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[ethelred]

Christ, does it really matter which looks better? Can't they both look nice?

 

[Fafalada]

Eternal Sonata's cel-shading looks more appealing to me is all.

To be fair neither this nor ES is actually celshaded in any manner.
Both rely heavily on tried and true PS2 generation method of just drawing shading into-textures. Japan is still working their way up to wonders of realtime lighting.
Although the pencilstroke shadow filter works well in here, regardless of what I think of character art.

No more pencil fuzz??

It's all there - they use it in shadowed areas, and new shots are at angles with fewer of those visible (but you can still see them if you look).

 

[Awntawn]

MOE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Pachael]

The pencil shade filter's toned down a fair bit, which on reflection I like a bit better. Hope this turns out well gameplay-wise.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Awesome. Looks like it can be done on Wii.

Spoiler

Sega, you know you want to.

 

[Grimmy]

That blue-haired girl has abnormallybig hands!

 

[Defuser]

Awesome. Looks like it can be done on Wii.

Spoiler

Sega, you know you want to.

That blue-haired girl has abnormallybig hands!

Every person have urges you know....

Spoiler

Tranny Surprise

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

:lol

I seriously like the art style. I just wish i was seeing more this on Wii is all.

 

[Chromax]

Is that short blue hair one a guy or a girl? I seriously can't tell.

 

[Duderz]

Christ, does it really matter which looks better? Can't they both look nice?

What, is this some kind of joke?

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

This type of artstyle might be the thing to bring me to buy a PS3.

That was exactly what I was thinking.

 

[antiloop]

Kawaiii!

I am excited. Looked pretty good in action too.

 

[Durante]

Looks very beautiful in the 500*281 shots. Hope it's not too "Japanese" in terms of image quality at 720p. Anyway, it's still one of the PS3 titles that I find most interesting.

Spoiler

And no, it doesn't look like it can be done on Wii. Not even close.

 

[Monk]

This a psp game???? WOW!

edit: oh PS3, nm.

 

[Bust Nak]

Sega is back! Japanese voice with subtitle please!

 

[Zyzyxxz]

Hmm am I the only one that notices they are using weapons that look to be post-WWII, the gun with the wood reminds me of a MP44 and H&K G3 with wood trim while in another screenshot you see the silhouette of an L96 sniper rifle which is quite modern.

Also why the hell are there even melee type characters in kind of game. I usually dont like it when they decide to throw in swords in the age of guns?

I mean if there are sword and guns in the game for some reason the sword will also be stronger when guns should be more powerful, Devil May Cry does not count since hes a demon, I mean in realistic sense though. Im hoping its only gonna focus on ranged combat and any blades will be confined to cutscenes.

Yes I like my guns there you have it.

 

[Finaika]

Guys behind Skies of Arcadia are doing this? Then I'll be keeping my eye on this one!

 

[Gwanatu T]

Wow, I LOVE the art style! I know when I saw the first scans I thought it was just part of the magazine scan (artifacts or something), but it's sweet looking in real screens. Nice job former Overworks guys, keep up the good work and give me Skies 2!

 

[Metalmurphy]

This a psp game???? WOW!

edit: oh PS3, nm.

rolleyes.gif

 

[Burli]

That blue-haired girl has abnormallybig hands!

It looks like the girl in the foreground is holding a severed limb.

 

[Woz]

Also why the hell are there even melee type characters in kind of game. I usually dont like it when they decide to throw in swords in the age of guns?

I don't see any sword... you mean the guy with the knight spear?

Maybe is a sort of Panzerfaust :/

 

[Vuffster]

I don't see any sword... you mean the guy with the knight spear? Maybe is a sort of Panzerfaust :/

If memory serves, it's actually some sort of armor-piercing gun (think early bazooka), not actually a spear... I'm pretty sure I remember it shooting something in one of the videos. I could be wrong, though.

 

[Finaika]

Aika & Vyse

 

[ethelred]

Guys behind Skies of Arcadia are doing this? Then I'll be keeping my eye on this one!

No, it's people who worked on Sakura Taisen, not Skies of Arcadia.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

No, it's people who worked on Sakura Taisen, not Skies of Arcadia.

Which makes it even better.

Day 1 purchase for Japan sales if there is no USA announcement.

Stuff like this is why I am buying a PS3.

 

[MassiveAttack]

Nice outfits.

The most vehemently anti-Sony journo I know kissed and made up with Krazy Ken's box after playing the TGS demo, so I'm quietly excited. Then again, they had me at 'watercolour retro-futurist wargame featuring sharp-cheekboned female cast'.

I've got this nagging suspicion that the most vehement Sony antagonists will have a similar reaction after seeing Team ICO's current project... but that's for another day.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Oh yeah, and I noticed in this thread that people are saying that this game has loli's all over the place.

With all the screenshots I see, the females in the game are not loli's since loli's don't have....you know.....breasts. They also don't look like 10 year old girls.

 

[icecream]

And by people, they mean the people at Sega who worked on titles that had Sakura Taisen in them.

 

[Davidion]

If nothing else, this is a fantastic looking game.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

If nothing else, this is a fantastic looking game.

