It is quite possibly my favorite OST ever for what is likely my favorite JRPG ever.
XII is unfinished, so it gets unfinished love. Sega needs to hurry up on PSO2 Vita localization, though.
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Did Monolith Soft run over Square-Enix with 'X'?
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It is quite possibly my favorite OST ever for what is likely my favorite JRPG ever.
XII is unfinished, so it gets unfinished love. Sega needs to hurry up on PSO2 Vita localization, though.
MisterHero
Super Member
I remember seeing this demo movie for PSO 1+2. Among the characters and music, it also showed a big green island. I loved PSO for what it was, but I've realized that we've reached the point where that big green island can be achieved in real-time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kyRrIvdImA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kyRrIvdImA
I thought Shimomura really outdid herself with Radiant Historia. Yes even with a short 24-26 track OST lol.
Meccanical
Member
Last Ranker is the OST I think she really outdid herself on.
But nobody played that game because Capcpom
Let's not speak of that game... Until someone gets around to translating it in 10 years.
Meccanical
Member
I played it. Might play it again soon.
Meccanical
Member
Oh yeah, if I remember right you made the OT.
Maybe Capcom paid 'em fat yens to play the game nobody played.
Meccanical
Member
Even Japan didn't play that game if I remember right.
It sold real bad.
It sold real bad.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Nah, it sold pretty decently.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Lightning needed some meat, but I think that's too much.
Meccanical
Member
LIFE SAYS NO.
Meccanical
Member
I feel like we're all slowly going insane in these threads. Like, Aeana, Dark Schala, Meccanical, Kagari, Shinta, Esura, Perfo, Magius, myself, DJNoctis
et al are going to slowly go mad from over exposure to Square Enixium, and we'll kill ourselves at Versus launch as part of a suicide pact.
. . . or we're just kinda weird people.
has been crazy all along
. . . or we're just kinda weird people.
You could fix that by following other franchises.
It only goes down hill from here. First you move to Zelda and get caught in a cycle of infinite hatred. Then Sonic and you start thinking about inflation. Before you know it you're into My Little Pony amputation diaper fetishism.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Nomura looks at this and thinks "that's just more of her to
You should really stop going to the "awesome" fanart thread. I don't think you can handle it.
Looks like an MMORPG -- that is, it has such a massive scope and world that it just doesn't seem likely, or possible, to be a single player RPG. And the quickbar sort of looks exactly like the MMORPG kind, but that's probably a placeholder. I hope it's a single player game though, that would be amazing.
Perhaps they are working with an MMORPG engine to try and make a single player game. Ie; bringing single player immersion into it (Such as personalized quests, relationships with NPC's, more freedom in mechanics and stats, more monster individuality/uniqueness.)
Perhaps they are working with an MMORPG engine to try and make a single player game. Ie; bringing single player immersion into it (Such as personalized quests, relationships with NPC's, more freedom in mechanics and stats, more monster individuality/uniqueness.)
You sound like you haven't seen or played Xenoblade, because all the things you mentioned (scope of the world, quickbar, etc) are basically identical to Xenoblade. And no, it's likely not a placeholder. Xenoblade wasn't a MMORPG.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXr1SmWdT8o
You sound like you haven't seen or played Xenoblade, because all the things you mentioned (scope of the world, quickbar, etc) are basically identical to Xenoblade. And no, it's likely not a placeholder. Xenoblade wasn't a MMORPG.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXr1SmWdT8o
I have it, but that game isn't in HD. It has more to do with the scope, and (assumption.) requirement of towns, dungeons, stuff to do, etc in the world. And since it seems to be so huge, there should be more than 1 huge town. If it's a single player game, they'll probably scale it down, or, perhaps, the enviroment in the trailer was the entirety of the world.
It's just that it seems to be so amazing, it's hard to believe it's going to be a single player game.
And nevermind about the quickbar, I thought it was an actionbar ala MMORPG style but the character was in combat.
You mean the "auto-attack-RPG" genre? Better put FFXII in that too.
wut
?????????????
What does that have to do with being a MMORPG?
The implied size and epicness of such a game in HD would usually imply that it's an MMORPG due to the associated budget and costs of such a large game. MMORPG's costs far, far more than single player games, and needs to have a team that regularly updates it, and fills in the content, as the majority of the content will be concentrated in the beginning areas at first.
I'm not trying to convince anyone that it's an MMORPG, just that it seems so amazing that it's almost hard to believe it's a single player game.
slightconfuse
Banned
gbetween sleept dogs,hitman and Deus ex SE has become my favorite publisher.
as dev they need do go back tot he drawing board.
as dev they need do go back tot he drawing board.
