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Lost Sphear announced (Square Enix/Tokyo RPG Factory, PC/PS4/Switch, $50, 2018)
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GhostTrick
Banned
50 dollars ?
This will be hard to justify though
This will be hard to justify though
:/
Anyways I didn't like much of Setsuna. Hope this is better though feel that price will be worth it.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Oh, that price tag is too high.
Neoleo2143
Member
I can actually finish most RPGs on a portable system like the Switch so that'll probably be my system of choice. I'll probably wait on the price to drop to $40 or so though.
Add me to that list! Thought I am Setsuna was great all things considered.
I'm excited for this tho! The music so far sounds good and I'm glad that they are moving beyond a piano only OST. Now just have to decide to get it for Switch or PS4
Paracelsus
Member
Titile reminds me of "ph4il" and "shall I give you this pear?".
At some point you just have to ignore these posts...everything that doesnt look like classic Pac-Man cant possibly run on the Switch lol.
What?...
It looks cheap and bland. It carries all the visual flaws of Setsuna. The UI still looks like it came right out of some stock RPG Maker tutorial package. Really disappointing.
I bought I am Setsuna and never finished it. It wasn't worth my time. Many indie RPGs have way more passion and polish than Tokyo RPG Factory games it seems.
I bought I am Setsuna and never finished it. It wasn't worth my time. Many indie RPGs have way more passion and polish than Tokyo RPG Factory games it seems.
This one is particularly silly because the game looks pretty much exactly like I Am Setsuna... Which already runs on Switch.
Yep, I knew it reminded me of something, and then I read that they did Setsuna, and it all made sense...
Even disregarding that, that trailer did nothing to make me interested in the game's story.
i think having factory in your company name is probably being too honest.
Well, I mean, they are called Tokyo RPG Factory...
Truth in advertising!
Edit:
Damn it AniHawk.
The hell you mean? Setsuna is not a looker and this is the exact same as it so of course it could run on the Switch.
My thoughts as well. It looks just like Setsuna. Or an HD version of Rune Factory.
SinCityAssassin
Member
If they're taking this factory shit to heart, I'd want factory warehouse pricing.
Exentryk
Member
They are. I've killed so many of them, bless their souls.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Man, that is one kitschy trailer.
Hmm, just watched the trailer. I love my classic JRPG's, especially in the vein of Chrono Trigger, but $50 for this one seems a little much. I Am Setsuna was reasonably-priced, this is not. Unless they're holding a lot of stuff back...
I want to support these developers, since they create a style of JRPG's I enjoy, but for $50 and something that appears to be very I Am Setsuna-ish. Will have to give this some thought. Regardless, physical for me is out, since SE can't be bothered to make it readily acceptable for people outside of the US (I'm not going to pay SE's ridiculous shipping fees, not to mention brokerage charges, to have it shipped here).
I want to support these developers, since they create a style of JRPG's I enjoy, but for $50 and something that appears to be very I Am Setsuna-ish. Will have to give this some thought. Regardless, physical for me is out, since SE can't be bothered to make it readily acceptable for people outside of the US (I'm not going to pay SE's ridiculous shipping fees, not to mention brokerage charges, to have it shipped here).
SneakersSO
Member
Hmmmm.
The music styling is 'better' than I Am Setsuna, but i'm hoping there is more variety to the music this time around (please no 1 piano soundtrack. Please no). I'll be there day 1 because I want to support SE's endeavor in heaving a dedicated RPG studio to old-school JRPGs I grew up on.
I'm a little disappointed that the quality of the assets is still seemingly on the same level as their last endeavor. I'd hoped their wide release would've facilitated some higher production budget for their 2nd project. In a lot of ways, this seems like a retread of a lot of the JRPG trappings that I Am Setsuna was also pulling from.
Count me in for a digital Switch copy - I see no reason I should have this game on a higher spec machine.
The music styling is 'better' than I Am Setsuna, but i'm hoping there is more variety to the music this time around (please no 1 piano soundtrack. Please no). I'll be there day 1 because I want to support SE's endeavor in heaving a dedicated RPG studio to old-school JRPGs I grew up on.
I'm a little disappointed that the quality of the assets is still seemingly on the same level as their last endeavor. I'd hoped their wide release would've facilitated some higher production budget for their 2nd project. In a lot of ways, this seems like a retread of a lot of the JRPG trappings that I Am Setsuna was also pulling from.
