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Ar Tonelico III-Teaser video, screenshots, website & misc info
- Thread starter rykomatsu
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Namco owns it, they had it before the 2nd game released but after the 1st. They obviously still let NIS publish the 2nd one but things could change this time around, they took Magnacarta from Atlus. Or maybe Atlus didn't want to publish it anymore so Namco had to bring that over.rykomatsu said:
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78958192
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78626288
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/16/ar-tonelico-iii-screenshots-introduce-new-characters/
Some new screenshots and a couple of new characters.
Some new screenshots and a couple of new characters.
AtomskEater
Member
Some new scans featuring the alter-egos are out.
farios @ gamefaqs said:Saki
Sakia Lumei:The opposite of Saki she is a stubborn persona, she shows up when Saki is in danger to beat up her enemies. WOW!
Filament:She is the persona that isolates all of the pain that Saki cant bear, she know a lot of things that Saki dont know and help her friends with that knowledge
Selepetor:The big sis personality,for Saki that always tries to hide her feelings, she is the one who gives her all the advice about love. I have a high expectation for this one XD
Finnel
?????:A mysterious persona that rarely appears. She seeks to achieve her only objective that she remembers. My bet is this girl is Harvestasya
Souma:She is feared by people as the Clusternia's assassin, despite wearing a clown outfit her movements are very fast
Yurisika:Sorry cant read it but she seems to seek some kind of help from Aoto
And according to someone from Reyvateil Melody there are a lot of singers there are Shikata Akiko, Shimotsuki Haruka, Mitose Noriko, KOKIA, Inoue Azumi, Katakiri Rekka, Ueno Yoko,and some others
AtomskEater
Member
Editted out to avoid raising hopes. 
AtomskEater
Member
Sorry, you guys are right. I thought the battle content was at least new. :x
rykomatsu
Member
Website updated...a whole slew of new images and what not
Also, flier from Shimotsuki Haruka's concert event had some AT3 Hymnos Concert Album info.
Hymnos Concert Crimson (Finnel) will feature Shimotsuki Haruka, Katagiri Rekka, Mitose Noriko, and others
Hymnos Concert Azure (Saki) will feature Shikata Akiko, KOKIA, and Ueno Yoko
Just a small sampling here. It appears all the alter egos will be modelled
Saki's Alter Egos
Finnel's Alter Egos
Tepo - Plugin for the Dive System created by Hikari Gojo to scan the reyvateil's alter egos
Next website update - 11/26/2009
Also, flier from Shimotsuki Haruka's concert event had some AT3 Hymnos Concert Album info.
Hymnos Concert Crimson (Finnel) will feature Shimotsuki Haruka, Katagiri Rekka, Mitose Noriko, and others
Hymnos Concert Azure (Saki) will feature Shikata Akiko, KOKIA, and Ueno Yoko
Just a small sampling here. It appears all the alter egos will be modelled
Saki's Alter Egos
Finnel's Alter Egos
Tepo - Plugin for the Dive System created by Hikari Gojo to scan the reyvateil's alter egos
Next website update - 11/26/2009
That wasn't the prettiest trailer upscaled. It's sorta funny though. I dled the RgG4 promo, Art3 promo and the La Pucelle Ragnarok promo. It's like it started at the cleanest and highest quality and went down hill from there. I mean the 3d portions in the video for Art3 look nice, but there was some bad upscaling for the 2d assets. I doubt it's like that in the actual game XD
WickedLaharl
Member
battle footage looks terrible.
fluidity is obviously not a goal they had in mind.
fluidity is obviously not a goal they had in mind.
OMG hymmnos CDs!
http://ar-tonelico.jp/at3/at3_cd/index.htm
Do want!
http://ar-tonelico.jp/at3/at3_cd/index.htm
Do want!
Are you talking about this one? Because I think that's extremely pretty. If not, which one are you talking about? (Hopefully not some youtube upscale or something)kiryogi said:
Durante said:OMG hymmnos CDs!
http://ar-tonelico.jp/at3/at3_cd/index.htm
Do want!
