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Title: Best version
Post by: rumpelstiltzkin on September 27, 2006, 07:36:24 pm
Whats the best version of symphony of the night the playstation or saturn. I always thought i heard people saying the playstation but recently i read the saturn so im confused. :dunno
Title: Re: Best version
Post by: Crax on September 28, 2006, 11:46:32 am
Never played the playstation one, but loved the saturn one.  It was only an import though as far as I know and sometimes I wished I could read the japanese, but it was still a great game.  I have heard from others that have played both that the saturn version is the best.
Title: Re: Best version
Post by: rumpelstiltzkin on September 28, 2006, 01:02:46 pm
I have a jap saturn so i could pick it up i also hate jap text .    I also have a pal playstation 2 and i think the game got a pal ps1 release but it could be a dodgy 50H.     Do you actually need the text and can you get stuck.
Title: Re: Best version
Post by: TalkingOctopus on September 29, 2006, 01:00:32 am
You could get by without understanding the text.  Most of the dialog is pretty terrible and read by bad actors.  I believe the ps1 game is a better port.  The saturn port suffers from slow down and has slightly worse graphics.  I would think the ps1 game is a lot easier to find as well.  However, the saturn game does have some bonus features absent from the ps1 game. 
Title: Re: Best version
Post by: Crax on September 29, 2006, 09:50:40 am
You could get by without understanding the text.  Most of the dialog is pretty terrible and read by bad actors.  I believe the ps1 game is a better port.  The saturn port suffers from slow down and has slightly worse graphics.  I would think the ps1 game is a lot easier to find as well.  However, the saturn game does have some bonus features absent from the ps1 game. 

I have heard people mention slowdown, but I didn't really see it when I played the import.  However, I had a cartridge that went in the saturn that added 4mb of ram as well as let you play imports, which I guess could explain not seeing the slowdown.  I only owned two imports, Castlevania and Xmen vs SF and probably played those two games more than any others.
Title: Re: Best version
Post by: testicle187 on October 01, 2006, 06:02:40 am
You could get by without understanding the text.  Most of the dialog is pretty terrible and read by bad actors.  I believe the ps1 game is a better port.  The saturn port suffers from slow down and has slightly worse graphics.  I would think the ps1 game is a lot easier to find as well.  However, the saturn game does have some bonus features absent from the ps1 game. 

I have heard people mention slowdown, but I didn't really see it when I played the import.  However, I had a cartridge that went in the saturn that added 4mb of ram as well as let you play imports, which I guess could explain not seeing the slowdown.  I only owned two imports, Castlevania and Xmen vs SF and probably played those two games more than any others.

The 4 meg ram card is only of use when a game is specifically designed for it and Castlevania SOTN was not.  I have never noticed slowdown of any sort on my Saturn version of this game.