Finaika
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The girl's character design looks weird to me.
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Child of Light trailer/screens (Ubisoft JRPG, Rayman Engine, PC/360/PS3/WiiU/XB1/PS4)
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The girl's character design looks weird to me.
Sentenza
Member
What's so weird about it?
It looks like an illustrated fairy tales book for children, which I guess it's exactly what they were aiming to.
I'm flabbergasted and will look out for these both. Between that and the new Tex Murphy trailer I'm super hyped for the year ahead.
NeoGeoOwner
Banned
Looks pretty.
Exactly.
I don't get all the complaints about the art style.
It looks exactly like illustrations from a European fairy tale childrens book come to life - which is no doubt what they were going for.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
This looks nice. Consider me interested.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Looks nice. I'm not really seeing the "J" in this RPG at all, but I'll definitely check it out.
You don't get complaints about an art style? That's like not understanding complaints about anything ever. It may be a style they're going for, but it's not free from criticism because of it. I think it looks fine though, but I also don't really like how she's rendered in-game.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Oooooooo turn based combat? I am interested.
DaSorcerer7
Member
Yes, day 0.......anyone know the release date?
Road of Ease
Member
Ubisoft has been awesome these days 
Will buy!
Will buy!
RPG_Fanatic
Member
This looks pretty good. The only decision I have is what platform to get it on.
Triggerhappytel
Member
"Return"?! What about Limbo, Braid, Rayman, NSMB, Splosion Man, Super Meat Boy, Battleblock Theatre, etc.
They're trying to be more pretentious than indie games.
BassForever
Member
Take my money ubisoft!
Hope the combat engine is good hard to tell from the trailer
Hope the combat engine is good hard to tell from the trailer
How is it pretentious? They're all great games. Pretentious would be a shit game pretending to be good.
Sentenza
Member
That's... almost the exact opposite of my impression, actually.
I love the simple and yet charming art style, but animations look a bit underwhelming.
For the same reason you can eat chinese food outside of China.
It's all about the recipe. JRPG means turn-based battle-system on a static screen. It has been labeled as Japanese as it's where it originated and most games in the genre came from Japan devs. But you don't need to be Japanese to make japanese-rpg
You don't even have to use japanese-art (whatever that mean).
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
For the same reason you can eat chinese food outside of China.
It's all about the recipe. JRPG means turn-based battle-system on a static screen. It has been labeled as Japanese as it's where it originated and most games in the genre came from Japan devs. But you don't need to be Japanese to make japanese-rpg
But there have been plenty of Western RPGs in the past that... ah fuck it, this conversation always goes around in circles.
ashecitism
Member
RPS impressions: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/09/10/child-of-light/
Kind of gotta agree, espically the other guy in the picture.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Shit, Ubisoft still has good ideas. This looks promising, good to see UbiArt getting more action.
Sentenza
Member
Well, his attempt to summarize what defines a JRPG was a bit too strict, but generally speaking he's not wrong at all.
There have been tons of "western JRPGs" even in the past (Septerra Core, Anachronox, Summoner) and at the same time there are action RPGs from Japan that barely fits in the definition of "JRPG" (Dark Souls, to name the most obvious one, with a lead designer, Miyazaki, that explicitly claimed in an interview he doesn't like JRPGs too much).
these genres are not defined by their geographical provenience anymore, but from a subset of typical, recurring features that set the "recipe".
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
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nvm
nvm
The most important question is price, I wish they went for a sensible target like Blood Dragon at $15. That is until they shown more playable characters, stages, content or anything which indicate higher production values.
Even if one does not like either the character design or background, at the very least there is a cohesiveness in its art direction. Neither one looks out of place when you put it together. Ubisoft dropped a lot of buzzword for this game, so I'm rather cautious about it. What does the creative director of Far Cry 3 exactly stand for this kind of games?
Even if one does not like either the character design or background, at the very least there is a cohesiveness in its art direction. Neither one looks out of place when you put it together. Ubisoft dropped a lot of buzzword for this game, so I'm rather cautious about it. What does the creative director of Far Cry 3 exactly stand for this kind of games?
B_Boss
Member
About as "weird" as your avatar (somewhat similar)
. Both are awesome lol. This game looks and seems to play absolutely stunning.......
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
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I liked the music and loved the art then I saw the RPG like combat. I'm sold.
I liked the music and loved the art then I saw the RPG like combat. I'm sold.
Avallon
Member
You know absolutely nothing about the game and you're already assuming it's a budget title?
Literally too kiddy.
â Narayan
Member
This looks awesome!
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Then people should just drop the J & W and use the actual gameplay as descriptors, then. Why not just call it "turn-based RPG" and call it a day. All the country of origin does now is just confuse people. Tales and Pokemon are both Japanese RPGs, but they don't play alike at all!