Koumajou Densetsu II: Stranger's Requiem Demo

[thecomfiestchair]

this game rules

[Hellfire99X]

For those who might be reading this, Frontier Aja's blog seems to be down for some reason. Their website itself still seems to be partially up and linking to the game's patch files. The English language pack doesn't show up in their links, but it still appears to be hosted by Xsrv, Frontier Aja's file host.

I've updated the video description with as much information as I know, and will add more as I find it. Thanks. :)

[Sukuraidogai]

@Iucifer it's a tribute to castlevania games so yes it is going to be very similar.

[gameboycolor47]

link please to the Demo i'd really like a link cuz i have no idea what there saying on the vlog xD

[Hellfire99X]

@gameboycolor47

Oh crap, I totally thought I put a link up to the demo page. Whoops! Since Youtube is odd about links in the comments section, I updated the video description instead with a link to the trial.

Enjoy. ;)

[gameboycolor47]

@Hellfire99X haha no prob i was so confused though and was like "crap i need to learn more japanese o_o"

[Hellfire99X]

@gameboycolor47

You and me both. I've been relying on Google Translate, which can be dodgy. I can recognize a few Japanese words & characters, but that's about it. :P

[gameboycolor47]

@Hellfire99X haha well thanks for the fixed link though last question you sure this wont hurt my comp?

[Hellfire99X]

@gameboycolor47

I don't see why it would. It would've hurt my computer if it did, though admittedly this video was from an earlier trial version. Just a matter of whether your system has the minimum specs to handle it, and whether it can play Japanese games OK. If you're using non-Japanese Windows XP, you'll either have to set Windows up to use Japanese as a second language, or download & use Microsoft's AppLocale utility to manually set the game's locale to Japanese every time you launch it.

[Hellfire99X]

@gameboycolor47

On that note, I have no idea how Vista or 7 handle non-language programs. I hear they're Unicode-aware or something like that, so they should launch without any issues... but I don't use Vista or 7, so. :(

[gameboycolor47]

@Hellfire99X well it should work if it has unicode-ware so yay no fixing :D

[gameboycolor47]

@Hellfire99X sorry one more question how would i start the game if i cant you know read it xD

[Hellfire99X]

@gameboycolor47

Hmm, you know... if you were walking into the game completely blind, that WOULD be a problem! /boggle

Fortunately, you can pause this video at around the 0:07 mark to see the default keyboard keys/joystick buttons used for the game. It's been a couple months since I last played, and I've never tried playing with the keyboard before... but you should be able to experiment and find out what each of the Z-X-C-V-Space keys do, and remap 'em in the Options - Pad Config menu if needed.

[gameboycolor47]

@Hellfire99X i meant how do you start up the game from your comp like open the game not how to play it xD

[Hellfire99X]

@gameboycolor47

Ahh, you mean for the trial game? You go to the trial link above, click the "ダウンロード" link next to the （ Koumajou2_trial3 ） text, save the ZIP file to wherever you'll find it later (i.e.: your desktop)... once it's finished downloading, double-click the ZIP file to open it, drag and drop the "Koumajou2_trial3" out to your desktop to extract it... then double-click the new folder, and there will be two EXEs: "config.exe", and "koumajou2_trial3.exe" -- run the _trial3 EXE to play.

[gameboycolor47]

@Hellfire99X ok thanks for the help

[Raptorjesusface]

Hmm... pad confi- *knifed*

[Straigo]

Do you guys know if there is any way I can get the Koumajou Densetsu games to play on a Mac or maybe a DS or PSP? Thanks.

[Hellfire99X]

@Straigo

You might be able to run a PC emulator such as Virtual PC (commercial) or Bochs (freeware), use that to install Windows into the emulated PC, then install & run Koumajou Densetsu and other PC games. Not really sure how well that all will work, or how well the emulators handle DirectX games and whatnot.

[UpskirtPower]

wow this is like a fusion of castlevania and r-type. will it come out for psn outside japan?

