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[karoliner]

 

[Nostaljaded]

Zanki Zero (PS4/Vita/Steam) [2018/2019]
Real-time, grid-based party blobber, ENG to be released on 9 Apr

Beyond Midpoint Impressions

+ Real-time battle, inventory management and map viewing (enemies are not shown on mini map but some have audio cues when close by)
+ Simple puzzles, no incessant pixel finding, area of interest indicated in mini map & conveniently-highlighted on cursor hover
+ Hp, stamina, bladder, weight, stress & clione management; juggling the hexa-elements mechanic instead of the usual tri/quad-elements. Need to suspend realism on why they have to use designated washrooms to relieve
+ Can rest anywhere, with risk of enemy attacks if in open areas
+ Can run, by double tapping
+ 2 attacks & 1 support skill: Equipped weapon attack based on the its attack power, attack type (slash, thrust or bash) and associated cooldown period, 1 Clione (augmented) attack & 1 Clione support skill
+ Weapon attack also has charged attacks (by holding down attack button). Upside is for 'part break' and chaining combos for higher scores, downside is increased stamina depletion rate
+ Some enemies have parts that can be destroyed (part break). Doing so will result in more exp, higher score, specific item drop. Enemy attack pattern may change as well.

Part Targeting & Breaking

+ Max 4-party square formation. Some enemy attacks only hit 1 side of the party, thereby a 50% miss chance with single/dual character (if they are on the same side) formation; each non-active living member is your 7-item high-stack mule
+ Random drop from fixed enemy loot table
+ Same exp gained for living non-active members; level up only grants skill points
+ Same basic skill tree, differentiated by each character's strengths and unique skills
+ Stats and resistance growth are mainly from dying explicitly in various manners and then revived (extended) using the required score amount (Shigabane System). However, skills (mainly new abilities and passives) learned may enhance stats in specific situations
+ Various inflicted conditions for more character/item juggling
+ No economy or trading; everything is based on loot
+ Base building upgrades and base item crafting by scavenging items and from enemies' drop. 1 of the few games where crafting is crucial and works well with appropriate incentives.
+ Base functions can be easily accessed either through 'system menu' or at their designated locations
+ Saving can only be done at save points and map transitions (toggleable single-slot auto-save function); 'emergency base return' can be activated at the expense of current score.
+ Randomness factors like daily luck outcome at shrine, characters' age when starting a new stage
+ 3D anime-resque animated character models. Understandable as 4 different animations are required for the 4 ages on each character's animated pose.

Child Portrait

Matured Portrait

Character talking to a person on our left

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+ Attention to details like the various death/Shigabane graphics, character models facing angle and slightly different versions of text/voiced lines for the 4 ages ('album' function will be unlock at later stages for customized age setting scene replays)
+ 5 difficulty modes, switchable anytime at base from Stage 2 onwards

Difficulty Modes

~ All 8 characters will be available on game start; main character will be swapped for each stages
~ Less gloom n doom. Rather than dungeon crawling, exploration areas are modern, urban-based settings like office building.


- Limited enemy variety
- Cutscenes galore, unskippable can only be fast-forwarded. Annoying if kept failing at Boss fights.
- No pause for tips during loading screens


I'm on an autistic 1st run:

• in minimizing the in-game days (don't think it has any effect/consequences on gameplay except forgoing 'bunking effects' in sharing a room overnight)
• no deaths by enemy attacks (hence stunted stats & resistances) on 'recommended' difficulty (III)
• & 100% explored maps

Attained by restarting each stage with the meta-knowledge gained after each stage completion; starting Stage 6 on Day 28.

Screenshots

TLDR: Die by a thousand ways, grow by a thousand deaths. A modern, easy-to-access real-time blobber entry for first-timers.
https://www.spike-chunsoft.com/zaz/

 

[LESS T_T]

The studio is headed by former Tales of... series producer Hideo Baba..

https://gematsu.com/2019/04/hideo-baba-leaves-studio-istolia-and-square-enix

Hideo Baba leaves Studio Istolia and Square Enix

Hideo Baba, the president of Square Enix subsidiary Studio Istolia, left Studio Istolia at the end of December 2018 and left Square Enix at the end of March 2019, Square Enix announced.

Baba, who is known for his past work on the Tales of series at Bandai Namco, joined Square Enix in October 2016 and become president of the February 2017-established Studio Istolia to work on a new RPG project code-named “Project Prelude Rune,” which was confirmed in September 2018 to be a PlayStation 4 title.

“Accompanying the change in Studio Istolia’s management policies, I have resigned as the company’s president as of the end of December 2018, and resigned from Square Enix as of the end of March 2019,” Baba said in a press release. “Thank you again to Square Enix Group for giving me a variety of experience. I will continue to support everyone from behind the scenes, and I sincerly hope for the further growth of Square Enix Group.”

