in the original, the echoed voices are an issue because of the surround audio option which is by default, most people played on a stereo setup. If you change the audio to stereo there is no more echoe.
So part of the voice's weird sound isn't just because it's coming from multiple channels, it's because the voices have some phasing going on. While Stereo removes some of that sound, and mono further helps, the voice lines still have an unnatural phasing to them not present in the raw file or remaster voice lines. However, yes that is a good recommendation
One thing you forgot to mention; the field guide in _Origins_ no longer lists the enemy's attacks and weaknesses, the single most useful thing about it. It's made playthrough's a lot more frustrating.
Those past 2 weeks having you in the Discord servers asking us many questions about all versions of the games were a blast, the resulting video is fantastic with all the revisions you did witj the help of the communities! Personally I felt inlove with the Remaster, and I did an All Achievements run at the release. Even if there were a few glitches because it was still 1.0.1 at the time, it was such a blast. I'm probably never going back to the originals, the upgrades in the Remaster (even more now in 1.0.3 and possible more in the future) are so enjoyable! ♥
My biggest issue is honestly with the new character models in Eternal Wings. I wish they had just reworked the shaders. If they went to the trouble of creating new models I would at least expect them to look all around better, but for me they just look... different and I actually liked the old style more. In Origins I can see a clear upgrade without the style changing too much.
I liked the English voices a lot in the first game. Xhella’s voice wasn’t great, but everyone else did a great job and I wouldn’t want a version without those voices.
I did not know the patch 1.0.3 fixed the inputs in the 1st game with selecting magnus cards in battle, that said I did pick up the remaster via Playasia and it's my 1st time playing these 2 games, I have 0 regrets on it cause damn I ended up enjoying them more than I thought I would, some of the QoL definitely helped in mitigating somethings that would have been a hassle or slow otherwise, but been loving these games and depending on when I finish up my ongoing playthrough of the 2nd game these games might become my favorites in the RPGs I've played! Edit: I finished Origins on the 1st of December, overall really did enjoy this game and the 1st one, the QoL again did help in making things less of a slog even tho I did suffer an odd glitch with 2 Pac-Mans for some odd reason. I did wish they kept the english dub cause the stuff I watched of it sounded good, even better than the 1st game, but I still want to say the Japanese dub for both games were pretty good but I also give it to Origins for also being better than the 1st too. Both games have their flaws along with the remaster having it's issues but honestly both games reached up there as one of my favorites in RPGs and I'm glad to have played them.
These HD ports were clearly made on a shoestring budget so I dont hold it against them for not redubbing the english voice acting. Some modders have already restored them to the PC version, with text inconsistency retained. Probably the best solution for those who really want the English dub.
Maybe if they didn’t approach the game with a revisionist axe and change so much menial bullshit to please absolutely nobody, they wouldn’t have to worry about that.
I think something worth noting that bothers me immensely in Eternal Wings remaster, is that weapon trails in battle are completely bugged, and Folon's weapon is completely invisible
I remember trying to beat this game several times, but I always got confused about the cards, and I'm a little colorblind, I have never been able to. Maybe I'll try once more.
*scuttles in* Fans have modded the game to add back in the English dubs to both game, if you, much like myself love the terrible, terrible dub of I and the admittedly pretty good dub of II. The dub hasn't (or wasn't at the time of the beginning my playthrough) been tested for anything beyond the original release of the remaster. A few weird instances for the patches beyond that have been noted, but I haven't tried playing through with it yet. (I'll probably do it for my new game plus, because yes, many, MANY things are bugged, especially the finshers, and especially Lyude's in particular.) Yes, some of the dialogue doesn't match with the spoken lines, but it's been so minor I struggle to believe that's the actual reason for the lack of dub :/ Anyway, look it up if you're interested! They even fixed the echoy voices (which only happened for a portion at the beginning of the game, not through the entire game to begin with, I'm pretty sure?) If memory serves, the voices actually sound fine if you stick the sound on mono, so it wasn't a recording issue. And as annoyed as I still am by the lack of the official release for the English dub, I'm delighted this got a remaster as it's been one of my favorite games since it's original release
Also--- not sure if the mod did this as well or what exactly is going on, but my item names are the originals, and Mizuti's dialogue is also clearly their original (or close enough to it.) So, uh, maybe there are more differences in dialogue than I'm crediting at this moment, but I don't have a frame of reference for it, apologies D:
@vii6205 They patched the switch version BUT to my understanding you need a modded Switch to play it on your Switch. I could be wrong and you'd need to look into how playing modded games on the switch works. I don't have a modded Switch and therefore played it though an emulator though. (Basically, I'm unsure of how or if I even can with my Switch model, load the modded files onto the Switch. I don't typically like modding systems that are still actively being updated so it was not something I even attempted.)
