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[kiryogi]

more like eh. :/
Hilda:

Fun seiyuu fact! It's been confirmed that Veigue will be Hiyama Nobuyuki! (Joe Higashi, Adult Link, Nightmare)

 

[Dagless M.D.]

Makes me wish that they used the TOS engine

 

[kiryogi]

Makes me wish that they used the TOS engine

Well the bgs are better fieldwise, but dear god mixing 3d battle bgs with sprites don't ever mix well.

 

[Brandon F]

It is rather strange that this game hasn't adopted the 3D combat of ToS. After the near abysmal effort put into ToD2, (chuggy, choppy animation and stretched out clipart) I have my doubts about returning to the hyper clogged nature of 2D combat. (Even Eternia one-upped the first PS2 effort) Doesn't look too bad though, the pixel people are less of a circus act than in ToD2 at least.

 

[SolidSnakex]

That design is actually really good imo, it's alot more in line with the ToD designs than anything shown so far. Probably the best design i've seen in the Tales series in awhile.

 

[ferricide]

That design is actually really good imo, it's alot more in line with the ToD designs than anything shown so far. Probably the best design i've seen in the Tales series in awhile.

quite nice, except for the strawberry frosting tumorhat.

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bleh on inomata.

 

[slayn]

it looks pretty bad... mostly because of the mix of 2d/3d. They should have just picked one and gone with it.

In the battle scene the characters don't like the right size for the field. Like to me it looks like the characters are about 3 inches tall.

 

[Necroscope]

Question! Are the characters in the world map and battle drawn in sprites or they are cell shaded 3d models?

 

[Shouta]

I hate the hair and the hat but damn the clothing is SWEET looking. VERY nice clothing design.

 

[jiggle]

Looking good, other than the gaudy colors. I enjoyed TOD2j, so even if this one is just marginally better, I'll probably still like the finished product.

Question! Are the characters in the world map and battle drawn in sprites or they are cell shaded 3d models?

If TOD2j is anything to go buy, it'll use a 3d character model on a 3d world map. Though, not necessarily cel shaded.

 

[MoxManiac]

I just don't get it. After ToS, this seems like such a step back. What the hell, Namco?

 

[kiryogi]

I hate the hair and the hat but damn the clothing is SWEET looking. VERY nice clothing design.

Indeed, its mainly her face that gets me I guess. Clothing design already a lot better than what was offered in Symphonia of course. Gotta give Inomata credit for her details.

 

[SantaC]

I just don't get it. After ToS, this seems like such a step back. What the hell, Namco?

IAWTP


Her hair is so 80s.

 

[SolidSnakex]

quite nice, except for the strawberry frosting tumorhat.

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bleh on inomata.

Yah it's not perfect by any means, but overall the design is really slick. I just wish they were able to translate it better into the sprites. Still it's a good design and my favorite one since Judas in ToD2.

 

[Bebpo]

I just don't get it. After ToS, this seems like such a step back. What the hell, Namco?

ToD2 = ~800,000
ToS = ~300,000

I dunno maybe they are trying to cater it closer to the game that sold well?

 

[Matlock]

Andie McDowell has infiltrated videogames!

 

[ferricide]

hrm, now that shining force's characters are revealed, i feel like there's a little less to complain about here.

sigh.

 

[kevm3]

The in-game backgrounds look great, but the battle backgrounds look attrocious. WTF are you doing Namco? Just make them high quality 2d.

 

[MetatronM]

That battle screenshot looks terrible. The other in-game shot looks nicer, though.

 

[kiryogi]

That battle screenshot looks terrible. The other in-game shot looks nicer, though.

Other old pics to gawk at battle wise:

also something else to nibble on, the new op for ToS PS2:

http://azalea.kou-net.org/qwerty/02 Soshite Boku ni Dekiru Koto.mp3

(thanks to a forum member on phantasian productions)

 

[AniHawk]

ToD2 = ~800,000
ToS = ~300,000

I dunno maybe they are trying to cater it closer to the game that sold well?

Then it should be using sprites.

 

[Bebpo]

Then it should be using sprites.

$#%#@%#

It is using sprites for everything except the battle backgrounds (world map and spells were already 3d in ToD2).