If it's been released in English, I've played it.  (sorry, was easier than listing :p)

Can TSS host or link to the patch for translated FC?  The thread-starter here would greatly benefit from it.

FC = Final Conflict, which links SF1 and SF2 together...incase he didn't know

Shining Tears has been out for awhile for PS2.  It follows Shining Soul 2 for GBA, which ofcourse followed Shining Soul 1 for GBA.  There's even a SF1 remake for GBA out now.

SFNeo is going to be an action RPG......so.....yeah.  Welcome back to the Shining-verse.

SF2 is my all-time favorite, but even so I know there's plenty of times I've wished they of included of forms of equipment.

That said, I'd rather see this stay as close to 'the original feel' as possible.  So if there were a poll, I'd vote for staying with tradition, and just keep an open mind in the distant future for the inclusion of other equipment.

Plus, the simplier you keep it now, the fast progress can be made, I would think anyway.

I think hybrid controls would work best.  Though it could be heavy on the keyboard-side.  Menus can be navigated with arrows and/or hot key the options, making a letter of each menu option 'trigger' it?

I can only see a mouse being especially useful for chat, chat/options, and game options 'outside' the main game screen....if that made any sense...?

I think it depends on the type of monster you wonder about.

For instance, Goblins and the like are probably always around.  Either nomadic or in tribes.  Witches and Dark Priests probably live spread all thru-out regions.

Oozes I suspect are also natural occurances, and Huge Rats probably run in packs as well.

I think it's just when an Evil steps in as a leader that they get more organized, and then become a menace.  Otherwise (like between games) , they're too scattered to be any real mentionable threat.

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...is another I find to be alot of fun.  Heck I thought their hard work worth a donation and I'm cheap  :lol:

Actually I'd bet the majority of SFC members haven't even played more than 1 shining game.

Though I could be guilty of being one of the "too serious" ones, depending on what you mean by it.  

New shining games are 'sucking' , they're just not the strats we all really want.  It's that they tease us with non-strats that's aggravating.

You'd have to of like Shining Soul 2, which I did.  Sure it's not tactical but it's not like they marketed to be like they are SFNeo.  I think Shining Tears pays quite a bit of homage to SF1 with alot of its elements/characters.

I'd always figured it was just talk.  Announcing something like that a year in advance gives plenty of time for a mind change.  But with the sparce updates there in the past 6 months maybe it'll happen.

Dislike SFC all you want, there's no denying it's kept the shining community together more than anything though, it will be a loss.  Though I don't think it's getting shut down entirely, but then again it's not like many details or much info has been stated.

The FC patch has breathed some air into SFC.  BTW I'd of never known about this place if it weren't for SFC (not that I post much, but I do read quite a bit of this place )  

Excellent work thus far, I still recall when you first visited SFC and I 'tried' writting a plot for you  :lol:

Whatever became of the project to remake FC so that it was playable in English?   Didn't someone atleast start one?  I thought I remembered this from atleast a year ago...

Well I am looking for a project to work on.  However I'm useless for programing as I said, so I guess that limits my usefulness.  But I'm up for playing thru games and researching statistical data, or whatever other menial help I could be.  Story writing, developing game mechanics, etc.

That'll be fine, though I only check in here on Sun/Mon, and I'm at SFC daily, so keep that in mind when PM'ing me.

I only stop by here weekly.  And not being a programmer makes me stay pretty silent, lol.