This needs a translation patch... it looks awesome!!

 

hex edit for AP

credits to 2CH

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Screenshots
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/326/326866/#eid326869

 

Just sank about an hour in this with absolutely zero Japanese knowledge.

If you ever played Monster Hunter you should be right at home, it's pretty much the same thing... IN SPACE!!1

You got your shop/house/crafting/whatever hub and you warp to mission where you have to hunt some monsters on a timer. Mission ends when you complete your objectives. Return to the hub, research some new gear with NPCs to unlock better stuff and level them doing so (That mechanic looks pretty cool if I could understand what's going on). You craft that new stuff with monster parts/ore/etc you get from killing stuff (no carving, it's automatic). Take another mission. Rinse. Repeat.

Controls are pretty decent, the camera can be wonky at times, the menus are pretty straightforward even if you don't understand them. The game would be perfectly playable with just a menu/item translation patch... I doubt people play this kind of game for the story.

 

The first buggy mission is annoying when the monster retreats to a smaller area. Less room to maneuver makes it really hard.

EDIT: You have to fail the buggy mission.

 

It gets silly when you realize that Tyrant (one of the monsters in the game) took down FIVE Ultras by himself. I'd just quit right then and there if I was told to go fight it.
Not saying that it's a bad game, it's just that the thought of trying to deal with monsters that gave Ultras problems (some even killing them) doesn't exactly give me a lot of confidence.

 

that buggy mode looks cool! is it an NPC that's manning the guns for you, or is that a cooperative weapon of sorts (ie, one player drives, the other shoots)?

 

man if phantasy star 0 and this game had a child....
this game is awesome but it could be better if it had wi-fi features, because i don't think it's easy to find someone with this game, i mean just think
"HELLO! nice to meet ya! do u have kaiju burster powered in your ds? that game with giant dinossaurs and human dressed like some kind of ultraman?"
and after some time
"nooooo please don't take me to the police, i already said to you, I DON'T USE DRUGS!!!"