R-Gear?

[Saturn Memories]

The store page doesn't mention R-Gear. Is that an oversight, or are we just not getting it...?

[JCB]

Sadly, it's doubtful it's included, considering the digital editions on console didn't include it either.

The Switch store page even has the following note at the end:
«R-Gear is not included in the Download Version of Ray'z Arcade Chronology.»

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Ray-z-Arcade-Chronology-2394207.html

[Dagho]

Disappointing but expected considering it was an amazon exclusive in Japan, I think.

[Saturn Memories]

Well, maybe if we're lucky, they'll add it in as DLC down the road. Just seems a shame to price a collection like this at $50 and not include the holy grail of the franchise. I've been wanting to play this prototype ever since I stumbled across the low-res video of it in the Ray-Ray Collection decades ago.

[kektopus]

Which version had rgear as a bonus? Was it the ps4 version?

[AmethystViper]

Originally posted by kektopus:

Which version had rgear as a bonus? Was it the ps4 version?

It's either the digital Japanese Amazon Prime Day version or the physical overseas release by Strictly Limited Games that has R-GEAR as a bonus. The former includes R-GEAR through a download code while the latter has R-GEAR on the cartridge/disc for both PlayStation 4 and Switch versions. I have the SLG physical release pre-ordered months ago and I'm praying it gets here before Christmas since I've been starved for shoot 'em ups in my Switch library and want to experience a piece of lost history with these games.

[Daikatan]

I hate when they do it. Especially when the bonus in question is super mega rare stuff you cant find otherwise.

[Ikagura]

Why R-Gear is not available from the get-go? What is their goal?

[Daikatan]

They really seem to love "exclusivity" stuff

[kektopus]

Well it turns out r-gear is emulated on the switch and ps4 unlike rayforce and raystorm which where ported and had code work done on them.

[Dagho]

Originally posted by Saturn Memories:

Well, maybe if we're lucky, they'll add it in as DLC down the road. Just seems a shame to price a collection like this at $50 and not include the holy grail of the franchise. I've been wanting to play this prototype ever since I stumbled across the low-res video of it in the Ray-Ray Collection decades ago.

We can only hope unfortunely, btw your R-Gear video was one of my favourite cause till some years ago was the only way to listening "Illumination" or "Neo-Penetration" (I think they changed the name of the song recently) lol

Originally posted by kektopus:

Well it turns out r-gear is emulated on the switch and ps4 unlike rayforce and raystorm which where ported and had code work done on them.

wait, RayForce is a brand new port?

[Saturn Memories]

Originally posted by Dagho:

Originally posted by Saturn Memories:

Well, maybe if we're lucky, they'll add it in as DLC down the road. Just seems a shame to price a collection like this at $50 and not include the holy grail of the franchise. I've been wanting to play this prototype ever since I stumbled across the low-res video of it in the Ray-Ray Collection decades ago.

We can only hope unfortunely, btw your R-Gear video was one of my favourite cause till some years ago was the only way to listening "Illumination" or "Neo-Penetration" (I think they changed the name of the song recently) lol

Thanks, but it really wasn't much work. All I did was rip the video from the Ray-Ray Collection disc, heh.

Originally posted by kektopus:

Well it turns out r-gear is emulated on the switch and ps4 unlike rayforce and raystorm which where ported and had code work done on them.

wait, RayForce is a brand new port?

I think what M2 usually does with projects like this is emulate the hardware and essentially romhack the software to add new features and such, which would explain all the texture warping in Storm/Crisis still being present. If they were doing native ports, I'm sure that's something they would have fixed.

[kektopus]

Originally posted by Dagho:

Originally posted by Saturn Memories:

Well, maybe if we're lucky, they'll add it in as DLC down the road. Just seems a shame to price a collection like this at $50 and not include the holy grail of the franchise. I've been wanting to play this prototype ever since I stumbled across the low-res video of it in the Ray-Ray Collection decades ago.

We can only hope unfortunely, btw your R-Gear video was one of my favourite cause till some years ago was the only way to listening "Illumination" or "Neo-Penetration" (I think they changed the name of the song recently) lol

Originally posted by kektopus:

Well it turns out r-gear is emulated on the switch and ps4 unlike rayforce and raystorm which where ported and had code work done on them.

wait, RayForce is a brand new port?

Seems I was mistaken. What it looks like m2 did is create a really fast f3 emulator. At least with rayforce.

[Ikagura]

Somewhere I wish we got R-Gear fully made.

But what would've been the story considering how Rayforce ended?

[Dagho]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Somewhere I wish we got R-Gear fully made.

But what would've been the story considering how Rayforce ended?

Probably something similar to RayCrysis, the prototype has something that reasamble the "Virtual Reality" style of the third game

[Daikatan]

So...