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Bonus the bad face

 

[KàIRóS]

The Growlanser battle system alone has me excited for this game, everything else looks kinda meh-ish

 

[Durask]

Yeah Growlanser was fun, would like to play another game of this type.

 

[Fbh]

This continues to look pretty interesting.
The fact battles seem to be in real time definitely gives it a different vibe than Triangle Strategy and other similar games. Hopefully the plot is as good as Triangle too.

 

[TheTony316]

I'm not into SRPG's. I find the UI in these games clunky and slow but this one looks pretty good. Reminds me more of a PC RTS.

 

[Labadal]

I'm happy that there is a demo. I'm not sold on it, but the game has my curiosity.

 

[bigedole]

So no mention of a NA date?

 

[Captain Toad]

Square is bringing the goods for Switch.

 

[Punished Miku]

Definitely interested. Need to see a bit more.

 

[Lethal01]

Definitely interested. Need to see a bit more.

Here's an hour of gameplay

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[KàIRóS]

Another low budget Square-Enix game that feels underdeveloped and rushed.

Now imagine if they cared enough like Sega to make a full fledged game like Valkyria Chronicles.

That's actually why I'm hoping Square doesn't mess up the Front Mission Remake, I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Punished Miku]

Here's an hour of gameplay

Dang looks awesome. Never played a game quite like this.

 

[blackjon24]

That's actually why I'm hoping Square doesn't mess up the Front Mission Remake, I'm crossing my fingers.

lol the front mission remake that was suppose to get a summer release that we have heard nothing from?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I know Square Enix naming conventions have been joked about and criticized in the past, but I feel that "The Diofield Chronicle" may actually affect the sales of this title. 358/2 Days at least had "Kingdom Hearts" in the title so you kind of knew what you where getting into. And with "Octopath Traveler" you can easily deduce that it has something to do with eight paths, but what is a "Diofield"?

 

[FStubbs]

I know Square Enix naming conventions have been joked about and criticized in the past, but I feel that "The Diofield Chronicle" may actually affect the sales of this title. 358/2 Days at least had "Kingdom Hearts" in the title so you kind of knew what you where getting into. And with "Octopath Traveler" you can easily deduce that it has something to do with eight paths, but what is a "Diofield"?

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[German Hops]

El big mexicano Yoshi

Welp, I guess now I'll be eating Qdoba for dinner..

 

[Rest]

That's actually why I'm hoping Square doesn't mess up the Front Mission Remake, I'm crossing my fingers.

Thanks for this, I hadn't heard anything about it.

 

[Northeastmonk]

From Amazon’s description:

The era of myths gives way to an era of great turmoil…The world of men is mired by an age of war which rages for year on end. A band of elite mercenaries calling themselves Blue Fox arise amidst the flames and the chaos, their fates and valiant deeds to be sung of in ages yet to come. But when all is said and done, will the name "Blue Fox" come to signify hope or darkest tragedy?

The Diofield Chronicle - Nintendo Switch https://a.co/d/eS4L4hQ

It’s not a lot to go off of. It has that cool Square look/feel to it. I’m hoping it’s good.

The CE looks interesting. That name makes me laugh.

Square Enix Store | North America

Buy video games online at the Square Enix official store. Shop our top franchises including Final Fantasy, Nier, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest & more.

store.na.square-enix-games.com

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Lancarse is the actual developer with assistance and direction from Square Enix.

 

[Punished Miku]

The DioField Chronicle makes real-time strategy feel like a JRPG | Digital Trends

The DioField Chronicle stands out with its real-time strategy gameplay that has the energy and personality of a JRPG.

www.digitaltrends.com

Basically a simplified, but still challenging RTS game. Jury is out on the story. Small scale so far, not large armies and base building.
Crucially, the game pauses while you're selecting stuff.

Demo out tomorrow.

 

[Fbh]

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Basically a simplified, but still challenging RTS game. Jury is out on the story. Small scale so far, not large armies and base building.
Crucially, the game pauses while you're selecting stuff.

Demo out tomorrow.

Sounds good.
If the story is as good as Triangle Strategy (and it's not some 90 hours bloatfest) I'm definitely in

 

[remember_spinal]

 

[Dynasty8]

Sounds good.
If the story is as good as Triangle Strategy (and it's not some 90 hours bloatfest) I'm definitely in

Does triangle story have a good story like FFT? I was looking into it, but I've heard the dialogue can last 1-2 hours before any actual gameplay. That automatically turned me off...no matter how good a story is, that's pretty excessive.

Looking forward to seeing more from Diofield. Looks interesting so far, but we'll see.

 

[remember_spinal]

Does triangle story have a good story like FFT? I was looking into it, but I've heard the dialogue can last 1-2 hours before any actual gameplay. That automatically turned me off...no matter how good a story is, that's pretty excessive.

Looking forward to seeing more from Diofield. Looks interesting so far, but we'll see.