Are you talking about this one? Because I think that's extremely pretty. If not, which one are you talking about? (Hopefully not some youtube upscale or something)
The first official one on PSN.
rykomatsu
Member
xero273 said:
There's one more purge stage they haven't shown
Some new updates
Hymnos Sampler
http://www.team-e.co.jp/sp/artonelico3/hymmnos.swf
↑some really nice track samples (albeit VERY short) in there
System
Purge system - heroines basically undress...something about less obstructions on the body there are, the more energy they can utilize from Sol Ciel; yeah pretty rediculous but the less they're wearing, the stronger the reyvateils get lol.
Harmography Gauge - See all those bars next to the heart in the gauge at the bottom of the battle UI and the pink line towards the left of those bars? If you time your attacks so the larger/longer bars coincide with the pink line, the heart on the right of the UI starts spinning faster and growing. The rate at which the heart spins (energy roll) reflects the rate of burst charge; the size is an indication of whether the heroine is ready to purge or not. Once the heroine purges, the heart will shrink until the next purge stage. Defending will also help increase the energy roll.
It seems as it's a direct evolution of AT2's system. If you enjoyed AT2's battle system with the rhythym game-ish aspect, then you'll probably find this one to be enjoyable, granted this is all speculation.
In-game screens
Very interesting, we no longer have 2 phases but at least the one we do have is still rythm-y. Very much looking forward to the battle system.rykomatsu said:
The models are also very nice, and it may just be me but to me it seems like they stopped overdoing the rim lighting in these newer shots. I really like that (I complained about the extreme rim lighting before).
Kagari said:
At least they're smart enough to know who their target audience is from a business perspective...
Battle system does sound pretty interesting, a direct evolution of sorts of AT2's system which I enjoyed immensely. Here's hoping the gameplay-to-animu ratio remains high enough that I can still enjoy it :lol
AtomskEater
Member
I wonder if they'd add skippable spell animations in here. Sometimes it got boring seeing whichever song magic for the umpteenth time.
Harmony gauge sounds interesting, but it doesn't look like the dual Reyvateil system is back. And as for the purge system... they certainly have no illusions about what one of the biggest the selling points of these games are.
Harmony gauge sounds interesting, but it doesn't look like the dual Reyvateil system is back. And as for the purge system... they certainly have no illusions about what one of the biggest the selling points of these games are.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Well, I finally finished Ar Tonelico 2, and you can count me in with the "I can't wait for this game" crowd.
I'm actually now looking forward to this more than FFXIII. Well, except for the purge system that's kinda dumb. But the rest is looking awesome!
I'm actually now looking forward to this more than FFXIII. Well, except for the purge system that's kinda dumb. But the rest is looking awesome!
-Pyromaniac-
Member
The style kind of looks like a disney movie. Me like.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Oh hell yes this soundtrack is going to own so hard.rykomatsu said:
I finished AT1 a few days ago (
). I really enjoyed it despite the incredible lack of difficulty. It was the first jrpg I played in years and for some reason it kind of clicked with me. I'm now deep into phase 2 of AT2 and loving it as well. The battle system took me a longass time to figure out. It doesn't give you any time to stop and think about all these little meters and shit. It's all ATTACK! TO SLOW, DEFEND! ATTACK! RUUUUN! :lol It's good stuff once you get the hang of it though. Everything is so much more refined and interesting this time, but the visuals just throw me off and don't gel as well as they did in 1. They're still decent and not worth complaining about. Both games run fantastically on PCSX2. Hopefully I'll have this finished up by the time FF13 gets here.
I'm super excited about AT3 now and put my preorder in at play-asia. From the sound of it I'll definitely be getting the soundtracks as well, that sampler was glorious.
You're dumb.
Shurelia end ftw!
