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The Legend of Legacy (3DS) announced [JRPG, SaGa & ex-S-E staff, MASASHI HAMAUZU]
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Hamauzu has a legacy of composing great OSTs for bad games (Unlimited Saga anyone?)
I guess it'll depend on what sort of JRPG game design you refer. If Hiroyuki Ito is the father of Final Fantasy gameplay systems, then Kyoji Koizumi is the father of SaGa gameplay systems.
I'm well aware of the listed contributors and their pedigree, I just don't have much faith in companies like FuRyu or imageepoch that manage to attract lots of talent but still struggle to put out anything interesting.
But Niinou's Imageepoch games were good. Lack of polish and budget, but they were still fun and had good fundamental design.
7th Dragon is okay but that Criminal Girls horseshit is just embarrassing and all the other imageepoch games I've played (Arc Rise Fantasia, Luminous Arc, Sands of Destruction... was that them? I forget) ranged from mediocre to flat-out terrible.
As for FuRyu, I've not played any of their games as we PAL-landians weren't deigned worthy to play Unchained Blades, but very few people seem to have anything positive to say about them, and it seems that the director on this project is a FuRyu guy? I don't recognise the name, at least.
Then again, the line between a good SaGa game and a bad one is pretty thin to begin with, and there isn't enough info to safely suggest that it'll even inherit any of the Kawazu-isms that people associate with that series, so...
EDIT: turns out imageepoch worked on Yoshi's New Island. A match made in heaven!
I liked both 7th Dragon and Last Ranker. They were also the main games Niinou directed there. Last Ranker also has much higher production values and polish than the average Imageepoch game because of Capcom's influence. Turned out pretty well. I agree that a lot of Imageepoch games are garbage because they have poor quality control, but I'm just pointing out that when you actually put together good people who know how to design a game at a studio which doesn't give a shit, the results will probably still improve.
Yeah, having great people on board doesn't mean the game will automatically be good, but in the case, I think we can be cautiously optimistic.
Plenty of months until release, so it's a bit early to make any judgement (positive or negative) for now. It's certainly an intriguing project.
Plenty of months until release, so it's a bit early to make any judgement (positive or negative) for now. It's certainly an intriguing project.
coredecepts
Member
That little froggy dude is incredible.
RyougaSaotome
Member
I'm listening, FuRyu. You got a pretty solid team lined up.
Try not to fuck this one up pls.
Try not to fuck this one up pls.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Director: Masataka Matsura
Image Illustration: Tomomi Kobayashi (SaGa franchise character illustrator)
Game Design: Kyoji Koizumi (SaGa franchise battle designer)
Character Design: Ryo Hirao
Background Art: Misako Tsutsui (ex-S-E background artist)
Monster Design: Yuichiro Kojima (ex-S-E texture artist), Ryoji Shimogama (ex-S-E creature designer)
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu (I hear he makes good music)
Sound Editor: Kenichi Saito
Text Direction: Masato Kato (wrote for Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, wrote and directed Chrono Cross)
Narration: Emiko Shiratori
Title Logo Design: Tadahiko Kawaguchi
Movie Design: Shuhei Yamagata
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201409/23062073.html
Interested....but this is not getting localized...right?
It's a tough one to decide between but I think Bravely Default is up there as well.
Just take it with you.
Member
Ex-SaGa staff?
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...Well, at least the music'll be good.
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...Well, at least the music'll be good.
Kresnik258
Member
Hmm... interest peaked a bit more!
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Nice! Looks good! I'm getting a bit of a Bravely Default vibe.
Interested....but this is not getting localized...right?
It's Furyu... Probably not.
coolfighter1993
Banned
I have to say that it's a terrible name for a game...
I'm starting to think the publisher might have as much to do with the quality of those games as anything else. Still, I take your point.
Either way, this game does make me wonder what Kawazu and co. are putting together right now, seeing as all these key players presumably won't be around to help him out.
Interested....but this is not getting localized...right?
If what was said about Unchained Blades is true then I guess XSEED probably won't do it, but there's still hope, right? I mean, even Atlus has localised some weird DS stuff, like Code of Princess and Conception II, so it's not inconceivable that someone might bring this game over if it turns out okay.
Whether this gets localised will probably depends on whether the game is great or not, if fans are demanding a localisation, if there's someone from one of the JRPG publishers in NA who's interested to push for localisation internally, and more.
But who knows. Weirder games have been localised in the past.
But who knows. Weirder games have been localised in the past.
robotzombie
Member
You say this like SaGa games aren't awesome
More f2p mobile garbage maybe. It's not like he has a real team anymore anyway.
Someone hasn't heard of "Beyond the Beyond"!
LOL. Who the hell comes up with these titles?
I still think this one is the worst though.
punkmaggit
Member
Hamauzuuuuuuu!!! I'm officially interested.
It was an okay game, but during a time where there were plenty of better games to get localized.
Pennywise83
Banned
I'm astonished at how many people are complaining about the name, when we had a worse name (i.e. Bravely Default) attached at a pretty good game just recently on 3DS
radios shipping overview
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When I was scrolling through the top post, the transition from the Tomomi Kobayashi art to the candy-colored Saturday morning screenshots gave me whiplash. Really not a fan of the bland aesthetic (are we not past the idea that portables are for children?), but given who's involved here, I'll hold out hope.
Chibi character models aren't strictly a "childish" thing, more a low-resolution thing.
radios shipping overview
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It's not just the proportions (PS2 RomaSaga had similarly-proportioned battle models), but the choice of colors and the empty cartoony faces. It makes the game look like it has a comedic theme to it.
Unchained Blades is *almost* a good game and just largely suffers from being maybe a little too busy with gameplay systems. It's not bad though and I imagine Legend of Legacy might turn out better with the right guidance keeping them in check.
Opinionatedfish
Member
sörine;131309516 said:
Also, sign me up for Not Chrono Trigger.
I mean, I like Fantasy Life and Zelda remakes as much as anyone, but I'd trade both in a heartbeat for it.
Sounds like a job for Sakaguchi. We have to squeeze in Not Front Mission as well.
Black Soma
Member
Wow, it really is a new SaGa with a different name! I hope they localize it. They have to.
Now I won't be completely disappointed if the actual new SaGa title will be another mobile game.
Now I won't be completely disappointed if the actual new SaGa title will be another mobile game.