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[Wario64]

Old?

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Make it come to us please Mr. Sega.

 

[Soul4ger]

Not old, and very nice. Thanks, Wario.

Sega, I believe, announced they were trying to bring this?

 

[king zell]

Make it come to us please Mr. Sega.

.

 

[Stryder]

Wow, those backgrounds look gorgeous

 

[Wario64]

IGN has a preview thingy up for the game, and some movies

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/556/556125p1.html

 

[jiggle]

It has been confirmed for the US.

 

[belgurdo]

Ragnaclone get?

 

[Soul4ger]

It has been confirmed for the US.

Thought so. Thanks.

 

[Dram]

Wow, a black guy in a rpg? Awesome.

 

[Travado]

Wow, looks gorgeous!

Wait a minute! Gamespot making previews with beautiful game screens? I am shocked!

 

[Soul4ger]

Wow, a black guy in a rpg? Awesome.

He's probably a villain.

 

[djtiesto]

Let's hope it plays as well as it looks... Between this and Ys 4, I'm finally gonna have some good action RPG action

 

[MetatronM]

Wow, a black guy in a rpg? Awesome.

That's what I thought too.

 

[belgurdo]

Wow, a black guy in a rpg? Awesome.

People with dark skin and blonde/white hair have been in RPGs for ages. Actual black people though are a rarity (only Barret, Kiros, and Hauser from Suikoden II come to mind)

 

[Deku Tree]

Nice. 2005 looks like another good year for gaming.

 

[djtiesto]

People with dark skin and blonde/white hair have been in RPGs for ages. Actual black people though are a rarity (only Barret, Kiros, and Hauser from Suikoden II come to mind)

Harid from RS3, and one of the Sphere employees in SO3 are 2 others I can think of...

 

[ferricide]

this is a lot neater than i thought it was at TGS. i got a demo from the product manager today (this is why you see the coverage on IGN and such) and there's some cool stuff to this one. a nice hack 'n' slasher alternative to the snowblind-engine (and ripoff) stuff, with pleasant style (wish the characters weren't SD, but oh well. the character art and backdrops look great) and some solid character-building and other options. plus 2P if you want it, or 2 characters/1 player if you don't. kinda neato.

wonder why they handed out that line art? the illustration/original art is cooler IMO.

http://shining-tears.jp/chara/home.html

 

[callous]

Very very nice. And like some people already pointed out, that guy isn't black as in originating from Africa.

 

[Shouta]

I realllllly dislike the style of graphics used (Those ugly sprites that look like some gussied up Saga Frontier ones and the 2D backgrounds). I really like the character art/illustrations though. Hopefully the gameplay is good.

 

[ferricide]

I realllllly dislike the style of graphics used (Those ugly sprites that look like some gussied up Saga Frontier ones and the 2D backgrounds). I really like the character art/illustrations though. Hopefully the gameplay is good.

IMO the backgrounds look very nice. much nicer than those screens convey.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

I wished more games looked like this. I get an 'evolved snes style' vibe from it. What I imagined games of today would look like based from my perceptions of games on older hardware.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

WTF's with the SD look for those character? Arrgh. Otherwise, looks cool.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

hate the super deform look too. only nice thing I can see is the painterly background.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

The SD look was fine back in the day when the resolution on home consoles was too low to convey the expressions on the characters on-screen, but not now...it just looks off, IMO, because the enemies aren't treated the same way (that I've seen). Unfortunately, it reminds me of Shining Wisdom...and I hated that game.

 

[SaitoH]

The SD look was fine back in the day when the resolution on home consoles was too low to convey the expressions on the characters on-screen, but not now...it just looks off, IMO, because the enemies aren't treated the same way (that I've seen). Unfortunately, it reminds me of Shining Wisdom...and I hated that game.

Hopefully it will turn out a lot better than that game.

>_>

 

[jarrod]

Unfortunately, it reminds me of Shining Wisdom...

Yeah, is it just me or are the character sprites actually CG rendered? :/

 

[Sho Nuff]

Bad art

 

[jarrod]

Also, do we actually know who's making the game yet? Nextech?

 

[belgurdo]

Bad art

Concur

 

[Shouta]

I don't mind the 2D backgrounds, it's the combination of the sprites and backgrounds that is bothersome. It's fugggly together. If they did some better looking sprites, then there wouldn't be a problem.

The art posted above sucks ass. The art found on the official website is much better and seems to be drawn by the same person that did the official art for Ys VI: The Ark of Naphistim.

 

[Uncle Dukey]

Is this a complete dungeon crawl like the Dark Alliance series, or does it have more story / exploration elements like Secret of Mana? I'm interested either way due to the 2 player support... but would be nice to get something similar to the latter.

 

[Buffy4ever]

Gee, Sega can't win. If Sega had not annouced this game for the USA market, people would say Sega sucks for not bringing this to the USA. Since they are bringing it to the USA, it's the graphics suck, and I hate super deformed. Poor Sega.

 

[belgurdo]

Gee, Sega can't win. If Sega had not annouced this game for the USA market, people would say Sega sucks for not bringing this to the USA. Since they are bringing it to the USA, it's the graphics suck, and I hate super deformed. Poor Sega.

I hate "chibi" art in general. I'm a Sega nut otherwise, and will be getting this game, however