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White Knight Chronicles Media and Information Thread

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roxya

Member
Does this mean there's going to be a 2nd signup process like MGO? If so.... fuck.

And no voice chat makes no sense at all.
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Nice impressions from the Famitsu article, too.

AND NO SLOW DOWN?!!! YES! Thank you, Level-5.

The show started with a Speech from President Hino, he talked about Dragon Quest then moved on to how they finished White Knight tory earlier than expected. He went on to talk about Dogma Senki, a webcomic prequel to White Knight Chronicles that started today with episode 0, it can be viewd on the official site. It's another story about the White Knight and adds more depth to the world. He finished by talking aboput how WKS will be continued for a long time through Downloadable Content such as new quests.

The next part of the show was a live demonstration, two members of SCE played alongside Aki Higashihara & Kazushi Sakuraba.It was an escort mission where they had to defend the convoy and defeat the boss, pretty simple.

After that we were shown to an area where there were many demo kiosks set up, finally we get to play it!

I started by making a custom character, people will probably spend hours doing this but I just made one quickly to get into the game. Starting the game, my custom character can be seen in the beautiful opening cinematics. There were many options available, save game, item transfer and network, but since this was an offline play stall they couldnt be accessed.

Into battle! Monsters can be seen and encountered on the field and the combat takes place right there and then. your party members are always on the field too. You can tell if there's a giant monster around because the screen starts to shake. Depending on the creature the screen will pan out to show them in their entirity so you can see just how much bigger than you they are.

The game has many features you can take ingame screenshots there was a list of trophies but they all said ??? You collect many items like monster parts, I assume for synthesis but I didnt get to try it out.

In conclusion White Knight Chronicles ~Ancient Pulse~ is a great game for all PS3 owners and especially JRPG fans.
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From PS3forums and http://mandom.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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cvkpaladin

Member
I'm hoping this game is good and everything I've heard so far sounds great. I wish they'd give out more info about when to expect the game in the US but I guess they just want to focus on the Japanese launch for the time being.
 
Zoe

Zoe

Member
I've been trying to avoid the media on this, but does Renard look really different in that last shot there?
 
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CoilShot

Member
The music in the game is so awesome. Are they going to release a soundtrack for the game? I would buy it right now if its out. Also Is there going to be an option in the Japanese version for english of any type(Wishful thinking I know :/ )?
 
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Dead Prince

Banned
I don't like the hair graphics :x

clothes look alright though. but the flawless skin on the person is just scary.

LOL @ the brown character! awesome man awesome! hopefully i can choose any color xD
 
Zoe

Zoe

Member
lemmming said:
spoken it's lenard, I'm guessing he's translating kata/hiragana directly, which should be "renaado"

it's like ruffy vs. luffy etc.
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Hey, "Renard" is a real name. It's not the same at all.

With an "L", it would be Leonard.
 
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domokunrox

Banned
Wish we knew a NA release date.

I like to know a day when they're going to start to string us along until they finally release it.
 
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TheChillyAcademic

Member
I have to say that the art style is absolutely amazing!! With the advent of all of these online features, I have to wonder which side (single or multi) will be pushed more in marketing...
 
rykomatsu

rykomatsu

Member
i wonder if you can join a quest mid-way through? like...go in with one char, find out you might need a stronger char, logout, bring online another one...kinda like what a lot of ppl do in WoW
 
Zoe

Zoe

Member
tehbear said:
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This is the same person? I really wish they would have stuck with the look of left one.
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The lighting seems to have a lot to do with it. Look at the last pic in ryokomatsu's post above.
 
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Kyoufu

Member
It has all the makings of a great RPG, and then online for added awesomeness.

I swear, if this turns out to be a dud I'm boycotting Level 5 for life.

edit: as for sales, I don't expect any more than 300k LTD in Japan. :(
 
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a1m

Banned
Yes, I want this game now. Finally it seems a good JRPG is on it's way, I don't wanna wait anymore.
 
rykomatsu

rykomatsu

Member
Kyoufu said:
It has all the makings of a great RPG, and then online for added awesomeness.

I swear, if this turns out to be a dud I'm boycotting Level 5 for life.

edit: as for sales, I don't expect any more than 300k LTD in Japan. :(
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There's some flutter in Japan about WKC bombing since Rogue Galaxy was poorly received in Japan...i'm sure that might affect sales to a small extent.

Personally, I just hope there's enough sales to merit a sequel...
 
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Wollan

Member
SCEJ isn't really helping with their marketing. Even zero cost moves like instant trailer releases on the Store and such haven't been happening. This game should have been on all cylinders since this spring/summer really.
 
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Durante

Member
I've always liked the art style of this game but I really love the latest media I've seen of it. Like others, I hope they announce the US release date soon (and I hope they give it dual audio too since with Blu-ray there's no excuse not to).

Wollan said:
SCEJ isn't really helping with their marketing. Even zero cost moves like instant trailer releases on the Store and such haven't been happening. This game should have been on all cylinders since this spring/summer really.
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Agreed. I just hope the online features prevent some reselling for a while and thus make it have slightly better legs than usual for this kind of game (which I guess was the intention). But unlike local multiplayer on PSP (MHP) online has never been all that big in Japan I think.
 
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MrDenny

Member
tehbear said:
3502tja.jpg


This is the same person? I really wish they would have stuck with the look of left one.
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His face model has change quite a bit since the first trailer. Wish the in-game graphics looked like it did in the first trailer.
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Wollan said:
SCEJ isn't really helping with their marketing. Even zero cost moves like instant trailer releases on the Store and such haven't been happening. This game should have been on all cylinders since this spring/summer really.
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They've been running commercials for it since early November + outside advertisement AND you can get the latest videos on JPSN ;)
 
rykomatsu

rykomatsu

Member
klee123 said:
Awesome, assuming this is the opening theme. I hope there's also a fitting Ending theme as well.
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snake on 2ch (i think it was him) posted that there was another vocal song that was new during the party...maybe ED theme..who knows

I'm reading a lot on 2ch atm that avatars can be changed mid-game...no info on if there's penalty on doing so and if there is, what type of penalties there are...
 
K

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
lostxii said:
aren't those both recent images?
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Taken from the same build.

rykomatsu said:
snake on 2ch (i think it was him) posted that there was another vocal song that was new during the party...maybe ED theme..who knows

I'm reading a lot on 2ch atm that avatars can be changed mid-game...no info on if there's penalty on doing so and if there is, what type of penalties there are...
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That's good.
 
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Tideas

Banned
Wollan said:
SCEJ isn't really helping with their marketing. Even zero cost moves like instant trailer releases on the Store and such haven't been happening. This game should have been on all cylinders since this spring/summer really.
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it's nice to backseat criticize. there's no such thing as "zero" cost. anything that takes time "costs"
 
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