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[lunchwithyuzo]

This is a compilation of games called Guild01. We aren't going to see Crimson Shroud ever if Guild01 doesn't get translated.

I can see a scenario where the Guild01 games get split up and released individually on the eShop. Less risky that way, plus L5IA can fully selfpublish without the need for Nintendo or Bandai to handle the retail channel for them.

 

[charlequin]

How do you say/pronounce this?

"ghee-YAOWK"

 

[MuddyDonut]

MATSUNO GAEM

 

[luca1980]

I was hoping for new pics yet it seems we have to wait a little longer sigh

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Really dig this character design. Shits on pretty much everything I've seen in recent jRPGs.

Him, Stocke, Yuri, and Gestalt Nier. Hell, I'd put Shulk on this list too.

Chasers.
Risk Breakers.
Matsuno has a thing for oddly named professions or something.
Also that last part of the interview kinda got to me. Matsuno is tired of the Matsuno feel. I'd actually like to see him do something different.
A light hearted adventure?

There's this delicate art to names such as those: "Risk Breakers" "Last Ranker" "Radiant Silvergun"...obviously awkward both in English and the original meaning, but still having some sense of purpose and power behind the words and explaining the meaning when not read as a proper noun.

Yeah I don't see a distinct problem with Matsuno trying something different as long as it is something he is actually interested in, and not something he is trying out of a sense of insecurity that no one is interested in what he is good at anymore. It's all about motivation. If a talented creator wants to try something that isn't what he usually does, it could still be cool.

I hope he didn't have something cooked up to show off at L5. That would be a downer.

And I just wanna see that puzzle game. He's made so many genres sing so far in his career, you know that it'd be good.

 

[luca1980]

I can't wait to see what he has in store for us.
The idea of playing a back to the basic yazz rpg concentrated project is thrilling.
More over this game taking drastic graphics choices must mean that the gameplay and its lore will be the core of the experience.
I'd love to find an addicting gameplay since yazz improved this aspect from game to game in his career.
Now i hope he won't make in the future puzzle, I think the jrpg market needs someone with his talent soo much.

 

[Famassu]

I simply can't get excited about this game at the moment. Or well, I refuse to get excited before an European release date is announced.

 

[Matsuno]

New artwork and screenshots

http://www.guild01.jp/crimsonshroud/index.html

 

[vareon]

Thank you, Matsuno.

 

[monome]

 

[AceBandage]

Oh my.

 

[Perfo]

Giving the type of game and presentation, this must be really the smallest project Y.Matsuno worked on. Not that hyped anymore right now :\
Is this game even coming here in the west?

 

[Victrix]

Haha, love this

So geeky, you're adorable Matsuno

 

[krYlon]

I love everything about this so far. The artwork, the text adventuring, dice rolls, dungeon exploration.

So what are the chances of this coming to the west? It's Level 5 isn't it? So we might see this in about 2 years? Maybe?

 

[monome]

Giving the type of game and presentation, this must be really the smallest project Y.Matsuno worked on. Not that hyped anymore right now :\
Is this game even coming here in the west?

Matsuno can turn shit into gold. BELIEVE

 

[luca1980]

Matsuno can turn shit into gold. BELIEVE

this is a real truth!

my only complain is the 3ds regional lock, i hope level 5 will put a time travelers thing and make this multi handheld!

I love everything about this so far. The artwork, the text adventuring, dice rolls, dungeon exploration.

how is the dungeon exploration?
i didn't understand it so far...

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

...ahem...

Pretty psyched about this whole guild01 project tbh.

I assume Giaque is pronounced like Jacques.

 

[duckroll]

how is the dungeon exploration?
i didn't understand it so far...

Well, there's a map, which you can move around on. Your characters are all playing pieces, just like the enemies, like in a table top RPG. When you move into certain areas on the region map, events and/or battles will trigger:

Sometimes during events, there will be choices you can select on the bottom screen. After completing the game the available choices will increase, making replays worthwhile:

During certain event scenes, you will have to make saving throws to determine what happens. In this case you are ambushed by Goblins, and one of them attempts to fire an arrow at you from a short range. If you fail the saving throw, your weapon gets knocked out of your hand by the arrow:

 

[Alexios]

Dat texture res...

Maybe they should skip having the normals layers and just bump the res of the primary texture...

Still interested though, seems pretty rad, but the GUI at least seems to need cleaning up.

 

[Riposte]

It is too bad this will probably be a low budget game in terms of scope.

 

[Alex]

Iffy visuals but it's not like it is it's own project (wish it was, though, rest of the games don't do much for me), really lovely art as usual for that colab.

 

[duckroll]

The battle interface is probably the worst part. It's really... bad:

 

[radios shipping overview]

The battle interface is probably the worst part. It's really... bad:

That's, uh, wow. Pretty bad. Maybe they've got the camera zoomed really close for the screenshot so you can see the detail in the characters (as opposed to being able to see what's going on). I have a feeling we're not going to be seeing anything up that close for very long in-game.

