cool thread for Ar Tonelibros

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

We bend over backwards to meet your needs. Confirmed by Anon in the last thread:

>>The plot and the cosmospheres are wonderful
>>The art is improved
>>The 3D graphics are mediocre
>>AT3 is still good, but compared to AT2 it's a step backwards in terms of gameplay and a step foward in terms of story.

[Anonymous No.]

>a step backwards in terms of gameplay
Can you give me some examples?

[Anonymous No.]

>step foward in terms of story.

im ok with this.

[Anonymous No.]

>compared to AT2 it's a step backwards in terms of gameplay and a step foward in terms of story.

More detail? I'm assuming by gameplay you mean combat.

I really like the 3d Graphics i've seen in the movies. AT2 sprites were godawful and this way we now have SURPRISE TITS.

[Anonymous No.]

Don't care about anything as long as I get Cocona. She gives me a boner.

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>>4436912
>AT3 is still good, but compared to AT2 it's a step backwards in terms of gameplay and a step foward in terms of story.

The Dengeki reviewer seemed to praise the gameplay improvements and a heavy story. Well, the story comment was ambigious, but maybe that was just the translation.

>the story itself is heavy and isn't something that can necessarily be taken superficially

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FUCK YES IT'S ZUN!BAR

I LOVE YOU BRO

[Anonymous No.]

Is the last thread still available or is it 404?

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>>4436945
I like her design much better, but I'm assuming she gets more character development this time around. Also, isn't there a secret ending with her too?

Why can't I dive into you :_;

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I'm going to start playing 2 right when it finishes downloading. My first AT game, oh boy~

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>>4436926
Tecnichally speaking, AT3's gameplay is much more advanced than AT2's, 3D free movement, equalizer, R.H.A. system.
But in terms of "feel", such as immersion and simple fun, I found AT2 to be a lot better.
The ideas were really good, but Gust simply lacked the experience to execute them propely.
And they should've left the innuendo out of the battles, having all of your characters fighting in underwear is retarded, I can't feel the epicness of a fight while constantly watching my singer undressing and my vanguards going around in swimwear.
Just... no.

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>>4436987
Started playing 2 not all that long ago myself. A pity that the emulator lags a bit on my computer.

Oh well. When I get far enough I'll probably start doodling some AT2 fanart if /jp/ ever has OC/drawthreads again.

[Anonymous No.]

Better story is a good thing since the stories of 1 and 2 were very lackluster.
Better cast would be good as well.

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>>4437000
>And they should've left the innuendo out of the battles, having all of your characters fighting in underwear is retarded, I can't feel the epicness of a fight while constantly watching my singer undressing and my vanguards going around in swimwear.

This sounds pretty horrible.

[Anonymous No.]

Soma is the best thing about Finnel.

[Anonymous No.]

I lol'd when I saw the Trophy for getting Finnel's ending was "Finnel's Master" as opposed to partner and husband for the other girls.

Why are there so few Maso girls?

[Anonymous No.]

> step foward in terms of story.
> The art is improved

Those are the two most important parts

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>>4436979
Unless she's been fixed, you can't dive in her.
Actually no one can, because of something that happened in the second game.

[Anonymous No.]

Does not belong here.

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>>4437009
Thankfully I have a softmodded ps2 so I don't have to worry about emu lag.

[Anonymous No.]

This goes on /v/.

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>>4437024
Wait till you see Aoto-sama.
I nearly fell out of my chair, Aoto is a fucking troll I tell you.

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>>4437000
The average AT game involves "epic fights" such as throwing rice balls and candy at opponents while dressing girls in fetish outfits.

I've always disliked how dumb the magic looks in AT, so i'm happy for some undressing if they insist on making the combat look stupid.

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>>4437034
Stop right there, criminal scum!

Spoilers if you say any more.

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>>4437056
Take it elsewhere.

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>>4437017
The game supposedly has content filter, I didn't try it but maybe it could disable that stuff.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_a1Mzm0sM&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltx-Rq5IE7k&fmt=18

As usual, the music is still the best part about the games, and I haven't even played 3 yet.

inb4 EXEC_EP=NOVA

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>>4437056
I never used damage items in the previous games. The numbers you get on them are usually far behind the damage you can deal with your vanguard.