[Hellfire99X]

@UpskirtPower

Sadly, I doubt it. :( There are legal hurdles preventing Frontier Aja from using digital distribution sites... they just recently learned this after briefly using DLsite to allow digital purchases of this game.

It's perfectly OK for them and others to sell physical copies internationally, though. Currently, it's a PC-Windows game.

[Craward]

Hey, this is Castlevania!

[Samopau]

Boss fight is more like Gradius then Castlevania

[Hellfire99X]

@Samopau

Yeah, and I used to be pretty bad at the Gradius games... although once I got my hands on the Reduce & E.Laser power-ups, and nabbed a few Options? I was almost unstoppable. :D

Ahh, the SNES days.

[mobtank]

@Samopau Actually, the boss fight is more Touhou, which would make sense as this is Touhouvania after all :).

If you want to know more about Touhou, go to touhou wiki, everything you need to know and more is there.

[Raiden3651]

Pure sex this game looks like. Shanoa who?????? Soma what????

[Shizlgizl]

Omg! Castlevania is back! I missed it so much :D

[Hellfire99X]

@SaaiXlor

Are you trying to play the full version, or the demo? My order for the full version is on hold until the end of the month, so I can't try to troubleshoot it myself.

But if you're running Windows XP or 2000, you might need to download and install Microsoft's AppLocale to install & run the game. Link is in the video description. Once AppLocale's installed, run all of the game's installers, patches, and shortcuts through it first. You can also have AppLocale make a shortcut to the game.

[patrickng9]

I wonder why I always crash when I try playing this...

[Hellfire99X]

@patrickng9

Are you trying to play the full version, or the demo? My order for the full version is on hold until the end of the month, so I can't try to troubleshoot it myself.

But if you're running Windows XP or 2000, you might need to download and install Microsoft's AppLocale to install & run the game. Link is in the video description. Once AppLocale's installed, run all of the game's installers, patches, and shortcuts through it first. You can also have AppLocale make a shortcut to the game.

[patrickng9]

@Hellfire99X Thank you very much, it really helps.

[UltimateChaostorm]

Wow, yours runs awfully smooth. I wish my vista could play this well. It's like having an unlimited time watch.

[Darkay77]

Touhou Wiki says the full game will be released on 12/30/10 so there is not much wait left

[Sonic2332]

This game looks outstanding. O_O

[Hellfire99X]

@Sonic2332

I know, right?? I can't wait to pick up the full version... even if I'm not so good at games like this. :)

[sapphire475gs]

I saw the "pad config" option in the options screen, but I was only playing with the idea of it being for Sakuya until you started playing. Then when the game started I laughed my a- *knifed*

[Soulweaver0]

@Hellfire99X According to Touhou Wikia, the full game will be call Koumajou Densetsu II: Stranger's Requiem and the full version will be release on comiket 79.

[Hellfire99X]

@Soulweaver0

Ah, thank you very much! Good to know. :)

[PersonWMA]

Holy shit, Chen. Every time I see a character revamp for this game, I wish I could figure out where to find the full character art for everyone.

[OmniGman]

@PersonWMA You can probably find it on Danbooru (I found art by the artist who did the first game there). They even have tags for the game and its sequel!

[humrH2360]

Well, you definitely did better than me.

[NutNapalm]

Please tell me there's a mode where you can play as meiling.

[ciny2]

@NutNapalm not play meling :(

[Supercucu123]

YESSSS KOUMAJOU DENSETSU 2 FINALLY.

[hfblade]

I wanted to ask, what settings in XMedia Recode did you use to encode this video?

[Hellfire99X]

@hfblade

As I recall, I custom-set the file format to WebM rather than use a predefined profile. For the video, I set the bitrate to 7500 kbps CBR, minimum quantizer to 1, and enabled Trellis. For audio, I set the bitrate to 192 kbps CBR. Didn't apply any filters or resolution changes.

Took me a few tries to find bitrates that I liked, though. :P

[hfblade]

@Hellfire99X thanks. I'll give that a shot.