| Xxain said: There is only one western review from a lowly site and Japanese import impressions, but I am Setsuna looks to be another budget title from Square Enix clocking in at around 20-25 hours...hmmm, sounds similiar to STAR OCEAN but now I reminded of something. From SE President: “It’s important to create new IPs, but creating big IPs is difficult,” said Matsuda when asked about making new IPs. “Having been looking at the game industry up until now, it’s quite common to see [a video game series] take the form of a trilogy. In that sense, we need to have at least three [titles] before knowing whether it will continue growing or not.”
Star Ocean is not a new IP but was describe as a reboot here by SO Producer:
“Yamagishi-san he was the producer that created the PSP remake and released the PS4 and Vita version in Japan. After he released the remake he hasn’t really done anything for the West. At this moment, there are no plans to release that title in the West,” Kobayashi told Siliconera.
He continued, “However, these are my personal thoughts and nothing has been decided yet, but since I am kind of rebooting the [Star Ocean] series I know that I can’t leave it alone. I would love to release it somehow. Maybe create a back catalog or have some way to purchase it because I know a lot of people and maybe even people who play this new title would want to play the older [Star Ocean] titles too.” So, the point of discussion here is do you think this plan is going to work? I think its a smart plan and I dont think SE is wrong for taking this approach, but a part me feels like that this might backfire and end up doing more harm than good, especially to known IP's like STAR OCEAN, who have had bigger budgets in the past. