Vanillaware's [Dragon's Crown] PS3/Vita-Sweet Mother of God

Kainy

Argh. 2013? That's way too much of a wait. This was like... 1/5 the reason I was going to buy a PSP2, damnit!

Skull2185

Glad I resisted the urge to buy a Vita for this! And now I have a PS3, so I'll just get the game for that next year.

RainbowDespair

$40 price tag? For some reason, I thought this was going to be a cheap download game.

Shady3011

I think the scope of the game is going to be much larger than what they might have originally planned. I was under the assumption it would be a spiritual successor to D&D : Shadow over Mystara. With the way they've been talking about it, it will probably be more akin to Odin Sphere and Muramasa in scope.

Rakai

RainbowDespair wrote: »

$40 price tag? For some reason, I thought this was going to be a cheap download game.

That reason was because Ignition was making up info about the game.

Kainy

For a good side-scrolling brawler with awesomely done sprites, I'll gladly pay $40

Xenogears of Bore

This was always going to be a retail title unless RD was making the classic 2D game joke.

Syphyre

If this is in the same awesome veins as Odin Sphere and Muramasa, I will happily purchase it, no matter the price.

Shady3011

If Wikipedia is to be believed, then it is another spiritual successor to Princess Crown. Did the PSP version ever get a fan translation?

RainbowDespair

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

This was always going to be a retail title unless RD was making the classic 2D game joke.

I was half joking, half serious. There have been so many conflicting reports on this game that I had no idea if they were planning for it to be a 1-2 hr brawler or something bigger like Odin Sphere.

Linespider5

I've been hunting for any mention, any update on this game...

I've noticed something odd on the official site-namely, the Amazon and Sorceress art seems to be...missing. Just, not there. Along with that, the placeholder boxart also lacks those characters. Then there's the lack of the trailer, which is mysteriously unavailable, and the fact that not a single screenshot on the site shows the combat, just the backgrounds. Not a single sprite in sight.

Kind of wondering if in the course of securing the new publisher those characters are being redesigned or something, given the, uh, curious appearances those characters had. Certainly reworking the appearance of two playable characters could easily explain the delay.

Any thoughts?

Shady3011

That could be the case. However, I doubt that's the main reason for them going dark. Vanillaware has been bad with putting stuff out there. Just look at the debacle with getting Grand Knights History localized.

Dehumanized

Eh, they've had the pictures obscured on the NA site for a long time now. The original art is still up on the JPN version. Likely they just didn't want to go to the expense of adding an age gate for sensitive American eyes.

Linespider5

I don't know. I'm half expecting they'll chop the roster down to just the Elf, Warrior, Dwarf and Wizard classes.

Shady3011

I doubt that part. Dehumanized's point is the most sound.

Bursar

Valve Time ain't nothing on Vanillaware Time. That's all.

Shady3011

Time isn't the issue with Vanillaware. It's management. They seem to be bad at it. They're a small team and try to stretch themselves thin. I'm hoping with Atlus helping them out they'll be able to put this out next year.

cj iwakura

They're great at quality assurance, if nothing else. They just need to be careful about giving IPs like Muramasa to hacks like Ignitiion.

Shady3011

Well, that was only after the localization went South with XSeed.

cj iwakura

If I recall, Ignition took it from them without XS having much choice in the matter.

Shady3011

That was on Marvelous though as they owned the IP. In this case, I'm guessing Atlus will get IP rights.

Edit: Speaking about Ignition, what the hell happened to them after Disney acquired their parent company?

bigwillch

Having only just heard of this game and watched the trailers I can safely say this may be what forces me to finally put my hand in my pocket and get a PS3.

Shady3011

Yo. Coming this July to Japan. North America to follow shortly afterward (summer window per Atlus).

Renzo

Releasing this summer, PS3: $50, Vita: $40

I wonder if it'll be any good.

Dragkonias

Well...if its like any of Vanillaware's other games it'll be a pretty and decently fun, but very repetitive hack n' slash.

Dehumanized

I always feel like Vanillaware games would be way better if they were just feature-length movies that were half "people getting in fights with demons", half "looped animations of eating food".

Donnicton

Oh, this thread is a thing? Okay, this goes here too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwMKiimtmaI

I need a GIF of the dancing mouse.

Al Baron

Donnicton wrote: »

I need a GIF of the dancing mouse.

Linked for size.

Dyvion

That's straight up Castle Crashers meets Odin Sphere. Amazeballs.

Xenogear_0001

Yeah, I've been wondering what happened to this. Vanillaware has been quiet about it for a while. I'm also surprised that anyone who's played Muramasa would be shocked at the Sorceress' design--did they just happen to miss giant-chested-fox-girl-assistant from Momohime's campaign?

Wassermelone

Gah

So much of that trailer is amazing and I'm a huge fan of both Odin Sphere and Muramasa... I just don't really understand the character art. They went so excessively far up the path of sex appeal that it came around to grotesque.

Obviously some people don't mind or don't see it and I know this is just my opinion, but I feel like they will really be losing customers because of it. Hell, they lost me.

Xenogear_0001

I'm not sure I'll ever understand why over-sexualized character designs freak people out so much. I just kind of shrug and/or appreciate the view. Are you afraid your parents/friends/significant other will think less of you or something? Can't you just play as the Elf and ban anyone from playing as the Sorceress?

cj iwakura

It's also kind of Vanillaware tradition, going way back to GrimGrimoire.

I'm not a fan, but it's their thing.

I needed anime to post.

some people find that a character's design being "she's a huge pair of tits" is more off-putting than actually looking at the design itself, and choose not to support companies who make such design decisions

cj iwakura

Well, she also has a skull.

Shady3011

Let's not go down that road, or at least do it over in the other thread.

PLA

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eloquentrave

Do you guys think that the original creative direction will be intact? Will we get huge, semi-randomly generated areas, with choices that evolve the way the game plays out? Corpse collection and recycling?

Or do you think it will be relegated to a more River City Ransom level of customization?

Or maybe even reduced down to a level of the old D & D arcade games?

I am fervently hoping for the first outcome.

Xenogears of Bore

Considering who is directing the game and what we've seen so far its Option 3.

eloquentrave

Antihippy wrote: »

Amazons in fantasy art are very usually wearing little and sexualised. I'm just saying that considering the art influences it's not inconsistent with the world's style.

But do they only have one titty in DC, like in the myths?

Because this would totally justify relegating then to the A section of T 'n A.