I gotta say, I got this game originally for the ff8 demo, but Brave Fencer Musashi ended up being in my top 5 games of all times bro. It is maximum comfy. I wish there were more games like this! Wait.. Anon, did you just say you knew of similar games?>Thread Theme:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0J4X9oq4Lk>PAL Version Thread Theme:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkdEJ6rcMGI
>>737320373>>>/vr/
>>737320409Thanks fren, but I'm looking for /v/ro opinions.
>>737320409PS1 is only 10 years old
>>737320695>1040*
>>737320373I actually finished it in December. Was fun, but definitely has some issues that are "for the era" problems.>>737320409They don't allow discussion of Xbox2CubeCast. So who gives a fuck about that offshoot?
>>737320695respect.Even so, there could be new games that have brave fencer musashi's vibe. The sequel does not scratch that itch.
>>737320794It's not a perfect game, but I love the open exploration in a small but detailed area. The game, the soundtrack, the humor... all pure sovl. Surely there has to be something comparable out there.
>>737320757That was the psx, he's talking about PSN PS1.
>>737321852She wasn't, she implied the original console which is in its fourth decade.
>>737322002What is your favorite thing about Brave Fencer Musashi, anon? What games do you like that are like it?
>>737322223I don't like anything about it.
>>737322223>>737320373how the fuck does this game still look so good even if you play it at native res on a tiny window? it's like what all those indie "retro" styled games try to achieve
>>737322330I don't believe that, anon. Do you like Vampires or Zombies? BFM has Vambees. That's pretty funny, be more positive, bro. They are vampires, but because they are crossed with zombies, they stink and are slow.
>>737322451The game has pretty good art direction. It was a solid AAA title from the time period. There has to be something out there that has the same caliber of soul.I think my favorite thing about BFM is just how low key goofy everything is, while still managing to be cool with a badass OSThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82p-0oHjiM
>>737320373Brave Fencer Musashi is a great game even now. The visuals and humor still hold up. It'd never get made today.
Never finished this game because of the Simon Says bullshit at the end. Fuck that minigame.
>>737322905Yeah, sadly I think this might be true, but there are so many games out now, there are likely a few games that have the same style of play. Always thought it was pretty cool that the game had so much random side-content like collecting the action figures that you can inspect and handle.
>>737322989Push through anon. There's still a big reveal for US Spike's voice actor's character.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqL26k9Xx7g
>BFM thread on /v/Holy based. Wish I wasn't at work so I could gush more about it. One of my favorite PS1 games.
>>737324794I'm doing my best to keep it alive, anon. Would love to hear your favorite things about the game and other games that you feel are similar. I always thought the skill/combo system and fusion enemy skill steal abilities were pretty cool. The game really made searching for every collectible in-game rewarding by giving you new combos and stat boosts.
>>737325758>YaquinickSo what's the pun here in Japanese?
>>737320373I should probably replay this, I liked collecting action figures
>>737326690Yakiniku bbq style. The Japanese character names are actually pretty interesting. I can't remember them all, but I remember the thirstquencher empire characters were named after hard liquors, that sort of stuff.
I had a brand new copy sealed that I cant find anymore...RIPLoved the game
>>737326851Yes, anon. I found it very enjoyable playing it in current year. Did you ever get the rare action figures in-game? I think one was Kojiro, and the other was Jon and his dog.
>>737327374Dang...! I still have my original case and game. I also had a greatest hits sealed copy of chrono cross, but I opened it because I wanted to play it on some real hardware + greatest hits cases are trash anyways
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0J4X9oq4LkBest song in the game right here. What a crazy sense of adventure
For you fellas that enjoyed Brave Fencer Musashi, did you guys ever find any other games that felt similar?
>>737327578Never and I hated the ps2 game.
>>737327578The closest things are the first three 3D Ys games. Not very close though.
>>737327637I tried to play the ps2 game, but I agree, its pretty trash in comparison. If I had to try and describe BFM genre, it would be like a smaller more detailed zelda-esque game. BFM had so many game systems though, compared to Zelda. More fleshed out day/night cycle with tired stat, npc schedules and routines, combo system, enemy skill steal, and the rpg stat component. Fuuuck, the game is probably a fluke on the scale of subnautica the more I think about it..
>>737328063BFM is what Zelda fans THINK zelda is.
I only learned there was gonna be an FF8 because of the demo disk that came with this game. The graphical jump from FF7 to FF8 blew my fucking mind as a kid, must've played that Dollet mission demo like 50-60 times
Steamwood gave me anxiety, even as an adult I'm scared I'll fuck that part up.
