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[theSlacker]

But how are they gonna continue the story?!

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Draken 1-> Nier basically tells that mankind went extinct. Totally wiped out from the earth. Maybe this is prequel?

Continue from another of Drakenguard 1's endings, or one of Drakenguard 2's endings?

The dragon sections are ass, ground combat isn't so bad.

Honestly felt the opposite when I played the game years ago when it first came out. Was really big into the Dynasty Warriors games though so how bad the ground combat was really stuck out, while I hadn't played the panzer dragoon games yet so didn't know how much better the sky parts could be.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

What the hell how?! How is this possible!? I swore this franchise's final swan song was nier.

I am most pleased by this, time to finish off drakengard again, though it does worry me. I loved Drakengard 1 a lot, but while 2 felt like a solid improvement it just didn't have the same tone, and I really hated Nowa or whatever his face.

Also if they continue from that story line I would feel a little disappointed, I hope they go with ending D or C from drakengard 1

 

[MagiusNecros]

I hope Drakengard 3 goes back to what made Drakengard great, which IMO emulates BERSERK to some extent.

 

[iavi]

Keiichi Okabe doing the OST? I'm in.

If by some chance we get another masterpiece like Nier's OST, I'm gonna lose my shit.

 

[Midou]

Drakengard 1 had pedophilia, incest, child murder, cannibalism, fantasy nukes, eldritch giants, and a lot more.

I guess it has been almost 10 years since it came out. Literally all I remember is the combat.

Would buy HD collection at this point.

Would sure like high-def versions of Drakengard, Drakengard 2 and

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Nier

 

[Squire]

What the hell how?! How is this possible!? I swore this franchise's final swan song was nier.

I am most pleased by this, time to finish off drakengard again, though it does worry me. I loved Drakengard 1 a lot, but while 2 felt like a solid improvement it just didn't have the same tone, and I really hated Nowa or whatever his face.

Also if they continue from that story line I would feel a little disappointed, I hope they go with ending D or C from drakengard 1

You should interview the director and get the story on how the project came together. Could make for decent ratings.

 

[Taruranto]

Honestly felt the opposite when I played the game years ago when it first came out. Was really big into the Dynasty Warriors games though so how bad the ground combat was really stuck out, while I hadn't played the panzer dragoon games yet so didn't know how much better the sky parts could be.

I sorta agree,

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The first battle against Inuart

on the dragon was the only thing that could be called remotely "fun" in Drakengard. (and even that was kinda ass)

The sequences on foot where... i don't even know how could someone come up with something so dull, boring and awful. It's not even a good Dynasty Warriors clone due to the slow gameplay and low-number of enemies visible.

 

[Clevinger]

Someone elsewhere is saying that, ACCORDING TO A SHITTY AUTO TRANSLATOR

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don't kill me duckroll

, one of the characters in that new Dragon Dragoon manga is called "One." So it might give us a nice teaser into the setting and fuckupdness of this game's story.

Continue from another of Drakenguard 1's endings, or one of Drakenguard 2's endings?

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You could even continue on from THAT Drakengard ending because it's not like the world Caim left behind suddenly stopped existing when he disappeared into Nier's world.

 

[DarknessTear]

Debatable, but I think most people would say the same of Cavia.

Well, Nier was great at least...

 

[Paracelsus]

I had more fun with D1 (and I unlocked everything) than with any single Dynasty Warriors I tried.

 

[duckroll]

Someone elsewhere is saying that, ACCORDING TO A SHITTY AUTO TRANSLATOR

Spoiler

don't kill me duckroll

, one of the characters in that new Dragon Dragoon manga is called "One." So it might give us a nice teaser into the setting and fuckupdness of this game's story.

Did you even read this thread?

 

[Appollowexx]

Wait, what? This is awesome!

Another reason to keep the PS3 kicking around after 'holiday 2013'.

 

[BHK3]

Drakengard 1 had pedophilia, incest, child murder, cannibalism, fantasy nukes, eldritch giants, and a lot more.

Most of which was censored outside of Japan.

 

[Cidd]

Someone elsewhere is saying that, ACCORDING TO A SHITTY AUTO TRANSLATOR

Spoiler

don't kill me duckroll

, one of the characters in that new Dragon Dragoon manga is called "One." So it might give us a nice teaser into the setting and fuckupdness of this game's story.

Spoiler

You could even continue on from THAT Drakengard ending because it's not like the world Caim left behind suddenly stopped existing when he disappeared into Nier's world.

I don't think my mind is ready..

 

[Clevinger]

Did you even read this thread?

Of course. I meant maybe the manga is tied to the game if that guy is right. Not that I was bringing this brand new info about a character named "One." I haven't seen much info in this thread about the manga other than that Taro is involved.

 

[Midou]

Most of which was censored outside of Japan.

That would probably explain why I don't remember anything like that..

