Random JRPG News Thread

[Modron]

What he is describing is a port.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

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

this is released

 

[Hobo Elf]

A remaster is when they enhance the assets, post-processing and add in modern features, remake is - like you said - made from ground up. This is neither. Do you honestly need help understanding it?
Recent re-release of Chrono Cross also has "remaster" in description but in many ways is worse than the psx original. Just because the publisher slapped the "remaster" tag doesn't mean it actually is one (and especially not when Square's involved).

You're making a lot of assumptions based on a trailer that doesn't reveal anything apart from its existence. We still have no idea what they are doing with it. Square is inconsistent with their remasters and remakes except the SaGa ones have been high quality. It's a bit different when Kawazu, the original creator of the series, is still around and supervising the staff so that they don't screw it up.

Edit: here's a quote from Square's own website:

As the name implies, the game’s a remaster of Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (called Romancing SaGa in the US), which was originally released for PlayStation 2 in 2005. This new edition of the game has been enhanced with a host of new features, including HD visuals, refined gameplay, and even brand new content!

Link to quote

 

[elverkongen]

Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song remake
let's go boys

What a fucking weird-looking game. Some of the scenes in this trailer straight up look like super low budget cgi from an early 2000s children's show or straight-to-video movie. That elf thing in the hallway especially, holy fuck.

 

[Maxie]

umm new pokemon dropped?

 

[flyingjohn]

umm new pokemon dropped?

A legendary is literally a motorcycle.
Digimon did the entire machine/pet fusion much better.

 

[LESS T_T]

Dungeon crawler series Class of Heroes is getting a strategy RPG spin-off, Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent:

Steam page does not list English translation but it has English screenshots, trailer, and website, so probably a simple omission.

 

[Sarathiour]

It looks like the most generic and bland thing.

 

[LESS T_T]

And they release Class of Heroes 2 remaster only on consoles?



Well at least their new (and seemingly much less animu) dungeon RPG is also coming in September.

Acquire is working on some kind of grid-based dungeon RPG and thinking about Tenchu revival.

 

[Hobo Elf]

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Bleh.

 

[LESS T_T]

Bleh.

Steam page does not list English translation but it has English screenshots, trailer, and website, so probably a simple omission.

Now I see at the end of English trailer, it says "coming soon" instead of "September 8" of Japanese version. Most likely English version will get a delayed release, similar to developer Acquire's KATANA KAMI.

 

[aweigh]

And they release Class of Heroes 2 remaster only on consoles?



Well at least their new (and seemingly much less animu) dungeon RPG is also coming in September.

nice.

 

[deuxhero]

Dungeon crawler series Class of Heroes is getting a strategy RPG spin-off, Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent:

Steam page does not list English translation but it has English screenshots, trailer, and website, so probably a simple omission.

Missed the weirdest part of Acquire's show: Akiba's Trip 2 is getting a new route via DLC. Wonder what else it will add.

 

[karoliner]

Oh my Budha
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10001956

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

TO is getting a another remake?

 

[deuxhero]

Might be good, but SE has a nack for ruining even simple port jobs.

 

[Jermu]

Best jrpg news for a long time

Labyrinth of Galleria coming early 2023

 

[CyberModuled]

Alright, so some good news and bad news. Dungeon Traveler 2 now has a SteamDB page. https://steamdb.info/app/1901630/info/

Bad news: ALLEGEDLY, it's already been banned. It comes from a spreadsheet list of games that have been banned on Steam so I'm not really sure how they exactly determine how a game got rejected but unfortunately given how inconsistent Steam has been in the past about lewd content, it wouldn't really surprise me at this point. But of all the fucking things, a game that was on the Vita at some point, fuck sake. Wouldn't be surprised if they tried to uncensor those four scenes and got rejected due to it. Wish slightly more higher profile JP devs would just go for places like JAST/MangaGamer for PC storefronts, it's not like a DRPG is going to sell amazingly to begin with...

 

[LESS T_T]

I guess Shiravune is behind the release?

 

[InD_ImaginE]

If it's SHiravune they might put it in Johren if all the critical work porting is done

 

[lightbane]

So, for those that like Mother/Earthbound and derivatives, a video showing new games in that style, including playable demos, is out:



Links for each game in the video's description. One of the most interesting ones is a mod for Mother 3, done after so fucking long because it took ages to decode the game's spaghetti code. It lets you play as the bad guys! It's still somewhat clunky and awkward to play, but it's a good proof of concept. Don't expect alternate endings or anything like that though. On the plus side, since you play as mooks, the gameplay styles changes a bit as you're encouraged to pick your battles due your playable characters usually being weaksauce.



https://mother4ever.net/mother-3-opposing-force/

You'll need a "clean" Mother 3 ROM to play.

 

[j2alg]

Alright, so some good news and bad news. Dungeon Traveler 2 now has a SteamDB page. https://steamdb.info/app/1901630/info/

Bad news: ALLEGEDLY, it's already been banned. It comes from a spreadsheet list of games that have been banned on Steam so I'm not really sure how they exactly determine how a game got rejected but unfortunately given how inconsistent Steam has been in the past about lewd content, it wouldn't really surprise me at this point. But of all the fucking things, a game that was on the Vita at some point, fuck sake. Wouldn't be surprised if they tried to uncensor those four scenes and got rejected due to it. Wish slightly more higher profile JP devs would just go for places like JAST/MangaGamer for PC storefronts, it's not like a DRPG is going to sell amazingly to begin with...

The headers went up on steam a few months ago, but no store page or hub. The same thing happened with Duel Princess, and some time later the developer declared that it was rejected

ethics committee wuz here.

 

[Vorark]

Bandai is "celebrating" .hack series 20th anniversary and apparently plans to release a collection of the original 4 games, if the recent "Last Recollection" trademark in April is anything to go by.

What a missed opportunity if this turns out to be true.

Those games had interesting themes and a somewhat intriguing story back then but goddamn the gameplay was a very barebones hack'n'slash, terrible even for PS2 era, and were padded to the max with inane shit, so much you're better off reading an LP. A decent remake could solve all problems by combining IMOQ into 1 game while cutting down all the fat and providing a much better combat system.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

I wish they would make a new game in the series.

The concept of MMO game where you interact with actual people with intelligent AI actually living in the game is very fun. I remember GU spawned a lot of "urban legend" of doing some convulted shit to unlock secret characters which are 99% bullshit but it makes me feel actually exploring the world. Well the magic wouldn't work today where video game guide and data mining is so prominent I guess

 

[LESS T_T]

Some Nintendo Direct announcement, they're all coming to PC too.


HARVESTELLA, Square Enix's life sim/farming RPG, coming on November 4:




Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, in 2023:




Little Noah: Scion of Paradise, roguelite action from Cygames, available now:






RPG Time: The Legend of Wright, hand-drawn RPG originally released on Xbox and mobile last year: