Random JRPG News Thread

[Siveon]

The real question here is will devs up their game with the graphics to make the handheld games look bearable on a TV as well.

People seem to enjoy playing PSTV games, so I think the former Vita devs should be fine. 3DS ones might have to step up their game though.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I didn't want to open up a new thread for this if it's not going to have a lot of attraction, but this was released just recently. I picked up a copy today and so far.. it's surprisingly fun. It's pretty much made for the long time fans so to get the most fun out of it you better be a fanboi of some degree, but the gameplay is fun enough to carry itself. Recommend giving it a look at least. It's for the PSVita and PS4.

 

[Siveon]

I've seen threads made for less.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I really want to play that game, it sounds like a lot of fun, but I have no time even for PC RPGs these days. I have been meaning to buy a Vita for a while now though...

 

[CryptRat]

Just in case, there's a thread : http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/what-is-this-world-of-final-fantasy.109276/
I'm very glad it's fun, I'll have to play it when I get a PS4.

 

[Abu Antar]

I really want to play that game, it sounds like a lot of fun, but I have no time even for PC RPGs these days. I have been meaning to buy a Vita for a while now though...

If you like jrpgs, there's a decent bunch of them on the Vita. When I don't feel like playing on console or PC, it's great to just sit on the couch or lie in the bed and play for a while.

 

[Siveon]

I really want to play that game, it sounds like a lot of fun, but I have no time even for PC RPGs these days. I have been meaning to buy a Vita for a while now though...

I'd say if you get an old Vita you can hack it and just get free games/translated/uncensored games. Only downside would be that after World of Final Fantasy you probably won't be able to play any newer releases.

 

[duanth123]

If you like jrpgs,

Who likes JRPGs?

SWORD ART ONLINE: Hollow Realization
Bandai Namco Games America Inc.
Full Game
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Released Nov 8, 2016

Unlike in Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment and Lost Song, a party in Hollow Realization consists of four characters i
ncluding the player, instead of three.[4][5] While HF is played like a role-playing gameand LS like an action role-playing game game, HR is based on HF's style, but with action elements integrated.[6] Characters can be customized through in-game character creation, with gender, height, figure, weapons, and physical appearance changeable.[7] Additionally, over 300 non-player charactersappear in the game, with all of them being recruitable to join the player's party. Players can create special bonds with these characters by giving equipment to them. Strengthening the bond also increases the character's strength.[8]


A new battle system also features in Hollow Realization, where the four-person team of players fight monsters using sword skills in a similar fashion to the original Sword Art Online game. Players can also direct and receive guidance from party members in collaborating to perform team strategies and attacks.[2] Players perform chain attacks with party members using a "Switch" system for greater damage output against powerful monsters, including charged attacks and aerial combos.[2][9] This includes "Named Monsters", which are monsters with significant strength that appear without warning.[7] Set in a "wider world", Hollow Realization features monsters new to the series.[8] A healing system in the game allows defeated characters to rejoin the battle as long as teammates are still fighting.[9] The game features online multiplayer.[6]

Hollow Realization is approximately 30 to 40 hours in length; however, completely finishing the game such as leveling up to the highest level and completing all the quests will take the player approximately 70 to 100 hours.[10] The game will eventually feature downloadable content. For example, the free expansion pack Fighters of the Blue Sky, to be released in 2016, will featureSword Art Online: Lost Song characters Rain and Seven, a new PvP feature, and an additional story.[11] The paid expansion pack Shrine Maiden of the Abyss, to be released in 2017, will add an additional three chapters into the game.[11]

trailer:


gameplay:


Gameplay doesn't look half bad.

Though a heavy dose of animu is guaranteed by the plot.

 

[Siveon]

Still looks like crap. Bandai produces lots of these anime monster hunter/phantasy star online-like Action RPGs, and I'd rather play anything but this. Gundam Breaker 3, Xenoverse, or just other Action RPGs like God Eater 2, Soul Sacrifice: Delta etc.

