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I really think so!

Yattaaaaaa! The Japanese Sale is back, bringing copious amount of eccentric NPCs, oversized weapons, emotional roller coasters and gravity-defying hairdos.

Look, there's something here for everyone: fast-paced action/RPGs like the acclaimed Ys series and the recent Tokyo Xanadu eX+, classic jRPGs like Cosmic Star Heroine and The Legend of Heroes series, satirical turn-based RPGs like the lovely Hyperdimension: Neptunia, and eerily sentimental tales like Higurashi When They Cry.

And let's not forget our lovely newcomers: Ys: Memories of Celceta, Shining Song Starnova, and A Kiss for the Petals - Remembering How We Met.

The Japanese Sale ends August 1, 10 PM UTC.
Well - I already bought the whole "Legend Of Heroes" series. I started with the first "Trails In The Sky", but bought the whole trilogy soon after that (a shame that the two "crossbell" parts that come after that are not (yet ?) translated tough). And the two "Trails Of Cold Steel" where the last ones that where added.

I understood the "Ys" series are more centered around fighting and a whole lot less on the story, so I am not very interested. I am a story lover, and not really a fighting mechanics lover.

However - "Tokyo Xanadu eX+" looks like a partly "Trails-Like" game (well, that's what a lot of reviews say), and while I was a bit reluctant to buy the game at the full price (because of that "partly"), the price reduction was enough to take the bite.
My sales opinion on games i find good/played/interested in:

The Legend of Heroes games need a better discount. Considering how old they are. (Fc is the only one that seems to get a decent discount so its the only one i have played)
Same goes for the xanadu games. (Xanadu next discount seems alright but not enough for me to pull the trigger)
Same goes for the Zwei games.

Some of the Ys games have a good discount but i already have them (still a good buy for those who are missing them).
The Ys games i dont have, got a low discount : ( .

The Agarest: Generations of War games got a nice discount if u like those games (and can get over the cut content).
Hyperdimension Neptunia games got a nice discount if u like those kinda games (a warning though it has really copypasted lvl and enemy design). So only buy those if u like the senseless party banter.

Way of the Samurai Games discount seems good for what they are (only played Way of the Samurai 4 though so cant comment about its differences).

So in conclusion for me i wont buy anything.



The face of the gog mascot really doesnt look good. Should have gotten a better artist. The hair also looks kinda wrong and not correctly attached to the head.
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Waldschatten: Like The Vapors?

Could apply if some of the people who are so grumpy about Japaneses games actually tried them rather than just complained about them.
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tinyE: you do know that song was about masturbation, right? :D
"Turning Japanese is all the cliches about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to."

- Dave Fenton
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tinyE: you do know that song was about masturbation, right? :D
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Waldschatten: "Turning Japanese is all the cliches about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to."

- Dave Fenton
Like I said, it's about masturbation. :P
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JClosed: I understood the "Ys" series are more centered around fighting and a whole lot less on the story, so I am not very interested. I am a story lover, and not really a fighting mechanics lover.
Recent Ys games have a lot of (unfortunately unskippable) cutscenes, and therefore might be worth trying if you're into story. I remember Ys Origin being annoying with cutscenes.

If you play on the easiest difficulty and make sure to upgrade your equipment when possible, both Origin and Oath in Felghana are so easy it's actually faster to kill a boss than it is to lose on purpose.
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Oh my gosh, now we have a GOG-chan. From this point forward, if there isn't new artwork of her doing various things every time there is a Japanese games sale, I will be disappointed.

That said, as much as I would love to buy some of these games, this sale catches me just as I'm flat broke from a long trip. =( Oh well, another time.
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I was wondering... will you guys from GOG put GOG-chan together with the other profile wallpapers?
I think that would be nice :D
Post edited July 27, 2018 by GenHundred
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GenHundred: I was wondering... will you guys from GOG put GOG-chan together with the other profile wallpapers?
I think that would be nice :D
Great idea.
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Where can I find the wallpaper of the gog-chan girl? 1920x1080? Thanks!
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Drakeer: Where can I find the wallpaper of the gog-chan girl? 1920x1080? Thanks!
Bigger is better. ;)