Berserk Game

Post by **|||||||** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:23 pm

I believe it's inock, though I couldn't remember the name when I posted. After having cleaned up in front of the church I am supposed to secure the bridge there. After that I have been running around so far, but I didn't get what I should do, since killing all the trolls doesn't seem to end...well the area it explored so far, but how do I identify these hell zones? now that I know they are there I should find em. well, got to play....thanks man!

Post by **Dominion** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:58 pm

psi29a wrote:The only true 64-bit systems that are out are from MIPS (n64 and the original PSX) and powerPC (made by IBM that are used by Macs and GameCube) . I know, because I'm a mips developer. However, those are emulated quite well on 32-bit systems like x86 (Intel, Amd, Transmeta, etc etc). The hold back on "speed" is actually the bandwidth it takes to handle the visual data. Think textures, the bigger the textures, the bigger the pipe-line needs to be to handle the data not the CPU. This is typically fixed by the video card in that it has a HUGE area to store the textures, why not just dump all of the games textures into the 256 and soon to be 512meg video cards. People have been saying for years... "you can't emulate that, its too bad ass". That has been broken time and time again. Everything is emulatable and give it time, be playable too. So, no. Just because something is "128 bit" doesn't mean anything. It is just a gimmick. It could be two 64 bit cpus like the case was for genesis and their two 8-bit processors named "tom & jerry". It was a 8-bit machine, like the nintendo, except it had two of them... and they claimed 16bits. Thus, there isn't a 128-bit machine. It is all just smoke and mirrors.

well if all thats true (and ill bet it is

) then those bitches at the ps2 emu forums are holding out on us.... or just lazy thats good to know either way

BTW ELDO, stop teasing us with your goddamn wicked ass sigs and avatars!! that manga looks too good to just be contained in your posts

Post by **Eldo** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:48 pm

Dominion wrote:BTW ELDO, stop teasing us with your goddamn wicked ass sigs and avatars!! that manga looks too good to just be contained in your posts

Heh, because I rock. Too bad I can't say much about the comic.

Post by **zodd4271** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:51 am

There is a petition to get the Berserk game released in the U.S.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/giveusberserk

Website · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 03, 2005 7:51 am

I dont see why sammy wouldnt bring the game to the USA to begin with I mean they brought guilty gear X2...

Post by **Starnum** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:40 am

Well, there are two reasons. For one, they may fear that it wouldn't have a large enough fan base to cover the costs. Trust me, there are a lot. However, Berserk has gained a nice foot hold around here. Then there's the fact that Dark Horse is nowhere near that section in the game. That could conflict with things, so they may not like that idea. I still think they should bring it over though. Either that or hurry the darn manga up, and then bring it over.

Post by **Arresty** » Tue May 03, 2005 7:21 pm

I believe they are switching to every two months, which will speed it along some, but not that fiast. What volume does the game pick up at, cause if they keep this rate that is 6 a year, which still seems slow, but it would get us to V12 in a year. Which is getting close to the end of the anime. OK even at this rate it is way to slow.

Post by **LordMune** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:38 pm

Dunno the chapter, but it picks up just after the Reunion on the Hill of Swords. You spend the first chapter in the game slashing snowmen, as illustrated by 1.5 pages in the manga.

Post by **Necromancer** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:03 pm

The Chapter with the Trolls and the ogre in the city was bad. I couldn't find out what I had to do at first. But breaking the killcombocountrecord is fun.

Post by **Sandman** » Thu May 05, 2005 5:21 pm

Who would you say would be the best entity to contact to get this game over to america? Just a thought, maybe the game could come out on multi syestems including PSP. I would love to be walking around killing troll and apostles

Post by **LordMune** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:20 pm

Sandman wrote:Just a thought, maybe the game could come out on multi syestems including PSP.

No.

Post by **Sandman** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:36 pm

Why not? If it only came out on PS2 it probably wouldn't do as good in sales. That is probably where the Sword of Berserk Game lost out.

Also the fact that no one really knew about berserk... well at least I didn't.

Post by **Griffiss** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:41 pm

The thinking has been, for the most part, that these chapters are too steep a maturity jump to bring into US sales. Dunno if the game retains all the seedy details as does the manga, but the fact that Slan embodies herself makes me think there is just as much gruesome detail.

Others have related that the game wouldn't have enough fan base because you have to have read the manga or at least seen the whole series to understand where it's picking up from. I don't see that as a problem, though. Especially now that the animation is fully released, and the manga is working its way in.

Post by **Arresty** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:46 pm

Well the game picks up quite a ways after the anime, and where the manga currently is in the US. I think it picks up around V16 or so, maybe later, and the anime ends at V13. You would be thrown in a game with Isidro, Farnes, and Serpico not knowing how you met them. Woudl be a big jump in story.

Sword of Berserk came out on Dreamcast which was a system that lacked major support anyways. Also PS2 is the best system to release it on. PS2 is the most popular console out there, and its primary games are RPGs and hack and slash. If you want FPS you get an X Box, you want something fun to play that actually has a story you get a PS2. And the gamecube is just for kids and zelda fans. But for a game like that PS2 is the best system to release it on. Most of the fans of that type of game would be the ones who if they own only one system on a PS2.

