Random JRPG News Thread

[Grauken]

And not available on Brazil, it seems. They really do support my pirate life.

do you guys have some censorship law or something. Or some strange licensing law?

They probably thought Brazil is a made-up fake country

 

[LESS T_T]

And not available on Brazil, it seems. They really do support my pirate life.

I thought it was Kodansha again (who blocked Meguro Shoji's indie game and others in Brazil), but yeah this is Cloud Leopard Entertainment.

My theory is rating issue because, as I understand, it's mandatory for releasing games in Brazil. Sure, many game on Steam probably can get away with it as they are not actually released "in Brazil", they're just available on Steam. But if a publisher has some business presence in Brazil, they might think it wouldn't work and getting rating is not worth it? I don't know. I'm sure you know better than me.

 

[Viata]

I have no idea. I never bought any official game released in my country, though. Always a pirate.

 

[Modron]

My theory is rating issue because, as I understand, it's mandatory for releasing games in Brazil. Sure, many game on Steam probably can get away with it as they are not actually released "in Brazil", they're just available on Steam. But if a publisher has some business presence in Brazil, they might think it wouldn't work and getting rating is not worth it? I don't know. I'm sure you know better than me.

The rating process is fairly automated and painless isn't it? I swear some developer here got it done in a few minutes when a poster brought it to his attention that it needed to be done (granted he might have had some good googling skills to find how to do so). I mostly chalk it up to developers largely being unaware of needing to get an extra rating for steam store games to show up for Brazillians.

 

[jrpglover]

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/04/made-in-abyss-binary-star-falling-into-darkness-details-game-modes

Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness details game modes

Publisher Spike Chunsoft and developer Chime Corporation have released new information and screenshots for Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness introducing the game’s two game modes “Hello Abyss” and “Deep in Abyss.”

Get the details below.

Hello Abyss

“Hello Abyss” is a mode where players relive the story of the anime while learning the basic system and how to progress in the game. In this mode, players control main character Riko, an apprentice Cave Raider. Together with the human-like robot Reg, who can handle both combat and exploration, aim for the bottom of the colossal hole known as the Abyss. Event scenes in the game are fully-voiced by the anime cast.

Deep in Abyss

In “Deep in Abyss,” you control a new Cave Raider, an original character, to challenge the depths of the Abyss, and enjoy an original story supervised by series author, Akihito Tsukushi. This original character can be customized with different hairstyles and facial features. By completing missions and bringing back relics from the Abyss, players can increase their rank as a Cave Raider and challenge deeper levels of the Abyss. This mode is based on a single player exploration, so more careful preparation and action are required.

—Encounter characters from the original manga.

Introduction to Part of the Game System: Crafting Items and “The Curse of the Abyss”

Exploring the Abyss requires a variety of tools, sufficient food, and more. Items can be crafted from a variety of materials obtained through exploration, and range from tools such as climbing axes and fishing rods to food, medicine, and clothing.

—In the game, due to weight restrictions for gear, it is also important to procure items locally through crafting, rather than bringing them in from town.

“The Curse of the Abyss” a characteristic element of the original story, is also recreated in the game. “The Curse of the Abyss” is a phenomenon in which the deeper one goes, their body experiences more severe strains when returning to the surface, causing various physical and mental disorders.

Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness is due out for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam this fall.

Screenshots:

Spoiler

 

[InD_ImaginE]

rpgsite.net/news/12639-super-robot-wars-30-expansion-pack-will-add-shinkalion-and-more-on-april-20

Expac for SRW30 will be out next week per the series anniversary

Trailer here

 

[Reinhardt]

Need to finish first run of 30 then before if happens.

 

[kyosuke]

Is SRW T still not gonna be ported to PC?

 

[Digimon]

Is SRW T still not gonna be ported to PC?

