Support NeoGAF

[The_Intruder]

Is this one of the 20 UE4 games for Switch?

I hope so.

 

[KillLaCam]

I'm not really a fan of modern anime-ish games but this looks really interesting. But I'm pretty sure I'd like this if it has some cool bosses and music.

 

[AquaWateria]

The gameplay sounds like Souls and it's explicitly aimed at a worldwide audience.

Mind you, I didn't say that it was well-targeted at the Souls audience, since I agree that the anime art direction will probably turn off a lot of the fans of that style of gameplay, but I suspect that that's the publisher's thinking here.

I hope they don't have high expectations for sales in the west then.

 

[BadWolf]

The new gematsu article has some combat details.

Blood plays a big part in the combat and gives you access to various power moves and buffs. Kinda like a power meter for supers/specials from fighting games?

Sounds pretty cool. There are various types of blood equipment and they change shape (such as masks) after they get enough blood to do the power moves.

I was replying to this part

Hence why I said I hope people would pay attention to the gameplay more than the art style.

Oh, my bad.

 

[raven777]

I wonder how the game progression will be like. If it's going to be just normal JRPG style or stage based like Nioh. I kinda expect the latter.

 

[LifeBrandRobot]

Spoiler

Hopefully

big budget anime ARPG? I am so down. Time for some Anime Souls.

Edit: Since blood is involved, more like AnimeBourne

 

[Ferr986]

Ehh...will wait for gameplay. Art is pretty bad to me though.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I wonder how the game progression will be like. If it's going to be just normal JRPG style or stage based like Nioh. I kinda expect the latter.

It's an interconnected world with a focus on exploration.

 

[Irishonion]

Definitely cautiously optomistic. Gameplay is more important than art style for me.

 

[brawly]

I like the artstyle.

 

[McStickenstein]

Cautiously optimistic. No idea if they game play will be more like Souls or something else.

 

[Host Samurai]

Wish they committed to a more cell shaded look like the Naruto games. We need more cell shaded games this generation. I'm surprised there are so little this far in the gen.

 

[Manu]

I like the artstyle.

I saw your original post, lol

 

[Akai__]

Why are the platforms such a secret?

 

[And_Gignac]

One of those 2D Switch games no one is gonna play, it seems.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

Wish they committed to a more cell shaded look like the Naruto games. We need more cell shaded games this generation. I'm surprised there are so little this far in the gen.

Gravity Rush 2, Breath of the Wild, Furi, God Wars: Future Past and Persona 5? Upcoming off the top of my head we have Dragon Quest XI and Nino Kuni 2. We've gotten plenty so far.

 

[LordKano]

It doesn't look bad in the screens honestly. Yes it's not as good as the art seemed to make people think, it's still has more style than God Eater.

 

[Mister Wolf]

No they didn't.
It's not because you can downscale a game with UE4 that you can downscale everything with UE4.
It depends on what you're doing with the engine and while something like Snake Pass can be downscaled for obvious reasons, it doesn't mean something like FFVIIr for exemple can be.

What are the obvious reasons why Snake Pass can be downscaled but not other UE4 games.

 

[BadWolf]

Edit: Since blood is involved, more like AnimeBourne

Weapon feeding has always been a thing in God Eater. From the wiki:

By devouring an Aragami that is still alive, God Eaters obtain an Aragami bullet that can be fired back and temporarily enter a state called "Burst Mode" in which their speed, strength and energy regeneration increase.

Feels like people are giving FROM way too much credit these days.

 

[Oregano]

Why are the platforms such a secret?

Japanese publishers have a habit of doing that. I think it's at least partially motivated by the fact that people will speculate and debate about it, giving the games more attention.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

The art style in the teaser looked really cool, but those screens.... blehhhh, especially the generic Anime characters.

 

[sanstesy]

That anime face looks literally copy pasted in.

 

[GhostTrick]

What are the obvious reasons why Snake Pass can be downscaled but not other UE4 games.

It's a smaller scale game. It does display neat effects but geometry is limited, levels are small and there are really few physics elements involved.

Now, I didnt said "other UE4 games cant be downscaled". I said UE4 isnt a magic trick that means everything can be ported and downscaled the same way Snake Pass was.