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>>4437055
>as for the rules, you guys need to learn to tolerate/ignore content you don't care for. i'm not going to create /vn/ /touhou/ /dg/ etc. quit bitching about posts you don't like.
Please hide the thread and stop trolling. We will say no more on the subject because we are discussing our content in piece and don't wish for the thread to be deleted for going off topic.

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>>4437043
Which kind of softmodding on your PS2? I've tried to look into that, but there's a ton of different ways that I just gave up trying to figure out which one would be easiest to do.

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>>4437065
EXEC_EP=NOVA is now playing in my head, thank you.

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>>4437056
That's not the point, those attacks looked cute, and I'm fine with that.
The attacks in AT3 just looked silly.

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>>4437000
>And they should've left the innuendo out of the battles, having all of your characters fighting in underwear is retarded, I can't feel the epicness of a fight while constantly watching my singer undressing and my vanguards going around in swimwear.
faggot

[Shameimaru Aya is my girlfriend !3y3mjHUKjI No.]

>>4437084

Do you feel it eating away at your brain?

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>>4437055
>>4437060
You're in violation of what moot wrote at the top of this page in the stickied thread.

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>>4437081
I did a memory card hack. The downside is that you need something like swapmagic, or know someone who has swapmagic to do it for you. But I didn't mind spending ~$20 to be able to play downloaded games

[Anonymous No.]

Who the hell has lag issues with running AT2 on pcsx2?

I'm a NEET and even I can afford a machine that's decent enough to 90 fps it

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>>4437100
>implying the people of /jp/ give a shit what moot has to say

Though personally I find the elitists who consider /jp/ to exist solely for the discussion of touhou and a few other doujinsofts or untranslated VNs (as soon as something is translated it will be regarded as shit, of course, even if people were raving about it before) to be annoying as fuck myself. It really isn't that hard to ignore/hide the sorts of threads you don't like.

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>>4437130
Alright, thanks.

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>>4437087
>those attacks looked cute, and I'm fine with that. The attacks in AT3 just looked silly.
Personal preference is fine, but it's really hard for me to see the difference, unless you're annoyed at the hugely over the top erotic display in AT3. I think you can actually turn this off, which honestly even I would do after I saw them the first few times. It's like the summons in FF games.

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>>4437049
>>4437055
>>4437060
GTFO

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>>4437157
Admit this is purely /v/ material.

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>>4437135
I assume the lag would come from having to emulate a 64-bit processor on a 32-bit processor. You end up suffering from cache misses more often, and those are pretty expensive when they pile up.

[Shameimaru Aya is my girlfriend !3y3mjHUKjI No.]

>>4437157

This is going to bite you in the ass in the future, I'm sure of it.

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>>4437097
The whole scene was great.
Katena :We must stop the DFP ! Saki you must download this hymmnos to do it !
Saki : Leave it to me !
...
Aoto : Now Saki sing !
Mute : STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM
Aoto : We'll keep the shemale busy while you stop the DFP.
Saki : All right !
Saki :...... kenka wa yameteee ! ^_^b
Everyone : Saki... what the hell...
Mute : WHAT IS THIS SONG ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME I'M GOING TO CRUSH YOUR HEAD HUMAN

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>>4437163

Amd64s are cheaper than my monthly cable bill.

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>>4437135
Details, then? What plugins/settings do you use for PCSX2?

I suspect the major cause of the lag is my horrendous video card, integrated-Intel-whatever-chip that doesn't support Directx 10 or OpenGL. Even worse, it's a custom one so I can't update drivers.

Man, I'm frustrated.

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>>4437208
Yep, your integrated graphics is definetely the issue.
Unless you've got a really good CPU to use gsdx in software mode, give up ps2 emulation.

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>>4437168
You know, Touhou is a bunch of games too. Should that be /v/ material too? I don't see anything in /v/ saying the games have to be commercially produced. And "fanon" shit is only as /jp/ related as a comic about persona or AT would be.

Just because you happen to like something doesn't make it any more or less related. Just quit being an asshole, and ignore the threads if you don't like them. I am just fine with /jp/ talking about niche jRPGs like this.