Yeah plus a SRW OG: Moon Dweller PC port would’ve been doubly nice. With SRW T at least you can say that there might be licensing issues that might hamper any attempt to port it to PC. But what about MD? you can’t use licensing as an excuse as everything in there are BANPRESTO originals. I guess MD didn’t do so well on the consoles?

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Is SRW T still not gonna be ported to PC?

Yeah plus a SRW OG: Moon Dweller PC port would’ve been doubly nice. With SRW T at least you can say that there might be licensing issues that might hamper any attempt to port it to PC. But what about MD? you can’t use licensing as an excuse as everything in there are BANPRESTO originals. I guess MD didn’t do so well on the consoles?

Because MD is like the 4th chapter overall in OG saga probably.

That being said seems like even their port are inhouse and they are simply focusing on bringing 30 to PC rather than old game ports. Kinda sad.

 

[flyingjohn]

Is SRW T still not gonna be ported to PC?

Just play it on a switch emu:

 

[LESS T_T]

Rasetsu Fumaden, some kind of action RPG from doujin team.

 

[Expon]

Seems g-mode's stepping their game up. Thier new feature phone release is from atlus.

https://gmodecorp.com/gmodearchives/atlus/lastbiblent1/

Even the jp cellphone community thought atlus lost the backups to all their cellphone games. I could see them porting that soul hackers srpg and persona 3em if this does well enough.

 

[LESS T_T]

Seems g-mode's stepping their game up. Thier new feature phone release is from atlus.

https://gmodecorp.com/gmodearchives/atlus/lastbiblent1/

Even the jp cellphone community thought atlus lost the backups to all their cellphone games. I could see them porting that soul hackers srpg and persona 3em if this does well enough.

Official translation is very unlikely but I guess this has some chance of PC release, since G-Mode released some RPGs out of their archives on Steam.

 

[Abu Antar]

Digimon Survive will launch in Japan on July 28. No western release date announced as of yet.
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/04/digimon-survive-launches-july-28-in-japan

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Digimon Survive will launch in Japan on July 28. No western release date announced as of yet.
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/04/digimon-survive-launches-july-28-in-japan

I hope this is true. This was supposed to be released in 2019..

 

[Viata]

I even forgot about it. And the first trailer looked great.

 

[LESS T_T]

2009 Touhou castlevania-like Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony is coming to Steam with English support:

"Symphony" in the title and art style may make you think otherwise but, as I understand, this is more like old, linear Castlevania games, not Metroidvania.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

yes is castlevania type of gameplay, is pretty decent.

 

[Viata]

like old, linear Castlevania games

So it's great.

 

[Reinhardt]

i hope they will include artbook.

 

[LESS T_T]

Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten, a new Utawarerumono RPG from Aquaplus, will be released on PC day one, with English support, thanks to DMM GAMES and Shiravune.

 

[Kjaska]

Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten, a new Utawarerumono RPG from Aquaplus, will be released on PC day one, with English support, thanks to DMM GAMES and Shiravune.

looks promising and pretty. Very little degeneracy on display in the trailer. The writing is probably nothing special, but I hope I'll be proven wrong.

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I have mixed thoughts on it.

The writers struck gold with Haku's predicament in the 3rd game, only to squander it so utterly on stereotypical anime power-of-friendship shenagains. The last 10 hours of MoT really killed my goodwill towards the series. I'm also not a fan of the overabundance of insert songs. They sound so generic and samey, and are use at inappropriate moments. The SRPG gameplay wasn't horrible but wasn't good either. This looks like it will be okay.

The 3D visuals are... surprisingly bad. The faces look bizzare and don't match their 2D art. Weird proportions. Janky animations. You also had abstract anime characters... with photorealistic lighting being cast upon them, contrasted against detailed backgrounds. It just doesn't look right. I'm not sure why they were done in the style of the ZAN games, which looked really good. Seriously, look at the character models and animation in the ZAN 2 trailer:

 

[LESS T_T]

MAGLAM LORD, an action RPG about demon king looking for waifus or whatever. PC version is published by D3 Publisher itself: