STAR OCEAN 4: TRI ACE OWNS YOUR FUCKING FACE

[Mondain]

come on guys, why get hyped over this, you all know that once again it'll be a generic bullshit anime game that you'll all be more forgiving for because of the next-gen graphics

[y2kev]

more like skillotonn

[calcifer]

benjaminbirdie is a massive wipeout fan, so he's obviously been raised on PS too... wtf are you talking about?

he doesnt even own a ps3!!!

[recursivelyenumerable]

oh, i'm sure the final boot in the nuts has already been hinted about some time ago when they gave that "The only feasible way we could do FF7R is if we had a big enough userbase which may mean we have to go cross platform"

er as an obsessive follower of SE interviews and statements I'm pretty sure that never happened.  cite?

at any rate there's little to no chance of an FF7 remake appearing before 2012 when it will be too late to make much of a difference in console politics, thank God.

[duckroll]

Hey groo, did you get Famitsu today? It'll be nice to have clean scans for the tri-Ace games, especially all the missing pages the guy didn't scan. ^^;

[Error2k4]

where are the clean scans? 

[MCD]

http://www.epson.com/

[hyp]

 

[Mr. Gundam]

Splorgenborg launch title am confirmed?

C'mon, Tri Ace, just announce the damn platform already.

[MrSingh]

The real kick in the balls will be when Last Remnant includes a FFXIII playable demo...... on BOTH versions of the game. 

That'll be nice, but Last Remnant isn't exactly running on PS3 at this point in time.

RSX budget GPU

[Error2k4]

can any kind soul in japan scan the tri-Ace stuff?

[Joe Molotov]

can any kind soul in japan scan the tri-Ace stuff?

You mean better scans, or was there more than Star Ocean 3 shown?

[Jabberwocky]

Still no clean scans of anything?

Also, I really doubt SO4 is going to be a 360 game. For several reasons... for one, we've already had a semi-confirmation that it's for PS3 (I believe someone last year let it slip)...

... and more logically, didn't MS pay tri-Ace to make Infinite Undiscovery as a 360 exclusive (and also paid SE to publish)? I'm pretty sure I read that a while ago. Why would they have to pay for a tri-Ace exclusive if SO4 was a 360 exclusive? It just doesn't make sense. I strongly believe SO4 is either a PS3 exclusive or multiplatform.

oh, and hi.

[Jabberwocky]

I guess I was wrong about SE getting paid to publish, but MS did get tri-Ace to make the game... right? Or at least they're funding the development. I swear I read something like that before. I never knew about the tri-Ace recruitment though.

As for the scans, that would be utterly fantastic. 

[tiesto]

Here are my thoughts why SO4 will go either multiplat or be 360 exclusive:

-Like Groo said, tri-Ace was recruiting for 2 360 projects
-Infinite Undiscovery being coded from the ground up on 360... wouldn't it pay to use this engine as the basis for SO4?
-Star Ocean series is one of the more popular RPG series in America. No where near FF levels, but they all do pretty well (both SO2 and 3 were "greatest hits" and SO3 did something like 600,000 copies in the US)
-tri-Ace are suckers for technology, why would they wanna use rsx budget gpu 

Now that Brawl is out, SO4 is my most wanted game right now...

[Error2k4]

I have Famitsu here - assuming they aren't going to post official shots later today, I can probably scan a few pages at lunchtime.

I'm looking forward more to IU myself, seems like a more interesting project to me. of course, SO4 is very high on my list of anticipated games.

[Mondain]

Tri-Ace stated a bunch of times that their next-gen engine has been thought up for multiplatform from the ground up and will be used for all their future console projects

[demi]

Error - did you buy a 360? What did you think of the current RPGs on the box?

[MCD]

he didn't, waiting for NG2 i think.

[Error2k4]

demi: I'm buying a 360 this summer, but I've been interested in mistwalker offerings for awhile. so I'm grabbing BD and LO. prolly BD first.

yeah NG2 and... GTA4 (I like GTA )

[MCD]

gta?

the himumu effect.

[MCD]

at least you can download the hard mode patch with BD.

while there is zero dlc for LO in the US market, it's like they spent so much marketing they can't afford dlc lol.

[calcifer]

The strongest sign pointing to a 360 release was the tri-Ace recruitment page that said they were working on two games for 360.

link please

[MCD]

does your scanner have an option for descreening filter? very good to deal with grainy scans.

[MCD]

HP scanner?

[Error2k4]

Groo:

if it's not much a bother could you scan some VP DS stuff?

[MCD]

and oh, no need to apologize, if anything i should be apologizing for sounding like a dick.

i am just a man who is interested in scanners.

[FancyFeast]

Wow that 3rd scan, the top left screen on it.   Looks like awesome action.

[demi]

Groo scan your dick and PM it please

[MCD]

well, at least it isn't HP.

[MCD]

btw...those SO4 shots are amazing if they are realtime.

[Jabberwocky]

  Groo thanks so much man

if it's not too much to ask do you think you could scan the VPDS pages? how many are there? do you think you could explain how the new battle systems work at least?

as a side, I would like to question tri-Ace's fetish for short haired blonde guys.

[duckroll]

Thanks a lot, it's really appreciated. *hugz*

Some notes from the scans:

- SO4 was original planned as SO Zero, but they didn't want zero sales so they went with SO4
- Most of the systems in SO4 will be similar to SO3, Gotanda doesn't expect there to be any major changes
- SO4 doesn't really sound progressive at all if you weren't a fan of SO3, sounds like they want to make more of the same probably because it sold so well :/

- IU is totally seamless, like a MMORPG
- Even when you pause the game the menu options just pop up over the screen, there's no seperate pause screen
- Situations that are solved quickly offer bonus rewards like full party healing and so on
- There is a day/night cycle, it takes about 10 minutes of realtime to go from day to night and vice versa
- You will control the main character only, there are party members but you will control their AI using stances instead of commands
- Since the entire game is realtime, there will be a heavier involvement in AI and so on than previous games
- There are many characters in the game and each of them have their own stories
- But the way the stories are presented will NOT be like Valkyrie Profiles short story omnibus style, instead the characters will be fleshed out as they interact and travel together in the main story

[calcifer]

why does so4 look so much better if it's on the same platform as ui?

PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system

[demi]

Sounds like some sort of next-gen Rogue Galaxy or XII... tell me why I am wrong

[demi]

Tri-Ace also did VP and SO3, they are not so perfect either!

[Himu]

- IU is totally seamless, like a MMORPG
- Even when you pause the game the menu options just pop up over the screen, there's no seperate pause screen
- Situations that are solved quickly offer bonus rewards like full party healing and so on
- There is a day/night cycle, it takes about 10 minutes of realtime to go from day to night and vice versa
- You will control the main character only, there are party members but you will control their AI using stances instead of commands
- Since the entire game is realtime, there will be a heavier involvement in AI and so on than previous games
- There are many characters in the game and each of them have their own stories
- But the way the stories are presented will NOT be like Valkyrie Profiles short story omnibus style, instead the characters will be fleshed out as they interact and travel together in the main story

OMFG

[calcifer]

if the story is decent and it does ff12 gameplay better than ff12 then maybe it will be pretty sweet

ff12

tri-ace

[muckson]

after those scans came up from groo i've started to show some interest....

if no one could tell from the avatar i'm waiting for the next drag-on dragoon/drakengard game to come along.  while the gameplay was debatably mediocre there was no question in my mind that both the games' storylines were the darkest, most sinister jrpg narratives ever with themes of unwilling sacrifice and royal incest playing the undertone to war violence, angst, and omnipresent despair. 

besides, when kaim showed up in the second game i dropped my controller, through my hands in the air, and cheered.  they did good by fans in the second game with the extras and plot twists.

is anyone with me on this?

anyone?

..................

/ \

[Beezy]

How long ago was IU announced? I hope it isn't being rushed.

[calcifer]

Ps. where is "80% complete mid last year" White Knight Story?

on the wii next year

[duckroll]

Sakaguchi says Cry On is still by Cavia. It's also possible that Kusunoki is taking on more of an art director role for the overall project than replacing the character designer.

For those interesting in IU's scenario, based on the staff this is probably the most high profile scenario that tri-Ace has ever worked on. They got Ryo Mizuno (creator of Lodoss War) to collaborate with Shoji Gatoh (creator of Full Metal Panic) to come up with the original scenario concept. Gatoh is also supervising the overall scenario. The actual scenario and "situations" appear to be designed by ORG, the Japanese company that localizes D&D in Japan and also designs several original tabletop and card games.

[MCD]

after those scans came up from groo i've started to show some interest....

if no one could tell from the avatar i'm waiting for the next drag-on dragoon/drakengard game to come along.  while the gameplay was debatably mediocre there was no question in my mind that both the games' storylines were the darkest, most sinister jrpg narratives ever with themes of unwilling sacrifice and royal incest playing the undertone to war violence, angst, and omnipresent despair. 

besides, when kaim showed up in the second game i dropped my controller, through my hands in the air, and cheered.  they did good by fans in the second game with the extras and plot twists.

is anyone with me on this?

anyone?

..................

/ \

i'm with you.

beat both games 100% and all weapons maxed out in the 2nd game

[Jabberwocky]

I guess this is as good a place as any to post this since there was no official Jp Mag thread.

Tales of the World: ND 4 (I guess Radiant Mythology doesn't count as a ND game)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2386056791_3650d8c868_o.jpg

It only shows the white haired kids from ND1-3, no word on who will make a guest appearance this time around. I hope it's a free roaming RPG and not an SRPG like ND3.

Could anyone translate the info? Does it say what genre it is? Is Alfa System developing?

There's also a clean scan of that Hercules game:
http://i28.tinypic.com/2lbl4k2.jpg
Artwork is nice.

[Error2k4]

get Not Found in your second link.

Beezy: game was first announced back in 2005.

[Jabberwocky]

Sorry about that, rehosted.
http://i28.tinypic.com/2lbl4k2.jpg

[muckson]

Tales of the World: ND 4 (I guess Radiant Mythology doesn't count as a ND game)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2386056791_3650d8c868_o.jpg


Could anyone translate the info? Does it say what genre it is? Is Alfa System developing?

the genre is rpg, it says it right there in english letters on the bottom right in the white box.

the maker is bandai-namco games.

i can't read much else without a dictionary and spending 15 to 20 minutes on it, especially since it's so damned unclear, but i'm just wondering what the FUCK narikiri dungeon 4 is and what the hell happened to the other three.  and what tale of what world are they telling?

[muckson]

I fucking love Drag-on Dragoon. It was my favourite game of the year when it came out. The setting and music really did it for me, because the gameplay was kind of iffy. But those dark endings were awesome. The second one I couldn't play at all... dunno why but I couldn't finish one of the really early missions, but I loved the soundtrack and it's one of my favourite game soundtracks ever. I'd love to check out the CG someday and find out what the story was about too. Hope there is a third game some day, but Cavia don't have much to do with Square these days, I think, and I doubt they would pay for the IP. Cry On looked to be going a similar way at one point, but they changed the artist(?) to the Panzer Dragoon guy and now Artoon is coding instead of Cavia... I think.

i'm with you.

beat both games 100% and all weapons maxed out in the 2nd game

groo and mcdragon made my balls quake with joy.  i love you guys.  i am NOT ALONE. 

[recursivelyenumerable]

i haven't played drakengard, but i watched the

spoiler (click to show/hide)

GIANT KILLER BABIES

[close]

ending on YouTube.  <3

Originally, Fujisaka was not only the character designer for Cry On, butthe game was supposed to use shaders designed to make the graphics look like his illustrations.  Sakaguchi's recent interviews sure kinda make it sound like Kusunoki replaced him as the character designer, but he hasn't actually said that explicitly.

[Jabberwocky]

I bring terrible news.

The ToW ND4 news is fake. It was apparently an April Fools by Tales of Surprise?

son of a bitch.

[duckroll]

[MCD]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=271833

[Jabberwocky]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=271833

That also should prove (if there was any more doubt) that tri-Ace is involved with VPDS.

[Error2k4]

can't believe icecream made that shitty thread.

SO4 FOR... DS!

[calcifer]

so4 is at the very least ps3 time exclusive

only a fool would think otherwise

[Error2k4]

yeah just like how Tales of Vesperia is a PS3 timed exclusive... oh wait. 

[calcifer]

namco is distinguished mentally-challenged.. square isnt

[calcifer]

wow namco is so smart!

http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/ir/financial/pdf_bnh/en_20070509_2.pdf

[Error2k4]

namco is distinguished mentally-challenged.. square isnt

there's nothing distinguished mentally-challenged about SO4 being on 360.

SO is a good selling series here and 360 is a SW beast.

[y2kev]

http://i32.tinypic.com/1i235g.png
 

namco