Baba did not share any information about his plans for the future.

Thanks, Famitsu.

 

[aweigh]

Tales games are such unrelenting garbage. I actually blame them quite a bit for the marked decline in the quality of JRPGs in the last decade, because retards like them and want other JRPGs to be like them. Pisses me off.

 

[cosmicray]

I blame the flagship JRPG series - Final Fantasy. And generally the SE output. Let "Tales Of" and others be midtier. Same goes for Persona - it should have remained niche.

 

[aweigh]

it's not really about being midtier, it's that Tales Of games have normalized bad writing and bad anime characters are norms for JRPGs.

they're lowest common denominator shit.

 

[cosmicray]

Prior to PS3 was writing any better for Tales Of?

Btw, I've played a bit Disgaea 5 demo and noticed wacky writing and characters to the point of absurd. Is game's writing being genuinely funny or is it serious(like Star Ocean 4)? It felt more like a satire on anime, but maybe I'm wrong and it's super serious.

 

[Reinhardt]

it's that Tales Of games have normalized bad writing and bad anime characters are norms for JRPGs.

Final Fantasy was there from the start.

 

[Hobo Elf]

it's that Tales Of games have normalized bad writing and bad anime characters are norms for JRPGs.

Final Fantasy was there from the start.

So tell us all about the "am I kawaii uguu~" bullshit that Final Fantasy, or Square in general, did to blaze the trail for Tales of Shit. SNES + PS1 era Square was incredibly diverse and not full of generic weeb grabage that Tales of is.

 

[Reinhardt]

Nigga, wat. I can somewhat understand snes, but ps1 era ff are full of

"am I kawaii uguu~" bullshit

or just simply retarded characters like Cait Sith, Selphie or Quina.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Nigga, wat. I can somewhat understand snes, but ps1 era ff are full of

"am I kawaii uguu~" bullshit

or just simply retarded characters like Cait Sith, Selphie or Quina.

Am I being trolled here? Have you even played any of the games with these characters? A robotic animatronic controlled by a corporate suit is somehow generic weeb? You're going to have to try harder than that because all 3 examples you gave are pretty bad.

 

[Reinhardt]

A robotic animatronic controlled by a corporate suit is somehow generic weeb?

It's any less retarded?

 

[Hobo Elf]

A robotic animatronic controlled by a corporate suit is somehow generic weeb?

It's any less retarded?

Stop moving the goal post and answer the question.

 

[Reinhardt]

A robotic animatronic controlled by a corporate suit is somehow generic weeb?

It's any less retarded?

Stop moving the goal post and answer the question.

Nigga, wat. I can somewhat understand snes, but ps1 era ff are full of

"am I kawaii uguu~" bullshit

or just simply retarded characters like Cait Sith, Selphie or Quina.

 

[glass blackbird]

Final Fantasy 8 is worse than any Tales game

 

[Suicidal]

Final Fantasy games (at least 7 and up) are prime dumbass weebshit, except instead of "am i kawaii, uguu" type of garbage it's retarded teenagers so edgy that you can hear Linkin Park in your mind every time they open their mouths.

Both are equally cringy in my book, unless you're twelve or mentally twelve in which case yeah, I'd imagine the former would be cringe while the latter would be "so cool and deep, bro".

 

[aweigh]

I would much rather play any FF over any Tales Of games. Easily.

 

[Suicidal]

I would much rather play any FF over any Tales Of games. Easily.

I'd rather play neither

 

[Machocruz]

The only winning move is not to play

 

[Reinhardt]

I finished 3 tales of games, 4, if you count Tales of Graces which i played on emulator and it was japanese version so i still have no idea what was it about and only one final fantasy from ps1 era and later. So Tales of games are clearly better.

 

[LESS T_T]

DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme Venus Vacation, a free-to-play variation of DOAX, has come to Steam. But only available in Asia.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/958260/DEAD_OR_ALIVE_Xtreme_Venus_Vacation/?cc=cn

It is also censored.
No poking and significantly reduced breast jiggle.

Apparently this "feature" is restored.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Zanki Zero is on Steam.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Zanki Zero is on Steam.

Someone let me know how it is. I took a look at the gameplay but it's using RT blobber combat that looks really bad.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Well... I just played about a couple of hours of the game, and the combat is very bland. But I suspect the combat to be just a part of the game. I was expecting a crossbreeding between Danganrompa/Nonary Games/Etrian Odyssey/Dungeon Master, and, well, it is exactly this. But to understand what is "this"... this is another problem...

 

[Grauken]

Rumor that Octopath Traveller might be coming to Steam

https://www.rpgsite.net/news/8408-o...elease-in-a-now-deleted-square-enix-blog-post

Is it good?