Record of Agarest War Review (deuxhero)
I've played the original PSP version and it's fun, and the graphics look properly upgraded or remastered from the source instead of just run through a filter. Unfortunately this port has some serious issues. Wait till they're fixed.
UPDATE (02/06/19): The primary issue has been fixed. New Game is still the default mention selection, but it's ultimately a minor issue.
The most serious is that buffs (e.g., Atk Up) crash the game. Given the game is impossible on normal or harder without them or cheats and this is 100% reproducable, I don't see how this escaped testing.
For whatever reason, the framerate is capped at 31/32. I wouldn't care if it was locked as 30, as the game is turn based, but 31 FPS lock points to something weird.
While the dialog is fine (so far), the secondary/menu text has a lot of issues. Right from the start the don't pirate this game screen has weird linebreaks, leaving "internet" on its own line. Some incomprehensible abreviations are used in places where there's more than enough room for something comprehensible: What's "EEN1Rank Up" supposed to mean? The menus have plenty of text that escapes the screen (and this occurs on all resolutions I tried it on) like the weapon descriptions. Also there's one bar NPC in the first town refers to 衣心念身の儀 as "Cyclonize" (the official romanization, though it was completely arbitrary on the part of the original devs and doesn't make sense to an English speaker) but the English artbook calls it "Unification Ritual" (which is a sensisble translation). I have no idea which is used in the game itself when it actually shows up since it's farther into the game than I am (and likely won't get to it till the buff issue is fixed), but it's a worrying bit of inconsistency in the name of a major mechanic. There's also an item to give to a girl named "Sapphire Rocket", which I'm pretty sure is supposed to be "Locket".
Also new game is highlighted by default when starting the game. This was not an issue on PSP where "Continue" was the default option. Also there is nothing noting "Save successful" or the like, which is a bit weird when saving is instant. There's also no option to reset what button is the "confirm" button (bottom or right face button) after the initial setup (though I do appreciate that they included it)