[Anonymous No.]

Feels kinda bad being the only one who chose the Aurica route. And by bad I mean I still love her.

[Anonymous No.]

The troll's just trying to get the thread off topic so mods delete it for being a trollfest. No need to repsond, just report him.

In actual discussion news, has anyone got ahold of the artbook? Still no scans even though people have gotten the game already.

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>>4437238
I finished all 3 routes, Aurica being the first, and over with fast.

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>>4437238

See, I can understand liking Aurica.
I just can't understand liking her over Misha.

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>>4437238
I never played the Misha route and cried like a girl through Aurica's village scenes. You aren't alone, but I'm not sure if that's good for you or not. I have claimed her as my waifu, and this may conflict with your intentions.

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>>4437238
I chose Misha over Aurica the first time but I felt bad for her and almost went back in my choice.

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>>4437238
Yeah I'm an Orica's fan as well.
But I hate to tell you that her ending probably is not the canon one, the third game gives you an heavy hint that Misha's end might be the canon one

>>4437239
No luck for me, sadly it was random.

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ブリ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ハマチ
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9556226

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>>4436908
Please stop spamming www. anon removethisbitch talk .com with your stupid bots already. We do not want you or your memes there.

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>>4437172
you got the last line bit wrong, just add so cut---.. I mean the rest what you said . But yeah that scene made me laugh a bit.

Damn that I haven't had time to play it recently still at finnels cosmo lvl 6 and Sakis lvl 7 (that already made me a bit sad, wonder how the lvl 8 will end or what kind of stuff will happen at finnels 7&8). Generally the cosmos have been pretty great as the overall story in them is bit of more continous this time around.

Also it cracked me up when at certain point when Sasha and Cocona discuss AT2 events with Aoto and they refer Cloche and Luca as Tsundere and Dorodere.

>>4437238
Not the only one, I love her too. Pic related, my main choices in all games.

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>>4437322
How the hell did Sasha ended up there?

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>>4437322
>Dorodere
There's a new one? I wish there was pokemon game for __dere archetypes.

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for those who completed, do you think they'll make an AT4?

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>>4437291
Elaborate please

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>>4437378
Probably not.
I wonder if they will do a Mana Khemia 3

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>>4437378
One guy working for GUST said they'd really like to make another entry to the series, or at least a new series with a music theme.

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>>4437378
No chance at all, AT3 closed the trilogy.
There could be a game based on the same setting, I'm hoping for a prequel based during the Granothode Inferia.

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>>4437372
That one isn't really new...at least more than a year old.

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>>4437378
Unlikely, maybe they will make another related game, but it won't be Ar Tonelico anymore.

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>>4437386
In every end except Misha's, she leaves together with Jack to see the world.
Now, in AT3 you see both Jack and Krushe working for Arkya while trying to find informations about Luke, but you don't see Misha anywhere, I see no reason for her not to go with them unless Misha is already with Lyner.
Plus Jack has obviously the hots for Krushe.

[Anonymous No.]

Ar Tonelico has a fucking amazing setting, I'd hate to see it go away.

Related setting question: so is AT basically the far future of what was essentially a fantasy world?

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>>4437442
W-What... Getting the impression that AT3 is a total closure that ends the mytho. Now I'm nervous.

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>>4437455
GUST really seems to have a preference for the Akiko Shikata and Noriko Mitose girls, those always feel like the more canon choices.

Poor Shimotsuki girls. At least I like them.

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>>4437403
yea i know, that's why i was wondering if it'll be possible to still have games released under the same series name or maybe a prequel or something

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>>4437403
not the same person who asked but that kinda makes me sad, but I'll see myself when I reach the ending how it goes. I really would like that there would be more AT games, as I really like the cosmosphere concept and I doubt it would be that easy to pull of in other settings without sounding too ripoff. Also generally AT setting is way too well made to be completely scrapped.

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>>4437480
Gust never denied nor confirmed it, but it could be an evolution of the Atelier/Mana Khemia setting, Mana Khemia hinted heavily at the disappearance of manas and the devevolpment of science over alchemy.
Reyvateils themselves are homunculis created using wave science, and the crafting in the game very well resembles alchemy.
The problem is the total absence of manas, unless you're willing to accept they returned back to Ar Ciel when it went hysteric and started purjing the surface, there's no reason for them to be totally absent.

