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[djplaeskool]

HELL.
YES.
Great news.

God I hope Nobuyoshi Sano is helping with the soundtrack again.

 

[luka]

My excitement will be determined entirely by who is developing.

But otherwise, holy shit. More Mana pls.

 

[Kouriozan]

PS3? Nice!
Just need to know if it'll be good.

 

[Canis lupus]

Woah that came out of nowhere.

 

[Soriku]

PS3.

Source?

 

[Dead Prince]

unsure if excited.

 

[Zukuu]

NICE! That means NieR something based on NieR is possible as well.

 

[Aeana]

Source?

Same source as the original info. It's for PS3.

 

[MvmntInGrn]

What?!

Hopefully its localized as Ubisoft brought Drakengard 2 over I think. Loved Drakengard 2 for a long time. Was one of the only spontaneous purchases I ever made. It was a bit hard to go back to when I tried a few years ago though. Never got the last ending in Drakengard 1 either if I recall. Stopped playing it for some reason.

I'd probably pick this up. I enjoy the melancholy tone of the series. No signs of pacts though yet huh?

 

[Pooya]

No details on developer or publisher yet, or platform

Square Enix owns this IP.

they even trademarked it (again) a few months ago.

スクエニ
商願２０１２－１０３１８８　ＤＲＡＧ―ＯＮ　ＤＲＡＧＯＯＮ

 

[Takao]

Tales Source updated, it's PS3.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Ha! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=510066

I think we are looking at a PS4 game.

3DS Chibi styled game.

screaming

 

[CielTynave]

HOLY SHIT

 

[Roubjon]

I'm not getting my hopes up at all, but it's nice to hear nonetheless.

 

[Ridley327]

Well, this is unexpected.

I wonder if Taro is working on this; IIRC, he's been freelancing at Squenix for a bit, specifically on one of their browser games.

 

[BlackIronCount]

waiting for platform first before geting excited

Spoiler

if this is for console it would renew my hope for VP3

 

[Mature]

Should I be ordering Drakengard 1 and 2 right now? I fell in love with Nier and the prospect of more Yoko Taro is sooooo good.

 

[schuelma]

Yup, confirmed PS3.

 

[eXistor]

What, this is...what? But who? What?

 

[GeoramA]

New Drakengard for PS3. Hmm, okay...

WHAT

 

[duckroll]

Some more info:

The Utautai (Songstress) are people who exhibit the ability to manipulate magic using songs. The main missions in the game take place on the ground, and the power of the power of the player increases when exposed to blood splatter. Sounds like a M rated game like the previous ones.

 

[Gold_Loot]

Holy Shit!
Hopefully They have a bunch of the old Cavia staff working on it

 

[Nirolak]

What, this is...what? But who? What?

Square Enix owns the trademark, so we at least have a publisher.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

What? Hopefully its localized as Ubisoft brought Drakengard 2 over I think.

Loved Drakengard 2 for a long time. Was one of the only spontaneous purchases I ever made. It was a bit hard to go back to when I tried a few years ago though. Never got the last ending in Drakengard 1 either if I recall. Stopped playing it for some reason.

I'd probably pick this up. I enjoy the melancholy tone of the series.

Probably because the requirements for the final ending of Drakengard border on trolling the player, especially considering what happens.

Spoiler

Rhythm-based boss battle against a giant pregnant goddess in the middle of 21st century Tokyo, followed by Caim and Angelus being unceremoniously killed by fighter jets, triggering the events of Nier.

 

[ironcreed]

But no Cavia? Regardless, never thought I would see this. More giant babies please.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

If it's exclusive to PS3 then localization chances are cut by 50%, unless it's exclusive only in Japan.

 

[Kouriozan]

Needs more flying babies.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

WHAAAAT ?????? Isn't Cavia dead ?


EDIT : PS NieR 2 pls

 

[Ridley327]

Should I be ordering Drakengard 1 and 2 right now? I fell in love with Nier and the prospect of more Yoko Taro is sooooo good.

Of the two, the first game is the one most like Nier, as its ultimate ending is a direct setup for what goes down in Nier. Drakengard 2 branches off from one of the other endings, and it's a considerably less memorable game.

 

[Noi]

I'm completely ok with this.

 

[Heart Attack]

Day 1 if most of Cavia is involved.

 

[Equinox]

Starring LIGHTNING.

 

[MvmntInGrn]

Probably because the requirements for the final ending of Drakengard border on trolling the player, especially considering what happens.

Spoiler

Rhythm-based boss battle against a giant pregnant goddess in the middle of 21st century Tokyo, followed by Caim and Angelus being unceremoniously killed by fighter jets, triggering the events of Nier.

lol I think I saw this on Youtube later on. Don't think I actually reached this part though. If this gets localized I'll definitely go back and finish it up.

EDIT: Looks like I only got to ending 2.

 

[Takao]

If it's exclusive to PS3 then localization chances are cut by 50%, unless it's exclusive only in Japan.

How many well-known JRPGs for PS3 haven't been localized? Tales of Vesperia and ???

 

[RyougaSaotome]

I never in a million years would have expected SE to return to this universe. Seriously.

 

[Zukuu]

Well there is a reason that they do a Drakengard manga after all.
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/introduction/dragondragoon/

 

[RPG_Fanatic]

This is unexpected. Maybe I should get around to playing the first two games that are sitting around in the game cupboard.

 

[Amir0x]

I am just surprised they didn't decide to just make a new series. Does Drakengard sell well? I never really checked when those games released, didn't know there was a market for a "3."

Not that I'm complaining, they were always fun (if super flawed) little diversions. Just curious is all

 

[electroplankton]

Niiice!
I think they will find an audience on PS3. I hope the game will be localized though

 

[RPGCrazied]

Maybe they can offer the first 2 in an HD collection too?

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

Hmm, I wonder who will be developing it with no Cavia or Taro around.

 

[duckroll]

Well there is a reason that they do a Drakengard manga after all.
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/introduction/dragondragoon/

When did that manga start? The main character is One, and it says she's a mystery character who is known as "The Former Utahime". Is Drakengard a prequel to the manga?!

 

[Goli]

One of the main characters in the Drag-On Dragoon manga is called One, and she is known as the "original songstress."
EDIT: Beaten.

 

[Soriku]

Hmm, interesting. I looked into the two Drakengard games and they seemed interesting but everyone was saying the gameplay was mediocre so I held off. If they really improve the combat for this one it could be good.

 

[WickedLaharl]

I love nier but hate drakengard and cavia is dead :/

 

[Seth Balmore]

Please please please be made by the original Drakengard team or the Nier team. ;_______;

 

[Zukuu]

Hmm, I wonder who will be developing it with no Cavia or Taro around.

Cavia got bought didn't they? I mean the core team should be still in some other team available.

 

[Nirolak]

Hmm, I wonder who will be developing it with no Cavia or Taro around.

Taro's last job was working on a browser game for Square Enix, so it's possible he's still with them.

 

[Viola of the Abyss]

What??? WOW!!!

Now this is an interesting Tuesday leak!!
I hope it's from the same guys that did Nier, one of the masterpieces of this generation.

I loved Nier so I should really try this series out at some point.

Don't expect anything like Nier from the first two chapters though, you're just going to be disappointed.
I played the first one back then, it wasn't bad, but not even good. It was just... interesting I guess.

I heard that the second one is even worse.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Taro's last job was working on a browser game for Square Enix, so it's possible he's still with them.

Oh, hmm.

He did come out of retirement in 2011, somehow I missed that story.