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CING's Project O(wii) details.
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Forgotten Ancient
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I liked what they tried doing with Hotel Dusk, even if I didn't like the game so much. Seeing as how this is sort of a "super group" putting together this game, my hopes are pretty high without knowing much about it at all. I can say with 87% certainty that I will buy it anyways.
Man, I'm on such a Wii / Mario high right now.
Man, I'm on such a Wii / Mario high right now.
HyperZone<3
Member
so its Actraiser without the sword and jumping stuff.
radios shipping overview
Member
Sounds neat. And it's nice to hear that Minaba's off doing his own thing. I'll be watching this.
The article says that the presentation is going to be based on Chulip's, here are some pics of that game.
HyperZone<3 said:
I kinda got a similar vibe as well... a feeling of something kinda like an evolution of the god portions of ActRaiser.
Details are sketchy, but no matter -- I think what they describe sounds awesome, and I'm totally sold on it even if just for the people involved. Moon was fantastic, and the guys who departed from Lovedelic are all really talented in so many ways. I also loved Hotel Dusk, so CING's involvement is a big plus for me. And Hideo Minaba's one of my top game artists.
I'm really eager to hear more once they get the project off the ground.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
I am cautiously optimistic. You know, the whole too-many-cooks-in-one-kitchen thing. I definitely respect each individually; it will be interesting to see what they do together.
While I was reading the preview, I thought of how cool it would be to see different games really embrace the FFXII-style AI-modification, especially in a game like this. You could have a whole city/army/etc with reactions based on if-then statements that you yourself have decided. It could be quite cool.
While I was reading the preview, I thought of how cool it would be to see different games really embrace the FFXII-style AI-modification, especially in a game like this. You could have a whole city/army/etc with reactions based on if-then statements that you yourself have decided. It could be quite cool.
PantherLotus said:
I don't know about "too many cooks" -- it's not like the game's going to have seven co-directors, each of which is going to consider themselves in charge of the overall project thus leading to creative clashes.
They each have a specialty and are contributing to that one specific area -- scenario, composition, character design, programming, game design, etc. It's the same staff setup that exists for pretty much every game made, the only difference is that the producer (the one guy in charge) is bringing in talent from different development teams to fill those roles.
Mockingbird
Member
Wait if the game is only being worked on by those 6 staffets how does Cing come into play?
_Alkaline_
Member
Wow, nice list of devs. Definitely builds up my anticipation - this is the kind of stuff I like to see on Wii.
Alkaliine said:
Same here. I'm also hoping that the same ActRaiser vibe that ethelred and I share comes to pass. Been way too long since such a game graced the industry, and if Square Enix won't deliver, then these guys are certainly poised to do the job themselves...
Definitely will keep an on this one...
chibcicylist
Banned
It's starting. More announcements like these on the possible dominant console please.
Eteric Rice
Member
Wow, people from both Final Fantasy XII and Dragon Quest VIII, as well as Harvest Moon.
It sound awesome, too!
Consider this bought.
It sound awesome, too!
Consider this bought.
Well that's a pretty solid ****ing dream team they've got going. Since each of the big names are in well-defined roles, I could see this working pretty well.
The one thing I noticed in the names was that the roles of each developer mentioned really play to their strengths. In particular, it's good to see that the lead programmer doesn't come from the Harvest Moon franchise; that probably ensures us that it won't be riddled with bugs on initial release.
The one thing I noticed in the names was that the roles of each developer mentioned really play to their strengths. In particular, it's good to see that the lead programmer doesn't come from the Harvest Moon franchise; that probably ensures us that it won't be riddled with bugs on initial release.
Buttonbasher
Member
I wonder that too. Cing has like 22 staff members. Maybe/Hopefully this isn't the Wii project that they confirmed to me. I really wanted a new gen adventure game. Not a Harvest Moon.Mockingbird said:
Buttonbasher said:
Um, Project O hardly sounds like just Harvest Moon. You create a world from a god's perspective and then go down and interact with the people of the world from a human perspective.
It sounds like so, so much more than just Harvest Moon. It sounds extremely ambitious and I'm personally thrilled to have a team like CING working on it. And hopefully the fact that they're working with a really qualified group of developers filling other roles means hopefully the areas of development where CING is flawed will be covered by other members of the team.
Eteric Rice
Member
This game sounds amazing, really. Especially when you sit and think about the possibilities.
I think it'd be awesome if they made it like Animal Crossing, and your world continues on while the console is off. It'd be cool to wake up one morning, check your two races and see what they're up to, go to school, come back, and find out that one race has declaired war on the other, and whiped them out and took over.
Like that episode of South Park where he threw some seamen into a fishtank and they had their own civilizations and shit.
I think it'd be awesome if they made it like Animal Crossing, and your world continues on while the console is off. It'd be cool to wake up one morning, check your two races and see what they're up to, go to school, come back, and find out that one race has declaired war on the other, and whiped them out and took over.
