Hero of Legend
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http://www.famitsu.com/news/201610/18118416.html
It's in this week's Famitsu, you can see a tiny battle screen on the left page.
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FuRyu announces The Alliance Alive (JRPG) for 3DS, out Spring 2017 in Japan
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http://www.famitsu.com/news/201610/18118416.html
It's in this week's Famitsu, you can see a tiny battle screen on the left page.
Part of the staff is obviously from The Legend of Legacy (director, game designer, composer):
http://gamestalk.net/post-68624/
Story by Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama.
http://gamestalk.net/post-68624/
Story by Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I'm confident, all they have to do is fix Legend of Legacy's woes.
It can't be that hard.
It can't be that hard.
Agree. Now the wait begin.^~^
Dimitri LH
Member
Characters look great! Hope this makes it over here.
Tiggy's profile says she rides a power suit of some sort into combat. Not sure if this is the power suit, but I'm wondering if she'll actually ride this into battle:
There's also suppose to be vehicles in the game and I feel this will more likely be one of the vehicles you ride around in the field/world map and not combat related, but it'd be kind of neat if she rode it into combat.
There's also suppose to be vehicles in the game and I feel this will more likely be one of the vehicles you ride around in the field/world map and not combat related, but it'd be kind of neat if she rode it into combat.
CamHostage
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Maybe I haven't played a ton of 3DS RPGs, but I'm particularly liking how zoomed-out the camera is.
RPG cams seem to be getting closer and closer to the character in order to show off all the buckles and waifu design touches, but this camera seems intent on giving a fairly big world view at a time (not always as huge as the few overworld screens show, that'd be crazy, but watch the trailer and see that it feels like several rooms at a time are shown when something like Tales of the Abyss would be on a much tighter lens; Bravely Default has a mix of views, but it tends to be zoomed in a good deal when it comes to corridors and interiors.) It's a little nothing, but the camera viewpoints shown in the trailer make me hope it's good as I feel it looks comfortable to play.
RPG cams seem to be getting closer and closer to the character in order to show off all the buckles and waifu design touches, but this camera seems intent on giving a fairly big world view at a time (not always as huge as the few overworld screens show, that'd be crazy, but watch the trailer and see that it feels like several rooms at a time are shown when something like Tales of the Abyss would be on a much tighter lens; Bravely Default has a mix of views, but it tends to be zoomed in a good deal when it comes to corridors and interiors.) It's a little nothing, but the camera viewpoints shown in the trailer make me hope it's good as I feel it looks comfortable to play.
Allow me to be the 36526nd person ITT to say it's Legend of Legacy 2, basically. Everything looks the same. 4 people in a battle could be interesting. An actual overworld is neat but I hope this doesn't mean random battles.
I also hope the systems will be a bit more clear, this time around. Legend of Legacy was a bit opaque in its mechanics. I still felt like I didn't understand certain things, even having played something like 20 hours of it.
I also hope the systems will be a bit more clear, this time around. Legend of Legacy was a bit opaque in its mechanics. I still felt like I didn't understand certain things, even having played something like 20 hours of it.
So did anyone here watch the famitsu live stream on December 8th? I don't really know Japanese so there's probably a ton of info I didn't get, but from gameplay footage, the game seems quite different from The Legend of Legacy outside of battles. There was a lot more dialogue and interactions between characters and the dungeons themselves are nothing like the map exploration in LoL. In the one dungeon they showed off, most of the rooms were filled with puzzles and objects you can interact with to trigger events. There were no enemies in these rooms. Enemies usually roamed around in between the puzzle rooms in smaller hall ways. The battles that were shown off were very brief and the only major thing I noticed was that Ursula was able to use a healing spell via weapon channeling without any kind of elemental contract. .
Changes from equipping weapons/armor are now actually visible prior to equip/purchasing and there are help menus that explain a lot of stuff in the game. There's a lot more info on equip, formation, etc. screens as well.
There's something called talent points which can be invested into what I'm assuming are passive abilities. There were 13 different areas to invest in (fist, s. short, l. sword, axe, spear, staff, bow, shields,light? magic and 4 others I can't tell) and most had about 8 different talents. Stat ups/skill awakenings are still in, so talents are a new addition on top of that.
They haven't shown off formation creation so I'm wondering if that's no longer an option and you just earn formations as you progress throughout the game? They only used two characters during the stream(Ursula and Galil) so no five character battles were shown off. The formations remind me a lot more of Romancing SaGa 3's but it does seem you can change the formations in combat like LoL.