>>737327894I've seen Ys mentioned before, particularly the one on the tropical island. I need to check it out. Another game i saw mentioned as being similar was Nayuta: Boundless Trail, but I feel that's a stretch. Nayuta is interesting, but feels very lacking and dated in many ways.
>>737328095Yeah, I can't remember if OoT or BFM came out first, but BFM is the highly dense refined experience of the two.
>>737328159Same, I thirsted for ff8 so much. I was really disappointed when they changed the dollet mission music in ff8 release, the og went hard. I'm pretty sure they did it because the original dollet bgm sounded too similar to the intro bgm in The Rock with Sean Connery and Nick Cage.
I have to get dinner, anons, but post your favorite Brave Fencer Musashi pics and OST! I will comment when I get back. I'm surprised no one has posted Bubbles waifu OC yet.
>>737328432Ys 8 is more like the non-combat parts of MusashiYs 6 is more like the exploration and combat parts.
>>737327393I don't think I ever got the rare figures, I was just a retarded kid. I've been reading this thread and I'm surprised I forgot so many things about the game. Such as the skill steal, stats and all that shit.
God damn was Bubbles so lewd. Currently stuck on the boss fight against Ed
Imagine playing this after beating OOT such a downgrade
>>737328167that filtered me as a kid. Had to have my Dad come in and help me out for both of those
>>737320373I drop it every time around the shougi stage or the ice castle.
Relic Keeper is my favorite OST by far
>>737322223Certain games on the ps1 get so trippy, I love them.
>>737320373Brave Fencer Musashi > The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
>>737320373My nigga, this IS my favourite game of all time, this OST is legendary and Tsuyoshi Sekito is absurdly underrated.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlFk9cS8LdI
>>737320373I thought the demo was cool. This is one of those games that I still think of as something the big kids would play, or something the rich kid would buy. It just wasn't something enough to make me want to buy it full price.
>>737329140>Gingerelle shows up>Roasts her sister>Runs into Musashi and she doesn't even recognize him>Later on she shoots him and turns him into a crystal>She doesn't even get a boss battle in any shape or form>Never shows up againWhat happened to these two at the end? Did they run away in fear of punishment? Was it cut content?
>>737320373I was obsessed with this game when I was a kid after playing the demo, then a guy from my building sold me a pirated copy. I still think about it from time to time, for me this was comparable to OoT. Shame about the """"sequel"""""
It's honestly way better than OoT by every metric but Nintendo is a cult
>>737320373BFM is without a doubt one of the most charming games I have played. The sheer amount of great soundtracks this game has is staggering.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulII4dS4uokhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VetQ3K2f0Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3IEjUhLAlg
>>737334001Squaresoft was legendary from NES, SNES, PS1 to PS2>NESFinal Fantasy Deep Dungeon III: Yūshi heno Tabi Akuusenki RaijinMoon Ball Magic Hanjuku HeroFinal Fantasy II Square's Tom Sawyer Final Fantasy III>SNESFinal Fantasy IV Romancing Final Fantasy V Hanjuku HeroSecret of Mana Romancing SaGa 2 Alcahest Breath of FireFinal Fantasy VILive A LiveChrono Trigger (Toriyama's art)Trials of ManaSecret of Evermore Bahamut LagoonSuper Mario RPG (development itself was all handled by Square, with Nintendo periodically checking)Treasure of the Rudras >PS1Tobal No. 1 (Toriyama's art)Final Fantasy VII Bushido Blade Final Fantasy Tactics SaGa Frontier EinhänderXenogears Bushido Blade 2 Parasite Eve Power Stakes 2 Brave Fencer MusashiAnother MindEhrgeiz Final Fantasy VIII SaGa Frontier 2 Chrono Cross Parasite Eve II Vagrant StoryFinal Fantasy IX >PS2Final Fantasy X Romancing SaGa Kingdom Hearts Final Fantasy XIFinal Fantasy X-2
>>737320373I thought hte difficulty was a little bit all over the place, and I had to look up some things becasue I had no fucking clue how to progress at some parts. It's a bit hard to recall the details because I beat it like 4 years ago.But it was a campy, fun, light hearted adventure with many memorable moments. I enjoyed it and don't regret shilling the buckaroos for a copy. This shit caught me so off guard I'll never forget it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB50v6joJCE
>>737334563I was heavily invested in squaresoft games growing up to the point where it's probably shaped my core personality and has also shaped my music production. I try to sneak in little motifs from Nobuo, Yasunori, and Tsuyoshi all the time. Late 90s squaresoft was really peak gaming and hype for me because every game coming out was completely captivating to me. I could never get my hands on Chrono Cross though until much later in life. I rented it once but that game is too big to digest and someone stole the copy from the rental place. I had the entire ost memorized by the time I finally found the physical copy. Never really got into psx emulation at the time, since I had evolved from weeb to turbo social normie until I stopped giving fucks.I'm glad I owned brave member musashi because I never saw it in stores after the initial release.
