Miho Mingu
09-25-2006, 02:39 AM
This is a recently announced Playstation 3 role playing game being made by famed developer, Level 5, makers of Dragon Quest 8 and Rogue Galaxy, to name a few. (of the few they have made; they're a relatively fresh developer) It looks amazing, and hints at what is to come in the next generation of role playing games.
The gameplay goes something like this....when your party spots the enemies, a battle preparation screen comes up, where you can set conditional commands for your characters, when they're automatically controlled by the artificial intelligence. Presumably, you're able to switch party members at will, to control. All of this plays out in real-time. As a side note, you're able to perform team attacks--an example being....one character grabs the enemy from the behind, while the other character dropkicks the enemy from the front. Essentially, it plays out like a live film.
At the end of the demonstration, (shown at Tokyo Game Show 2006) your party fights off a huge fire beast, but realize their attacks aren't phasing it, so the main character, Lenard, activates his gauntlet to transform into a large white knight. (hence the game title) The showing ends there, as the white knight charges after the monster, leading to a cliffhanger.
This brings up a comparison to Ultraman or perhaps even Power Rangers, where as, large beings or machines are used to battle, if needed.
The official White Knight Story (Shirokishi Monogatari) site. (http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/shirokishi/) There are some screen shots available. There is a trailer floating around as well, elsewhere.
The gameplay goes something like this....when your party spots the enemies, a battle preparation screen comes up, where you can set conditional commands for your characters, when they're automatically controlled by the artificial intelligence. Presumably, you're able to switch party members at will, to control. All of this plays out in real-time. As a side note, you're able to perform team attacks--an example being....one character grabs the enemy from the behind, while the other character dropkicks the enemy from the front. Essentially, it plays out like a live film.
At the end of the demonstration, (shown at Tokyo Game Show 2006) your party fights off a huge fire beast, but realize their attacks aren't phasing it, so the main character, Lenard, activates his gauntlet to transform into a large white knight. (hence the game title) The showing ends there, as the white knight charges after the monster, leading to a cliffhanger.
This brings up a comparison to Ultraman or perhaps even Power Rangers, where as, large beings or machines are used to battle, if needed.
The official White Knight Story (Shirokishi Monogatari) site. (http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/shirokishi/) There are some screen shots available. There is a trailer floating around as well, elsewhere.