Post by **Sandman** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:54 pm

But how much could releasing the game on muti systems hurt?

Post by **Tempest** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:59 pm

Arresty wrote:Well the game picks up quite a ways after the anime, and where the manga currently is in the US. I think it picks up around V16 or so, maybe later, and the anime ends at V13. You would be thrown in a game with Isidro, Farnes, and Serpico not knowing how you met them. Woudl be a big jump in story.

Sword of Berserk came out on Dreamcast which was a system that lacked major support anyways. Also PS2 is the best system to release it on. PS2 is the most popular console out there, and its primary games are RPGs and hack and slash. If you want FPS you get an X Box, you want something fun to play that actually has a story you get a PS2. And the gamecube is just for kids and zelda fans. But for a game like that PS2 is the best system to release it on. Most of the fans of that type of game would be the ones who if they own only one system on a PS2.

Hey now, Gamecube has stuff that's not just for kids and Zelda lovers. For one, it has a port of Ikaruga. And if you have four friends and some GBA's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is hella fun. You also have Metroid and mario parties, lots of fun for everyone. Also Metal Gear Solid : The Twin Snakes, I would love to get that game, but I don't have a GC. One other thing GC has on other systems is a 100% reliable, first party wireless controllers (Unless the rumors about X-Box 360 wirless are true). I wish Sony would do that. I've gotten like 2 third party wireless controllers for birthdays and whatnot, and they sucked.

Post by **Arresty** » Thu May 05, 2005 8:00 pm

Money, its expensive to port it to other systems. Plus the game is a jpanese game and they only have two systems, gamecube and PS2, and its definately not gamecube material. I could see it on an X box, but it wouldn't help out sales enough. If they are worried abuot making money as is, them trying to port it to the xbox as well would just cost them too much, for the possible gain in sales.

Edit: Read Responding to Tempest whose post I read after this. Yeah it does, but I was just refering to overall themes of the systems. The GC has mostly a younger target audiance, but in order to grab the older audience they do have games like you listed. Each system has a bit of everything but they each have specialties.

Post by **Femto** » Thu May 05, 2005 8:03 pm

It's far too late for the Berserk game to be released here.

- The game has been released for a while already, so interest in it has probably all but died by now.
- The PS2 is coming to an end so bringing a small time game like this to US is most likely not profitable
- There isn't enough knowledge about Berserk here to warrant strong video game sales.
- It's too violent and will definitely get an M rating which will limit its target audience
- It's not the best game ever, etc, etc, etc.

Porting a game based on a manga and anime to other systems just for an american release is ridiculous too, so don't even think about it. Anime and manga are still a relatively small market, and Berserk is close to being a niche market already. Just pray that Sammy/Yukes decides to port it to the PSP in Japan so you can play it in your region-free american PSP, but even that is unlikely considering that the story in Berserk has moved on and the japanese I know of won't be willing to play something that is old news already. How much could releasing the game on mutiple systems hurt? Do you think it's just a matter of copy and paste? You have to build the game so that it works for different architectures and systems. Sure, it's cheaper than doing three separate games, but it still costs money, money that companies are not willing to invest, and frankly it makes a lot of sense not to.

It's either you import it or just forget about it. It's not coming here. Period.

Post by **LordMune** » Thu May 05, 2005 8:06 pm

Sandman wrote:But how much could releasing the game on muti systems hurt?

Because they would have to make the game all over again. You can't just chop away at the game code, compress the models and resize the textures to fit it onto a PSP. And it just would not sell. Not as much as it would deserve, anyway.

Post by **Arresty** » Thu May 05, 2005 8:19 pm

If you want the game just get a mod chip or slide card/swap disc and import it. You know the story, and I think they have stuff online to help you with menus and such, or you can just figure it out.

Post by **Sandman** » Thu May 05, 2005 9:51 pm

Yes, I know it is hopeless, but I can always pray

Post by **Sortep** » Sat May 07, 2005 12:00 am

i can see the next generation berserk game being fully released over stateside and kicking ass... berserk is thankfully gathering momentum... hopefully it doesn't come up after it's end... but yeah... guts dismembering creatures.... who wouldn't want to do that?

Post by **Sandman** » Sat May 07, 2005 12:14 am

Maybe they will update it when the manga gets to a closing point.

Post by **Jon Karlos** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:57 pm

Arresty wrote:If you want the game just get a mod chip or slide card/swap disc and import it. You know the story, and I think they have stuff online to help you with menus and such, or you can just figure it out.

This week i'll be recieving Berserk for PS2 along with a flip top mod, looks promising...I've read all the way up to vol 29, and i must've read 12-25 like 3 times over haha...and dont get me started on the anime heheh, but it looks like a very simple game devoted for Berserk fans...The FMV sequences look amazing, even if dialouge is in japanese...i see it more like playing out the manga and getting an overall feel of being Guts!....3 more days cant wait

Post by **psi29a** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:16 pm

I personally would love to see the movies, but more importantly is that if you can make it through the entire game and capture it, I think we might be able to sub-it and make this EG's first sub-attempt. I don't know if this is possible, but I wouldn't mind helping to host the files or try to make a torrent for them. *pokes Evandius*