tri-Ace's Judas Code is a F2P Gun Action RPG for PS Vita [Up: Screens and info]
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This is what I expected it to look like:
Surprisingly, this is also what it looks like:
Looks way better than I expected honestly. Not really enthused by the "MP" on the mission map screen, especially with a triangle button prompt to "recover MP". That reeks of a stamina system with microtransaction refills to me. Especially when there's a countdown timer for "refill". Lol. The description in the article mentions a mission type where you have to "Get [x] headshots", so that's really starting to sound like grindy sort of F2P design.
The cards seem to act as equipment/skills of sorts. There's Weapon, Shield, Skill, and Bonus types shown in the screen. If all the equipment and skill stuff are all going to be cards, then that's definitely where they're going to monetize the game the most - with drops and random rewards.
The article also describes the gun action gameplay as having "simple controls", and it confirms that single player story missions are gun action missions, and using the reward from the missions you can strengthen your cards, and the multiplayer mode uses the cards you have collected and powered up for card battles.
Surprisingly, this is also what it looks like:
Looks way better than I expected honestly. Not really enthused by the "MP" on the mission map screen, especially with a triangle button prompt to "recover MP". That reeks of a stamina system with microtransaction refills to me. Especially when there's a countdown timer for "refill". Lol. The description in the article mentions a mission type where you have to "Get [x] headshots", so that's really starting to sound like grindy sort of F2P design.
The cards seem to act as equipment/skills of sorts. There's Weapon, Shield, Skill, and Bonus types shown in the screen. If all the equipment and skill stuff are all going to be cards, then that's definitely where they're going to monetize the game the most - with drops and random rewards.
The article also describes the gun action gameplay as having "simple controls", and it confirms that single player story missions are gun action missions, and using the reward from the missions you can strengthen your cards, and the multiplayer mode uses the cards you have collected and powered up for card battles.
Yeah it seems AAA has putting serious effort to this game. Just hoping this turns out to be a good f2p game...
GuitarAtomik
Member
Alright cool. Still interested.
CamHostage
Member
Very busy play screen, but at least it's good to see a Japanese Vita game employing a graphics engine with a little oomph.
KainXVIII
Member
LR can't be THAT bad (or can?)
That1BlackGuy
Member
Looks very nice, so if I understand you basically play the main campaign to earn cards which serve as upgrades for your character, but you can also take those cards and utilize them for multiplayer which serve as card battles. Kind of like two games in one so I'd imagine multiplayer nets some kind of bonuses/earnings as well that you could flip back into the single player or multiplayer.
Does this screen really look like it needs more HUD items:
Let's imagine this screen on a smartphone, held horizontally. You can tap the icons on the far left and right of the screen to pan the shooting gallery. You tap the targets on the screen to shoot enemies. You tap the gun icon at the bottom right to reload. You tap the cover icon to get in and out of cover, and you tap the bottom left icon to heal.
....Yeah, looks about right to me.
Black Soma
Member
Same character design as Ar Tonelico I see.
Damn, I wish they made a game out of this.
It looks interesting. Shame Tri-ace probably will never get the chance to utilize their next-gen engine, and this was running on hardware specs targeted at ps3/360. Guess we should just be glad they're not completely dead.
Damn, I wish they made a game out of this.
SliceSabre
Banned
Damn. Stupid rpg devs making me have to buy a Vita. I can't believe I'm actually interested in this game. Looks good, but I'm always cautious with the f2p tag.
Sometime this summer.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Sounds cool!
But...
1) It will never get localized.
2) It's free-2-play, and you all know what that means.
Unless:
1) Someone will publish a non F2P version in the west like Xseed!
But...
1) Will never happen.
But...
1) It will never get localized.
2) It's free-2-play, and you all know what that means.
Unless:
1) Someone will publish a non F2P version in the west like Xseed!
But...
1) Will never happen.
ALLseeingEYE
Member
Sounds cool!
But...
1) It will never get localized.
2) It's free-2-play, and you all know what that means.
Unless:
1) Someone will publish a non F2P version in the west like Xseed!
But...
1) Will never happen.
To be honest, I'm not so pessimistic about its NA release. Given the style of game and aesthetics, it looks like a perfect fit, almost like it was targeted towards the west.
I hope it does come over, since it looks solid, and I'm not a free-to-play hater (I've had a blast with Metal Slug Defense recently), but I wonder, is this third-person-shooter, or is it more like one of those iphone f2p shooting gallery style games with limited movement outside of bouncing from cover to cover?
Probably not. It's F2P so you will eventually run out of stamina or MP or a necessary currency to play or progress and these have to be synched with the server.
Hmm. So the composers are Kensuke Inage and Jamie Christopherson. The former has composed for a ton of Musou games, and more recently he also did the music for tri-Ace's failed browser game and Gemdrops' Poppoloco. Gemdrops is the new dev set up by the main programmer of VP2 and RoF after he left tri-Ace. No Sakuraba I guess. It's funny how the "staff" listing there only lists contractors for music, character design, and writing. I guess no one at tri-Ace wants people to know they're directing a F2P game? Kinda sad. Not a huge vote of confidence imo.
Thanks for the update, I guess I can continue to half ignore tri-Ace just fine...
Probably a project they are doing to make ends meet. How big are Tri Ace? I presume they are working on this and Phantasy Star Nova concurrently?
Considering Sakuraba is currently working on Phantasy Star Nova with tri-Ace, I'm not all that surprised that he's not involved with this.
Their website says 130 employees, though the date for it is already over 2 years ago.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
It looks interesting. Shame Tri-ace probably will never get the chance to utilize their next-gen engine, and this was running on hardware specs targeted at ps3/360. Guess we should just be glad they're not completely dead.
Still hurts....
Still hurts...
The game dosn't look halfbad, reminds me of that other SE F2P FPS shooter with cards....
The Last Wizard
Member
Yea...It looks interesting. Shame Tri-ace probably will never get the chance to utilize their next-gen engine, and this was running on hardware specs targeted at ps3/360. Guess we should just be glad they're not completely dead.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
It looks interesting. Shame Tri-ace probably will never get the chance to utilize their next-gen engine, and this was running on hardware specs targeted at ps3/360. Guess we should just be glad they're not completely dead.
Star Ocean V isn't it?
Short Video on website now but not much to see really. The bits you can make out don't look that inspiring..... or is it just me?? Guess its a wait and see but it looks like a simple game really....... wash rinse repeat.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPbjuhe4Ao
Website updated:
http://judas-code.jp/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPbjuhe4Ao
Website updated:
http://judas-code.jp/
Is there a place to see all the screens scrolling on the sides of the website?
No not on the officil website although some of those pics are featured on various gaming sites as part of news on the game
Release date is August 21st. More details and non-Famitsu shots here: http://www.gematsu.com/2014/08/judas-code-japanese-release-date-set
What? A Tri-Ace game not composed by Sakuraba? What heresy is this?
Actually that's probably good news. While Sakuraba is a great composer, I think he needs to stay away from his previous projects' studios for a while.
Also August 21st? That's quite soon. Hoping they'll release it in english before the end of the year.
I didn't play that one (wasn't released in Europe, IIRC), so that's one reason I wasn't aware it wasn't composed by Sakuraba.
YuriLowell
Member
I bet it wont come stateside.
That's an easy bet.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Wouldn't F2P make the most sense on a platform that isn't niche? I'm sur the game itself is perfect for the platform but the F2P model doesn't seem to be. They will wring the most out of a tiny audience, though.
This isn't Vita's first F2P game and it won't be its last.