After over 2 decades, the first Sakura Wars was translated in 2019, and the second this year.But, are they any good?
>>3879267If they were good, they would have come out in English during their initial release timeframe. So, no.
from playing the first one TL'd, the setting, characters, and plot are excellent enough to forgive the basic SRPG gameplaybut the the characters and interactions being soo deep and intimate, spanning across 4-5 games, it'd be a disservice to yourself reading shit translated secondhand
>>3879267It's a pure injection of a very specific era of anime games. And era that I think is quite great. I think they're wonderful, creative, fun, often short concise games built for replay. I have only played 3 of them, but they're great.
>>3879268You disingenuous dingus. There were hundreds of great japanese games that were never translated at the time.
>>3879267Only played the newest one and a little bit of the PS2 one but they're fun, worth trying. Niche sort of thing but the fanbase LOVES them
>>3879267It is a basic SRPG with a very high production value VN where your choices/waifu flavor the specific run a bit.It's like playing/producing an anime on the spot.And it is pretty crazy how few games get that feel right 3 decades right.The tactics gameplay part alone is not reason enough to recommend and someone will say nothing JRPG adjacent is anyway, hurr
they're good, but the franchise peaked and died with the short-lived Dreamcast, sadly. Best production value, and the combat system is pretty much alpha Valkyria Chronicles. Also best waifus, fuck Tokyo
>>3879490looks absolutely based i will be playing these games
>>38794905 is perfectly fine, giga faggot protagonist notwithstanding. The only thing the series really lacks is a remake of 2. Also for whoever was in charge of Shin to be publicly castrated.
>>3879894shin was fine to introduce people to the series, but the magic of the older games is so much more
>>3879267The intro music is incredibly catchy
>>38792672 got translated?
>>3880020Since may, yes.And no weird lip synching issue like the 1st game had early on
>>38798945 manages to turn the funny combat system from 3 and 4 into a total drag, thanks to all those aerial missions so awfully implemented. And yes, its obvious LGBT pandering is actually an issue too, since it's so much on the nose to be unbearable. Shinjiro in drags isn't even the worst offender, since Subaru aka not-so-human-tranny is there too. Japanese fanbase hated it and it was the beginning of the end for the franchise. Fuck 5, really
>>3880028No, Subaru is a chick, the game is just needlessly ambiguous about it...
>>3880028>LGBT pandering>talking about a game from 2005>it's a game about theater majors>didn't even release in the US until PS2 was obsoletepeople will just say anything now
>>3880829>Subaru is a chickThe best chick, even.
>>3882274The anime is absolutely terrifying. Not that crossdressing isn't a common trope in general, but it's baaaaad here.
>>3879267just played some of the first one and love the 90s anime vibes
>>3879268The question isn't if they are good but if they are marketable. Distribution was never about being good or not.
>>3882274There are simply way too many retards suffering from the "everything is woke!" brainrot nowadays. They're mentally ill.
>>3879267yea
