PS3 Official White Knight Chronicles Thread - WKC2 Set for July 8th. New Trailer.

[Gerry]

Found an interesting article on 1up.com concerning this game.

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3172072

As I sat down to write this preview, I reflected on the influence a major critical entity can have. In the case of White Knight Chronicles, my preconceived notions were strongly colored -- stained, really -- by a damning 29/40 review from Famitsu. The score seemed shockingly low, especially for a game coming from a major advertiser like Sony. Even the generally horrible Infinite Undiscovery did better (32/40), while the unfairly maligned The Last Remnant did much better (38/40). More alarmingly, Level-5's own disappointing Rogue Galaxy was considered the superior game (36/40). In short, I was expecting a disaster.

White Knight Chronicles is anything but. I don't get the feeling the game is a vibrant masterpiece -- not yet, anyway -- but it is certainly superior to Infinite Undiscovery, and corrects most of the problems with the deeply flawed Rogue Galaxy. Although WKC will turn out to be enjoyable comfort food for JRPG fans in whatever state it arrives on Western shores, a few simple tweaks here and there could improve it dramatically. I hope this preview will serve to highlight some of the niggling interface problems I encountered in WKC -- those little issues that all too often find their way creeping into otherwise highly polished Level-5 games.

I was also incredibly amused when I read this:

WKC is Final Fantasy XI. The near-identical controls, battles, camera angles, on-screen log, emote commands, macro shortcuts, and design -- extending even to legal action-worthy analogues of FFXI's Hume, Elvaan, Tarutaru, Mithra and Galka races -- nearly convinced me I was living a cruel flashback.

I'm so picking this up now.

 

[Myrrh]

So....is the release date still 2042?

 

[Skaw]

In short, I was expecting a disaster.

What the fuck.

It was 29/40. Not 10/40. Ratings are a piece of shit, but expecting something given almost 75% of the possible score as a disaster and then being shocked that it's not dog shit on a plastic disc? A

moment if I've ever seen one.

It's amazing that the one time Famitsu doesn't ejaculate over a JRPG and gives a game a realistic score instead of an automatic 90% or better, someones in an uproar.

 

[Gerry]

While 29/40 is by no means a "Disaster", I find it a shame that they were turned off by this. After all, in response to the online problems, they could've waited a few days post release so they could fix server problems which any good MMO suffers from, even though this isn't an MMO, the same rules still apply.

Though I do agree about the voice chat not being implemented, but, that could be used for future patches and such.

 

[Tyrath]

Idk if I want FFXI combat in an offline RPG again -_-

 

[Gerry]

Idk if I want FFXI combat in an offline RPG again -_-

I believe it also has 4 player online modes as well, so I doubt it will be as bad as FFXII. It also allows for character customization that puts Oblivion to shame or so the previewer says.

 

[Tyrath]

I believe it also has 4 player online modes as well, so I doubt it will be as bad as FFXII. It also allows for character customization that puts Oblivion to shame or so the previewer says.

No I liked FFXII. I just don't want another game with the same stuff.

Also don't really care about 4 player online, so that doesn't appeal to me at all.

 

[Tymon]

Rental. If it's godly I'll buy it but the FFXI part killed my hype lol

 

[Tiael]

It's Level 5, I've loved all of their titles and am eagerly anticipating this release in North America. Famitsu has not been a credible publication for a long time now, and people just need to not listen to a lot of these reviews out there and play what they want to play.

 

[Tribalinius]

Famitsu has not been a credible publication for a long time now

word.

 

[Skaw]

It must've been a new reviewer they just hired who "doesn't know how things work" in the video game reviewing business, and he gave his honest opinion instead of being told what to give.

I honestly don't understand why people follow "professional" ratings anymore. After Eidos proved they manipulate things behind closed doors not once, but at least twice within a year, the fact that people still treat them as a credible source for how well a game is made is laughable.

 

[Elemmire]

It's Level 5, I've loved all of their titles and am eagerly anticipating this release in North America. Famitsu has not been a credible publication for a long time now, and people just need to not listen to a lot of these reviews out there and play what they want to play.

agreed <3 Level 5

http://kotaku.com/5118106/three-white-knight-chronicles-trailers

btw, I still wanna know what that song is called in the first video, I like it.

 

[Gerry]

agreed <3 Level 5

http://kotaku.com/5118106/three-white-knight-chronicles-trailers

btw, I still wanna know what that song is called in the first video, I like it.

The opening song?

I believe it's called ~Travelers~ sung by KAZCO, not 100% sure atm.

 

[Gerry]

For those who haven't heard yet, yes, this is most definitely coming to the US. Level 5 are busy with discussions on whether or not to make the online region unlocked for cross continent gameplay.

I suppose that would also mean an EU release is planned too.

Finally, the game has managed to sell nearly 300k units making it one of the best selling PS3 games in Japan, and managed to stay in the charts for at least 2 weeks while said charts were being dominated by Nintendo games. That is quite an achievement.

 

[Strid]

For those who haven't heard yet, yes, this is most definitely coming to the US.

Was there even any doubt? They said it would be the day mags started pickin' it up.

Finally, the game has managed to sell nearly 300 units making it one of the best selling PS3 games in Japan

For fun.

 

[Myrrh]

Seriously, is the release date still 20never?

 

[RaidrX]

Its out in japan, NA release is still TBA 09 though, so probably this fall.

 

[Gerry]

Should note quickly that the online mode gets the DLC quests that are coming. The first one is min. level 36.

 

[Strid]

Figured I had waited long enough and started searchin' for videos on the web to see how this game looks.

As of now what I see is extremely basic and bland as all get out. Armor looks down right ugly (male, not mail, chain dresses where never cool lookin' and never will be), weapons aren't special lookin, much less skills (if they even exist, jumpin' in the air and combin' are not skills) and what they call magic. The online portion looks like a re-hashed but more visually (do not confuse with *graphically*) borin' EQ 1 without the massively tag. I'm hopin' most of what I've seen is all lower level stuff and the more epic things will come, but I also find it hard to believe some die hard Japanese/Bilingual people don't exist, that post videos. That's all of the negative, it just has ZERO flare outside of when you transform, but I could care less about that as I care more for playin' on the internet than story modes.

I like the way the combat menus/battle system is set-up. It really does look like FFXI gone offline/casual online so I hope it gets more impressive lookin'. FFXI is to this day the best game I have ever played and the fact this game looks like a complete overhaul/rip-off has me excited. Also read it has the same style hate system as FFXI, which is badass for those of us who prefer order to random none-sense displayed in most non MMO type games that supply multiplayer. Now if it just gets a little more flare, which may just yet to be seen, and a little more epic (harder) lookin, I'll start bouncin' off the walls. The music is also really cool, especially, which is probably in the game somewhere, the music on the official website.

 

[Anglis]

It looks like they took FFXI's engine and just slightly updated it...