Fimbulvetr
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BorkBork said:
Suck on that soundtrack haters: "OMG the game has, like, 1 country song. Worst soundtrack ever."
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (TGS Trailer)
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Suck on that soundtrack haters: "OMG the game has, like, 1 country song. Worst soundtrack ever."
Pennywise83
Banned
Gameplay footage from TGS 09:
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I don't think I can justify buying Final fantasy games in a matter of 2 months, so I think I'll stick to FFXIII and 4 Warriors of Light.
I'll definitely keep an eye on reviews and pick it up early next year, though.
I'll definitely keep an eye on reviews and pick it up early next year, though.
Hellsing321
Member
The samples are fucking awesome.
Track 4 is my favorite as it reminds me of the Muppet Show theme song. :lol
Track 4 is my favorite as it reminds me of the Muppet Show theme song. :lol
Fimbulvetr
Member
Kandinsky said:
"Official Thread of Kandinsky being contrarian."
But this is only really a final fantasy game in terms of having the same enemies, species, and crystals. If you don't want to be final fantasied out, I would think you'd make either FFXIII or 4 Warriors of Light the odd man out, since they'll be more traditional in a sense and more similar to one another.thetrin said:
I dunno, it's like saying you don't want to get burned out on basketball games and choosing to buy NBA Live and NBA2K instead of buying NBA Jam and one of NBA Live/NBA2K
Fimbulvetr
Member
GaimeGuy said:
That's the only reason any Final Fantasy is a Final Fantasy. :lol
Fuu said:
Oh god, they say this: "The game play segment in the beginning of the game had players using this power to grab onto flying enemies and taking them down."
Despite the fact that the scene is a rail shooter sequence, they even have an image of it. :lol
Obviously someone didn't play the game before assuming "lol pretty boys with waggle".
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
GaimeGuy said:
That metaphor illustrates why Crystal Bearers is the odd man out. I know Gaiden and FFXIII are gonna be great because of the teams associated. Crystal Bearers is an unknown quantity to me (just like NBA Jam has become)
Yeah, it was pretty retarded. And then we had the Gamespot one which said the demo gave the impression that the game was "primarily an on-rails shooter". I guess they all glanced over the booth and called it a day.Fimbulvetr said:
Fimbulvetr
Member
Fuu said:
Game journalism at its finest?
lostinblue
Banned
And Gamespot at it's finest.Fimbulvetr said:
yes.
Wait what? This is from what remains of the Final Fantasy IX team sir.thetrin said:
And FFIX beats FFVII/VIII/X/X-2 in my book and most likely XIII (seeing that I just listed that teams previous efforts).
If anything I'd say these dudes have the better track record, if only ever prejudiced by how Square-Enix has treated their projects as secondary and derivative over the years. Luckily for us, seems like Crystal Bearers isn't it, and instead it's the real deal and meat.
Shadowlink
Member
I really like the sample tracks.
lostinblue
Banned
get out!Kandinsky said:
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWPjdUj-JNE
and...
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ym03T-K94&fmt=18#t=1m42s
>_>
Shadowlink
Member
I think Fuu or Fimbulvetr is making the official thread. I would make it but I think they're doing it already. I'll help them though if they need help.TunaLover said:I hope you guys still working hard in that official thread, because there more than enough material, and keep getting bigger
It's not like they're not capable of churning out stunning pieces of "traditional RPG" music either. I mean, the theme from the main site is absolutely incredible. The fact that they chose to expand the OST to encompass other styles of compositions is super refreshing.
I still think track 5 is a tribute to FFVI's coliseum theme.
I still think track 5 is a tribute to FFVI's coliseum theme.
lostinblue
Banned
I'm willing to help too, if needed just hit my PM box.Shadowlink said:
I use photoshop for a living, and other than that... well, I can write stuff as well.
Heh, track four just makes me want to do the charleston
seriously, with how diverse the soundtracks are, it'll be well worth the fourth game i buy this winter
edit: i'll gladly help with the official thread. i'd LOVE to present a "BULLY TRAIN CONDUCTOR HERE" flavor for the official thread text.
seriously, with how diverse the soundtracks are, it'll be well worth the fourth game i buy this winter
edit: i'll gladly help with the official thread. i'd LOVE to present a "BULLY TRAIN CONDUCTOR HERE" flavor for the official thread text.
Fimbulvetr
Member
I don't have any homework today, I might as well start typing up the official thread on MS Word.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Holy shit, didn't notice that either. :lolThrei said:why am i just now noticing that layle has sideburns
*edit*
TunaLover said:Time for a repost, think the banner get lost in the other thread
Right-click, save.
Shadowlink
Member
Fimbulvetr! Make it an epic thread.
Fimbulvetr
Member
So how does dividing the Official Thread into General Info, Story, Characters, Gameplay, Reviews, and Media sound?
Should I have more? less?
Should I have more? less?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Didn't ethelred correct the FF IX misconceptions earlier in the thread?lostinblue said:
The way the Crystal Chronicles team is being mixed with the FF IX team reminds me a bit of how Brownie Brown sometimes gets credit for older Mana games since their artists worked on Legend of Mana.ethelred said:
To expand on ethelred's point, I'll just take a look at the main FFCC credits and list what they did if anything in Final Fantasy IX. I reeeeeally wish MobyGames would do this sort of instant comparison automatically (and it is something I've suggested/requested multiple times.)