Like that episode of South Park where he threw some seamen into a fishtank and they had their own civilizations and shit.
Anyway, so most folks probably have no idea what Moon (for PSX) is. Let me assure you that it is genius. I mean, if you're familiar with Giftpia, Chibi Robo, Chulip, Tingle RPG, you probably get the environment of insanity that was fostered in all of these people, but Moon specifically...
It is... like... a non-RPG. You're this kid who loads up this game that's very NES DQ-ish. Very stereotypical, very cliche. You start up the game and you have your hero being given a mission from the king to go slay the dragon. And it's just a brilliant RPG parody at this point... the conversations you have and all the stuff that's going on. You go into a shop and check a dresser, and you find The Legendary Sword, The Legendary Armor, and The Legendary Shoes. When you finally get outside of the town, you come to this mountain range before the dragon's lair... so you just be a hero and the mountains just scoot off to the side.
The fight with the dragon itself is a fantastic mockery of final RPG battles -- the dragon's beating you until the hero decides to, you know, be heroic, and then you do an attack that does 9999 damage, then 9999 9999 9999 9999 and it starts scrolling your screen with 9s that keep getting larger and larger in font size.
Then you win the game and the kid gets sucked inside the game itself, but you're, like, a ghost... no one can see you or interact with you. You have to get out by figuring out the problems of the townspeople and solving them, and then you have to stop the violent, brutish hero from killing all the innocent creatures.
The game really has some insanely creative and talented folks working on it. I'm beyond excited to see what they come up with here.
It is... like... a non-RPG. You're this kid who loads up this game that's very NES DQ-ish. Very stereotypical, very cliche. You start up the game and you have your hero being given a mission from the king to go slay the dragon. And it's just a brilliant RPG parody at this point... the conversations you have and all the stuff that's going on. You go into a shop and check a dresser, and you find The Legendary Sword, The Legendary Armor, and The Legendary Shoes. When you finally get outside of the town, you come to this mountain range before the dragon's lair... so you just be a hero and the mountains just scoot off to the side.
The fight with the dragon itself is a fantastic mockery of final RPG battles -- the dragon's beating you until the hero decides to, you know, be heroic, and then you do an attack that does 9999 damage, then 9999 9999 9999 9999 and it starts scrolling your screen with 9s that keep getting larger and larger in font size.
Then you win the game and the kid gets sucked inside the game itself, but you're, like, a ghost... no one can see you or interact with you. You have to get out by figuring out the problems of the townspeople and solving them, and then you have to stop the violent, brutish hero from killing all the innocent creatures.
The game really has some insanely creative and talented folks working on it. I'm beyond excited to see what they come up with here.
Buttonbasher
Member
Yeah, I was just being depressed that my Hotel Dusk sequel wasn't announced. After looking over the article again, this does sound pretty coolethelred said:
ShockingAlberto
Member
That sounds awesome. :Oethelred said:
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
ethelred said:
................................. What? Wow. Was it at least released in europe?
Ford Prefect
GAAAAAAAAY
Somebody make a thread on this game.ethelred said:
Sounds ****ing awesome.
GreenGlowingGoo said:
Sadly, no.
Avrum said:OMG, I actually feel ashamed that I never even HEARD of Moon before, but that description sounds awesome.
Yeah, I figured most folks just aren't familiar with it at all, and so all of these descriptions of the game that keep saying "from the makers of Moon" weren't really doing anything. At least now, even if people can't play it, they can have a better understanding of some of the team's prior projects.
Ford Prefect said:
I dunno, seems a bit random (and mean) to just up and make a thread on a decade-old PlayStation game that was confined to release in Japan and is rare enough now that virtually no one else would be able to play even if they wanted to import a Japanese copy.
Pureauthor
Member
ethelred said:
Wow. That sounds amazing.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
You can buy Moon from Amazon's Japan site for 3,500 Yin it looks like and is was part of the Playstation Best series, too so it shouldn't be that hard to find. I wonder if there is a walk-through somewhere.
rollingstart
Banned
ethelred said:
wow, a few days ago I was thinking about a game like this, not so much the being stuck in a game, but being a ghost and solving peoples problems and such. The rest of the game sound really cool aswell.
DefectiveReject
Banned
Didn't see it posted anywhere else, and for those of you looking out for this, the game has now been named
"King Story"
from www.nintendo-inside.jp
"King Story"
from www.nintendo-inside.jp
flipping_heck
Member
King Story.. ok..
MasterMFauli
Banned
DefectiveReject said:
Yeah, um, why not?
Take 2 random nouns an put them together.
Tree Tale
Car Adventure
Furry Fantasy
King Story
Why not?
:-/
DefectiveReject
Banned
i didn't name it i found it at the linked website!
Scalemail Ted
Member
I don 't understand. Am I to interrpt this as the story of the king ... or the king of all stories?