artsi
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The voiceover in the trailer said "pure fantasy true RPG", if that's what you mean.
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Project Setsuna (Square Enix/TRF) confirmed for PS4/Vita in Early 2016, oldstyle JRPG
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The voiceover in the trailer said "pure fantasy true RPG", if that's what you mean.
Cornbread78
Member
Oh man, another good one, lol
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I agree that this isn't a promising showing so far. I mean, we haven't seen too much of the gameplay yet so it's impossible to make a full judgement, but the overall presentation doesn't inspire confidence. Somehow I am reminded of Chaos Rings, which is a Square-Enix "old school" turn-based RPG, but which is also bad, with repetitive and dull game design, sparse content, and undercooked mechanics. I don't think Setsuna will turn out to be that bad, but I'm not convinced it'll be much better. Pandering to nostalgia does not automatically make for a good game.
You want a turn-based RPG from Square-Enix that actually looks good, you turn to Dragon Quest XI.
Do we know that for sure yet? Do we truly know anything about the game except some character concept art?
Alright thanks, that's what I was looking for. Man this game is looking good.
MarmaladeChainsaw
Neo Member
It doesn't look bad but nothing about what they've shown jumps out at me as particularly interesting. IMO the art style looks quite bland.
Earthpainting
Member
Looks rather early, or perhaps much lower budget than I anticipated. I will probably need to see more of it until I can get a better grasp of what it's like, but I can't say it looked particularly interesting at the moment.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Looks average af.
Oh man.
They clearly went for design choices to mirror Chrono Trigger, that's obvious.
What if this is a side-story in that universe and they M. Night Shamalamadingdong us and this is a set up for the next Chrono game? The timing would be right if it were to follow main entries in the KH, DQ, and FF series (and probably post-FF7)
I'm all in, baby. Conspiracy theory levels at maximum.
They clearly went for design choices to mirror Chrono Trigger, that's obvious.
What if this is a side-story in that universe and they M. Night Shamalamadingdong us and this is a set up for the next Chrono game? The timing would be right if it were to follow main entries in the KH, DQ, and FF series (and probably post-FF7)
I'm all in, baby. Conspiracy theory levels at maximum.
FalsettoVibe
Member
SE is bringing it!
Holy crap yes, that is exactly what I thought from just the screenshot alone, multiplied ten fold after watching the video. It was like SE took the old CT engine and made a new game from it, similar to what that FF dimensions game did for FF a few years ago.
Also LOVE your Mana avatar
Do you have a link to the full image?kuroneko0509
Member
quick reverse image search.... http://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201410300032/Holy crap yes, that is exactly what I thought from just the screenshot alone, multiplied ten fold after watching the video. It was like SE took the old CT engine and made a new game from it, similar to what that FF dimensions game did for FF a few years ago.
Also LOVE your Mana avatar
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Looks like Bravely Deafult 2.0, in a good way. Interest piqued for sure.
Red Blaster
Member
this looks like a unity engine game
aaa indie right here
aaa indie right here
Redwing199
Neo Member
Looks pretty good so far. Definitely interested in seeing more though.
yooooooooooooooo gawddayum
brandonh83
Banned
I am breathing very very heavily right now. Is it possible that it's purposefully a spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger or even a sequel of sorts? This is serious fucking business. I know it's not a straight up new Chrono announcement, but... it's close enough to send me into a lovely panic.
This game looks cool. I want SE to do more like this.
brandonh83
Banned
I just listened to that piano track (I watched the trailer silently) and like I don't know this might be my most anticipated shit right now by a long shot, and I would say that piano track is pretty reminiscent of Chrono music.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Fun fact: If you change the letters in "TRF" to each previous letter, the abreviation becomes "SQE".
TheJollyCorner
Member
Looks really charming.
Good on S-E for designing a new studio to make more 'old school' JRPGs.
Good on S-E for designing a new studio to make more 'old school' JRPGs.
Eh, I dunno. CT and CC had very similar sounding themes and CC even had the main theme thrown in there for multiple tracks. This looks like it's inspired by CT but nothing about the music right now screams Mitsuda.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Oh shit! This looks great. And actually releasing on a console. Hopefully there's a western release.
tensuke
Member
Oldschool SE turn-based JRPG on Vita? My knees are shaking!
Hope that music is in the game, too, so good. Still no Deep Down music, though.......
Hope that music is in the game, too, so good. Still no Deep Down music, though.......
brandonh83
Banned
I don't know that it screams Mitsuda and I never said it did, but it vaguely reminds me of some of the piano cues in the Chrono games. It isn't super close but if you told me it was a Mitsuda track I would believe you.
tensuke
Member
I want more of this, SE. Small teams, small budgets, small dev periods.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Anyone remembers Project Phoenix? This is what that game should have been.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Same for me. I sure hope this is a success. I will support by getting it day one on Vita.
Art didn't translate very well to screen. Is this a Unity game? It looks like one. Aliasing in the screenshots is weird too. Otherwise I think it looks pretty cool, albeit a bit undercooked. Although i suppose that makes sense given the short turn around time on this. Seeing some CT influence there which is nice.
Stone Ocean
Member
Just like the good old days
TheJollyCorner
Member
what the hell even happened to Mitsuda?
He was supposed to be the sent-from-Heaven-chosen-one-musical-Jesus H Christ-to change-the-world in the hearts and minds of fans circa mid-late '90s.
Did he meet a similar fate to Seiken Densetsu's Kikuta, i.e. mobile hentai game music?
He was supposed to be the sent-from-Heaven-chosen-one-musical-Jesus H Christ-to change-the-world in the hearts and minds of fans circa mid-late '90s.
Did he meet a similar fate to Seiken Densetsu's Kikuta, i.e. mobile hentai game music?
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Nice to see SE do this.
He did. He did that. He succeeded. And then he, like, I dunno, pseudo-died or something.
We're all waiting for his pseudo-resurrection, I guess.
Yeah i am getting a bit of this as well. This game is feeling really nostalgic and i am positive that is what they were going for.
Newtype-001
Member
so the story is set in an island where there's a long tradition of sacrificing once every 10 years to reduce monster casualties
but with rapidly increasing casualties the islanders decide to break the rule and send another sacrifice, setsuna, an 18 years old girl with extremely high magical powers
towards the "ends of the world" where the sacrifice will happen, setsuna travels with her companion guards
Thank you!