[AliceSoft][TRPG] Rance IX: The Helman Revolution [v2.00 out][2014/04/25]

[sailabc1]

RANCE IX IS NOW RELEASED!!!

This game takes place after the end of Rance Quest Magnum route, where Rance goes to Helman in search of a treasure that will supposedly release Sill from her frozen state which she suffered at the hands of the Demon King Little Princess during the events of Sengoku Rance. He there encounters Patton Misnarge, exiled prince of Helman and Rance's former comrade from Rance VI, who requests Rance to help in his rebellion to take back his country from the clutches of the traitors who banished him. Rance jumps the gun and takes charge of the rebel forces, this time aiming to bang Princess Siera Helman, plus any and all other cute girls that he may come across on his way to conquering Lang Baw, the Helman Capital!

Main Heroines:

Russian Kalette (new)
Kentou Kanami
Masou Shizuka
Tokugawa Sen
Pigu Geliciam (new)
Tillday Shape
Milacle Tou (new)

Other heroines:

Alkanese Rize
Crook Mofus
Siera Helman (new) who is actually disguising herself as Russian Kalette.
Maria Custard
Hanty Kalar
Amitos
Cream Ganoblade
Ruberan Zulle
Marcie Archer (?)
Elena Flower (?)
Anasel Kaspora (?)

AliceSoft have released a benchmarking tool (no gameplay no nothing, just 3D graphics display of several characters rendered by the engine) to let you people test if your machines can handle Rance IX. If your framerate is 22 or more in a given level of detail, you should be okay for that configuration. This benchmarking tool has also been TL'd in English by The Rance Translation Team.

English version of Rance IX benchmarking tool

OFFICIAL SITE [REQUIRES CAPABLE UNBANNED JAPANESE PROXY]

GETCHU PAGE [DO NOT CLICK DIRECTLY OR ELSE YOU'LL GET A "FORBIDDEN" ERROR]

TRIAL VERSION DOWNLOAD:

DMM [RESUME NOT SUPPORTED - FINISH IT IN ONE GO]
Click the 体験版ダウンロード button to the right. If popup blocker is enabled, middle-click instead.



SOFTWARE UPDATE PATCHES:

V1.01 [Sendspace] [LATEST SUPPORTED]

V2.00 [Sendspace] thanks to Pyottl [LATEST UNSUPPORTED]
Adds 4 new maps and makes Amitos & Elena playable characters [NG+ only?].

CAUTION: v2.00 is INCOMPATIBLE with v1.00-1.01 saves. You must start a new game. Only CG/scene/music and clear data for NG+ are retained. If you're in the middle of a playthrough, finish it first and only then install v2.00.


ENGLISH TRANSLATION INFORMATION:

Spoiler

NAW DICE NAWP.

This space is reserved for whenever such development occurs, but honestly, don't expect this to happen for years.

For now, an interface translation has been released on 4chan.

[mega.co.nz link] Compatible with v1.01 only.

H-code for text hooking: [DON'T USE AGTH; USE LATEST ITH INSTEAD]

Furthermore, it seems different codes are working/failing for different people, possibly depending on OS/ITH version... By "failing" I mean causing the game to crash at certain points where "ーー" characters (two successive prolongation marks) are used. Please try them all one by one to see which one works for you. The first one works in my personal experience using ITH 2.3 (2011.07.09) on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, but it doesn't for some.

/HB-C*@56FE3D
/HB-8*@56FE61
/HB-C*@56FE3F

Above only works for dialogue, and not for anything else like options/tutorial/mission objectives/item description/encyclopedia etc.)

GAMEPLAY HELP/FAQ:

Pastebin (by PoingdeFeu) [INCOMPLETE]


Gameplay overview:




OST demo:




One warning to be given to all is that this game contains optional netorare. In certain maps, if a main heroine (Kanami, Senhime etc.) is KO'd in battle, the player is allowed to view post-battle events corresponding to both cases - one where the heroine safely escapes from the captives, and the other where she is tortured, raped and likely mindbroken by the Helman captors, resulting in her bad end. The game, however, can be continued thereafter assuming the "good" escape route. But be mentally prepared for this possibility - it's upto to you to view these bad ends or skip them altogether by choosing "escape", but if you're aiming for 100% clearance, you'll likely need to view them.

[sailabc1]

So the red crystal enemy is repeatable after all?

Speaking of monsters everywhere in AliceSoft games, hannies sure take their time to show up in this game. And they're supposed to be the mascot monsters of the company.

[PoingdeFeu]

So the red crystal enemy is repeatable after all?

Speaking of monsters everywhere in AliceSoft games, hannies sure take their time to show up in this game. And they're supposed to be the mascot monsters of the company.

I get the feeling that Alice/Dark Alice are more the mascots now.
Hannies are... Well, funny monsters that shows up in all the games?

[sailabc1]

*Shrugs* It's in their logos.

[Dartepidemic]

Finally i got some good item and its true x4.

[sailabc1]

I've asked this before, but are the items you'll get from a side mission (from Treasure Dango that is) predetermined from the beginning of your run? Coz otherwise I'm getting pretty useless 2k gold items from a couple of them... I can reload if they're different on retrying the map.

[Nyu666]

You can look that ending in your cg section last scene.

Ok, thanks alot.

That was a great ending.

Spoiler

Do we ever get told what the treasure was anyway?

And I really hope Crook didn't make a saddy deal for the ritual thing, but I could see that happening. Fuck ALICE.

[Dartepidemic]

I've asked this before, but are the items you'll get from a side mission (from Treasure Dango that is) predetermined from the beginning of your run? Coz otherwise I'm getting pretty useless 2k gold items from a couple of them... I can reload if they're different on retrying the map.

Dunno, but in first x8 mission i got same damn mushroom from dat Dango. All of mine items i got after main missions.

[PoingdeFeu]

Dunno, but in first x8 mission i got same damn mushroom from dat Dango. All of mine items i got after main missions.

Thus said, I wonder if you can get the uniques items in x2 or x4.
It would be... awsome.

[karoslight]

do anyone know an easy way to get siera and sehime's bad ending on chap 14. I tried many times but they just keep running out of the map

[PoingdeFeu]

do anyone know an easy way to get siera and sehime's bad ending on chap 14. I tried many times but they just keep running out of the map

Nop, just hope that your characters get placed in a good way at the start of the fight;
use provocation a lot, and put Senhime and Siera as meat shields in the pack of ennemies !