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Capcom announced Blade Fantasia - New fantasy RPG by the Breath of Fire creator
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Do they have a continuous story?
Baloonatic
Member
I wouldn't mind so much if it was coming to Android as well 
Shmuely Bully
Member
The only time I want to have to use ios is when the network is down.
I thought it was bad last gen with almost all of the decent JRPGs being on handhelds, I'd take it ten gens in a row before this.
I thought it was bad last gen with almost all of the decent JRPGs being on handhelds, I'd take it ten gens in a row before this.
*Sees title*
*Sees user name*
*Rolls eyes*
*Notices no "Lol for mobile" in the first line*
*Reads info, no console shows, excite accumulating*
*Sees kicksass art, no console annoucement yet, hype in overdrive*
*Sees random spoiler texts, already expecting a nextgen console annoucement*
Fuck you, duckroll.
*Sees user name*
*Rolls eyes*
*Notices no "Lol for mobile" in the first line*
*Reads info, no console shows, excite accumulating*
*Sees kicksass art, no console annoucement yet, hype in overdrive*
*Sees random spoiler texts, already expecting a nextgen console annoucement*
Fuck you, duckroll.
flatearthpandas
Member
Vita port begging on page 1. Interesting.
Is getting Spielberg to direct your Halo TV show better or worse?
GhaleonQ
Member
Sadly, I think the opposite. Including "Capcom" in the title was enough of a revelation that it would be mobile-only.
Duckroll kills it every time!
Because there's a precedent for phone games to be filled to the rim with microtransactions, lacking in ambitiousness, lacking in content, etc. FF Dimensions is decent albeit uninspired, Chaos Rings is OK but I've certainly played much better RPGs on traditional handhelds (hell I'd rather play FF Legend 2 than nearly every cellphone RPG release).
RPGs used to be some of the most ambitious games in the whole industry, and I feel that the paradigms of mobile phone platforms really constrain them. People not willing to spend more than a few bucks on games means - shorter games, lots of repetitive combat (good for people who are into grindy games but I want the "whole package" RPG - exploration, a bit of a narrative, quality combat and character development systems), and/or microtransactions. If we got standardized controllers for mobile platforms, and games started to have the scope of traditional console/handheld titles I wouldn't have a problem, but mobile games are no where near there at the moment, and have no inclination to get out of the microtransaction ghetto.
I don't have a problem with iOS in and of itself. Apple's mobile hardware is definitely more than capable of supporting good, traditional video games, even with the touch screen (and even more so now that Apple released a universal controller API). I just don't like what most iOS games have become.
I don't even hate F2P in and of itself. There are good, interesting traditional games that just happen to run on monetization schemes like DOTA 2, LoL, Hawken, PlanetSide 2, or Path of Exile. I just hate that the majority of them look like uninspired, exploitative crap. It's because of this that when people hear "iOS," that's what they assume they'll get.
It's like the audience's acceptance of these games (people not familiar with traditional games) has brought the evolution of game design all the way back down to where we were during the 70's before the 1983 crash. There are signs this sphere of gaming is starting to evolve, but I feel like it's going to be a slow, painful process.
I just hope that eventually some developers have the balls to release premium games on iOS (like XCOM) for people willing to pay premium price for a real product. It may not even be a particularly large market compared to the rest of the mobile ecosystem but it should still exist.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Definitely buying this. It's funny, but iOS is slowly but surely becoming a platform that, for better or worse, is kind of feeling exactly like gaming when it was still in its infant stages, and it just keeps getting better.
thesolidshark
Member
These silly games barely qualify as JRPGs
The reality is that big publisher like Capcom aren't targeting their mobile games to these premium market consumer. What they targeting is the bulk of mobile market, that is those who used to freemium model or overly cheap made game. Last, we must remember that Japanese mobile games are designed to be played on short burst, to fit with commute culture in Japan. This is why I will keep my scepticism over any Japanese mobile game announcement.
airmangataosenai
Member
I knew exactly what you were doing so it didn't even hurt. Better luck next time.
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What's the name of the artist from BoF and this?
But the problem comes when they start making this stuff instead of traditional games, not in addition to them.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
I look at the art, and I look at it again, I look at the people involved, and I think to myself...
"Shouldn't THIS Breath of Fire 6?"
And then I remember "Capcpom"
"Shouldn't THIS Breath of Fire 6?"
And then I remember "Capcpom"
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Goddamn it! Fuckin Duckrollllllllllllll!
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Deleted member 20920
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Yeah I've gotten used to the fact that a huge chunk of RPGs from Japan are now all for smartphones these days.
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(((The game looks to be more and less dressed in the usual smartphone trappings.
People are unhappy because because this looks to be another one of those mobile games that do not live up to its claims of being a Full Scale RPG. It's rare to get good RPGs on IOS/Android that do not turn out to be borefests infused with stamina/time bars that are pay-to-play. And also sad that the ideas could have been better used on handhelds.
Breath of Fire 1, 2 and 3 are tied to the same world with some returning characters, but each subsequent game takes place hundreds upon hundreds of years after the other. 2 features some references and nods to things that happen in 1, and 3 also references the first game.
You don't have to play them in specific order, but know that 1 is a very traditional SNES RPG with lots of grinding. 2 requires some grinding here and there, as well. Nevertheless, an excellent series. One of my favorites.
Saint Gregory
Member
I honestly don't know how you sleep at night duckroll.
I'm used to all of these iOS announcements now but the baiting and switching is just unusually cruel :'(
I'm used to all of these iOS announcements now but the baiting and switching is just unusually cruel :'(
Tatsuya Yoshikawa.
A little Photoshop solved the issue.
Niiice.
Glass Rebel
Member
A little Photoshop solved the issue.
It doesn't hurt anymore
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
So duckroll confirmed that the new Capcom game from the Itsuno panel was in fact this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=82898869&postcount=406
Fuck you.
....and Duckroll too
Wishful thinking...I know. I tweeted at Makoto Ikehara just because. He hasn't used it in years though :/
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