Hmm, for some reason I think it deleted my other comment. Possibly due to profanity (er, used in the context of, this thing is freaking awesome, not me randomly cursing out in the comments lol). But regardless! The Steam Deck is fantastic for emulation, and if you have one it's worth looking into if you are trying to get access to the fan mod. Disclaimer: Also, please buy the game if possible, even if you're emulating. I'm sure lots of us would like a 3rd game, and while there's no guarantee that will happen regardless, it most certainly won't if the game doesn't make money. If you want a physical copy the Japanese copies can even be imported and have an English text option.
@@LadyTorix Thanks for the info! does modding the switch mean you cant use it for new games? also no problem LOL i bought the game the day it released!!!!
Really appreciate all your hard work Austin. Definitely gonna avoid the remasters. Sad how rare it is to get a halfway decent port, but at least they're more accessible now, even if they're pretty bunk versions.
Because changing assets and resolution can surprisingly break a lot of things, not to mention even getting these games to run on noticeably newer engines so you can even start working on them. But releasing remasters with noticeably more bugs than the original... is still ironic.
@JJKMagic You'd think with a new more powerful engine that they'd be able to take an old game and just make it look a little better, maybe add a couple of things, and then smack that shit onto a new engine and it'd be fine. It's weird how just trying to make a game look better can break stuff. If that's the case though, they need to give those games a bit more time before release so they can just fix those bugs
@@codysvlogdays I mean of course they CAN, but first you have to spend quite a lot of time to even solve the compatibility issues. And when I say a lot of time I mean it may even take months just to get the game to properly work on the new engine before they can actually start working on upgrading the graphics. If you then decide to change and ADD features like they decided to do here, I suppose those most have introduced so many issues that they mostly spent time on adding these features and in the end didn't even have all that much time to even properly work on the graphics. And yes, the main issue is time here, of course, and developers never set aside a lot of time for remasters. They usually don't make enough money to really justify the time spent on them.
@JJKMagic that is really unfortunate to hear. At least I know a little bit more about game development now when it comes to remasters. I thought that shit was just a quickly thrown together package that was easy for the most part
@@codysvlogdays It sounds easy, and sure if you port a PS3 game to the PS4 it IS pretty easy, but 20 year old games? Those are a little more finicky since they are VERY outdated tech-wise. But that is why good remasters are so rare. I wish this would have gotten the Xenoblade Chronicles treatment, but sadly Baten Kaitos only got the 0815 remaster touch up.
I am glad I still have my GameCube versions and the GameCube, but I wouldnt mind buying this again. However, it would require me to get it as a discount price.
@@mauri4140 "modern audience" refers to those indoctrinated by far-left ideology through the use of social media addiction, excessive use of online echo chambers (Reddit, Discord, Twitter, etc.), and the general consumption of liberal media propaganda funded by big pharama, corporations, and the government. It is the group of people targeted by woke ESG funded products, ironically causing them to all fail because they are a minority of modern day hippies that don't actually buy anything. They are also known as NPCs, SJW's, Tumbrinas, snowflakes, redditors, and so on.
@@OilFreeFeathers To be fair they adapted the remaster to Western audience. Western audiences care about bullshit like this. That is in essence, Western values.
