perspective, was longer. Flawed but great game.
>YFW you first heard Megalomania
>>320899969
Ignore this troll. I'll hack him
>>320899969
Get the fuck out normie.
>>320903312
Yeah it's definitely one of the more ambitious SNES RPGs I can think of. It could have been a mess but they pulled it off well.
>>320903348
I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm saying that's probably one of the reasons why there's not too much discussion on it.
http://strawpoll.me/6324319
>>320903035
To be honest, these are disappointing.
They just don't sound very good.
>>320904253
Space is the place.
Best song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATIJTenY8g
As a fan of karate bugmen Akira's is my favorite setting, but boy is his chapter a chore to actually play.
That finale though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyt_wrsizHQ
>>320904253
>somebody actually likes the final chapter
Why?
Besides that, the Medieval chapter had cringeworthy dialogue, but maybe that's that point and it's actually a faithful localization.
>>320905226
>>320905226
Guy who voted for the final chapter, I know it turns into a normal jrpg at this point but using all of characters, doing all of their dungeons, and fighting pure odio felt like the most satisfying part of the game to me. I fully understand why people wouldn't like it though.
>>320905535
Plus it lets you play as the bosses if you want
>>320905430
Oersted... had a hard life.
>>320898992
I've been wondering the same thing.
Game is great. Mecha story is the best.
I had an uneasy feeling the whole Knight chapter.
At first I thought it was just a generic fantasy as a "haha this is like a real RPG now" kinda thing.
But something felt wrong, I kept thinking "Why did they save this for last?" and was expecting real fucked up shit.it delivered
>>320905680
I like how the other characters were chosen to suffer by Odio is because they all had aspects he did, but they took different paths in life instead.
>>320905226
I can see the appeal.
Playing as all the characters has it's own charm even if they could have worked on it more.
>>320901638
Undertale isn't tumblr or kiddie, and please don't start this shit here.
>>320899746
Evil alive.
>>320902793
>comment section
>they literally think its inspiration or reference
Kill me
>>320905964
Undertale defense force right on queue
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr3LvS4UvZ4
>yfw this plays
>>320906275
It actually did inspire that later song though.
Also:
>reading youtube comments
>>320906568
Only in name
desu it's a subpar jrpg notable for UNRELATED CHARACTERS that became notable because it didn't get a US release, played through the translation a while back, and I would not recommend this unless you've already exhausted every other JRPG on the SNES
>>320907034
>that became notable because it didn't get a US release
It was always popular in Japan, mainly because it was made by the majority of the CT team.
>>320898992
Memorable scenarios and characters, below-average gameplay and no difficulty.
>>320906345
Forgive me for hating reading retarded comments about RPGs anon.
>>320907034
There are a lot of shittier RPGs on the SNES anon. Come on, that's just unfair. And the individual character stories have their own strengths. Not a whole lot of time is spent in any of them, yeah, but what little time that's spent its amazing how easy it is to get attached to some of the characters and how scenes of tragedy come out so strong with so little time. The combat was also unique, and I don't think there's a game out there quite like it. Sure, its sub-par gameplay wise but its a breath of fresh air amidst its same-y peers.
>>320907503
>The combat was also unique
Not him, but wasn't it basically the combat the SaGa series used?
>>320906275
>>320906880
Megolovania is a play on words of "Megalomania" and both songs play during a boss fight, do you think it's unreasonable for people to draw comparisons.
>>320907034
It was an admitadly average game, that had an interesting story to tell and dig some pretty creative things.
play star ocean instead
>>320907634
Not to my awareness. At least its not used in Saga Frontier I know, which is actually more akin to standard RPGs than Live A Live is.
>>320907753
Oh. I heard a comparison to Saga once, but having not playing that I didn't know if it was true.
>>320907847
To be fair Saga Frontier and Live a Live hold similarities in that both have lots of different short individual character stories, although Saga Frontier has less emphasis on the story.
>>320907683
It's literally only in name
Live-a-live and Saga Frontier are my jam.
I'd love another game like them but i'm afraid of how modernized it'd be.
>>320908472
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/03/25/anyone-want-a-remake-of-live-a-live-well-aside-from-the-games-creator/
Maybe some day anon
>>320908472
It'd be cool to have an actual finished version of Saga Frontier 1 in my lifetime.
>>320908541
Goddamn that's awesome and upsetting. We'll never get it but at least we know they're willing.
goddamn dream team too
>>320908472
One of the reasons Live-A-Live was good was because Tomato worked on some of the chapters.
That seems unlikely in a remake. You'll get a poorly localized Live-A-Live remake with none of the soul.
>>320909091
>poorly localized
Square is one of the few companies that does good localizations, because ever since FFVIII it's all been in-house.
>Live a Live is forever tainted by undermeme
kill me
>>320910415
Fuck off
>>320910415
How