Not seeing your point. All of this generation, Bethesda games have had to-scale towns that allow you to explore every room of every building, all set in a fully traversable world that is at least as large as the combined explorable areas in Xenoblade. All in HD. It's not like magic is required to make HD towns.
Wut. I'm sorry, I just think you're talking nonsense now.
no offense to jac but yeah i think he's on a different page :/
Uh...like Skyrim?
Wut. I'm sorry, I just think you're talking nonsense now.
What do you mean, grammatically? I apologize. I meant that a game on the scale of the one seen in the trailer doesn't seem possible for a single player game, because of the required budget. MMORPG's are much larger than single player games, but also cost far more to make.
[The implied size and epicness of a game like the one seen in the trailer would usually imply that it's an MMORPG, due to the associated budget and costs of such a large game. A Single Player game on such a scope is still unprecedented in HD.]
I'm just amazed at the possibility that it might be a single player game, because, based on the trailer, it seems to be considerably larger than any other HD game to date.
Yes, exactly. Skyrim is an oddity compared to other games, even with all the procedural content. It's on another level in terms of content and scope. And this game seems to be bigger, and have a far larger scope and scale, and not made by Bethesda.
There's also the fact that Skyrim was built on a very old engine that they have been tooling with for a decade or more, specifically for the purpose of making a giant game like Skyrim, and it was showing the signs. This game doesn't. That's why I'm amazed. It does have some of the trademarks of Xenoblade Chronicles though (Especially the background mountains look, and the feel of scale.), so it seems like they have retooled the engine they made Xenoblade in.
However, my overall point is that, if it's a single player game, I really doubt that it's going to be as huge as the trailer suggests.
fart town usa
Gold Member
Anyone defending square enix at this point is seriously delusional.
How can you remotely begin to assume from a 1 minute trailer which is mostly filled with combat footage, that it is on another level of content and scope compared to Skyrim, and bigger than Skyrim? That doesn't make much sense at all.
Here's why your logic seems really strange:
- A developer makes Xenoblade on the Wii
- The same developer announces they're working on a WiiU title
- Most people expect a follow up to Xenoblade except in HD
- The developer finally reveals the game, and it looks pretty much exactly like Xenoblade except in HD
- You mention all the elements which make it look exactly like Xenoblade, and conclude it is a MMORPG
See how strange it is? Wouldn't the more logical conclusion be that the developer which made a game which was well received would make something similar next?
I haven't concluded anything, I've been saying that, basically, it seems almost too incredible to be a single player game. And it might not be as huge as the trailer makes it out to be if it is, indeed, a single player game. And I was saying Skyrim is on another level in terms of content and scope than any other game so far, but that this game seems to have a larger scope and scale. Not content.
The scale (Of the landscape/world.) is far larger than Skyrm. The inclusion of a flying vehicle implies that the world is very large, and/or even has different elevations with content. The size of the monsters also implies a huge world.
Not sure why you would argue with my impression that it seems too big for a single player game, though. It was more of a compliment to the developers than anything.
CrankyKong
Member
I really should get around to finishing Xenoblade.
sorijealut
Member
I can handle everything.
While the world volume may be bigger, the games doesn't have "complex" NPC AI or the ability to pick up almost everything so development cost is greatly diminished since items don't need to be hand-placed or the world and towns filled with AI with dialogue trees.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
I don't think Nintendo would jump into managing another 1st party MMO until Dragon Quest X gets a little older.
Exentryk
Member
Yup, you didn't conclude anything.
Did you play Xenoblade?
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Regardless of what many thinks of MonolithSoft, no one can deny that their First HD RPG attempt looks jaw dropping so kudos to them.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
It's weird - FFXII was my favourite game in the series (though I'll always have a soft spot for IV, and VII blew me away as much as any game ever, and IX was great, and I was such a classic, and.. I digress)...but I haven't played a single Square game this gen, unless you want to count Deus Ex. Something bad happened to them when they entered HD generation. I'm sure I'll eventually give FFXIII a shot in spite of all the bad things I've heard about it. It just reminds me of FFX, and that was easily my least favourite.
On the other hand, I'm ready for X day one.
On the other hand, I'm ready for X day one.
Hand Held Square is where it is at, bro. Type-0, Four Heroes of Light, TWEWY, DQ9, all good, solid RPG experiences, not to mention KHBBS, and to a lesser extent DDD.
EmperorLawlight
Banned
It just looked like MH to me.