 

[Reveirg]

Wow, such an unexpected announcement... just GREAT. I was really really looking forward to Taro's next project, and was really hoping Okabe would return.

NIER is one of this gen's greatest games IMO, I'm really glad we're getting another game from the creative people behind it.

Seems to be like S-E is slowly getting their act together:

-Could this somewhat confirm that this was indeed about console games? (referring to this: "Near the end he mentions that during 2013, they're planning on releasing internally made epic and famous consumer games one after another.")
-With KH HD, FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, Lightning Returns and now this, it looks like S-E is finally getting those HD games out after a 3 years slump.
-Putting back Taro in charge of a new HD game is the kind of gutsy decision S-E used to do in the past, before they went all social-games-frenzy-fest on us.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Most of which was censored outside of Japan.

Uh, not really. It's just subtle instead of blatant. It's very much still there.

 

[Midou]

Wow, such an unexpected announcement... just GREAT. I was really really looking forward to Taro's next project, and was really hoping Okabe would return.

NIER is one of this gen's greatest games IMO, I'm really glad we're getting another game from the creative people behind it.

Seems to be like S-E is slowly getting their act together:

-Could this somewhat confirm that this was indeed about console games? (referring to this: "Near the end he mentions that during 2013, they're planning on releasing internally made epic and famous consumer games one after another.")
-With KH HD, FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, Lightning Returns and now this, it looks like S-E is finally getting those HD games out after a 3 years slump.
-Putting back Taro in charge of a new HD game is the kind of gutsy decision S-E used to do in the past, before they went all social-games-frenzy-fest on us.

But Lightning Returns and XIV is part of the reason a slump even exists.

We'll see at E3 though, if Square Enix is ready to return to gaming.

 

[Tsunamo]

So was not expecting this, looking forward to it!

 

[MikeDip]

Holy cow this was unexpected. What amazing news, I loved D1 and Nier. Never finished D2 but I will now.

 

[BHK3]

Uh, not really. It's just subtle instead of blatant. It's very much still there.

I had no idea what was up with Furiae at all in D1, same thing with Leonard and Aroich. I just thought they were all crazy murderers. Leonard just seemed to be crying all the time with his fairy being a dick and not caring about anything while Arioch was just plain nuts, then again any subtles I won't remember since it's been about 10 years since I played them.

 

[pancakesandsex]

Alright people whoa whoa whoa.

Drakengard 1 & 2 aren't exactly good games.

Yeah, they are GREAT games.

 

[Tytree]

I had no idea what was up with Furiae at all in D1, same thing with Leonard and Aroich. I just thought they were all crazy murderers.

That might just mean you're slow (or, more likely, you don't remember the little things). I could tell there was a lot of dark stuff going on, and I hadn't heard about how much before I played it.

 

[SGRemy]

Of course. I meant maybe the manga is tied to the game if that guy is right. Not that I was bringing this brand new info about a character named "One." I haven't seen much info in this thread about the manga other than that Taro is involved.

The manga tie-in speculation happened earlier in the thread

 

[Clevinger]

The manga tie-in speculation happened earlier in the thread

Oh, must have missed it. My bad.

 

[duckroll]

Oh, must have missed it. My bad.

Lol. NeoGAF is 2fast4discussion.

 

[Paracelsus]

I had no idea what was up with Furiae at all in D1, same thing with Leonard and Aroich. I just thought they were all crazy murderers. Leonard just seemed to be crying all the time with his fairy being a dick and not caring about anything while Arioch was just plain nuts, then again any subtles I won't remember since it's been about 10 years since I played them.

Iirc Furiae

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only wants to have sex with Caim, that's why she kills herself before admitting it

.

 

[slightconfuse]

Wattttttt

I thought cavia was dead.

Super pumped

 

[oni_saru]

That would probably explain why I don't remember anything like that..

Actually the pedophilia was what was censored the most. Everything else was slightly toned down but still there.

I'm sure there still exist a few people that don't know the whole truth about Leonard. :O

 

[voodoopanda]

Is Drakengard worth going back and playing these days? Its a game that I somehow completely missed the first time around. I think when I saw the name I tended to confuse it with the PC RPG series Drakensang.

It's pretty cheap on Amazon at the moment, and I tend to like weird/interesting games even if they're not well polished. I'm a fan of both Nier and Deadly Premonition.

 

[Reveirg]

But Lightning Returns and XIV is part of the reason a slump even exists.

At least they're getting some games out!!

 

[Femmeworth]

Is Drakengard worth going back and playing these days? Its a game that I somehow completely missed the first time around. I think when I saw the name I tended to confuse it with the PC RPG series Drakensang.

It's pretty cheap on Amazon at the moment, and I tend to like weird/interesting games even if they're not well polished. I'm a fan of both Nier and Deadly Premonition.

Your mileage may vary, I loved Nier and could put up with Deadly Premonition's flaws but couldn't for Drakengard.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

SO we have Taro, Okabe, and Fujisaki (The Last Story, Drakengard 2)!

