Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection Launcher

【PC版とは違う】 懐かしのPC88版のヴァリスとは違います 多分、移植されたバージョンの更にそれの焼き直しだと思われ、往年の懐かしゲームをプレイしたいと思って購入すると、 「え？ナニコレ」ってなると思います 日本テレネットや、ウルフチームなど過去のゲームを覚えていてやるとガッカリする事になります ゲームシステムもタイムアップが有ったり、MAPが異様に狭かったり、敵キャラも、は？ってなる感じのキャラばかりです 実は家にまだPC88ｍｋⅡＦＲが現役で、Ｉ／Ｏパッドでたまに遊んでしますが、Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓでプレイできればなぁと 思い購入しましたが・・・また88の方で遊ぶことになりそうですね

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Seems like a pretty good release. It's basically just a launcher (made in Unity) that launches the games in Mednafen. Although it's not as user-friendly as the Switch release, I have to give the developers credit for their strict adherence to the GPL, going as far as providing the source for both Mednafen AND their Unity launcher! The side content (like manual scans/translations) are high quality. There's also English-subbed versions of the cutscenes included, though the Switch release handles this part better. The soundtrack DLC includes both lossy and lossless versions of the listed tracks. Also the collection seems to launch under Proton just fine, though some functions of the launcher don't work as expected. You also need to play around with Steam Input to get controller input working properly. Overall, I recommend this release, but I do suggest looking into the Switch release first if that's an option for you.

Since I play my Steam Deck and PC more these days than my Switch, I was hoping these collections would eventually make their way to PC. However, I am left somewhat disappointed. This port (which it isn’t really), feels more like an after-thought. On PC the launcher does not hide the fact it's just an emulator. The games are launched in small windows, and Story Viewer launches VLC player. Steam Deck does not have this problem, which would have been my preferred way to play, if it wasn't for the bad controller input, in-game Gamepad, and any other controller does not work without user created controls. There are things missing that would make the game more enjoyable and add things make make it stand out from the Switch version: - English Subtitles during cut-scenes / game-play. - Save State. - Badge / Card collection for Steam profile. - Point Shop items. - Achievements. Things need addressing: - Improved Steam Deck compatibility. - This mostly relates to the controller input. - If collection two and three are coming update this launcher, so everything is under one roof.

Un juego perdido y olvidado de la PCEngine (aka Turbografx 16) pero lo conocí ya muchísimo después gracias a la emulación. Tengo la edición japonesa de este juego junto con las ediciones posteriores para SWITCH y lamento decir que la versión de PC es la peor, lamentablemente la interface es muy triste y fea comparada con la de SWITCH. No se pueden escoger más filtros cuando otros emuladores permiten un mejor manejo de ellos, en cambio te ofrecen algo que la versión de SWITCH no tiene que es poder jugar a las versiones japonesas y americanas de Valis II y Valis III. Esperemos que suelten Valis IV, Valis SD y sobre todo VALIS X con traducción al español e inglés pues es una saga muy buena y olvidada que debería rescatarse (sin DEI por favor). LO MALO, JODIDAMENTE MALO: No puedes mapear tu control. Jugarlo con el stick analógico es un asco cuando estos juegos les va mejor la cruceta, espero que eso se pueda solucionar prontamente. En conclusión: Si bien no es una edición excelente recomiendo que le den una oportunidad a un juego de plataformas que es difícil de verdad y muy bonita. ACTUALIZACIÓN: SE CRASHEA SI HACES CAPTURA DE PANTALLA. JAJAJAJAJAJA, NO MMN, échenle ganitas, no seas así !!!!

The games don't function. Once you select what to play the it doesn't read any inputs. Needs to be fixed asap.

It's frankly ridiculous that this only includes the first three games' PC Engine versions, despite this coming out a year after all three Nintendo Switch compilations that include everything. No Valis IV, no option to switch between versions of the games, and 6 dollars for ROMs? I don't get it.

게임은 Unity로 만들어진 런처에서 Mednafan 에뮬레이터 기반으로 구동됩니다. DLC 개념으로 게임을 구매해 런처에 추가하는 방식인데, Complete Set 구매 시 기준으로 1편 일본판, 2편 일본판, 북미판 3편 일본판, 북미판 아트북 1, 3편 OST 이와 같은 구성으로 되어 있습니다. OST는 전곡 수록이 아니며, 37페이지 분량의 아트북은 '이 돈이면...' 소리가 절로 나옵니다. 게임 본편은 전술한 대로 Mednafan 기반의 에뮬레이터 구동이기에 새로울 건 없지만, 기존 Mednafan에서 1편 오프닝의 영상과 음성 싱크가 맞지 않던 부분이 수정되었고, 런처를 통해 비교적 간편한 설정으로 즐길 수 있는 것은 장점이라 할 수 있겠습니다. 지금 시점에서 이 게임을 구입한다는 건 아마도 열렬한 팬이라는 뜻일 겁니다. 어떠한 형태로 어떻게 구동이 되든 '공식 발매'가 갖는 의미가 크기에 '미쳤어'를 외치면서도 결국 살 수밖에 없겠죠. 이런 게 바로 알면서도 속는, 팬심을 볼모로 한 상술 아니겠습니까? :) ps - 아직 인질로 잡혀 풀려나지 못한 4편을 기다려야 하는 것도 잊지 말아야 합니다.

Absolutely not. This is one of the laziest ports I've ever seen. The games aren't that great to begin with, although I had some nostalgia for Valis 2. But at like $30 for this it's absolutely not worth it. These are old 90s games. You get whole collections of dozens of these games these days for like $15. On top of that, the emulation is not good. You can't really alt-tab out of a game, and when you come back, sometimes they're running at permanently 10x speed, rendering them unplayable. The controls are terrible. I guess in Valis 3 they mapped functionality to Run on the PCE? That's crazy, but the geniuses at Edia just faithfully reproduced that so you'll need to use menu? to do a slide? WT actual F?