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[Panajev2001a]

This game looks sooooooooo good!

 

[Willy Wanka]

I love the art style. Ubisoft are definitely moving up a few places on my 'favourite publisher' list.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

This looks really good.

 

[ced]

Visually looks nice but ugh jrpg, I just don't have the patience for that anymore. Maybe if it were a hybrid arpg / jrpg but it looks old school.

 

[Kodaman]

When is this releasing?

 

[cacildo]

Not for me

 

[DarkLordMalik]

The game is beautiful!

 

[UrbanRats]

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.

Seeing the two characters close up and the backgrounds, i'm not impressed by the water colors and drawings, however seeing it in motion made me realize how it must be difficult to pull something like this off and having it animated.
That i find impressive.

If i saw an illustrated book with those drawings, though, i'd put it back on the shelf.
And yes i know it's going for the child fairytale art-style, before someone mentions the obvious.

 

[Retro]

I really dig the illustrated art style, but the instant I saw it has RPG combat, I'm afraid I was out. I don't begrudge JRPG fans getting some love (I know how rough the pickings are lately), but I do wish this were a platformer or something. I don't have the patience for the genre anymore, though I might check it out if they manage to do away with some of the archaic 'staples' of the genre.

 

[nampad]

Game is just beatiful, UbiArt is great.

 

[The Last Wizard]

2014 is gonna be an expensive year

 

[Madridy]

I got chills and goosebumps while watching the trailer.

Stunning!

 

[TEJ]

I never thought i'd see a game like this from Ubisoft. This is a must buy damnit!

 

[Easy_D]

Nice to see some true creativity from Ubi again. I wonder if we have Rayman Origins to thank for that? Both this and Valiant Hearts look amazing.

 

[sense]

they probably will announce vita version closer to release like rayman legends. no reason not to when it is using same engine or they might announce when psvita tv is formally announced for US and EU.

 

[Rattus]

Looks great, glad it's available for Wii U as well. By the way, I also heard narrator say, "touch yourself child"

Now what I wouldn't give for a Zelda 2: Adventure of Link sequel. Nintendo is sitting on so much gold.

 

[Coiote]

Sad about no Vita version. I might be skipping this game, unfortunately.

 

[Dark Schala]

This game looks like the bee's knees. God it looks so good. I love UbiArt, so it's good to see more people using it.

Being able to interrupt enemy attacks is a plus. Though I wish the enemy animations had more oomph to them like the main character's animations have.

 

[Micerider]

Looking great. No thread for the other Ubi Art game "Soldat Inconnu" annouced today as well (puzzle/adventure game). I'm at work and on mobile so I did not create it.

 

[Fireblend]

Goddamn.

Day 1.

 

[shinobi602]

 

[Padawan of Windu]

I want it I want it! Will get for my Wii U. I sure hope there's a real box and manual, I hate these digital only games. Especially RPGs, they belong on a shelf with other rare games.

 

[Aostia]

THOSE GIFS oh god...
Can't wait to play it on tv screen of course, but also on the gamepad (for many reasons)
Hopefully they'll have also some touch controls
Disappointed by the lack of Wii U version for the other WWI Ubi-art game, but happy about this that, to me, seems the best of today's announcments

EDIT:
There are no random encounters in Child of Light; rather, you see every enemy within the environment and, upon touching them, are thrust into battle

YAY!
Don't know yet if it will be DD only as the WWI game or digital

 

[Dark Schala]

I want it I want it! Will get for my Wii U. I sure hope there's a real box and manual, I hate these digital only games. Especially RPGs, they belong on a shelf with other rare games.

It's a Ubisoft game. There will probably be no manual.

 

[Ylyon]

i want it!

 

[Lijik]

looks fantastic! seems like some of the character assets (most notably the main character) are heavily stylized 3d models while others (the monsters) are purely 2d. of course thats just what it looks like to me, i could be wrong!

loving these Ubiart games!

 

[KeRaSh]

This looks utterly beautiful. I love what they are pulling off with the Ubi Art engine.

 

[stalker]

Looking great. No thread for the other Ubi Art game "Soldat Inconnu" annouced today as well (puzzle/adventure game). I'm at work and on mobile so I did not create it.

we have a thread for that, it has a different name in english (valiant hearts I think)

 

[lordfroakie]

Can I have ubiart now Ubisoft? Can't be that hard to make something free and open source. Jerks

 

[orioto]

Can I have ubiart now Ubisoft? Can't be that hard to make something free and open source. Jerks

Yeah i want one to. I should find ubi relations on facebook
Anyway you still have to code the game...

