Project Setsuna (Chrono Trigger-like JRPG from Square) interview with director Atsushi Hashimoto

- the full translation for the Dengeki Online interview to the Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna (Project Setsuna) game director is here:

- Here is my summary of key points:

1) game started with the mindset of “Let’s make a product that resurrects the passion and excitement of so-called Golden JRPGs.”

2) RPG fun first over pushing hardware

3) "rich experience without spending lot's of hours"

4) many people working on the project responded to the approach of "classic RPGs" by referring to PS1 and Nintendo RPGs

5) "Sorrow" is the concept and focus of the game

6) Story is about escorting a woman (Setsuna) to be sacrificed to appease the demons (reminds you of another RPG, doesn't it?)

7) Game with snowy scenarios

8) BGM piano focus in the soundtrack

9) one of the main characters:

wears a mask to avoid empathy towards him

10) will have hidden dungeons and ultimate weapons for completionists

11) tweaking the game aiming for player to clear 1 dungeon if they play 20 minutes or so at a time

12) aiming to make an RPG that is light and makes gamers forget about the passage of time by involving, classic JRPGs as inspiration

13) working to balance difficulty against annoying gamers. It won't be a difficult game.

14) He wants to add difficult bosses here and there, but bosses that are beated by battle strategy not by having to level up characters

15) Active Time Battle gameplay

16) some character are good at fighting, others at healing, etc. they are working to make the game beatable by using any of them

17) 3 character party during battle

18) various characters available for recruitment

19) you can decide the name of the characters

20) 2D JRPG game like those of old with a modern presentation

21) No differences between PS4 and Vita versions

- announcement trailer

- gameplay footage (skip to 19:47 mins):

- Square will release the game early 2016 for the PlayStation 4 and Vita

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