Comments on: Tactics Layer: Picking Out The First Outfits

By: Pichi

Pichi — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:16 +0000

Interested, as it looking to be original than most stuff out there.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:23:11 +0000

I was surprised how well everything meshes together. Especially since participating in the fashion contests and dojo training can unlock additional characters to use.

While it is very fan service-y, I could see a large audience enjoying it. I adore the dress-up parts of it. Now that I've started setting up characters with skills, I've been going with mix/match clothes to get the best stats. (The cupid downloadable costume from last week is absolutely adorable!)

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:20:39 +0000

It plays pretty well. If the glitches or freezing weren't there, I could see a company like Atlus/Xseed/Ignition picking it up.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:18:53 +0000

Very true.

Unless the company that picks it up does something to freeze the glitches, I'm not sure it'd get picked up.

As long as you're familiar with SRPGs, you'd have no problem with Tactics Layer. The stats are all in English and its very easy to play. Recruiting extra characters is the only thing you may have a problem with.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:16:34 +0000

This is definitely different than Luminous Arc.

It's got quite a few glitches in it though, made worse by the fact that you don't get to save all that often. Most glitches are game freezes caused by enemy attacks, but occasionally a map doesn't display properly at all too.

It is a funny game. I'm really enjoying it. Especially the weekly WiFi costumes that unlock in Gamerssu.

By: Pesmerga00

Pesmerga00 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:25:01 +0000

At first I was like "I'll never touch this game" but the more I read, the more interested I became. The only genre I actually like in there would be SRPG and maybe Visual Novel. But that wouldn't be why I'd get. I just want to experience the sum of the parts, in a "how the hell will all this work" kind of way.

This is why I love Siliconera, where else would this get coverage. Besides as a joke that is.

Unfortunately, I'll have to put the possibility of a localization in the "when hell freezes over" category.

By: Scypher

Scypher — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:01:22 +0000

I also want this game for bizarre reasons. I'm just intensely curious as to how an SRPG plus dating sim plus dress-up fashion show game, all wrapped up in a saccharine and fanservicey package, could possibly play out.

Also, I keep reading the game's logo as “TACTIC SLAYER”.

By: matty

matty — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:29:41 +0000

“sexy beats health”
True, I read about it all too often

“…so I have no idea where D3 came up with that idea.”
Couldn't you say that with about a third of the games they release?

I remember reading about this a while and now after getting an idea of how it's played I'm interested in trying it out myself. I hope it gets picked up eventually!

By: NickyD

NickyD — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:00:20 +0000

Why do I want this game? Is it because I'm really weird? Or is it because these unique/risque mechanics intrigue me in an innocent way? Nobody will ever know except for me, because they can only take my word that I'm honestly just interested in something, anything, different from the norm.

Luminous Arc 2, for example, was a lot of fun, but geeeeeeeeez there was no originality in it at all. This is different. It's weird. So, I want it. o_O