Pier Solar may be released soon?!?

[Joe Redifer]

With a CD-R.  You can switch back and forth from Genesis music to CD music at any time (except in the middle of a battle) if the CD is loaded.

[Arkhan]

With a CD-R.  You can switch back and forth from Genesis music to CD music at any time (except in the middle of a battle) if the CD is loaded.

Oh coo coo, so its kinda like DS6 on PCE?

How is the FM tunes.  I heard from alot of people that it wasnt very good, but the CD music was.

[Joe Redifer]

The FM music certainly isn't bad mainly because the composition itself is very good, however the sound QUALITY isn't as good as the Genesis can do.  You hear the FM music slow down whenever the game slows down.  What's weird is that Tiido Primagi did the sound engine, but this one must be made to fit in a much smaller space or maybe the composer didn't use a good sound set with it, because Tiido's sound engine is usually really, really good.

Anyway, here is an example which compares the FM and CD title screen music:
Whoever made this video must have a model 2 Genesis as it sounds pretty scratchy, especially in the high frequencies.

[Arkhan]

Oh, thats some nice FM stuff actually.  The person I saw blabbing about it made it sound like it was fartfest9000.

I think I might even like the FM more than the CD...

So the game *isnt* a 6 year long project that turned out a flashy looking but generic game?  right?

[nodtveidt]

Sorry I missed this earlier.

If you see no irony, then that means you truly have no faith -- which is ironic in an altogether different way.

You've hit the nail on the head. I am an absolutely faithless person. It's cold but it's reality.

Anyways, I'll wait till the third run to order, or just snag one off of ebay or ctc/gg when I have some $$$ to blow. Which will probably be never.

[Joe Redifer]

the game *isnt* a 6 year long project that turned out a flashy looking but generic game?  right?

No, if you like JRPGs from the 16-bit era, you should really enjoy this.  It's 16-bit through and through and the "feel" is like that of Lunar 2 (the way sprites move, the look and feel of the towns, etc).

[Arkhan]

the game *isnt* a 6 year long project that turned out a flashy looking but generic game?  right?

No, if you like JRPGs from the 16-bit era, you should really enjoy this.  It's 16-bit through and through and the "feel" is like that of Lunar 2 (the way sprites move, the look and feel of the towns, etc).

oh so this is Lunar 3, just like I was hoping. 

yay.

[RoyVegas]

What hypocrisy.   I don't go around directly bothering other people.  That doesn't actually accomplish anything. 

No hypocrisy?  If you subtract your posts about myself or Digit Press, I imagine you post count would lose about 1/4 of them.  Get real.

[Necromancer]

I thought you two were going to bury the hatchet...   

Anyway, here is an example which compares the FM and CD title screen music:

Those chip tunes are pretty dang good, and the CD tunes are even better - I'd definitely have to get a CD if I was gonna play this puppy.  If anybody else has some comparison recordings, please share for everyone's ears to enjoy.

[Joe Redifer]

I might make some comparison recordings of a few other tunes.  The chip tunes are all over the map.  Some are fantastic while others are a bit mediocre.  None are terrible, though.  Right now I just got to the giant town of Verhahshana (or something like that) and I can't decide if I like the chip or PCM music better.

[nodtveidt]

From what I've seen now... this game is nothing like Lunar in terms of battling. It's more akin to FF7. Lunar has a very specific style where the entire field is utilized; this game clearly doesn't do that from the footage I'm seeing. I don't get the Lunar reference at all.

[nodtveidt]

Oh and so much for unhackable... the CDROM has already been decrypted. Someone on IRC who shall not be named has just taken it apart and figured out the audio format.

[Joe Redifer]

The battles are definitely not like FF7.  The special attacks and magics don't go into a 2 hour special effects frenzy when used.

[nodtveidt]

That's not what I mean. I'm referring to the game mechanics. The game mechanics are very much like FF7... base character positions, attacks that sprawl the battlefield, and then return to base position. Lunar doesn't play like that.

[Joe Redifer]

That's not really gameplay.  Where the character ends up on the field doesn't really have much to do with anything from what I recall.  In Pier Solar you can move characters to the back so they are less likely to be attacked.

Also, who said the CD was "unhackable"?