>>737320373I'm surprised no one has made an undub of this in 30 years.
>>737322223Threads of Fate is pretty much a slightly bit more serious Musashi. Or not serious at all if you play Mint's route.
>>737335448>I'm surprised no one has made an undub of this in 30 years.Senpai just play it in Japanese
>>737335516But I'm a nerd who plays on CRTs plugged to a Raspberry Pi, I can't run text extractors there.
>>737335040BFM's humor is my favorite part of the masterpiece. The DDR boss fight always made me seethe and lol at the same time. The last few areas were pretty challenging desu
>>737335516>4 translations and none of them are righttopkek
>>737327552OP here, I agree fren. I think about that song a lot.
>>737320373I adored this game. Was very excited for the sequel but end up being nothing like this one and honestly it kinda sucked. Was very slow. At least the cutting technology was cool.
>>737328983I added them to my wishlist. I'll check them out some day based on your recommendation.
>>737329140>>737331327Alls I know, is that I was very fond of Gingerelle in the included game art.
>>737328996It's ok, I didn't even know about the rare figures until a year ago. Next replay, maybe I'll try to get them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_55yOqirao
>>737329264I played both, like both, but if I had to pick one over the other, it's Brave Fencer Musashi, since squaresoft then was 10x better than nintendo. Sorry not sorry.
>>737328167>>737329687Same, I spent so much time filtered and stuck from the panic. Beating it was such a relief only to get mind fucked by having to do it a SECOND TIME RLW:ELRW:EkfAL:!11
>>737329813The dragon boss fight at the ice castle is my favorite fight in the game. I hope you made it past that at least once.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDbkhdNTAxI
>>737329961The dungeons leading up to the boss fight were some of my favorite in the game. I also lul everytime you see the "soda" bottles littered all over the place from the bar owner in the bar basement entrance to the dungeons. In the japanese version, they are liqour bottles.
>>737330964ps1 and ps2 era (and all other consoles in that time period) had some great games. Devs were churning out all kinds of weird shit.
>>737336874I did clear the game once when in high school like 20+ years ago. I just remember those two stages being a pain in the ass and my motivation drops. I was also replaying it in Japanese last time (maybe 2 years ago) and got the grave yard puzzle wrong once and gave up immediately. My favourite part of the game is rescuing peeps and talking to them in the castle.
I found the ThirstQuencher Japanese names:>FlatskiTequila >GingerelleBrandy >BubblesLiqueur >RootrickBordeaux >Jon Capricciola Jean Vodka
>abandoned the cool and cute little chibi graphics for over the top gay kingdom hearts looking shitwhat the hell man
>>737339097It's a mystery
Similar experience as me, OP. FF8 demo and bought it as soon as it came out. I still play it every few years and I'm overdue to do it again.Pure charm, a game like this doesn't come around very often (and never any more).
>>737339097I personally hate it too man. It could've still been great, but the gameplay is so shit. I think they were going for something more like Samurai Champloo/Space Dandy from a vibe stance, but the gameplay was so shit. I'm pretty sure the Square/Enix merger was going on around this time.
>>737320373Pretty much the exact same. Got it for FFVIII demo, and I ended up liking it way more than FFVIII. Charming as all hell, and it had a decent localization with a cast of the comfy dub VAs from the 00s that you'd hear in all the anime that ended up on Adult Swim.
>>737339097>>737339505Funny how Nomura designed this back in 98 before he went full belts
>>737340036Has there ever been a bigger fall from grace? Probably but it's still sad.
sir little turd...
>>737340036I wouldn't even have minded Lulu's design if she had been some vampire sorceress that the characters of a FF game meet in some "City of Always Night" or something, but her goth leather fetish design makes no goddamn sense for her living in a tropical climate
>>737335984But anon! AI translations are "CLOSE TO THE NIPPON!" *kek* "WE DON'T GET ANY OF THAT 'WOKE' NONSENSE!" *giggle*
>>737334563>No FF12 on therePleb detected.
>>737340151HAHAHA, I forgot about thathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_bLhat7nY
This thread's embeds remind how much I fucking hate youtube's new embed UI. Those people are really earning their pay, huh.
>>737340819FF12 was Square-Enix, not Squaresoft
>hero summonI forgot this was an isekai game
>>737340932I hope you're at least enjoying the OST tracks, anon. Incoming comfiest inn/save screen soundtrack:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfqHvoFwfBEI love the bass square was using in their ps1 soundfont around this time. It got used very heavily in Chrono Cross's OST.
