Game News Child of Light, Trailer and Release Date

[Zed]

Tags: Child of Light; Ubisoft

I'm not sure if we have covered Child of Light before. A 2D platformer-RPG with a turn-based combat system, plenty of skills, crafting, and a focus on puzzles. It may be a bit JRPG-ish, but dammit, this trailer won me over:

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The youtube page for the trailer also reveals a release date: April 30th.

Here's a snippet from an older press release, explaining what the hell it's about:

Child of Light is a reimagining of classic fairytales, inviting players on an epic adventure into the magical painted world of Lemuria. Players will uncover mysteries, participate in turn-by-turn combat inspired by classic JRPGs, and explore the mystical kingdom. The game puts players in the shoes of Aurora, a child stolen from her home, who, in her quest to return, must bring back the sun, the moon and the stars held captive by the mysterious Queen of the Night. Helped by her companion Igniculus the firefly and several unlikely allies, Aurora will face her darkest fears, including dragons and other mystical creatures in this modern take on a coming-of-age story.​

 

[Excidium]

Looks p. slow and boring. Not a big fan of the art or premise either.

This looks like it would be more at home on the 3DS or something.

 

[Bubbles]

When they say "200+ skills to unlock" and then show stuff like "+3 magic", "+2 magic", "+5 defense", they're just taking the piss, right? By that logic Mass Effect 1 has over a hundred skills.

 

[Excidium]

When they say "200+ skills to unlock" and then show stuff like "+3 magic", "+2 magic", "+5 defense", they're just taking the piss, right? By that logic Mass Effect 1 has over a hundred skills.

I almost fell from my seat when she combined 3 gems into another gem. 600+ CRAFTING COMBINATIONS

 

[Murk]

p sure the art is the only thing really going for it; combat looked... well, basic jrpg shit. Crafting/skills -- what they said. Art looked neat but the animation looked borderline south parkish.

Donno, this looks like a gimmick or tablet game.

 

[Xeon]

Sawyer tweeted about this game a few months ago. It looked pretty good.

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

 

[thesheeep]

Reminds me of Aquaria. With jRPG combat.

They're definitely throwing numbers around as if they meant anything. I still have no idea if the core gameplay is fun. It could be. So I might try this.

 

[Jetblack]

Is this a joke? It looks like a kids bedtime story told in animation. Looks like a cheapo walt disney rip-off. Oh right Ubisoft game...what a joke.

Last game of theirs i bought was SH5, the biggest pile of wank i have ever played.

 

[Athelas]

I don't understand why these new turn-based jRPG's (made by western devs!) can't add some basic things like movement, etc. Even some old turn-based jRPG's had that.

I do like the art.

 

[Kem0sabe]

I like the art direction, looks like a kids book, very nice. Gameplay on the other hand, derivative, boring.

 

[felipepepe]

I don't mind playing a lite-RPG now and then, seems really cute, and potentially very fun.

 

[St. Toxic]

I'd probably pirate it if I had a tablet.

 

[Jaedar]

Art looks pretty good, but 200+ generic skills and 600+ generic crafting combos is really not something to brag about.

 

[Apexeon]

Jrpg Yawn.
Nice art but I wonder how big the art team is.

 

[SuicideBunny]

Sawyer tweeted about this game a few months ago. It looked pretty good.

so did the codex: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...jrpg-from-ubisoft-pc-version-confirmed.86280/

 

[Roguey]

Involves the pretentious hack who wrote Far Cry 3, avoid like plague.

 

[Delterius]

Sawyer tweeted about this game a few months ago. It looked pretty good.

Involves the pretentious hack who wrote Far Cry 3, avoid like plague.

Gods I don't know what to think!

 

[m_s0]

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

Serious question: is there any game released by Ubisoft since Uplay went live that isn't infected with it?

 

[MachineCommander]

Game looks kind of boring, do like the art style though.

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

Serious question: is there any game released by Ubisoft since Uplay went live that isn't infected with it?

Rayman Origins if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Game looks kind of boring, do like the art style though.

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

Serious question: is there any game released by Ubisoft since Uplay went live that isn't infected with it?

Rayman Origins if I'm not mistaken.

And South park Stick of Truth won't have it. obsidian tweeted. But those cum guzzling corporate faggots (No offence Jaesun ) had to infect Might and Magic X with their cancer.

 

[MicoSelva]

How do you make a platformer with turn-based combat? :-|

 

[Hugstari]

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

Just wondering, whats the difference between uplay and steam? Both run in the background i gather, uplay is french?

 

[SuicideBunny]

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

Just wondering, whats the difference between uplay and steam? Both run in the background i gather, uplay is french?

ever since steam introduced client achievements/badges, trading cards, item crates and the marketplace uplay is the less retarded of the two, despite having a system that gives you points for specific achievements which you then use to unlock features already present in your game but locked.

 

[Snozgobler]

Will this have the AIDS better known as Uplay?

Just wondering, whats the difference between uplay and steam? Both run in the background i gather, uplay is french?

Uplay and Steam are the same in as much as they are both proprietary software that are required to play the games produced by their owners (Uplay required for newer Ubisoft games, Steam required for newer Valve games). They double as shops for games produced by other companies, and they both act as DRM for your games libraries. Uplay offers achievements/benefits to playing Ubisoft games on their platform by adding in their "Actions and Rewards" system which is basically an achievement system that unlocks things like extra costumes in Assassin's Creed and an extra dungeon in M&MX:L, but unlike steams achievement system, it only applies to Ubisoft games.

The biggest difference is that Uplay is newer and doesn't have as many features as Steam. It also goes offline more often. Currently Uplay is in it's fourth version and hopefully as time goes by the system will improve enough to be comparable in options/reliability as steam, but at the moment steam is considered by pretty much everyone to be the "better" platform.

At the end of the day, because Ubisoft make many more games than Valve do, it's more "obvious" to people that Uplay is a requirement for Ubisoft games, especially as the integration with Steam is all about jumping through hoops.
1 - If you want to play your game through steam, steam has to launch Uplay before the game will start.
2 - If you want to launch your game through Uplay, Uplay has to launch steam, which then connects to Uplay and starts your game.

I'm sure there are reasons for that, but from an end user point of view, it just seems like a lot of unnecessary work. If you're a whiner (as many on the internet are), then it's an issue, if you're not, then you'll just tell both platforms to remember you details and they'll start themselves when you need them xD.

With all that said, Uplay was offline for a few hours yesterday, so lots of people couldn't play their games and there was much rage.