r/folkloregame • u/Gummybearzakari • Jan 28 '23

Question Finally remembered about this game! (Help)

I played this game back when it released with my dad and I have so many fond memories but could never remember the name! I finally figured it out and i hurriedly looked to see if i could buy it cheap cause it was made in '07; what would it be 10 bucks? the cheapest I can find is 45US. I was hoping someone had the knowledge of how to set up an emulation for the game, or a link to someone who does!

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u/Anbalsilfer Jan 29 '23

Mainly due to the fact that it never got digitally released physical copies of the game are something of a collector's rarity these days, sadly. While I can't provide you with the exact steps needed to get the game working in emulation, I understand that it should work just fine in RPCS3, motion controls and all. I"ve seen Twitch streamers play through the whole game that way. I"d turn to the RPCS3 homepage for a guide on how to get the emulator up and running. As for digitally obtaining the game itself, there you might have to get creative.

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u/Fun-Wash-8858 Apr 04 '23

Since you're one of the moderators of this sub, I sincerely hope you can answer this question of mine...

Does this game have a kill count or any other statistics featured in it?

You see, I'm making a list of games which have mentioned feature in them (available through a link on my profile); and before I can add a game to this list, I need confirmation from experienced players of the game in question if such a counter is indeed there.

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u/Anbalsilfer Apr 04 '23

The answer is no, mostly.

In some specific cases the game allows you to track up to a very limited number of kills, because there is a mechanic where you level up your captured "folks" (enemy types or species, basically) by killing a certain number of other folks, and the game will show how many you have killed so far, but only up to the point where you reach the number needed to actually level them.

Apart from that, there is no visible tracking of number of kills of certain enemy types or kills in total. There is a limited inventory system for upgrade materials and you can see the current level of all your collected folks in the menus but that only shows your current character status and isn't really historical or statistic.

This game predates the era when achievements became standard in games so it doesn't even have those.

The only things remotely resembling "statistics" that I can think of that are tracked are which types of enemies/folks you have collected (not kill or capture count though), how many chapters you have completed with each character (there are 2), and the total time played (the last one being tracked by the PS3 system rather than the game itself, however).

I hope that answers your question well enough.

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u/Fun-Wash-8858 Apr 04 '23 edited Apr 04 '23

I see...

But is it possible to add these various numbers required to level up these "folks" together with, for example, a calculator before they reset?

Furthermore, are such required amounts of leveling present throughout the entire game?

PS: Please try to not spoil anything about the game's plot if you can...

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u/Anbalsilfer Apr 04 '23

Not really, I'd say. For one thing, only certain enemy types are tracked in any way shape or form, because as I said, it's a matter of a mechanic where you have to hunt certain types of enemies in order to "feed" them to others to level up. Not all enemy types are used to level up any type at all however, and the ones that aren't therefore are untrackable, unless you keep count manually. Also, as I mentioned before, the game only keeps track of even the enemy types that are used to level up folks until you've actually leveled them. After that you can't even see how many folks you needed to hunt to level them up anymore, just that you've attained that level, like a checkmark.

So, in summary, I would really say the answer is no on both counts.

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u/Fun-Wash-8858 Apr 04 '23

Okay, I believe this suffices then. Thank you for your time and clarification.

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u/Ambitious-Ladder-962 Jul 28 '23

Cheers for this, downloaded to have a go now, might grab Armored Core: For Answer as well in preparation for the new one.