FF CC Role: Person (FF IX role)
Producer: Akitoshi Kawazu (None)
Director: Kazuhiko Aoki (Event Design)
Event Plan: Masahiro Kataoka (One of six Event Planners)
Battle Plan: Yuichi Tsuchiya (None)
Field Plan: Yasushi Matsumura (None)
Main Program: Mitsuru Kamiyama (None)
Art: Toshiyuki Itahana (Card Designer and one of three Character Designers)
Character Model: Takanari Tajima (One of nine Monster Modelers)
Character Animation: Go Kikuchi (One of four Battle Character Animators)
Character Texture: Takuji Sasaki (One of eleven Texture Artists)
Field Design: Kenzo Kanzaki (None)
Visual Effect: Shigeyuki Ohno (None)
Menu Design: Kasuko Shibuya (One of nine Additional Character Designers)
Music & Arrangement: Kumi Tanioka (None)
Synth Operate and Arrangement: Hidenori Iwasaki (None)
Sound Program: Minoru Akao (Sound Programmer)
Sound Effect: Makoto Ise (One of two Game Sound Editors)
Shadowlink
Member
Yeah that would be good.Fimbulvetr said:
lostinblue
Banned
That's a lot of FFIX blood if you ask me. Plus, it feels like FFIX, I've heard/read Akitoshi Kawazu saying a lot of the team members are FFIX veterans (so at least most of the leading/vocal members are) and "there were even FF9 characters making cameos in the game at some point".JoshuaJSlone said:
This team has the FFIX spirit within it, way more than... say FFXIII team. Hell, even i they were "just" the Crystal Chronicles team... did you know Crystal Chronicles GC recycled assets from FFIX? (monsters and stuff) there's clearly a heritage.
If you look up, possibly most of the members on FFVIII team didn't made FFX, and most of those aren't making FFXIII, but it's still the same team, leaded by the same dudes that gave it it's personality or simply people trying to emulate/achieve the same feeling.
FFIX was 10 years ago, and as a reward Square-Enix put the team doing a huge load of secondary games for non-leading platforms. It's only natural the full team just isn't there anymore and were summoned elsewhere, if they didn't move out of square-enix by natural causes (10 years is a lot of time, hell, even sakaguchi has gone away) but this team is what remains of the FFIX team, it really is.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
There's a lot more high level carryover from VIII to X than from IX to CC. VIII and X share the same main character designer, music composer, art directors, and scenario writer. VIII's director went on to be X's producer.lostinblue said:
Perhaps it is literally the same team after many staff changes--I don't know Square's internal organization that well. But if there are enough changes it gets to being a ship of Theseus situation.
As for the spirit or feel... well, there's really no arguing that in a definite sense. Certainly I would agree that stylistically the worlds of Crystal Chronicles and IX seem more alike than either with X or XIII.
JoshuaJSlone said:
Well I mean... this one is an obvious one. The inclusion of Stiltskin, and use of FFIX enemies or designs shows the principal influence, as well as the original games use of SD characters.
Who knows, maybe more of the "FFIX Team" have been added onto The Crystal Bearers since FFCC. I doubt it, but then again, I don't consistently believe in the team dynamic being all that indicative of my enjoyment of the game. I seem to enjoy some games and not others from the same teams in the industry all the time...
The Moby Games credits for FF:CC makes it seem like the FF:CC team was made out of FFIX vets, but it's far too incomplete to make a good comparison. imdb has a (near?) complete list:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432287/fullcredits
It, at the very least, has all the planners and programmers, I didn't check for all the artists/designers. In addition to the Moby Games list, here's the rest of the planning staff:
Event Planners:
Atsuko Ishikura
Akihiko Maeda (Event Planner)
Masato Yagi
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Field Planner:
Kiminori Ono (Map Planner)
None of the programmers worked on FFIX aside from the sound programmer already pointed out.
On a somewhat unrelated note to this comparison, I don't see the problem with the concern ethelred has expressed in this thread is about. Aoki might've been the Planning Director of Code Age Commanders, but that was still the last game Itahana directed. Maybe he's more suited to the adventure game genre than the action RPG genre, we'll find out soon enough.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432287/fullcredits
It, at the very least, has all the planners and programmers, I didn't check for all the artists/designers. In addition to the Moby Games list, here's the rest of the planning staff:
Event Planners:
Atsuko Ishikura
Akihiko Maeda (Event Planner)
Masato Yagi
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Field Planner:
Kiminori Ono (Map Planner)
None of the programmers worked on FFIX aside from the sound programmer already pointed out.
On a somewhat unrelated note to this comparison, I don't see the problem with the concern ethelred has expressed in this thread is about. Aoki might've been the Planning Director of Code Age Commanders, but that was still the last game Itahana directed. Maybe he's more suited to the adventure game genre than the action RPG genre, we'll find out soon enough.
Eteric Rice
Member
He's got sideburns like I do.