I AM FUCKING IN!

 

[BHK3]

Iirc Furiae

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only wants to have sex with Caim, that's why she kills herself before admitting it

.

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I know that but it was all poorly explained through the game

 

[cj_iwakura]

Your mileage may vary, I loved Nier and could put up with Deadly Premonition's flaws but couldn't for Drakengard.

Seems like the Square site might be the best way to get it, Amazon's not that much cheaper.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

You should interview the director and get the story on how the project came together. Could make for decent ratings.

Coast to Coast was taken off air ;___; otherwise I would have gotten my people to call their people.

I have lots of people

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if you know what i mean *wink

 

[FourMyle]

Hoooly shit. Cavia back from the grave! This game and Persona 5 are going to get me back into JRPGs again!

Now if only Team Symphonia would release a new tales game ..

Is Drakengard worth going back and playing these days? Its a game that I somehow completely missed the first time around. I think when I saw the name I tended to confuse it with the PC RPG series Drakensang.

It's pretty cheap on Amazon at the moment, and I tend to like weird/interesting games even if they're not well polished. I'm a fan of both Nier and Deadly Premonition.

I think that depends on your views towards Dynasty Warriors type combat system. If you enjoy it then pick up Drakengard for sure. I loved that game.

 

[lavarock]

Have people seen the scans?

Edit: Ops, sorry for posting them, didnt know the rules

 

[B.K.]

Have people seen the scans?

Posting scans = ban.

 

[cj_iwakura]

?

If I were you and like your account, I'd take them out of your post.

 

[LuuKyK]

Wow, very unexpected indeed. But yet, once again Square proves to be such a flaw free producer and publisher with their choices and decisions. Yet another iconic entry on their list of remarkable games. Now they should replace the meh-tier franchises like Hitmeh and some random games like that Heavy Rain clone, and they will pretty much be perfect. About this game though, based on all the info we have for now, its impossible to not be excited. Looking at the scans too, the character design is awesome. Cant wait to see how it all looks in motion.

 

[Femmeworth]

Junior, we appreciate your sacrifice.

 

[EekumBokum]

I don't really know much about the Drakengard series, but is it a series where story continuity is important? Would I have to play the first two to play this one?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Scans don't look to bad , will keep a eye out .

 

[B.K.]

Would I have to play the first two to play this one?

No one knows. We don't know if this one connects to the first two or if it's a stand alone game.

 

[∀ Narayan]

There's an announcement in Famitsu this week for Drag-on Dragoon 3. It's still an action RPG. No details on developer or publisher yet, or platform. There are two characters revealed, the main character is a girl called Zero, and her younger sister is One. Zero is an Utautai - some sort of person with special powers. She has a flower growing in her right eye. She also has an artificial left arm. Her sister One is another Utautai, but has a completely different characteristic compared to Zero.

Producer: Takamasa Shiba
Creative Director and Scenario: Yoko Taro
Character Design: Kimihiko Fujisaki
Music Director: Keiichi Okabe
Developer: Access Games
Publisher: Square Enix

- Ground combat missions and dragon aerial combat confirmed
- High speed action
- Zero uses a sword

More shit:

Fuck yes!

 

[Shinta]

Well, saw the scans, seen the staff working on it. Can't be more hyped.

I'll just say one thing to all the people in this thread who are excited. NieR did not sell very well. Later, it became a cult hit and was regarded by many as one of the best games made this generation.

Cavia fell apart and was absorbed into Marvelous AQL, and for all we knew they would never follow up with another game again.

Well now they are, and it's not a portable game, or a browser game, or a mobile game either. It's an HD console game.

So remember when it comes time for this thing to come out that you need to actually buy it, or even pre-order it. Don't be one of those people that says they're waiting for a price cut. Don't change your mind at the last minute and then only give it credit years later when the studio is dissolved and it's way too late. Just buy the damn game if you're really that excited about this news. I want to see these guys continue to make games into the future on PS4 and beyond.

That's all.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Taro's in, I'm in.

If only to show Square-Enix that conditional statement is a hard and steadfast rule for me.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

Well, saw the scans, seen the staff working on it. Can't be more hyped.

I'll just say one thing to all the people in this thread who are excited. NieR did not sell very well. Later, it became a cult hit and was regarded by many as one of the best games made this generation.

Cavia fell apart and was absorbed into Marvelous AQL, and for all we knew they would never follow up with another game again.

Well now they are, and it's not a portable game, or a browser game, or a mobile game either. It's an HD console game.

So remember when it comes time for this thing to come out that you need to actually buy it, or even pre-order it. Don't be one of those people that says they're waiting for a price cut. Don't change your mind at the last minute and then only give it credit years later when the studio is dissolved and it's way too late. Just buy the damn game if you're really that excited about this news. I want to see these guys continue to make games into the future on PS4 and beyond.

That's all.

You have my sword.