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Post by Ex on Feb 7, 2024 11:50:31 GMT -5
"Artisan Studios has announced Lost Hellden, a hand-painted Japanese-inspired RPG featuring music and audio direction by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy XII, Tactics Ogre, etc.) and illustrations by Takeshi Oga (Gravity Rush, Siren, etc.). It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG in 2025."
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 7, 2024 22:37:20 GMT -5
Not liking those character designs much but the world/setting looks excellent and the maestro Sakimoto's clearly still got it. Hmmm, could be one to keep tabs on.
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Post by toei on Feb 8, 2024 0:19:40 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't know why it looks so much like some generic mobile RPG, but I would fully expect it to be better than it looks based on who's involved.
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Post by Ex on Feb 8, 2024 8:25:41 GMT -5
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Post by toei on Feb 8, 2024 8:54:31 GMT -5
Hmm, I didn't read that description properly at all earlier. My brain misinterpreted "Hitoshi Sakimoto" as "Yasumi Matsuno" (because they've worked together, I guess) and I just assumed he was writing/directing the game. But this is a Western-made RPG that just has some music by a veteran Japanese composer and (ugly) art from a Japanese artist. In fact they're situated in France and Quebec (for that government money). No hate, seems like they grew up on Japanese SNES RPGs like me. I also used to think I could make some really good RPGs some day. But I'm not really liking how this looks.
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Post by Ex on Feb 9, 2024 10:52:59 GMT -5
You still playing Dark Souls 2 anytime soon or is that now November 2024? Or you settled on playing Dishonored next. But I know you're playing a big Y's game now. I'd still like to get to Dark Souls 2 and Dishonored this year. Interested in both. I've given up on planning and plotting what games I will play when though, works much better to just go with the whimsy flow. I am enjoying Ys8 a lot right now, but being a 40-50 hour long game, it's gonna take me a while to finish. I've noticed in the past few years, I only average 10-12 hours a week solo gaming in the winter, but that time increases in the summer when I'm less interested in being outside (due to deep south heat/humidity). Do you still plan to finish Eternal Ring or Stranger of Paradise this year?
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Post by Ex on Feb 9, 2024 11:36:06 GMT -5
"Mecha girl action game Dolls Nest will launch for PC via Steam in 2024 with English and Japanese language support, developers NITRO PLUS and NITRO ARTS announced."store.steampowered.com/app/1839430/Dolls_Nest/PC for now. Hope it gets ported to Switch or PS4, who knows.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Feb 9, 2024 14:17:07 GMT -5
Huh a Nitro Plus game that isn't a VN. Interesting.
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Post by Ex on Feb 9, 2024 14:52:14 GMT -5
Huh a Nitro Plus game that isn't a VN. Interesting. Reminds me of
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Post by Xeogred on Feb 9, 2024 15:03:11 GMT -5
You still playing Dark Souls 2 anytime soon or is that now November 2024? Or you settled on playing Dishonored next. But I know you're playing a big Y's game now. I'd still like to get to Dark Souls 2 and Dishonored this year. Interested in both. I've given up on planning and plotting what games I will play when though, works much better to just go with the whimsy flow. I am enjoying Ys8 a lot right now, but being a 40-50 hour long game, it's gonna take me a while to finish. I've noticed in the past few years, I only average 10-12 hours a week solo gaming in the winter, but that time increases in the summer when I'm less interested in being outside (due to deep south heat/humidity). Do you still plan to finish Eternal Ring or Stranger of Paradise this year? Yeah I know how that goes. Sometime this year is a good enough plan for me. I'll say yes to those but I make no promises on Eternal Ring, as I did get a few hours in. Maybe I'll like it more now though. I'm kind of convinced Wo-Long might be a hard pass for me. The PC version still sounds pretty botched and low effort. Supposedly a B-team worked on it... but that's the obnoxious line people throw at Dark Souls 2 as well, which is a game I like very much. So who knows. But I'll definitely be playing Stranger of Paradise and Code Vein before thinking about Wo-Long.
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