Right, so they’ve fucked it! Thanks for the heads up. Glad I already went after the GameCube versions even if it ended up costing twice as much. How hard is it to make QoL improvement and changes that don’t undermine the original game? The secret boss save file thing is the most offensively stupid IMO (and there’s some tough competition). One of the main advantages of having the two games in one package would be seamless linking of save files for features like that. It’d be like if Shenmue I & II HD didn’t allow you to carry your save over. They’ve also not successfully preserved the games, because the version you’ll find on the cartridge in 20 years’ time is riddled with bugs. They have managed to accomplish exactly nothing by releasing this turd.
I think it's a great remaster. I love how it looks and the QoL features. Also the Japanese dub is a huge step up for me, I love to play Japanese games in... Japanese. There are issues, but it will still get patches. Overall I don't think that I would play the NGC original games anymore.
@@KevinTheTimeGeek86 Big difference here is that the English Live A Live has horrible localization and I know this having played the original. Whereas, the Super Mario RPG remake actually updates the translation to be much more accurate.
@@NukeA6 I also played the fan translation and loved it, but I also love the remake's translation, too. But I understand why you wouldn't like it as much. Also, I'd argue the LIVE A LIVE remake's translation is more accurate, too.
@@KevinTheTimeGeek86 The fact that they removed a blonde joke (and an actually funny one at that) from the psychic guy's chapter is already a nail in that coffin. Don't even get me started with the Old West chapter.
Between the complete loss of the English dub, censorship, and and numerous bugs, I really can't get behind this remake. It is just a mess. It is like they went out of their way to make these games worse.
I'm not looking for completion and just want to play through the story (since I never got around these games before), so I think I am going to go with the HD version for the QoL updates. Though I kind of wish I got this video before I bought the physical version from Play Asia (not sure if those came with 1.0 or with any patches, though I suspect no patches).
The remake looks gorgeous! I've been playing BK on a old-school CRT & it's such a relief to see a remake that captures the essence of the original game.
@@lankthedank6931 yeah, it’s only Jp and eu that received physical versions unfortunately (the physical is a GAME stores exclusive over in pal regions).
The main thing that pissed me off, and made me regret my purchase, was the lack of the English dub. I'd be happy with a prompt saying "the script may not match the voice and the quality is lower, u wanna proceed?" rather just than lazily cutting it out *sigh*
Removing the English dub is a huge dealbreaker. It's funny that they say it's because it'll cause discrepancies when they've released titles before where the voices haven't always matched the text. Whoever decided to change the localization should be fired. There was nothing wrong with how the game was originally portrayed. Adding a very unnecessary yikes comment and forcing their retarded pronoun agenda doesn't look good either.
Using they/them instead of he/him is awful, it makes it sounds like the character is non-binary or something like that. And people who aren't native english speakers but rely on the english language have to deal with this too, since in most latin languages, there's no actual (broadly accepted) usage of neutral pronouns. And this is even weirder when the game doesn't even ask you gender in english. Atrocious, to say the least. EDIT: I'm aware of singular They/Them, but this doesn't apply to the main character, since he's clearly male. Ironically, if they had left the option to choose your gender as the japanese version, this choice of pronouns would make total sense, since they wouldn't need to edit the script according to the gender of the MC.
@@sollato0293 your sole argument is to project like this? Jeez I had better discussions before with people who I completely disagreed with. And I have no idea why you're being so defensive about it, since I put my point in a very neutral way. If you don't like people having different opinion than yours, show better arguments or I don't know, shut yourself in you wardrobe and wait everyone else in the world to die.
I was close to buying the remasters then I saw all these garbage 'modern audience' changes. Keep hiring ideologically impaired localisers for these games, you won't be getting anywhere near as many sales as you want
Heres my take on the gender option, which i am really disappointed they removed: JUST ADD GENDER NEUTRAL LMFAO Its really not that hard if the dialogue could be changed from he/him to she/her. This isnt even a “cant please everybody” situation, its literally such an easy addition/fix Also will forever be bitter for them removing the ages, english dub, and dialogue. They could have tweaked the sexist ones, but still included the conversations (i dont even remember if there were any thanks to the removal). It fucks with the memory for old fans and its hard to tell what we’ve missed 😔 Also the alcohol and religious imagery removal is ridiculous. I mean, they still kept the gang in eternal wings nailed to crosses LMFAO Sometimes there are things you mustn’t touch (because they dont need to be fixed)
