Post by: Bill Aurion on December 12, 2007, 02:06:38 AM
Scan 1
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- You have to go into the dungeons, find a villager, rescue him, and escape from the dungeon. So it's a two way journey.
- The dungeons are divided across the two screens, and a timer appears on either side to indicate when that screen will "shuffle" into a different screen. The player must not be on that screen when it shuffles or he will be damaged. If you are damaged in this way while rescuing a villager, the villager will return to the bottom floor of the dungeon.
- The story of the game revolves around a village with a curse that has been going on for 100 years. Each year someone disappears mysteriously. As a young boy named Sword, you enter the dungeons via pillars of light that you find, and attempt to rescue the villagers who have been taken "away", by bringing these people back they will expand and develop the village while introducing new shops to be used as well as unlocking more story events.
- The game is 85% complete and seems to be ready to meet the 28th Feb release date.
(Kudos to the Famitsu-info-finding crew at NeoGAF...)
Post by: KDR_11k on December 12, 2007, 02:52:42 AM
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Post by: nitsu niflheim on December 14, 2007, 12:36:41 AM
Game wise, I'm not holding my breath on this one, mainly considering how ASH turned out being a rather mixed bag from what I have read.
Post by: Ghisy on December 14, 2007, 01:28:57 PM
But we should go back on topic which is the "AWAY" A-RPG for the DS!
Post by: Bill Aurion on December 14, 2007, 01:45:15 PM
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Originally posted by: nitsu niflheim
Game wise, I'm not holding my breath on this one, mainly considering how ASH turned out being a rather mixed bag from what I have read.
Different developer...Artoon is on this, and they've been getting better, so there's still hope for sure...
Post by: nitsu niflheim on December 15, 2007, 03:32:56 PM
Post by: Ghisy on May 15, 2008, 04:15:52 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 15, 2008, 04:30:02 PM
(The Japanese release was pushed back to the Summer, so we probably won't see it until at least Fall...)
Post by: Pale on May 16, 2008, 10:07:28 AM
I do find it interesting that they seem to be embracing the overly polygonal characters... Kind of reminds me of FF 7 in a way and I kind of dig the retro feel.
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 16, 2008, 10:57:01 AM
So if anything, it's more like Children of Mana (though that's not really a great example, it's more apt of a description...)
Post by: Pale on May 16, 2008, 12:02:11 PM
It was news to me! =P