 

[Hirato]

I appear to have missed the announcement, but it seems SMT4 Apocalypse has been confirmed for release on December 2nd.

 

[Martius]

That and 7th Dragon. I wonder how many people will pick up both games since release date is same.

 

[Abu Antar]

I chose 7th Dragon.

 

[Hobo Elf]

That and 7th Dragon. I wonder how many people will pick up both game since release date is same.

SMT by default, because that's a priority for me. I'll probably pick up 7th Dragon when I'm on my winter holiday break and have the time.

 

[LESS T_T]

Three Kingdoms: The Last Warlord, a turn-based strategy game based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Chinese developer: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=795745826

Three Kingdoms: The Last Warlord is a Turn-based strategy game.
The game is based on the famous Chinese historical novel <Romance of the Three Kingdoms> by Luo Guanzhong (about AD1330 - 1400).

The Three Kingdoms (AD 220–280) was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu. The novel deals with the plots, personal and military battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years.

Features in game:
2D Turn-based strategy.
1) Includes offline and online modes.
Online mode supports player VS player in in several ways, Warrior dual and Battlefield combat etc.
2) More than 1000 warrior(Generals) which based on novels.
3) 40 skills and more than 100 special abilities for warriors.
4) Family tree system.
5) More than 40 soldier/unit types.
6) More than 50 cities in ancient China, more than 100 specialties.
7) Weather and disasters.
8) Hordes and Liberation.
9) Technology system.
10) Random Events.
11) Classic 2D battlefield.

Most important is Modding supported. You can create your favorite character, battlefield, story etc by using our official MOD editor.

We are a small independent game developer in ChengDu China, please support us, thanks.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Sure would be nice if these games would come out in fucking english.

 

[LESS T_T]

Sure would be nice if these games would come out in fucking english.

It'll be available in English (according to the Greenlight page). Not sure about the quality of translation, though.

 

[LESS T_T]

From Idea Factory International's annual press conference (courtesy of RPGSite twitter):

- Dark Rose Valkyrie will be released in the West this spring for the PS4
- Mary Skelter Nightmares will be released Summer 2017 for the Vita in the west
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force is coming to Steam next Summer
- Hakuouki: Kyoto Winds (Hakuouki: Shinkai - Kaze no Shou) is being localized by Idea Factory this Spring for the Vita

 

[CryptRat]

Had to google these with relative enthusiasm : 1 moe/edgy game and 2 other moe ones, then the fourth game, looks OK I guess, it's a dating sim visual novel...
You're cruel.

 

[LESS T_T]

League of Gods, a Chinese tactical RPG currently only available in Chinese. Apparently this is a remake of 1996 Sega Genesis RPG.:

They've localized the title so perhaps English version is coming later (or not).

 

[Abu Antar]

Looks interesting. Too bad I'll never get to play it.

 

[LESS T_T]

Well, this is how the original version looks like:

 

[LESS T_T]

Legrand Legacy, an Indonesian developer's turn-based RPG inspired by The Legend of Dragoon and Suikoden, got an early alpha demo on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/556740/

Coming to Kickstarter on November 16.

 

[Siveon]

Huh, as a fan of The Legend of Dragoon and Suikoden this might be just for me. I might* give impressions of the demo later.

EDIT: Doesn't seem to download for me. Freakin' steam.

 

[Hyperion]

http://www.siliconera.com/2016/09/2...-draws-inspiration-shadow-hearts-fire-emblem/

Weapon triangle system of Fire Emblem, and they compared the combat to Shadow Hearts, which is pretty much the same as Legend of Dragoon, I guess.

OST sounds like it would fit right in with Suikoden, or Chrono Cross even.

They even have a trailer. The voice acting sounds like a spoken interlude from a random black metal song though.

 

[LESS T_T]

EDIT: Doesn't seem to download for me. Freakin' steam.

Ah, looks like the developer actually didn't publish the demo yet. Then why is the demo button there, freaking Steam. (I should have checked it before posting. "Dragoon", too.) Demo supposed to be coming with Kickstarter launch.