Random JRPG News Thread

[InD_ImaginE]

wait what vita been hacked? I am behind the news

 

[Hirato]

Massive

 

[LESS T_T]

More Compile Heart games for Steam:

MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies™ and Trillion 1,000,000,000,000™: God of Destruction are bringing the fight to your PC on Steam this Fall!

Check out the Iffy-cial websites for screenshots, trailers, and info!

http://ideafintl.com/blanc-zombies
http://ideafintl.com/trillion

 

[MRY]

Amazingly, the first commercial project I ever worked on -- a GameBoy Color RPG called Infinity -- is going to be released over 16 years after I wrote its story. In the summer of 2000, I was paid what was then an unimaginable sum of money (my prior jobs had been demolition, exterior house-painting, and SAT prep) to write the script, which I wrote in three days. The game was 98% completed by late 2001, but fell apart over publisher discussions and the release of the GBA (which made Infinity's graphics and music, which were incredible for an 8-bit system, seem quite bad). It was abandoned, and held up for years because the guy who financed wanted to recoup what he had paid on it, while the coder/project lead wanted to either release it for free or release it through one of those retro-cartridge makers. Anyway, I was musing about the game on Facebook the other day, shot the coder an email, and the ball suddenly started rolling. A demo will be released very soon, the full version to follow.

When I played it 16 years ago, I felt the combat was the best jRPG combat ever. Surely wrong. I gather they are somewhat reducing the very high difficulty I set (feeling guilty over how little time I spent on the script, I ended up designing enemy formations and stats for items/weapons/etc.), which may break the whole thing. I played the game briefly last night, and the writing was terrible. There may be an age at which you can open a time capsule and not retch at the sight of your younger self, but if there is, I haven't reached it yet. (Nevertheless, the writing seems well received by jRPG fans, so maybe I'm too hard on myself.) Anyway, it'll be free, and if you are curious to see what it takes to get a job writing on Torment: Tides of Numenera, you can give it a spin! I'll post the link when I have it.

Some videos below:

Spoiler

 

[Siveon]

Awesome. So this would work on a GBC emulator, wouldn't it?

 

[MRY]

Yes. I've been playing it on No$ -- the same emulator that's been sitting on my hard drive since I worked on the game in 2000 -- but my understanding is that it runs best in "Retroarch with the Gambette core" whatever the hell that means.

 

[Siveon]

"Retroarch with the Gambette core" whatever the hell that means.

Yeah, I wouldn't have understood that about a year ago. Retroarch is like a super emulator. Basically a core is an emulator itself, just using the Retroarch UI. I use that particular core on my Vita, so it's good to hear. I wasn't into GBC games a few days ago so I find it funny how this suddenly pops out of nowhere!

Can't wait.

 

[MRY]

I just realized that means I'll have worked on two console jRPGs releasing in the next year. Who would've thought!

 

[Archibald]

You should get "console developer" tag

 

[LESS T_T]

Well, Otome wins.

 

[Siveon]

Son of a fucking bitch.

 

[Hobo Elf]

 

[getter77]

Well, let's indulge in some optimism such that perhaps the poll results will merely indicate the order of priority for release? It isn't like they have the most prolific of release paces as it is.

 

[LESS T_T]

Doujin RPG Lionheart is coming to Steam via Fruitbat Factory: http://store.steampowered.com/app/494160/

This is a world where humans and demihumans coexist.

The youth known as Leon Lionheart, an adventurer like his father, seeks to explore the Magic Labyrinth, "Libra Corridor." Around the same time, the Justicar Maria Sinkirk finds Leon while on an investigation of the corridor, and, noticing the unusual "skill" he possesses, somewhat forcibly enlists his cooperation. The former mercenary Orsin and nun Emma also join the two, and the group begin to explore the depths of the Corridor.

What hidden secrets of this dungeon will they discover?

Only those who face forward will be allowed to proceed.

Game Features

• Over 10 playable characters
  
• More than 100 different monster types
  
• Monster art upgraded for Steam version
  
• Original Japanese voices
  
• 1280x1024 resolution

Spoiler

 

[Walden]

For fuck's sake Square-Enix, do the goddamn Vagrant Story remake, sequel, whatever you want. You have the audience, the Souls addicted ones, you have the IP: just don't fill it with tons of j-pop-emo-metro-sexual-teenagers-out-a-dorama-nightmare.

 

[LESS T_T]

Spike Chunsoft will bring mating sim and dungeon-delving RPG Conception II to Steam on August 16th: http://store.steampowered.com/app/458730/

It's out now.

 

[Reinhardt]

It's out now.

You all weak. I will play and finish it.

 

[Reinhardt]

It's stupid but fun. Got triplets right in prologue.

 

[Siveon]

You always get triplets in the prologue.

 

[LESS T_T]

http://blog.ghostlight.uk.com/post/mugen-souls-z-coming-to-steam-on-25th-august

Mugen Souls Z coming to Steam on 25th August

Hi everyone,

A very quick, but massively important blog post this week, with the exciting news that we have finalised our release date for Mugen Souls Z! You can join Syrma, “Chouchers”, Ryuto and the rest of the gang when the game releases on the 25th August.

 

[deuxhero]

Why?

 

[duanth123]

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/fairy-fencer-f-advent-dark-force



Out Now!

Better than Megadimension Nep?

Or a deservedly forgotten Idea Factory PS3 game reskinned for the PS4?

 

[GrainWetski]

Disgaea 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/495280

30th January

 

[LESS T_T]

PS Now (subscription-based cloud gaming service that lets you play PS3 games) is coming to PC: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016...pc-dualshock-4-usb-wireless-adaptor-unveiled/

This probably means we'll have more options to play console JRPGs (for $19.99/month ),

 

[Crooked Bee]

I don't mind, provided it will actually have any interesting PS3 exclusives other than mainstream schlock like Uncharted. Curious to see how it'll work out (and how exactly it's going to work), too.