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>>4437403
>a prequel based during the Granothode Inferia
This would be awesome

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>>4437484
It's been hinted at throughout the games. spoilers for AT2 but Jakuri came for the Heart of Gaea in order to find a way to transform the whole world and I guess undo the sea of death. I haven't played 3 but I assume they may be heading to a point at which the earth finally forgives humans or something maybe . Might have that all wrong though.

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>>4437480
>Ar Tonelico has a fucking amazing setting,

This. Gust games tend to be half-assed and gimmicky, but with a couple of elements that have no goddamn business being so awesome in such mediocre titles.

AT's setting was amazingly original. Something I hated in AT2 was how much of the story took place on the generic-looking surface ring and cities instead of the tower itself. Exploring the tower was something I loved in AT1 and really wanted to see expanded.

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>>4437549
i kinda would hope they not be related, as i haven't touched the atelier series at all and catching up would take an ass of a long time, not to mention getting burnt out along the way

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AT is still one of GUST's best selling titles, I doubt they will drop it.

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>>4437549
>Gust never denied nor confirmed it, but it could be an evolution of the Atelier/Mana Khemia setting, Mana Khemia hinted heavily at the disappearance of manas and the devevolpment of science over alchemy.

Impossible. Mana-Khemia's setting is already a lot more developped than the prehistoric Metafalss, yet there's no sign of the moon chanters or Hymmnos dialect. They're just two completely different settings.

[Anonymous No.]

Ar Tonelico
Mana Khemia
Ar Tonelico might be future of Mana Khemias world....

Ah fuck it, now I cant get the idea of Ar Tonelico & Mana Khemia crossover game out of my head. I wonder if that could be anyway possible? With crafting system from Mana/Atelier series combined with cosmospheres and singing elements from AT.

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>>4437598
Jacquil wanted to earth's Heart because it was needed by Harvestasya to initilize the DHPP or whatever was the name of the planet restoration project, but Jacquil herself didn't know the details, she trusted Harvestasya on her words.
Also lol at XP and Vista editions, oh you Gust.

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>>4437637
Don't forget that the whole cult of Elemia and Hymmnos standard came after the discovery of singstones.
That could've changed their culture the same way steam energy changed ours.

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I wish Gust could do the world building for every game I'll play... ;_;

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>>4437679
...yes, that came after the descovery of singstones. So? That was still long after they had the moon chanters as priestesses in what sounded like prehistoric tribal civilization.

If for whatever goddamn reason this WERE after Mana-Khemia, it'd after another catastrophe that devastated whatever civilization they had BEFORE Metafalss.

It's like trying to set a continuity between Atelier Iris and Grand Phantasm. There's no point to it whatsoever.

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>>4437403 >>4437555
This would make me very pleased.

Although it might lead into seeing the raging cunts who abused Mir and the other Revyatiels, depending on how the game progressed, and that would make me unhappy.

Spoilers obviously contained:
http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/Chronology_&_Timeline
http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/Chronology_&_Timeline_2
http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/Chronology_&_Timeline_3

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>>4437455
In AT2 it's hinted that Lyner got a harem end, meaning none of the endings to AT1 are canon.

At the very least, if there's an ending which has all 3 girls staying in Elemia, that's the canon one. Haven't got all the endings so I'm not sure if there is one.

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>>4437719
Errr... The guys at Gust seemed to either hit gold, or just improve retardedly fast when it came to AT.

Settings in the Atelier series were always half-assed. Iris 1 was awful, Iris 2 was better but wasted, Grand Phantasm was shit. The Atelier series before that were "Generic Medieval Landscape #41234".

Mana-Khemia's settings were a lot better, but they were still wasted since you only saw a fraction of it with only hints of anything outside, before or after.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm hoping for some DLCs, is there a way for us disgusting foreingners to buy them from the japanese PSN ?

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>>4437781
Make a JP region account, and get a JP region PSN card from eBay.

[Anonymous No.]

I need to find the motivation to continue AT1. I'm still in phase 1 and it's feeling kinda slow.

When does shit hit the fan?

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>>4437814
Never really.
You play AT for the characters, if you don't like them now you won't like them later.
It's pretty much the same for AT2.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4437814
When you get Purger.

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>>4437814
keep playing until phase 3 for Shurelia.

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>>4437852
Shurelia's cosmosphere is god-tier.

Best non-music related part of the game.

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>>4437831
I've already played AT2, and it felt much more engaging even from early on. I played it non-stop for an entire week. Plus I loved the entire AT2 cast, while the only character in AT1 that's having any sort of appeal to me is Misha.

I'll try playing it again tomorrow, since it's pretty late right now. Getting a hold of a PAL copy was a pain in the ass and not playing it would be a bit of a waste.

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>>4437758
Best to think of them for their better accomplishments with AT.

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>>4437888
It's because most of the first phase of AT2 is mostly action with you not really knowing what the hell is going on or who you're supposed to be fighting, whereas the first phase of AT1 is chasing Macguffin.

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>>4437978
AT2 sets up the action nicely because of the political factions you're fighting against; sides are choosen, lines are drawn, but there's an ultimate goal in the background.

I hate the JRPG cliche where you spend the whole game chasing some mcguffin. FFXII was like that.

[Anonymous No.]

can someone explain how to do the super song/ EX attacks. fucking moonrunes mang

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>>4437238
You are not alone.

[Anonymous No.]

I just hope we will have these threads again when the localization is done.

;_;

[Anonymous No.]

We'll probably get Record of Agarest War before this.

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>>4438704
Seeing as it's liscenced with a fucking boob pillow mousepad extra, I think you just might be right.

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>>4438657
With NIS's recent financial issues, I would not guarantee anything.

;_;

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>>4438704
America is getting it in April

Eurofag here, just popping in to say Agarest is shit. Horrible gameplay, horrible fanservice, horrible game.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

[Anonymous No.]

I've got the Japanese versions of Ar tonelico 1, 2 and 3 and an imported Japanese PS3... but no Japanese.

When I'm done learning it'll be an epic couple of months though.

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>>4440922
The good thing is that a huge portion of the games are voiced, so you can mostly get away with poor kanji reading.

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>>4441047
Indeed, it's going to make the learning process significantly easier!

I'm pretty psyched about it.

[Anonymous No.]

It's like I'm really Xenogears!
http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/Wave_Theory

[Anonymous No.]

Oh you sweaty girl inside jack frost, how i love you so much

[Anonymous No.]

>>4441160
Xenogears?

Here, sit in this chair rotating in freakin' outer space while a narrator tells you about the last part of the game that you'll never get to play because he's just telling you about it instead.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>Xenogears disc 2.

Suddenly I'm very sleepy.

[Remilia Scarlet !reMILiaJAM No.]

>>4441406
Plot exposition thrown at the end of the game? Sounds just like Chrono Cross!

Which isn't really all that surprising since both games were made by the same team.

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>>4441631
I didn't play Chrono Cross, but I'm pretty sure they rushed Xenogears at the end.

It was just crazy. One minute you're playing a video game, then they just start telling you what's happening and you get to play a few major battles in there.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

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>>4441663
I, for one, really liked that part, it instilled the feling of true epicness that transcends the usual grindan.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>4443073
You're going to make this thread last as long as a Rika thread by continuously bumping to keep it alive, right? Well, whatever.

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>>4443073
>Aoto : Soma I need to you to kill me.
>Soma : With pleasure ! How would you like to die ? Beheading, stabbing, boiling ?? I can do it painfully or not.
>Aoto : You could've at least thought about it for a second...

[Anonymous No.]

Was just wondering, what are some other good sites to find some (ar tonelico) fanart besides pixiv?

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>>4443112
They're just /v/ kids thinking there shit is /jp/-related.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4442481
moar of this

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>>4443112
>>4443154

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>>4443112
This thread has already received more discussion than all of last year's Rika threads combined.

And I'm not remaking this when it dies out after the GET invasion flood. This isn't a character fan club thread like the Rika ones anyways.

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>>4443175
These threads are just forced discussion and superiority.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>4443198
>>forced discussion

I can't believe the stuff you say sometimes, bro.

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[Anonymous No.]

Hey ZUN!bar, do you happen to have pictures of Luca's Smiley Girl/Emiko-chan?

[Anonymous No.]

How about Loveydov?

[Anonymous No.]

mirs a slut

[Anonymous No.]

I can't stand this any longer, I'm getting the original Ar Tonelico now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4444969
I've got this.

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>>4445187

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>>4445187
That'll do, thank you kind Anon. Why is she so unloved? ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>4445196
Song Magic in general is pretty unloved. (Not counting the Song Magic that summon actual characters like Infel, Shurelia, etc.) The only one I've seen fan art of is Don Leon... So yeah.

[Anonymous No.]

I wish for more Finnel

[Anonymous No.]

Just quick question for the person who has finished. You are not supposed to win that fight against Aru Ru when cosmoflips plays for first time? this so that I dont uselessly try to beat it. She kicked my ass pretty badly.

[Anonymous No.]

apparently not, as it continues properly after it seems. Finally got the ability to dive into Tilia, also oh god with that Mute and Katena scene.

[Anonymous No.]

Just a question about Tilias cosmosphere, theres place where it says that theres hyuma, but entering that place gives short scene where nothing really happens, after it which it gives noise and throws you out of the cosmo. So was wondering is there something missable if I have not seen some event yet as you can proceed witouth going there.

Also is Aru Ru the final boss of the game? just yes or no will suffice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4443123
There's not much else, most things have died down with the advent of Pixiv, but you can still use CG/blog searches to catch the odd thing.

http://drag11.sakura.ne.jp/check/

[Anonymous No.]

>>4443112
/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Japanese games are part of otaku culture. Even moreso /jp/ related now due to the name change, and since we have quite a few residents that import games/play visual novels.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446909
You are wrong.

This IS /v/ and you guys are no different from the Idol- or Rika-posters.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446925

Jerking it to idols is also part of otaku culture. I'm not wrong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446935
Wotas aren't otaku.

[Anonymous No.]

"ALL THINGS JAPAN ARE WELCOME"

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446949

It doesn't matter, the point is that Japanese gaming is part of otaku culture. People seem to be under the illusion that visual novels and touhou aren't games, and therefore warrant 100000 threads, but this is wrong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446949
Why do people on /jp/ seem to think that "wota" only refers to idol otaku?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446968

Because a -LOT- of us hate Jap-idols, hate Hello!Project, and hate J-drama.

[Anonymous No.]

Chill dudes, he's just thread-shitting as usual, and our cute janitor doesn't like threads that go to shit.

[Anonymous No.]

More pictures of Emiko/Smiley Girl, anyone?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446966
Because they are dojin, or at least PC-oriented.

AT and the JRPGs you guys talk about are for mainstream consoles.

[Anonymous No.]

Why is AT3 so shitty?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4446986
How does that have anything to do with what I asked?
Can you read?

[Anonymous No.]

oh fuck, and here we go again. cant you twerps just shut the fuck up and hide threads if you dont like it. And stop answering to those trolls.
Aru Ru is very displeased with this faggotry.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447013
Because Finnel.

[Anonymous No.]

Just report the troll. He can't accept that moot and the janitor both allow AT discussion on this board so he's trying to get it offtopic. He's a hypocrite and knows it.

So let's talk of happier things. I'm not impressed too much by quality the AT fanart I've found on pixiv, but this picture is D'AWWWWWWW in the extreme.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447072
You guys are the trolls.

Damn kid throwing around terms they don't know.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447072
http://www.inudrill.com/index2.html

This guy fucking loves Mir. My love for my waifu feels so inferior ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447072
yeah there isn't much of quality art at pixiv most of is just mediocre/bad, wish there were more good ones. And I think flock of hair covering other eye completely has become a new fetish for me for some reason.

[Anonymous No.]

Does anyone have the Hymmnos from Claire and Spica's "Concert" CDs with all the drama bits cut out?

Someone posted them a while back but I didn't save them, and can't find them anywhere.

[Anonymous No.]

