{"id":40854,"date":"2022-09-12T19:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T13:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themakoreactor.com\/?p=40854"},"modified":"2022-11-20T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T08:50:10","slug":"prinny-presents-nis-classics-volume-3-pc-steam-deck-review-graphics-performance-port-engine-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themakoreactor.com\/reviews\/prinny-presents-nis-classics-volume-3-pc-steam-deck-review-graphics-performance-port-engine-software\/40854\/","title":{"rendered":"Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 3 PC Review \u2013 La Pucelle and Rhapsody Return on Steam Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 3: La Pucelle: Ragnarok<\/a> \/ Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure<\/a> released little over a week ago on both Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. This set of games arrives following the release of Soul Nomad<\/a> on Steam<\/a> that coincided with the NIS Classics Volume 1 Nintendo Switch release<\/a> and more recently, NIS Classics Volume 2: Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound \/ ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman<\/a> for both platforms. NIS Classics Volume 3<\/a> includes La Pucelle: Ragnarok, based on the Japanese PSP version featuring a lot of new content never released in the West before, and also Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, which is based on the original PlayStation release featuring some enhancements. For this NIS Classics Volume 3 PC review, I wanted to see how the two classics scale on modern hardware, how they play on Steam Deck, and whether these are worth your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At launch, both the PC and Switch versions had different issues, but patches have arrived to address them including fixing La Pucelle on Steam Deck, which I will cover later in this review. One of my favorite aspects of NIS America’s Switch and PC support, is how the publisher brings classics to both platforms featuring content never available in the West before. These make the collections and individual games even more worth it for fans of NIS’ older titles, but also the best way to experience the games on modern platforms. For this release, Engine Software has handled the games while NIS Classics Volume 1 and 2 were handled by Codeglue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Pucelle: Ragnarok, based on the Japanese PSP version, is an enhanced release of La Pucelle Tactics (PS2), featuring new story content, DLC characters, additional voices and music, and a new fast travel option here. This is the best way to play La Pucelle for sure, and it is great to have it in the West on the most accessible platforms. Rhapsody, based on the PS1 original, looks surprisingly great on both platforms with proper scaling. This isn’t based on the DS version, so if you played that, you might find many aspects different. I haven’t played the originals, but found some interesting differences in gameplay while comparing them after NIS America announced this collection in the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NIS Classics Volume 3 PC requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PC requirements are same for both games in this collection barring the storage space needed. Considering La Pucelle is based on the PSP version and Rhapsody is based on the PS1 version, the requirements are very low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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