Rance Series

[Karwelas]

All right, big spoiler image here, but I have good laugh from it.

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Rance male kids.

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[abnaxus]

When did Rance fuck a hanny?

 

[Karwelas]

According to guys from 4chan, in 5D, offscreen. (In that castle where the laws of nature and stuff don't work)

Also, I found this motherfucker.

 

[Karwelas]

All right, another big spoiler shit. This time text.

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Apparently, in one of routes Ludo goes full shit/Gods/Devils are doing some fucking shit because all of the DKs are back, apparently. May be Creator Route.

 

[TheEntitledOne]

ITZ

Also, 5 min in and I'm already boning a loli.


"Rance is not a lolicon!"

 

[Karwelas]

Apparently there is a way where the text translates on the screen, some kind of program. Seek /vg/ threads about this shit, ain't touching it today.

 

[Haba]

So... You'll have to waste operations phase turns looking for Miki to prevent a game over. Fucking gay ass shit. Not to mention that the game is relatively short in the end.

This more about seeking the optimal path than Sengoku ever was. Plus you are "rewarded" by raped/mindbroken/dead chars if you fail at your optimization*.

*) Blitz with 0 AP cost chars, cheese with Rizna, have Miracle when you need her etc.

Chest RNG is also total bullshit.

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[Jason Liang]

I did some digging on some Chinese forums.

The dialogue file is 14mb so posters estimate the Chinese translation will take about 1 year.

A lot of fans are disturbed by how dark some of the CGs are.

I will try it but I'm not sure why since I can't read Japanese.

 

[Haba]

You are going to have some difficulties in the fights. The game literally tells you what you are supposed to do, but if you are not doing the right thing... welp.

 

[Jason Liang]

Game is working, ITH/ ITHVNR is not. I'm downloading VNR now, heard that it works.

 

[lightbane]

Seems that the devs want to end Rance for good, in one way or another.

 

[Haba]

X was supposed to be the final game... 16 years ago. Some of the few OG Alicesoft devs have worked on Rance games for their entire adult life.

It is time.

 

[Karwelas]

Number of CGs is very low, considering number of characters. Some people think we will have another Magnum.

Apparently, the true end is supposed to be encrypted video file, just for data mining nerds.

 

[TheEntitledOne]

Got VNR working. Results are acceptable.

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No idea of how to change translation language, and I need to do some edits. But it beats the gibberish I would get in older translation methods

 

[SirArvedeth]

Got VNR working. Results are acceptable.

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No idea of how to change translation language, and I need to do some edits. But it beats the gibberish I would get in older translation methods

In preferences, go to first Tab called "Account", and then switch Language to English (don't mistake it with UI - changing language of UI won't change language of Google translation, if that's what you're using).

 

[GarfunkeL]

Have they switched artists since Sengoku? Characters look slightly different, feels weird.

 

[Haba]

Well, yes and no. It is still the same guy, "Orion" but it seems there is no assistant this time. Or different assistant. Well who knows.

AFAIK Gyoukai wasn't helping this time around.

There is a general shift into declined drawing techniques (god damn computers) which is kind of apparent in post-Sengoku games.

 

[Jaedar]

Have they switched artists since Sengoku? Characters look slightly different, feels weird.

The collar thing on Rances armor looks really dumb imo. Japs gonna jap I guess.

 

[Jason Liang]

I can atest that the game is of good length (looks to be much longer than both SR and KR), and that collecting character cards is as fun and addictive as you'd expect. While the strategic layer isn't as sophisticated as SR, it's reminiscent.

Recommend people start playing it even with just machine translation.

 

[Jason Liang]

If someone's playing this and knows japanese, if they could explain some of the characters ability mechanics I'd appreciate it. I've figured out several of the characters I've gotten, but there's many, especially from Free Cities and Rance Castle, that I haven't been able to figure out, especially passive/ defensive abiities.

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The character's I've gotten (in aquisition order for unique charactrs). ok means I understand the ability, ? means I don't. Ok, I underlined the ones I want to know the most.

Rance faction:
Rance - ok ok
Biscuit Burns ? ?
Heidi Pankrau ? ?
Klean Brew ? ?
Generic Naked Girl lvl 12 ? ?

Leazas faction:
Julia Lindum lvl 3 ? ? I know that one of the abilities is a start-of-turn free attack
Kanami Kentou ok ok
Lia ok ok although I haven't tried out her 5 AP ranged attack yet
Arlcoate Marius ok ?
Rick ok ok
Kincaid Brambla ? ?
Hauren Province ? ?
Menad Shisei ? ?
Julia Lindum lvl 1 ? ? Same abilities as lvl 3
Tillday Sharp lvl 44 ok ok
Tillda Sharp lvl 31 ? ?
Generic lvl50 Leazas Black Army Soldier ok ?
Generic lvl 40 Leazas Black Army Soldier ok ?
Generic lvl 40 Leazas White Army Soldier ok ?
Generic lvl 35 Leazas Royal Guard ok ?

Hellman faction:
Sheila Hellman ok ok
Peruele Kalette ? ?
Amitos Armitage ? ?
Cream Ganoblade ? ?
Rolex Gadras ? ?
Pigu Geliciam ok ok
Oruore the Third ? ?
Generic lvl 35 Hellman Knight ok ?
Generic lvl 30 KKK guy ? ?