Count me in for a digital Switch copy - I see no reason I should have this game on a higher spec machine.
MetalliCabombination
Member
Good job falling for it people.
Maybe check out his profile and posting history. The troll being so stupidly obvious should have given away its a pathetic attempt at reverse trolling and riling shit up
Tarextherex
Banned
What the hell are you talking about, game doesn't look impressive at all. This is worse shitposting than people saying games "look like ps2 games"
Tbh I don't think Square Enix's current strategy of "saving rpgs" is a good idea when they are basically releasing bootleg FF/Chrono with a studio that's literally called "Tokyo RPG Factory". Square was considered untouchable in say, PS1 era not only because FF games were quite novel back then, but also because they made a very wide variety of games in terms of settings and sub-genres. Basically they make retro cashgrabs for their hardcore fans in between games that take way too much time to come out. That's the kind of model that made Nintendo irrelevant between their major releases. I think more original and distinct projects between the release of flagship titles would be better. Make games like TWEWY instead of not-FF
-_____- don't wanna be hearing this from someone like you.
This actually looks less interesting to me than Setsuna. People were complaining about Setsuna's lack of environment variety, but sticking to one theme (and instrument) at least made Setsuna appear somewhat unique. Lost Sphear on the other hand just looks like any other JRPG ever.
Setsuna had potential, but felt very rough and unpolished, so let's see if they can improve on that the second time around. I'm not holding my breath that this will be worth $50, but I'd glad to be wrong.
Setsuna had potential, but felt very rough and unpolished, so let's see if they can improve on that the second time around. I'm not holding my breath that this will be worth $50, but I'd glad to be wrong.
AgentOtaku
Member
Which i'm fine with if they're good enough, I suppose
Still waiting for a Setsuna sale on Switch tho and I hope they price this one more accordingly
KojiKnight
Member
Why doesn't SE study give them the Chrono license to play with at this point? We don't need a AAA ct sequel, just a well written and executed one.
Examples? Not that I don't believe you, but I'm always on the lookout.
I certainly enjoyed Setsuna more than you, although I think it's more a case that I didn't dislike it rather than actively thinking it was great. My main concern here is that Lostsphear feels too similar; I agree that the UI in particular needs revamping to look less like a mock-up.
Playing Cosmic Star Heroine recently actually reminds me of Setsuna. While all the ingredients are there of classic 16-bit titles in particular, there's still something missing that I can't put my finger on (I realise I'm in the minority on Cosmic Star Heroine, whereby again I just think it's fine rather than blowing me away).
Spiritwalker
Member
Looks very bland.
Maybe it's because it's 3AM, but the textures and especially background effects looked too good to run on Switch smoothly. Of course, I'm a bad judge of framerate, so if this is running 30fps like Setsuna Switch maybe it could handle it fine, but from my view I was imagining this was running on PC/PS4. Obviously the Tokyo RPG art style in general is not that intensive, lol.
Umm...okay. You seem like quite a nice fellow.
Edge_Maverick
Member
I really hope that UI is not final, it's the only thing that's truly bothering me (ok, dat price too).
It looks like it came from a test build or anything early in dev.
It looks like it came from a test build or anything early in dev.
Magicpaint
Member
This looks very bland and it lacks charm for the retro angle its going for. I felt the same about I Am Setsuna though, but this is somehow worse. Not really a fan but I do like ATB.
If you expand the screenshots in the OP, it looks marginally better than Bravely Default.
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah, I'm in.
I like the music in the trailer too, as was said hopefully this one mixes up the music given the more varied setting.
The menus do look like big phone game touch screen buttons though. So the UI could use an overhaul.
Setsuna was neither well written or all that well executed, so please no. At least not yet. Give the studio the chance to grow before handling it one of the most beloved cult IPs. (And give them a bit more money, hard to make a great RPG when your budget is 500 yen)
Yeah... maybe play Setsuna first...
Teeny Titans is a $4 iOS RPG that's muuuuuuuuuch better. I agree that you can make budget games on a reasonably quick turn around that are decent, but the last one wasn't of that quality or price tag.
Bravely Default has art direction tho
Well, yes, aesthetically Bravely Default looks much better.
They should let the Bravely team handle Chrono series lol
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