>>737340606That's just how IRL Goth's were at the time, anon. Even ones who lived in tropical climates.On topic, the boss designs in Brave Fencer Musashi were top-notch. I wonder if any games have the same style of crest damage system as BFM had for main bosses.
>>737341269Dark Souls gargoyle protecting the bell tower always reminded me of the crest guardians
>>737341086Yep, love the soundtrack. I remember burning it to CD long ago.
The artistic designer had a hardon for crystal cores around that time period. I kinda like the idea of core weak spots that you have to coax out of boss enemies in order to damage them.>picrel from chrono cross - one of the dragon gods
>>737341414You probably already have it, but if not, here's the absolute full playlist with all the little 20-30 second songs:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCUoLxdBjUrmKY-P8CwhaiIuH-YkLft3H
>>737341593impressive
I couldn't finish the game because of Topo.
>>737320373Absolutely one of my favorite games ever, great atmosphere, setting, and bangin’ soundtrack. I asked GaMetal on YouTube to cover Frost Dragon and he DID. I revisit it every few years and am very sad I don’t have the original disc anymore. Every kid wanted to be Musashi.
>>737320373SE sits on so many games that need re-releases. I want a Vagrant Story remaster just to see people get filtered.
>>737327578>Ys Oath>Gurumin>The Legend of Nayuta
>>737341641I'll see if there's anything special there, thanks. I typically just download from sites like this though: https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/brave-fencer-musashiden-original-soundtrackI know there's some other sites out there that I bookmarked, but my bookmarks are such a mess since I add new ones over the years and never organize them...
>>737342610>SE sits on so many games that need re-releases. I want a Vagrant Story remaster just to see people get filtered.They lost the source code for the PS1 era games
>>737342801That website you linked does not have the full playlist. I was checking it for the restaurant music. The one I listed seems to be the most complete I've found in my minimal search efforts. They must've ripped from the game itself.>>737342691Thanks for suggestions, anon. Have you played Nayuta? I've played a bit, and while it has a comfy vibe to it, the gameplay is a little lacking.
>>737342945Yes, it did what I needed it to do gameplay wise.
>>737342945Hmm, so it does. Well, that's cool. Youtube kind of damages the sound quality, though, but it's better than nothing.
How many times did you guys have to go back here in your first playthrough?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4bd1t9P3w
I was going to play it but that fact that you won't stop sperging out about OoT shows that it isn't actually as good as you say it is.
>>737343593OP here, only mentioned OoT twice, once as a reply. It's your loss.This would be your theme song in BFM:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S91ONAL3TH0
>>737343910Do the restaurant waitress please!
Currently the best thread on /v/. Musashi is one of my favorite games of all time and I'm happy to see other anons love it too.
>>737343098That steamworks is the thing I remember having trouble with. Something about rotating the wheels on pipes?
>>737343989I looked...I got nothing sorry anon
>>737344391Yeah, the steamworks seems to be the most traumatizing thing in the game. And to think they make you do it again later in the game, kek.
>>737335505This game came out around the same time from what I remember. It should go on the similar games list. I only ever played the demo and watched some brief gameplay recently. I should give it a shot and report back if I ever make another BFM thread.
>>737343098Too fucking many. It made me feel extremely retarded.
>>737345891Gingerelle's good personality is captured perfectly. Thx broseph
>>737345889I was having a laugh at the OST, because I think they were trying to evoke the feeling of frustration mixed with stupidity at realizing you should've paid more attention.
>there are people browsing /v/ right now younger than this game>they will never play this game.
>>737346314Considering the younger gen is buying up retro game consoles, they'd probably be down to play Brave Fencer Musashi
>>737346472I'm jealous that those few that will make it to Musashi get to play it and many others for the first time, although it won't be the same as to see all these games coming out as new and looking forward to them I guess. Musashi is definitely one of those "I'd love to play it again with my memories" wiped games, although not as much as RPGs and such.
When I was a teen I remember coming across the sequel which I didn't even know that existedI was so excited when I got it and then briefly after playing it I was extremely disappointed with how different and inferior it was
>>737348751No Sakaguchi? No soul
>>737348751I played the sequel a while back. It's very...rough, I think I just didn't like how sugglish it felt compared to the original game. I also didn't like how you learned moves compared to the original as well. I like the style and music at least.
>>737339097I'm just now noticing that fucking ponytail.
>>737329264Nintendo fans thinking there pathetic cope games on N64 (famously known as the "bender box" by all the kids around town) even belong in the same conversation as a Playstation exclusive lmao. Sad as fuck
Fusion and Lumina are the fucking coolest.
>>737339097I can separate them. The first one is my favorite, but I like the second entry because I see it as its own thing.
Musashi and Terranigma remakes when?
>>737320409Nig
