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Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Nintendo Direct footage
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Deified Data
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I agree actually, but in my time I've developed a sixth sense when it comes to things like this.
Oh, well, if there is controversy that is actually a good thing, since more people will look into the game. Just look at how Tomodachi Life gain a lot of free publicity due to the whole controversy surrounding it.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Too much controversy would turn people off, whether or not it's justified. I don't mind Lilly at least.
If they released an actual real shining force game... It would be too much for me to handle.
StreetsAhead
Member
Looks like a really ugly version of valkria profile. Something about the environments in this game make me feel really claustrophobic, like going back to mid-gen N64 games.
Yes call me a graphics whore, but it will take a lot to get me behind this one. Multiplayer would be a start.
Yes call me a graphics whore, but it will take a lot to get me behind this one. Multiplayer would be a start.
This guy gets it, game looks great.
I also did some digging and this one was revealed last E3, had no idea
MissileTrick
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This is insanely goofy, can't wait to try it out.
Secret Owl
Neo Member
Curious and interested
This game looks great. I don't know if I'll ever be sold on the art style 100%, but if the gameplay is what it looks to be, I'm there day one.
Plus the concept is literally: FE/AW team makes an XCOM/Valkyria game that has steampunk Abraham Lincoln leading what is basically the League of Extraordinary Gentleman: America Edition against Lovecraftian monsters.
How can you not be sold on that premise alone?
Plus the concept is literally: FE/AW team makes an XCOM/Valkyria game that has steampunk Abraham Lincoln leading what is basically the League of Extraordinary Gentleman: America Edition against Lovecraftian monsters.
How can you not be sold on that premise alone?
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Now that I've seen the art: John's basically Cyborg, but with a cool hat.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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I personally think its absolutely insane how unhype people are this.
Because when this was announced, despite that the press release specifically said that it was a new IP, people expected it to be Majora's Mask 3D and were furious when it wasn't. No, it makes no sense to me either.
Good thing is this game is releasing in mostly empty 2015 for the 3DS, if this game gets a month all by itself (with another minor release like, say, a new wario game or the new Ace Attorney) I can see it doing great, specialy if they release a trailer with the quality of Fire Emblem Awakening, that trailer was hype.
I actually hope 3DS' slow lineup makes this game perform a bit better. I hadn't considered it!
UncleSporky
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I like how this game is Nintendo's take on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Basileus777
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Valkyria Chronicles made by people who know how to design strategy games? Sounds good, there's a chance for this do to the premise justice.
The Awesomest
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I bought Valkyria because it was in Fire Emblem's genre and made by the Skies of Arcadia team. I'll by this because it's the same type of game as the game made in Fire Emblem's genre and by the Skies of Arcadia team, only made by the Fire Emblem team.
Poodlestrike
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Looks great, though I wish it was on something with a little more horsepower than the 3DS. They've got a great style going, it'd be interesting to see what it'd look like with more technical "oomph."
I don't think any sufficient amount of context would make this less weird given the historical implications.
Think American Saturday Morning cartoon / comic as far as theme goes.
Everybody hated the screenshots and most went "wow, it actually looks good in motion" when we got the trailer the next day. The people saying it looks better now probably didn't watch the trailers then, because it looks exactly the same visually.
Because the last Advance Wars was a huge failure on the most successful Nintendo platform of all time?
It's dead, Jim.
I had essentially the same reaction. Moment of concern -- mostly because I am REALLY hyped for this game and don't want to be turned off by anything unintentionally gross while playing, that'd suck -- but the fact that she doesn't seem just token (and the ridiculous Tom Sawyer insanity) leaves me optimistic. It seems well intentioned, if nothing else. Treehouse is handling the localization, I assume?
But does the Lion give anyone else Jeanne d'Arc vibes?
DeliciousDoc
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the action point system is very 90s computer rpg (which is a good thing). IS isn't afraid to make challenging games so this might actually be hard even though the art style and what they showed looks like a low challenge srpg.
It looks a lot more interesting than I remember from E3 for me as well (maybe I didn't watch the trailer). Still only looks slightly interesting to me though.
It looks a lot more interesting than I remember from E3 for me as well (maybe I didn't watch the trailer). Still only looks slightly interesting to me though.
Diomedeskun
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I completely missed it at first, but Henry Fleming is the protagonist of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. The inclusion of literary and historical figures makes me much more interested, even if they are not likely to resemble their inspiration much.
Or warhammer 40k/Space Hulk.
UberTag
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Looks fine. I just can't help but feel that we'd all be more enthused about it if Intelligent Systems was working on some Valkyria Chronicles / Fire Emblem / Advance Wars / Shining Force title instead.
I can already tell this game is going to play amazing and yet I'm not a fan of the art design, the aesthetic, the plot, the all-American gimmicks. It's just ugly.
And I'm not sure I can get behind playing Lincoln in a game unless it's a Clone High adaptation written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
I can already tell this game is going to play amazing and yet I'm not a fan of the art design, the aesthetic, the plot, the all-American gimmicks. It's just ugly.
And I'm not sure I can get behind playing Lincoln in a game unless it's a Clone High adaptation written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
Looks like more of a parody of US rather than 'western' culture to me.
This always happens when Nintendo makes a new IP.
Jorok Goldblade
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Featuring Tiger Lily, Able Lincoln and Tom Sawyer.
So the known playable characters are:
Henry Fleming (The Red Badge of Courage)
Lion (The Wizard of Oz)
Tiger Lily (Peter Pan)
Tom Sawyer
A steampunk world starring characters from classic literature - this is League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Poodlestrike
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StreetsAhead
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There's also a Mexican woman, but I haven't seen her name anywhere.
SatoAilDarko
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Exactly what I was about to post. He has a hammer attack right. I love how this game is just taking random bits of Americana from the game both fictional, real and weird (lion).