This is why I love emulators. Found this, Hoshigami - Running Blue Earth, while browsing ROMs looking for jRPGs. I’m going in blind and about to waste my life clock.

  • audaxdreik@pawb.socialEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Anyone familiar with this, would you recommend the original here or the DS one? It’s been sitting on my list for awhile now, too …

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I am not familiar, but, cutting the “changes” section out of a review:

      https://www.rpgland.com/games/hoshigamiremix/review.html

      Remix adds various, easier difficulty levels, new character art, redone music, a new character, and an overhauled localization.

      Another problem with the game is the extreme lack of portability. It is a DS title, and as such should be capable of being played for small amounts of time at once. Unfortunately, there is no suspend feature to allow for saving while in battle. Factor in that the average battle can take 20-40 minutes and that sometimes one battle immediately follows another with no break for saving, and here’s a game that is not at all good for playing on the move.

      So going entirely off that, it sounds like the remake is probably preferable, but it might not be a good idea if you plan to play the DS game as a “mobile” game — dropping into the thing for a few minutes while waiting in a line or something.

    • Davel23@fedia.io
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      4 hours ago

      Not familiar, but a quick Google indicates that the DS version improves somewhat on the PS original. It’s still considered a terrible game though.