Triangle Strategy story is good, its along the lines of Tactics Ogre and FFT but its not heavy on fantasy elements.

But yeah, if you ain’t down for long cutscenes its probably not for you, the game is half visual novel, in fact I’d say its like 70/30 visual novel/game

 

[anab0lic36]

Early impressions from those who received the quite lengthy demo seem to be quite positive, might turn out to be a surprise hit of this year.

Triangle Strategy, Live a Live remaster and this in the same year... SE finally starting to regularly put out games that appeal to my tastes again? One can hope...

 

[Fbh]

Does triangle story have a good story like FFT? I was looking into it, but I've heard the dialogue can last 1-2 hours before any actual gameplay. That automatically turned me off...no matter how good a story is, that's pretty excessive.

Looking forward to seeing more from Diofield. Looks interesting so far, but we'll see.

Yeah the story is great but there is indeed a lot of it, it's a very dialog heavy game so if you don't want to sit through lengthy and frequent conversations it might not be for you.
The beginning is the worst part though, I think later on it gets into a decent flow of combat and story.

But I really enjoyed it. It felt a bit more grounded and mature than the never ending stream of anime cliches we get in most JRPG's these days. It also has an interesting decision making mechanic with some really tough choices that actually branch out the story in pretty significant ways.

 

[Punished Miku]

I think I'm in. Looks fun.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Pre order for Tactics Ogre Reborn cancelled. Pre order for Diofield Chronicles acquired.

 

[Punished Miku]

It's a lot less of an RTS than I expected. Looks more like FFXII from a top down view and no gambits.

 

[Labadal]

I will try the demo, tomorrow.

Preview videos seem surprisingly positive.

 

[anab0lic36]

Does triangle story have a good story like FFT? I was looking into it, but I've heard the dialogue can last 1-2 hours before any actual gameplay. That automatically turned me off...no matter how good a story is, that's pretty excessive.

Looking forward to seeing more from Diofield. Looks interesting so far, but we'll see.

I'm only about 5 hours in thus far, but I am actually quite enjoying the story and dialogue. My one criticism I think would be that it introduces A LOT of characters early on in a short space of time and keeping track of who's who can be a bit overwhelming. It does however keep a record of all that you have encountered that you can reference if you start getting lost. I'm playing with Japanese VA, as I find it adds a more serious tone to these games, that the usual cheesey English VA tends to ruin based on previous VA translations I've played in the past.

I'm playing on hard mode and battles have been challenging but fair, had to redo a couple that made me have to rethink my strategy's which I enjoy tinkering with, others that played on normal said it was too easy and that would quickly kill any interest in the combat for me. Something to keep in mind if you have a good amount of experience with these tactical games.

 

[anthony2690]

Really looking forward to this
Will try the demo out tomorrow.

https://www.thegamecollection.net/#sqr:(q[Diofield chronicles])

for my UK buds, it's only £37.95-£39.95

 

[Esca]

Can't wait for the demo. Looking forward to this game

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Jesus...what's happening with Square-Enix? It's like they are releasing a new game every month, lmao.

 

[remember_spinal]

Jesus...what's happening with Suqare-Enix? It's like they are releasing a new game every month, lmao.

Tuh…this comes out a week before Valkyrie Elysium

 

[Shifty1897]

Glad there's a demo, I wasn't going to jump on this because I didn't know how it would play.

 

[jimmypython]

Mildly interested! Will try the demo…and might buy if good, perhaps not day one lol

 

[Graciaus]

On one hand the Growlanser vibes have me super excited. But visually the game is ugly as hell and just ruins it for me. I've already preordered a bunch of upcoming JRPGs and think I'll sit this one out for now.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I super want more Growlanser but I'll settle for this. Hehe

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

“Diofield“ sounds so much like blasphemy in Italian, I kinda wish JRPGs had an actual audience around these parts. 20 years ago a title like this would’ve been early Christmas for our general press, even if nobody could even spell the title correctly, let alone know what the fuck the game could be about.

 

[Hendrick's]

More SE weeb trash.

 

[TheGreatMusashi]

Very excited for the demo, wish I knew what time it dropped. Can’t wait to try it out, a lot of love for tactics fan this year.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Strategy JRPG’s are making a come back like an aged wine

 

[IbizaPocholo]

The DioField Chronicle, Square Enix's new immersive real time tactical battle RPG, has just received a free demo on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and X, and Windows. First 14 minutes of gameplay on PS5.

 

[Labadal]

Demo is out. I will try it when I have the chance, in a few hours.

 

[EDMIX]

I'm going to play the fuck out of this game......1 year from now, used off of Amazon. Looks good though, just not day 1 full priced good.

 

[anthony2690]

Had a quick go on the demo and I genuinely really enjoyed it.

I'm going to delete it and just wait for the full experience now, rather than do chapter 1 and wait a month to continue.