It doesn't look bad in the screens honestly. Yes it's not as good as the art seemed to make people think, it's still has more style than God Eater.

I would even say it does look great but that'd likely because it's downsampled af and looks really clean.

 

[True Fire]

Japan is back!! Unless the game sucks, then we'll just keep it out of 2018 lists

 

[Kissenkopf]

After looking at those scans I doubt we will see that game on Switch.
Looks more like a PS4/PC release to me.

 

[Aostia]

Is this one of the 20 UE4 games for Switch?

Doesn't seem so by the URL tags
Too bad because would be a signal of "new contents/demographic" coming to the console

 

[brawly]

I saw your original post, lol

I hadn't seen the second scan then.

 

[plank]

Is this one of the 20 UE4 games for Switch?

Seems like it would be a little too soon going by it development time of 35% so far.

 

[Innolis]

Looks good!

The weapons are also looking slightly less gigantic / ridiculous than god-eater!

 

[LordKano]

Anime x Souls is already a more interesting pitch than Anime x Monster Hunter anyway, I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[Kudo]

They had me interest with that teaser, now they have my money.
Anime-style Souls is all I ever asked for.

 

[Jumeira]

Looks very anime, already putting me off.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

Don't like the style from the scan at all, and I am only with a sad face happy to be right predicting this wouldn't have anything to do with souls.

Oh well, let's see how it'll turn out.

 

[Hikami]

Art style is nice, just needs to play well now. Looking forward to gameplay.

 

[AlucardGV]

I just realized this is a screenshot.

Yeah, I'm in.

if the game is like this i'm in. if it's like in the trailer, not so in...

 

[RangerBAD]

Still has an interesting art direction, but I wanted the trailers aesthetics.

 

[BadWolf]

if the game is like this i'm in. if it's like in the trailer, not so in...

That's what it will be like, it's in line with the God Eater games.

 

[LifeBrandRobot]

Why are the platforms such a secret?

I didn't care before but now I'm in perpetual fear of Japanese console games being Switch exclusive lol. Got no time in my life for another console.

 

[nelsonroyale]

A big budget jrpg/arpg with a dark theme? I am interested. The art isn't as cool as the teaser that is for sure, but it looks pretty good graphically.

 

[True Fire]

Looks very anime, already putting me off.

Nioh, NieR, Zelda, and Persona 5 all have anime aesthetics and they're all GOTY contenders.

It's not like I trust Bamco to put out a GOTY contender, but anime doesn't automatically mean shit.

 

[GoldCrusader]

This looks cool! Will follow.

 

[Edge_Maverick]

Looks fantastic. Totally want the next Tales of to look as good as this title. Please, Bamco.

 

[Kinsei]

Nioh, NieR, Zelda, and Persona 5 all have anime aesthetics and they're all GOTY contenders.

It's not like I trust Bamco to put out a GOTY contender, but anime doesn't automatically mean shit.

There's a ton of variation in all of those games though. This just looks like a shitty generic anime that everyone forgets once the season ends.

 

[Jawbreaker]

I hope so.

If the video's meta tags are anything to go by, it's not releasing on the Switch.

 

[The_Intruder]

If the video's meta tags are anything to go by, it's not releasing on the Switch.

We'll see about that tomorrow.

 

[charsace]

Art style is kind of a turn off. Wish it had more of a realistic anime style like the soul games or nioh.

 

[jonno394]

If the video's meta tags are anything to go by, it's not releasing on the Switch.

I just assumed that the USA branch put the trailer up without knowing the full details and just included all platforms they could think of (poor switch got overlooked), wouldnt be the first time the right hand (USA PR) doesn't know what the Left hand is doing

 

[Jawbreaker]

Art style is kind of a turn off. Wish it had more of a realistic anime style like the soul games or nioh.

Those generic anime faces are certainly not what I was hoping for after the teaser; I'll say that much.

 

[jj984jj]

Okay, now this is clearly a game from the God Eater guys. I guess the teaser was made in America without their input or art?

 

[Durante]

The art style is a bit pedestrian after the teaser, but I can certainly live with it if they deliver a decently competent souls-like ARPG with coop. Not nearly enough of those.