2024 HAUL - OCTOBER CHAPTER: BATCH #3
Have today off work due to working the past weekend but in return we have a few more items arrive recently.
Two more games for the collection.
First up we have a classic PS1 JRPG receiving a HD remaster a few years ago by Square Enix with
SaGa Frontier, originally released in 1997 and was not released in Europe back in the day. SaGa is an odd franchise because of its non-linear style of gameplay where you can choose between different characters and play how you want it to go. There is a linear story but a lot of options. I have also heard the difficulty can be pretty tough at parts but this remaster does support 2x speed like Final Fantasy's remasters have. Similarly to Chrono Cross, the remaster's physical release was only available in Asia but it supports English which is nice.
Next we have the latest Atlus JRPG from the developers of Persona 3-5 with
Metaphor: ReFantazio. My pre-order was actually delayed due to stock issues from The Game Collection but in return I received a £10 discount voucher that I put towards Ys X. Metaphor is a game that I've honestly kept blind towards to go in with not knowing much as I found that learning more about the game can sometimes spoil the experience, but I'm glad that its done well in reviews and I am aware its as challenging as Shin Megami Tensei than Persona which is fine.
This was a surprise to find arrive a week early than its expected release date. Arriving from Terracotta is Arrow Video's new limited edition box set called
J-Horror Rising, which features seven Japanese films from six directors.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
The films included are Shunichi Nagasaki's 1999 film
Shikoku (死国), Toshiyuki Mizutani's 2000 film
Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (ISOLA 多重人格少女), Masato Harada's 2001 film
Inugami (狗神), Ten Shimoyama's 2001 film
St. John’s Wort (弟切草), Kōji Shiraishi's 2007 film
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (口裂け女), Takashi Komatsu's 2000 film
Persona (仮面学園) and Kōji Shiraishi's 2005 film
Noroi: The Curse (ノロイ).
Always neat to have more slightly modern Japanese horror films given we already have various classics from different distributors or the most common ones already released in either Blu-ray or in 4K. There's still more left to be rescued or brought over to the UK so I'm curious to see if Arrow will plan more box sets like this in the future.