). I really enjoyed it despite the incredible lack of difficulty. It was the first jrpg I played in years and for some reason it kind of clicked with me. I'm now deep into phase 2 of AT2 and loving it as well. The battle system took me a longass time to figure out. It doesn't give you any time to stop and think about all these little meters and shit. It's all ATTACK! TO SLOW, DEFEND! ATTACK! RUUUUN! :lol It's good stuff once you get the hang of it though. Everything is so much more refined and interesting this time, but the visuals just throw me off and don't gel as well as they did in 1. They're still decent and not worth complaining about. Both games run fantastically on PCSX2. Hopefully I'll have this finished up by the time FF13 gets here. I'm super excited about AT3 now and put my preorder in at play-asia. From the sound of it I'll definitely be getting the soundtracks as well, that sampler was glorious.
RurouniZel said:
You're dumb.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
For those who have played the previous entries, how would you describe the stories? Dramatic? Happy? Lame? Somber? Any comparisons. I plan on playing them but I want to know what I'm getting into.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
luka said:You're dumb.
No you!
rykomatsu
Member
-Pyromaniac- said:
AT1 had a better/more serious story which kinda was about human experimentation/child abuse (though was done in a non-offensive, yet light hearted)
AT2's general theme is about creating a utopia, but more about the two heroines
bitch fighting between each other, then a 3rd heroine coming into the fray at the halfway point and stealing the protagonist's love interest
-Pyromaniac- said:
The stories aren't spectacular, but good enough to hold your interest. Honestly the world itself captivated me a lot more than the story. It's really quite pretty and unique. Climbing the cliffs and rock formations floating around the base of ar tonelico and seeing the few people that settled there living thousands of feet above the ground, then eventually climbing up through the clouds amid lightning storms and floating debris was a great sequence. The visuals are fairly primitive but exhibit a wonderful sense of place and history.
If there is one reason to play, it's for probably one of the best soundtracks in gaming history. It's worth buying for the music alone, seriously.
rykomatsu
Member
luka said:
This. Tsuchiya Akira's been working on the IP since ~1997 (trivia: Spica is the oldest character in the game...had a different name back in 97) so the background information and the details are really quite well laid out. For a niche game, it gives a lot of the major games a run for their money when it comes to how well the world itself is fleshed out, especially if you can read the official guidebooks. Very detailed historical timeline, technological differences between Sol Ciel and Sol Marta, how the hymnos server functions (not leaving it at "it just does") and so on and so for.
It's one of my favorite IPs to come out in the last 5~10 years.
Same here, ever since the first trailer. I think I've watched that 10 times now.RurouniZel said:
The stories aren't bad at all, as long as you can deal with a few anime clichés. The main arcs are mostly drama I guess but many of the individual situations have quite a bit of humour. In both games, but particularly in the second one the story is mostly a vehicle for character development though.-Pyromaniac- said:
As others have mentioned, the setting is really well developed, particularly for the JRPG genre.
The official website has also been updated, with:
- a new BGM track
- stuff in the "Special" section I'm not sure about, probably preorder extras or something like that
- tons of information about the song magic system, which seems awesome
- some updated character pages
- a new BGM track
- stuff in the "Special" section I'm not sure about, probably preorder extras or something like that
- tons of information about the song magic system, which seems awesome
- some updated character pages
Yes.Arde5643 said:
rykomatsu
Member
luka said:
haha...nice
EXEC_ViiBaCi_MjiiRa/. sounds fucking amazing. Also, based off the hymnos title, it looks like either a) there was technology transfer between the 2nd and 3rd towers, or b) they came up with a similar hymnos compression algorithm of sorts, comparable to the 2nd tower.
Just finished AT2 a couple of weeks ago and I had a really good time with it. Great battle system and music, interesting world and characters that actually seemed fairly real (at least for a video game). The whole relationship dynamic between the girls was nicely done and really the only weakness of the game was the low quality visuals.
AT3 looks much, much nicer so if they can keep the good stuff from the first 2 then it might be pretty great.
AT3 looks much, much nicer so if they can keep the good stuff from the first 2 then it might be pretty great.