 

[oVerde]

Simply stunning. I'm so happy to see more 2d HD games.

2D HD games are my new cup of tea. Awesomenauts and Skullgirls every day.

 

[RaikuHebi]

About as "weird" as your avatar (somewhat similar) . Both are awesome lol. This game looks and seems to play absolutely stunning.......

Exactly what I was thinking lol.

 

[jj984jj]

It looks pretty but I don't know if I'm interested in playing as a little girl.

 

[Lo-Volt]

Yes. YES.

 

[Durante]

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.

"Turn-based RPG" doesn't have the same descriptive value. That could describe e.g. The Temple of Elemental Evil, which is certainly not a JRPG.

I think Tuco said it best, it's a descriptor of a certain recipe of making a game, and it's useful as such -- like any other genre name. The actual origin of the name (the "J" and "W" part) is just vestigial.

 

[dezzy8]

Ubisoft has been pushing a lot of me buttons recently. All they have to do is show some next gen Rainbow Six and they're set.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Vita version to be announced at a later date with bonus missions. At release it is revealed that half of the original game is missing.

 

[Aostia]

Vita version to be announced at a later date with bonus missions. At release it is revealed that half of the original game is missing.

and that the missing parts will be patched for free at a later date

 

[jj984jj]

"Turn-based RPG" doesn't have the same descriptive value. That could describe e.g. The Temple of Elemental Evil, which is certainly not a JRPG.

I think Tuco said it best, it's a descriptor of a certain recipe of making a game, and it's useful as such -- like any other genre name. The actual origin of the name (the "J" and "W" part) is just vestigial.

Other than being turn-based, what would make this side-scrolling RPG like a "JRPG"?

 

[Prax]

Beautiful~!
It's like.. if Zelda herself got to be the main character of a LoZ game (get getting the sword, fairy travelling around with her, and she gets magic--it being turn-based is also better for me lol) and that's what I really wanted for a long time, so this is awesome~!

Will be anticipating this game.

I think the connotation that it's a JRPG means that there will be a lot of stat-based level progression things involved, NPCs to talk to, equipment management, focus on the character/story, and just in general a different vibe from most wrpgs.

 

[Einbroch]

Not liking the art style, the faces just look strange to me. Combat could be great or boring, just depends on the implementation.

I'll keep my eye on this one, though.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

DO WANT!

 

[ultron87]

Obviously beautiful graphics.

Hopefully the gameplay/combat isn't super simple or anything like that. Definitely looking forward to seeing more of this.

 

[PG2G]

Graphically it looks great, not sure what I think about the game mechanics. It looks like a very basic 2D platformer with turn based combat. Doesn't seem very RPGish at all to me.

 

[Ghost_Protocol]

Put it in my veins.

 

[wouwie]

Looks great. Unfortunately, i'm not a fan of turn based combat/(j)rpg at all which is a shame. But i'm willing to give it a try nonetheless. Got to support games like this. It's fantastic that Ubisoft is investing in games like this.

 

[Devilgunman]

It certainly looks amazing but I don't get any jrpg vibe from it at all.

 

[Durante]

Other than being turn-based, what would make this side-scrolling RPG like a "JRPG"?

Well, for example a linear narrative structure or a lack of conversation trees. The fixed character/enemy positions in combat.

Also, I believe there have been more sidescrolling JRPGs than sidescrolling WRPGs, so even the perspective points more to that sub-genre.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

"Turn-based RPG" doesn't have the same descriptive value. That could describe e.g. The Temple of Elemental Evil, which is certainly not a JRPG.

I think Tuco said it best, it's a descriptor of a certain recipe of making a game, and it's useful as such -- like any other genre name. The actual origin of the name (the "J" and "W" part) is just vestigial.

But does CoL really have this "recipe"? Art and tone-wise the game is clearly inspired by european-style fairy tales, and a side-scrolling, turn-based RPG is not something that occurs often on either side of the planet (like, the only examples I can think up are the first two Valkyrie Profile games and The Stick of Truth, the latter of which isn't even released yet). At face face value this game doesn't really seem to have anything significantly "J"-like in its presentation at all.

 

[Tohsaka]

Looks really nice, I'm so glad more devs are using the Ubi-Art engine. I'll get the PS4 version of this for sure.