 

[Alexios]

Yeah, why even have that stuff in 3D? Just put them and their names as icon representations at the bottom only.

 

[PumpkinPie]

good to hear Matsuno recovered from his near-death FFXII experience.

Phoenix Downs are a helluva drug.

 

[duckroll]

Updated the OP with some shit.

 

[luca1980]

Well, there's a map, which you can move around on. Your characters are all playing pieces, just like the enemies 1


During certain event scenes, you will have to make saving throws to determine what happens. In this case you are ambushed by Goblins, and one of them attempts to fire an arrow at you from a short range. If you fail the saving throw, your weapon gets knocked out of your hand by the arrow: 2

1 so the map art should be the map itself?
2 that's interesting. It seems to me an rpg to the pure core!!

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

That's, uh, wow. Pretty bad. Maybe they've got the camera zoomed really close for the screenshot so you can see the detail in the characters (as opposed to being able to see what's going on). I have a feeling we're not going to be seeing anything up that close for very long in-game.

On the one hand, I hope you're right and the HUD elements there move and change to fit the new screen perspective and size. On the other, we know his old crew isn't running with Matsuno on this, and if this is clunky as hell, they wouldn't have done something like that.

 

[Meccanical]

Why do I feel like Matsuno came up with this while playing DnD one day?

 

[massoluk]

With Suda's game and this one, I'm already sold. I couldn't care less about the other games in Guild01. Please, please, please come to NA.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Sounds pretty legit.

And I like that the guys look like guys and the girls look like prostitutes.

 

[Truth101]

That's, uh, wow. Pretty bad. Maybe they've got the camera zoomed really close for the screenshot so you can see the detail in the characters (as opposed to being able to see what's going on). I have a feeling we're not going to be seeing anything up that close for very long in-game.

Matsuno already said that the games in Guild01 aren't being pushed graphically.

 

[duckroll]

Matsuno already said that the games in Guild01 aren't being pushed graphically.

It's not the graphics though, it's just super shitty presentation here. Even if the graphics were super awesome, that screen would still look like shit.

 

[duckroll]

Matsuno tweeted a collection of screens from the game, some of them are new and not in any other article: http://twitpic.com/8yeb39

 

[teh_J0kerer]

For christ's sake, I can see her vag...

 

[XANDER CAGE]

For christ's sake, I can see her vag...

Care to share with the rest of the class?

EDIT - oh wow, that OP art hadn't loaded. Ahaha

that concept art actually looks really cool, tbh

 

[Eteric Rice]

Character models need work.

Still looks interesting though.

 

[KarmaCow]

Gyft? Come on now.

The game looks messy from those screenshots but I'm always down for some dungeon exploration.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

All I can think about is how much I'd prefer the battle screen to have the character text at least pushed to the edges of the screen. Frankly I think I'd rather have it all at the bottom of the screen even if it meant less visible area for the character models. Hell, show them smaller, it might make the textures appear better.

 

[Perfo]

That's why this game remembered me of this one:

It's Hideo Minaba's doing

 

[Mael]

Too bad it's not another Ogre type game...
Anyway hope this gets localized!

 

[.la1n]

Matsuno?

 

[horsebird]

Between this and that other beautiful Square rpg (don't remember the exact name, just that it was something ridiculous), I might just have to pick up a 3ds!

For christ's sake, I can see her vag...

Wow, just took another look. It's really not even subtle.

 

[Meier]

It is part of an omnibus game collection called Guild01 on the 3DS. It'll be out in Japan in May, and it consists of 4 games from different creators. Suda51 is making an anime style 3D top down shooter, Matsuno is making a RPG, Yoot Saito is making an airport sim, and some Japanese comedian is making a weapon shop sim.

http://www.guild01.jp

This is Crimson Shroud: http://www.guild01.jp/crimsonshroud/index.html

WHOA, Yoot Saito making an airport sim?! I knew he was involved but didn't know what he was doing. This just keeps getting better and better! Hopefully we get to play it some day here in the States...

Matsuno's art is second to none.

 

[massoluk]

WHOA, Yoot Saito making an airport sim?! I knew he was involved but didn't know what he was doing. This just keeps getting better and better! Hopefully we get to play it some day here in the States...

Matsuno's art is second to none.

It's looking more and more like pure puzzle than airport sim. Disappointed I am.

 

[Ledsen]

That's the most shameless camel toe I've EVER seen in a game. It's grossly detailed. Holy moly.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

That's the most shameless camel toe I've EVER seen in a game. It's grossly detailed. Holy moly.

I think it's supposed to be her butt cheeks, but yeah it's not quite right for that angle and doesn't take much to see something else.

 

[mt1200]

Why do I feel like Matsuno came up with this while playing DnD one day?

I thought the same, it looks like a board game made videogame

 

[luca1980]

I hope for a ios port since matsuno himself plays ios games...

Anyway art design is nice, but yoshida imho > minaba...

 

[Hasemo]

I guess this doesn't deserve it's own thread, but Guild 01 release has been move from May 17th to May 31st.
http://andriasang.com/con0ji/guild_01_delay/