But since it has members of the ST team, most likely it will be a great playing game (with dating sim elements)

:lol

 

[Zeed]

One of my most anticipated titles of...well I hope 2008.

It doesn't look bad, but I'm just not seeing the praise it's getting. Eternal Sonata's cel-shading looks more appealing to me is all.

Have you actually seen this in motion? Don't get me wrong, I'm in love with Eternal Sonata's art style, but Valkyrie blows it out of the goddamn water.

 

[Finaika]

No, it's people who worked on Sakura Taisen, not Skies of Arcadia.

Oh you mean Red Entertainment? Still nice.

Has this been confirmed for a US release?

 

[Gwanatu T]

No, it's people who worked on Sakura Taisen, not Skies of Arcadia.

Oh, woops. Never played the Sakura Taisen games, always wanted to though...

 

[icecream]

Oh you mean Red Entertainment? Still nice.

Has this been confirmed for a US release?

No, not Red Entertainment.

I think people need to stop saying anything related to Sakura Taisen in these threads, because it's not entirely the case and only serves to confuse people.

 

[Davidion]

But since it has members of the ST team, most likely it will be a great playing game (with dating sim elements)

:lol

Well, that's a sale +1. :lol

 

[Mammothtank]

It's like the cutscenes from FFTactics:WotL with guns, awesome!

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Well, that's a sale +1. :lol

I was sold on the art style, everything else is just a bonus.

 

[Systems_id]

Those screenshots give me a 'Full Metal Alchemist' vibe, which is awesome.

Edit: Gah, why do I keep doing that?

 

[Finaika]

No, not Red Entertainment.

I think people need to stop saying anything related to Sakura Taisen in these threads, because it's not entirely the case and only serves to confuse people.

I'm baffled to the last drop.

 

[icecream]

Well, that's a sale +1. :lol

You're going to be disappointed. :lol

I'm baffled to the last drop.

Short version: It's not the Sakura Taisen-inspired game you're looking for.

Long version.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Those screenshots give me a 'Full Metal Alchemist' vibe from the screenshots, which is awesome.

Huh?

The only FMA vibe I could get is the European Influence of the town design.

I'm baffled to the last drop.

 

[proposition]

I remember this rendering style way back from a Radeon 9700PRO demo. I always wondered whether a game would leverage it. Can't honestly say I'm particularly impressed by the results, it just looks like it's been slapped on top of a different game like a "smartshader" effect rather than had the visual style developed around it.

 

[ethelred]

No, not Red Entertainment.

I think people need to stop saying anything related to Sakura Taisen in these threads, because it's not entirely the case and only serves to confuse people.

Why? The game is being made by people at Sega who worked on Sakura Taisen. Should we all just instead say the game is being made by people with zero developmental experience because we don't want to confuse the precious little brains of the children?

 

[icecream]

Should we all just instead say the game is being made by people with zero developmental experience because we don't want to confuse the precious little brains of the children?

It also helps to clarify it so you don't get posts like:

Oh you mean Red Entertainment? Still nice.

Which is pretty much the first thing that comes to people's minds when one refers just to Sakura Taisen. I have no doubts this will turn out to be a nice game, but I certainly do not expect it to follow in ST's footsteps in any way.

 

[ethelred]

Okay then. Valkyrie of the Battlefield is being made by people who attended the Sega Technical Institute and then were cryogenically frozen. They never attended any classes and they've never actually made a game before, so let's all hope for the best!

 

[Pachael]

No, not Red Entertainment.

I think people need to stop saying anything related to Sakura Taisen in these threads, because it's not entirely the case and only serves to confuse people.

I agree it's not Red, aka no madness of Hiroi Ouji present. But like I've said before, the dev team are made up of members who've worked on SakuTai before (Especially when Overworks had to do it), and it does seem like Valkyrie's following in these footsteps, particularly with the weird Engrish system names: They call the drawing method 'CANVAS' and the battle system 'BLITZ', the latter reminding me of SakuTai's 'ARMS', which doesn't make much sense but sound kind of cool.

A Famitsu article talking about Valkyrie mentions SakuTai straight up:
http://www.famitsu.com/interview/article/2007/08/29/668,1188363648,77150,0,0.html

Talking about Famitsu, there are new scans of Valkyrie with hint of Sakamoto ;D:
Thanks to creamsugar for the scans, duckroll for identifying the guy in 'da house' in the second scan:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8598906&postcount=66

 

[Zen]

Hm, I preferred to greater Pencil Fuzz in the earlier stuff. It made it look more textured and, well, better, imo.

 

[Awntawn]

Hm, I prefered to greater Pencil Fuzz in the earlier stuff, made it look more textures and well better imo.

I agree sorta, though this looks nice too ;o

 

[jj984jj]

I'm still very confused about how this is played, I think it's a real-time strategy shooter of some sort?

 

[FredFish]

I'm still very confused about how this is played, I think it's a real-time strategy shooter of some sort?

From the TGS gameplay vids Gametrailers had it reminded me of the PC game Silent Storm. Turn based but the action was 'real time' during your turn. Check the vids, the game looks ace in motion.