Corda 3 First Play!
I got Corda 3 yesterday and have been busily playing through it. I love having all new characters!
The gameplay is pretty similar to previous Corda games, but there is an added minigame during performances that demands some hand-eye coordination (not too much on easy mode thankfully).
At the beginning I couldn’t help giggling, the first scene is so!dramatic! and Fukuyama Jun is being very!angsty! but it gets over that pretty quickly, and it makes sense for his character (kind of immature). And in fact, Corda 3’s plot does seem more dramatic overall, I’ve already agonized over one contest (I don’t think I cried though…). I’m actually interested to see how this works if you are going for a guy from a different school – in the beginning you have very limited interaction with non-Seisou students. According to the manual I still have semi-finals and the final to go, as well as a violin final – since I’ve already beaten one rival school, I wonder how that works if I’m trying to do their routes.
Oh, another thing that made me laugh is that they’re going a little Prince of Tennis on us(with all their crazy ‘tennis’ moves), and making the performances less realistic. You know how when you were really good in Corda 1-2 it would show effects and lights and stuff? Well now that effect is supposedly real, and is called a Maestro Field. Supposedly when you’re really good you can make the audience see/hear/feel the landscape of the music (mmmhmmm suuuuurrre).
Anyways, so far it’s lots of fun! No fairies so far, but lots of exciting!drama! plus a couple appearances by Hihara and Kiriya (I avoided spoilers so have no idea if anyone else shows up). And of course the characters and their voices are totally different, especially Morita Masakazu!
Now I’m off to train for the semi-final, wish me luck!
Edit: Tags aren’t working
Oh there isn’t supposed to be any fairies in this one (I think).
LOL @ the PoT description by the way. Makes me want to play it just that much more. xD (No, really. I’m pumped. Give me some of that over the top effects anyday! Woohoo!)
I just got the game too, but I don’t know how to make the song go up to 200. Can anyone help?
Just out of curiosity, is there any difference between the PSP and PS2 version? Is the PSP version full-voiced? Because I noticed that the price for both is similar on Play-Asia.
Well, neither is full-voice (the only NeoRomance game that has a full voice version is Neo Angelique). I think both versions are pretty similar actually.