Comments on: Popolocrois 2003 - 26 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Wyrdwad http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11242 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:10:05 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11242 Long story short, there are actually six games. The first three, on the PS1, deal with Pietoro and Narcia, and span the time from Pietoro's 10th birthday through age 15. The fourth and fifth on the PS2, then, take place 15 years afterward. Pietoro is 30, and his son Pinon (the protagonist of this anime series) is 8. The anime is directly based off of these two games, but unlike the original PS1 trilogy, the PS2 games are pretty terrible, whereas the anime is superb (it takes the story of the PS2 games, and expands upon it significantly, featuring more characters, more character development, better story pacing, more fleshed-out plot details, etc.). As a result, I tend to think of the PS2 games as being pretty much obsolete... the anime is better in every way, and the games really aren't very good to begin with, so there's simply no reason to play them now that the anime exists. The sixth game, BTW, was released on the PSP, and was meant to be a combination of the first and third PS1 games, with some new material sandwiched between them. Unfortunately, Sony saw fit to cut well over half the story of the original games, dumbing the whole thing down significantly and removing a lot of what made them special... and the game also suffers from numerous technical issues, such as wonky load times, graphical glitches, etc. I'd say there's no reason to play the PSP game either, except that there is: it's available in English. It's the ONLY PopoloCrois game available in English. And there's still ENOUGH of the original PS1 games to make it worthwhile, if you can't read Japanese... but there's no denying that the PSP game is a pale shadow of the original titles it's based upon, and if you get a chance to play the PS1 games, I highly recommend doing that OVER playing the PSP game. -Tom Long story short, there are actually six games. The first three, on the PS1, deal with Pietoro and Narcia, and span the time from Pietoro’s 10th birthday through age 15. The fourth and fifth on the PS2, then, take place 15 years afterward. Pietoro is 30, and his son Pinon (the protagonist of this anime series) is 8. The anime is directly based off of these two games, but unlike the original PS1 trilogy, the PS2 games are pretty terrible, whereas the anime is superb (it takes the story of the PS2 games, and expands upon it significantly, featuring more characters, more character development, better story pacing, more fleshed-out plot details, etc.). As a result, I tend to think of the PS2 games as being pretty much obsolete… the anime is better in every way, and the games really aren’t very good to begin with, so there’s simply no reason to play them now that the anime exists.

The sixth game, BTW, was released on the PSP, and was meant to be a combination of the first and third PS1 games, with some new material sandwiched between them. Unfortunately, Sony saw fit to cut well over half the story of the original games, dumbing the whole thing down significantly and removing a lot of what made them special… and the game also suffers from numerous technical issues, such as wonky load times, graphical glitches, etc.

I’d say there’s no reason to play the PSP game either, except that there is: it’s available in English. It’s the ONLY PopoloCrois game available in English. And there’s still ENOUGH of the original PS1 games to make it worthwhile, if you can’t read Japanese… but there’s no denying that the PSP game is a pale shadow of the original titles it’s based upon, and if you get a chance to play the PS1 games, I highly recommend doing that OVER playing the PSP game.

-Tom

]]> by: Cody http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11241 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:48:32 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11241 super interesting art; I know there's games of this released as well but are the games based off the anime or vice versa? super interesting art; I know there’s games of this released as well but are the games based off the anime or vice versa?

]]> by: DAmien http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11228 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:28:45 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11228 Very good anime blog. There are so many article and information about anime. Very good organization of the animes (ova,serie,finished,drooped). Greeting from http://www.animeelysium.info/ and we hope to join us. Very good anime blog. There are so many article and information about anime. Very good organization of the animes (ova,serie,finished,drooped). Greeting from http://www.animeelysium.info/ and we hope to join us.

]]> by: Wyrdwad http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11225 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:08:21 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/#comment-11225 I think what I liked so much about this ending is that it wasn't a cop-out in any way... the ultimate evil that had to be sealed away was released, and the only way to defeat it again was to seal it away again, creating just as many problems as there were the FIRST time she was sealed away, and basically maintaining the status quo! You don't see a lot of shows do that, and really, it's the most sensical, logical way to end something like this, and carries with it some pretty hefty emotional content. Glad you enjoyed the show (both shows, in fact), and thanks for blogging them! I also hope that by blogging them, you've convinced others to check them out as well, as I find both of these to be criminally underrated. I regret that it took me so long to get these two episodes released, though. Sorry about that! -Tom I think what I liked so much about this ending is that it wasn’t a cop-out in any way… the ultimate evil that had to be sealed away was released, and the only way to defeat it again was to seal it away again, creating just as many problems as there were the FIRST time she was sealed away, and basically maintaining the status quo! You don’t see a lot of shows do that, and really, it’s the most sensical, logical way to end something like this, and carries with it some pretty hefty emotional content.

Glad you enjoyed the show (both shows, in fact), and thanks for blogging them! I also hope that by blogging them, you’ve convinced others to check them out as well, as I find both of these to be criminally underrated.

I regret that it took me so long to get these two episodes released, though. Sorry about that!

-Tom

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