Zeth faction:
Rocky Banks ? ?
Magic the Gandhi ok ok
Nelson Server ? ?
Kimchi Drive ok ? One of her abilities is an awesome free start-of--turn heal. Don't know the other one
Rizna ok ok
Martina Curry ?
Chizuko Yamada ? ?
Anise Sawatari ? ?
Generic level 39 Zeth Female Mage ? ?
Generic level 35 Zeth Female Mage ? ?

Free Cities:
Crook Malfus ? ?
Eleanor Ran ok ?
Yutin Fulz ? ??
Shizuka Masou ok ?
Don Dossky ? ?
Capondon Dott ? ?
Mi Lordring ? ?
Mill York ? ?
Maria Custard ? ? (Although I just got her so)
Bernard Seramite ? ?
Sillbarrell ? ?
Kasumi K. Kasumi ? ?
Generic level 45 AL Templar ? ?
Generic level 40 Toushin Swordwoman ? ?
Generic level 40 Capo Guard ? ?
Generic level 30 Capo Guard ? ?
Generic level 25 Capo Guard ? ?

JAPAN faction:
Kouhime ? ?
Uesugi Katsuko ok ok
Uesugi Torako ok ok
Agireda ? ?
Kobayakawa Chinu ok ?
Kikkawawa Kiku ok ok
Asakura Yoshikage ? ?
Generic level 40 Female Samurai ? ?
Generic level 30 Female Samurai ? ?
Generic level 40 Miko ok ?

Rance Castle:
Sill Plain ok ok
Sill Plain Nude ok ok
Caloria Cricket ok ok
Crane ? ?
Alkanese Rize ok ok
Athena 2.0 ? ?
Sill Plain lvl 11 ? ?
Miracle Tou ok ok
Calory Mate ? ?
Calory Mate Sick ? ?
Frostvine ? ?
Tama ? ?
Sanakia Drelshkaf ? ?
Generic level 25 Female Rance Guard ? ?
Cow Kart ?

Green faction:
Megas ? ?
Megaforce ? ?
Megawas ? ?
Terra ? ?
Full Kalar ok ok
Vivid Kalar ok ?
Modern Kalar ok ok
Pastel Kalar ok ok
Aegis Kalar ? ?
Bearded Poppin ? ?
Level 50 Kalar ok ?
Generic level 33 Kalar ok ?
Pencilcow Camp ?

Monster faction:
Mageman ? ?
Monster Captain ? ?
Green Hanny ? ?

Demon faction:
Satrella ? ?
Bezeleye ? ?
Ferris ? ?
La Hawzel ? ?
Flame Scrivener ? ?

Also I'm stuck in the Zeth campaign since I can't beat Anise (when you fight her the 2nd time). I don't have enough ninjas to shuriken lock her so not sure how else to fight her. I have Rizna (Zeth), Kanami (Leazas) and Kiku (JAPAN). Not sure who else is effective in that fight. Also I probably need to unlock more medal upgrades first.

 

[Haba]

Some time limits you might wanna know:

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Defeat Babolat by turn 3 or Ruberan dies
Defeat Medusa by turn 5 or Alex dies
Stop the traitor in the Free Cities by turn 5 or the entire zone gets wiped
Rescue Miki by turn 6 or you get game over
Defeat Kesselring by turn 7 or 2nd army commander dies
Free Leazas by turn 7 or Blue general dies
Save Hornet by turn 8 or she dies

Jason Liang, pray for Rizna again.

(I also had Ricky and Miracle at that point so, savescum chests?)

RE: char skills, just start translating them. The descriptions repeat, like [お宝保持中] and so forth. Eventually you should have a grasp on what main useful skills do.

 

[TheEntitledOne]

Since I cant keep the VNR working properly, I just focused on the gameplay for a few hours.

It's quite fun, and properly challenging, but I will definitely wait until there are some basic guide out there for all the skills and stuff. So far, I'm not dissapointed with the gameplay nor the plot.


Btw, watch out for supreme gentlemen.

 

[Jason Liang]

Ok I seem to have most of the abilities figured out.

My biggest question mark is the administration abilities (the ones with +1% or +3%), not sure what they actually do.

I'll probably create a small guide in Codex playground if I have time (ha ha).

 

[Jaedar]

Ok I seem to have most of the abilities figured out.

My biggest question mark is the administration abilities (the ones with +1% or +3%), not sure what they actually do.

I'll probably create a small guide in Codex playground if I have time (ha ha).

I wouldn't mind seeing a guide on how to set it up with english machine translation and the basics on how to play.

 

[TheEntitledOne]

I managed to set up VNR properly and I can capture all/most the ingame text with a OCR program (which can help understand decisions, or what skills do). There is even a hook for text extraction if you need it.

Instructions:

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This I got at /vg/, a PDF with links and stuff.
https://mega.nz/#!appSkIDK!-UF7M0_T-QHBQd4ibErlIjJZuChdDp-qpmZXWSlVaj0

And the hook if you know what to do with it:
/HSN30:0@00614875:

I'm going to play this slowly at my own pace.