Playing Ar Tonelico 2 now, I'm already in love with Cocona. Also, am I supposed to hate Luca?

[Anonymous No.]

This guy is the definition of dedicated.

Drew a picture of her today.
Yesterday.
The 19th
The 18th
The 17th
Skipped a day to draw Aurica.
The 15th
The 14th

This basically continues endlessly in his log.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447133
You're supposed to feel sorry for her.


Nobody does though, everyone thinks she's a bitch.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447133
if you are at the start still, the hate for her comes bit later.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447143
I haven't played her route yet, but I thought everyone was majorly overreacting to her. There's not much to feel sorry for, but it's not like she's a bitch or anything.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447133
>Also, am I supposed to hate Luca?

She's the ultimate test of integrity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447143
Well to be honest, I don't really like her or Cloche. Still waiting for Jacqli to join. Why can't I have Sasha or Cocona? ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447171
>She's the ultimate test of integrity.
How so? Just go ahead and spoil me, I'm on Cloche's route and she killed the bucket, but still alive, etc.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447183
>killed
Supposed to be "kicked", sorry.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447034
why is poop leaking into her hands?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447168
She is.
A base human being that wants to be liked but superficially cares for the rest, and her issues come before everyone else.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447172
if you dont go anyones cosmospheres +5 levels then its "cocona" route, not that it differs that much from rest as you cant dive in to her. Generally its accepted that the heroines likeability go Jackli > Cloche > Luca. Altough I put cloche and jackli at same line.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447216
OH GOD SOMEONE WHO ACTS LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING.

I think Luca's personality describes most of the people on this board, the only difference being that no one here is actually any good at manipulating others.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447183
>I'm on Cloche route
I think you'll see a lot of it on that route, if I remember right.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447222
Also Cocona route is the canon ending.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447226
Being NORMAL does not make for a likable character, ya know. It's not about being BADLY written, she just has too many traits and interactions that make you dislike her.
And for the Anons on this board, we do not really pretend as much and secretly dislike people. We openly spam the hate.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447222
Cloche's boobs look like painted Bullet Bills in this picture.

[Anonymous No.]

Guys, thanks for the replies, I'll probably do Jacqli/Cocona's routes first then those 2 bitches later, them arguing over differences got kind of boring. Also when do I get to access Lv5 of their Cosmospheres, and it is a point of no return after I complete it?

[Anonymous No.]

✔ Self-centered
✔ Self-destructive
✔ Uses people shamelessly
✔ Most difficult of any of the Ar Tonelico girls

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447301
You're given a choice at some point in level 5 that's along the lines of

-Become lovers
-Stay Friends
-I'll decide later

If you choose the lovers one, you go onto their route, if you choose friends you're locked out of their route, and if you decide later you can decide later, obviously.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447301
If you do Jacqli's route, Cloche and Luca become lesbians.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447301
IIRC, you can progress further after ACT 3.
When you are able to finish lv5 Cosmosphere of both heroines(Jacqli and the route girl), whichever lv 6 you finish first, you have locked the ending.
Also, there are only TWO routes in the game(Cloche and Luca), what you can aim for is ENDINGS.
You can get Mir/Cocona on any route.

[Arisa !tLnaMPPfC. No.]

>>4447133
Crazy bitch is crazy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447301
Theres event at level 5 of cosmospheres (the paradigm shift of that level) where you choose either to continue (locks route) or just stop there and be friends (locks you out of he ending). Ofcourse you cant get Luca ending on Cloche route or visa versa. But you can get 3 of the endings just by delaying going further in any of the cosmos just before the final boss. So save before final boss, then proceed beyond level 5 in one and finish the game, then reload and finish the other possible candidates cosmo and finish the game. and then lastly dont proceed in anyones cosmo beyond lvl 5 and get cocona ending. this way you get 3 of the 4 endings quite easily with minimal replaying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447316
>>4447331
Thanks again bros, can't wait to boot up my PS2 again to play.

>>4447324
Fuck year Lesbian end, so beautiful.

[Anonymous No.]

