Pier Solar, finally

[BlueBMW]

theyve got a soundtrack now too...  but their site is looking more and more commercialized...  I guess I like the feel of the pce homebrew a lot more.  The pier solar scene seems to be money money money now.

Wonder if the enhanced cd will be defective like in the originals.

[Arkhan]

theyve got a soundtrack now too...  but their site is looking more and more commercialized...  I guess I like the feel of the pce homebrew a lot more.  The pier solar scene seems to be money money money now.

Wonder if the enhanced cd will be defective like in the originals.

If they get pressed at Changs Speedy CD Emporium, probably.

and yeah, they went too lolcommercial. They should just hang with Super Fighter Team and get it over with.  

It feels cheap now.  Definitely not like how they started, :-/

the word is disconnected.  I think.

[Samurai Ghost]

Probably will order this eventually just because it's a newly released Megadrive game which enough of a reason for me.

[BlueBMW]

Disconnected!   I was looking for the word but I couldnt put my finger on it.  That describes it perfectly.

[futureman2000]

I ordered one, should arrive pretty soon. I wanted to play it the first few times around, but I kept missing the windows of opportunity.

[Arjak]

I don't know WTF you guys are complaining about. I am very impressed with the game, from both a homebrew standpoint as well as a game standpoint. From what I've played of it, I think I can safely say that the game kicks epic amounts of ass. Yes, I do have a copy. I have the first-run "Posterity" edition, and I have had NO problems with my CD.

I know that there have been problems, but I think the final product has been completely worth it. Besides, if you're going to whine about "Reprint" editions, new website designs, and whatever else you can before you even play the game, you need to quit being such a...whoa, I gotta stop before I get banned by Joe.

Anyway, you can complain all you like, but until you have put in as much effort as Watermelon has in making a game like this, no sane person is really going to care.

[Arkhan]

I don't know WTF you guys are complaining about. I am very impressed with the game, from both a homebrew standpoint as well as a game standpoint. From what I've played of it, I think I can safely say that the game kicks epic amounts of ass. Yes, I do have a copy. I have the first-run "Posterity" edition, and I have had NO problems with my CD.

We're not complaining about the game itself.  Mostly the logistics that went down after the game was finished.  This includes the 2ish weeks of inconsistent excuses and cranky "tough shit" attitudes from the team.

They seemed to forget that some of the people complaining were waiting for years for the game only to get shafted and told "You should've preordered. You don't deserve it"

I know that there have been problems, but I think the final product has been completely worth it. Besides, if you're going to whine about "Reprint" editions, new website designs, and whatever else you can before you even play the game, you need to quit being such a...whoa, I gotta stop before I get banned by Joe.

The game is good.  It's not my favorite Sega RPG (that's reserved for PS2 and Super Hydlide!).  I have it too.  I just didn't like the hiked up price for lesser quality stuff.   It took forever for them to just admit they overshot the budget, and that the CDs were mostly screwed up... they could have just said that in the first place.

Anyway, you can complain all you like, but until you have put in as much effort as Watermelon has in making a game like this, no sane person is really going to care.

People don't need to put in years of work to complain about this kind of stuff.  We all do it for the big-time developers, so why can't we do it for this?  It's legit complaining, lol.  The end users (the people the game is targeted at and done for) got hosed a bit, and weren't happy.

[munchiaz]

i picked up a copy and pre ordered the CD. but both my sega CD and JVC xeye aren't playing CD games, so when i get it, ill have to wait til i get one of those fixed, or find a cheap replacement

[Duo_R]

Anyone getting the soundtrack?

[TR0N]

Anyone getting the soundtrack?

If i wasn't short on $ i would i just order the game and that's it.

Though i heard you can download the sound track and burn it if you want to.

[futureman2000]

I burned the copy of the soundtrack from their website. I'm cool with paying for the game, but meh to buying the soundtrack.

[Senshi]

I think this group of guys got in over their heads with this at first and were unsure how to respond when the problems hit. I doubt they had the resources to fix the issues and is probably why they responded poorly. One big mistake they made was setting the price way too low. When something starts selling that fast you know its not right. There is no problem with them going "lol commercial" or whatever you want to call it. This is a good thing, not a bad thing. If it helps them bring in revenue they will keep on making things and probably do better the next time around. If it flops you won't get anything else or it take forever because people are just doing it in there spare time. Good Marketing is completely necessary, whether you like it or not. You can have the best shit in the world but if its poorly presented or no one knows about it you won't sell jack.

[Arkhan]

When the problems hit, they handled it like the disjointed, all over the place, group of indy dorks they are... (as expected!)

as opposed to the organized, professional, commercial group they were posing as.

They should've just said "Look the clamshell print #2 costs more because the first one's cost was underestimated, and we lost $$ selling it to you guys".
and
"The CD isn't in the reprint because the CD is screwed up"

then when the CD got dumped , they we're mad about it.

Insults, excuses, lies, all kinds of crap went down instead.  I hope they learned from those mistakes, because the game itself is pretty good, and the packaging, even on the reprint, is nicely done.

You've gotta be upfront with the people flinging money at you.  They'll find out if you aren't anyways, and then you end up looking like a dick.

[Senshi]

Yes honesty is always the best policy, but I've learned to temper my expectations of the human race as I get older. Sorry I felt that at $35 for the original that I bought that it at was a steal, not really flinging money. People are just cheap bastards most of the time IMO, especially gamers and they just like to find reasons to bitch. For the most part, I think that was the case here.

[Arkhan]

by flinging money, I literally just mean, excited people throwing money at them to get a copy. 

Basically, they should've been more legit with their paying fans that have been following the project since it was known as tavern