It's already been shown off in screenshots so this isn't new, but there are no random battles. Enemies are visible on the world map and chase you when aggro'd like in LoL.
Changes from equipping weapons/armor are now actually visible prior to equip/purchasing and there are help menus that explain a lot of stuff in the game. There's a lot more info on equip, formation, etc. screens as well.
There's something called talent points which can be invested into what I'm assuming are passive abilities. There were 13 different areas to invest in (fist, s. short, l. sword, axe, spear, staff, bow, shields,light? magic and 4 others I can't tell) and most had about 8 different talents. Stat ups/skill awakenings are still in, so talents are a new addition on top of that.
They haven't shown off formation creation so I'm wondering if that's no longer an option and you just earn formations as you progress throughout the game? They only used two characters during the stream(Ursula and Galil) so no five character battles were shown off. The formations remind me a lot more of Romancing SaGa 3's but it does seem you can change the formations in combat like LoL.
It's already been shown off in screenshots so this isn't new, but there are no random battles. Enemies are visible on the world map and chase you when aggro'd like in LoL.
Heretic Kazuma
Member
I enjoyed every minute of Legend of Legacy, which was just a poor man's version of a Saga game. If there's even a modicum of improvement over what they attempted with their previous outing, I'm all over this in a heartbeat.
decoyplatypus
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I had no idea Murayama was still connected to the videogame industry.
Here's that stream footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQHOph0pzg
No, the pulled-in camera is a common trait of 3DS JRPGs, as are chibi character models. It's a resolution thing--if the camera's not close and/or the models don't have exaggerated SD proportions then it can be difficult to make out character details.
No, the pulled-in camera is a common trait of 3DS JRPGs, as are chibi character models. It's a resolution thing--if the camera's not close and/or the models don't have exaggerated SD proportions then it can be difficult to make out character details.
Crimson_Justice
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Just skipped through this a bit. I'm really enjoying the art (especially that town), the little of the dungeon I saw, and the overworld. Looks promising in those regards, but I'm also hoping for an interesting story and decent characters. I'll definitely keep an out for this!
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Man, this looks awesome! I had totally missed the announcement, trailer etc, everything about this so far. Saw someone mention it in the 3ds & Switch software thread earlier though and damn. Really hope this comes here. Have to admit, I was one of the folks who skipped Legend Of Legacy so I guess I haven't helped matters, but this looks much more up my alley. Fingers crossed. The town especially looks brilliant, and you can actually enter the buildings! You don't get that much these days hah.
2nd promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNy_N9wamI4
Two new potentially recruitable characters?
Two new potentially recruitable characters?
Like Legend of Legacy, i'm going to assume it'll be up on Hamauzu's website for purchase (he has an overseas site as well). Legend of Legacy came with a nice clear file of the main theme's piano rendition.
OniBarubary
Banned
I mean, I'll give it a shot. I like the art direction.
StormBrute
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Really hope this gets localized. It looks like it solves all the problems I had with Legend of Legacy from the demo and what I heard from others: boring areas, no story, super obtuse systems and stats.
Too bad this is on the 3DS. I just don't see myself bothering with a 3DS game by June or later. I have DQVIIr and SMT4A and I can't even be motivated to play them anymore. My 3DS is old and busted, the analog nub is damaged, and the entire body feels a bit warped. The battery is dead-ish too. Meanwhile my Switch is nice and new. Even my Vita feels awesome compared to the dying 3DS. Too bad. 
Is playing on an emulator not an option for you?
Citra can run Ocarina of Time perfectly now i hear.
Playing a game designed for a small low-res portable device on my HD monitor via my non-portable desktop sure sounds like it would be a ton of fun!
Too bad this is on the 3DS. I just don't see myself bothering with a 3DS game by June or later. I have DQVIIr and SMT4A and I can't even be motivated to play them anymore. My 3DS is old and busted, the analog nub is damaged, and the entire body feels a bit warped. The battery is dead-ish too. Meanwhile my Switch is nice and new. Even my Vita feels awesome compared to the dying 3DS. Too bad.
Since when did you become Graphic Whore Ducky.^^ The Games.^^ Give Furyu another chance there.^^
I agree, I enjoyed Legend of Legacy for what it was. I was frustrated by the fact that I fully believed it could have been one of the best RPGs on the system if the overall narrative and characters were much improved. Loved the combat and the overall feel of the world.
I *just* downloaded it and plan to give it a go tonight/tomorrow. I'll come back here and share my thoughts afterward