hteng said:
so what does it mean by you have to play all over when you die? or you have to die to play co-op ? huh? can anyone explain the game mechanics properly?
Ah Dengeki's play report contains quite a bit of info, though many points are admittedly still vague. I might as well spoil it - it's about as spoiler-ific as telling people that in POP, Elika's father chops down the tree.
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You see, in the beginning, the protagonist dies.
Yup, the protagonist is one of those few brave souls to walk through a rift in the evil mist in an attempt to rid the evil. KF-like, you get absolutely no instructions when the game starts. In an interesting touch, gaming instructions are written on the ground for you to read as you progress.
Then, after wandering a bit and defeating some enemies, you run into an invincible boss, and the protagonist dies.
Then the game begins proper...
Then the protagonist finds his soul raised by a black robed women in some temple hall. I don't know how the game literature works, but you are supposed to defeat demons to gain enough soul to recover the physical body. This place also becomes the game's main hub (unless more appear later). Here you also buy equipment and talk to other souls.
So yeah, my impression is that if defeated you maybe probably return to this hub area, but progress is not lost.
There is some description of co-op play in the official site but how it works is still vague. Better to wait for more play reports.
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