By the way, AT3 plainly excluded Ruca's end to be canon, for the records Croix remaind to protect Chroche making her route canon.
No insinght on if he has chosen Chroche or Jacquil in hte end though.
And considering there's a Cocona end in AT3, then AT2 Cocona's end is excluded as well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447383
Cocona's end in AT2 doesn't exclude her end in AT3, as it doesn't at any point suggest her relationship with Croix has become anything other than brother/sister

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447397
Most people here like to think the opposite though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447397
>as it doesn't at any point suggest her relationship with Croix has become anything other than brother/sister

First time with my sister.jpg

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447434
That isn't part of her ending though, and that happens in every route.

[Anonymous No.]

So pedofags were like HAW HAW MIR IS CANON END SO LOLI, and I was like fuck you Chroche is still better.

Then suddenly CHROCHE IS CANON END

>my face

[Arisa !tLnaMPPfC. No.]

>>4447446
That happening in every route sounds really great, now that I think about it.

[Anonymous No.]

Speaking of AT3 one of my favorite Cocona related events so far has been (minor spoiler, its just something that you see miles away happening, but still was nice in my opinion):

The party is chasing one person/running away from another, but Cocona stays behind.
That one bad guy: Move out of my way, you cant defeat me now that you cant use song magic as reyvateils link to tower has been cut.
Cocona: Hmm--- I wonder how that is.
that one bad guy: ?
Cocona: Why dont I try it then?
small movie where link to infel phira is activated.
that one bad guy: What the fuck is this, this shouldnt be possible.
Cocona: oh yeah, this is about 30% of my power by the way.
Later cathes up easily with everyone else and is like nothing has happened.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447467
Not really, only her route is confirmed canon, not her ending.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447475
Bitches don't know about my infel phira server

[Anonymous No.]

>Canon heroine chat.

None of them are my favorites, but the Akiko Shikata girls are the ones which feel the most canon. Haruka Shimotsuki girls always get the short end of the stick in terms of content, and the Noriko Mitose girls are always just tacked on late into the story.

GUST just loves the shit out of Shikata.

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[Anonymous No.]

>>4447486
Suck it Mirfags

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447557
Why so hostile?

[Anonymous No.]

I have every single image from the first two games ripped on my computer, btw. If anyone wants some heroine portraits or CGs, just ask.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447565
>look at the background CG
...oh
well played Gust
well played

[Anonymous No.]

Cloche > Mir anyday

>>4447579
oh, if you could you post them all somewhere? would be nice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447586
I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447593
You'll get it when you play AT3.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447591
... Every CG, sprite and portrait for every heroine?

Or the whole package? That includes background images, enemy sprites, effects, everything.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447596
Feel like explaining it for those of us who don't speak moon?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447603
The tower is a penis

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447599
well every CG, sprite and portrait of each character and background CGs. the rest isnt necessary.

>>4447596
>>4447603
and remember that spoiler tag if your going to explain it as I kinda got feeling that its some major spoiler.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447603
The tower on the background falling, the clean sky and earth, it's like it anticiped the series' ending.
They've used the same CG without the tower for the last scene of the game, after Ar Ciel is healed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447627
Ok. This is going to take like an hour because most of the images are unsorted.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447616
That's it?

We have to play Ar tonelico 3 to find out that a tower looks like a penis?

[Anonymous No.]

Angry Father is the best attack in the series.

[Anonymous No.]

METHOD_REPLEKIA is now playing in your head.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447383

That does not matter as the split only affects if you are going to get Replakia or Hybernation, then both paths join again for Act III.

There is really not much of a "path" to start with.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447663
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3BZ-GeQEQw

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447666
What ? No.
If you follow Chroche in P2 you won't be able to get Ruca's end, the same for the opposite.
Cocona explains she was angry at Loudness becuase she nearly killed her by stealing her "heart", and Chroche gets absorbed by the fake Metafalica only if you go for her route.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447663
>EXEC_EP=NOVA is now playing in your head

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447627
I didn't feel like digging through the gigantic mixed folders, so I only uploaded the heroine stuff, since those are the only folders I've sorted.

AT1
http://www.mediafire.com/?ynhzjwziiiw

AT2
http://www.mediafire.com/?mw43xqyj2m2

[Anonymous No.]

>>4447880
thanks a lot

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>4447467
This is like the longest post you made all year.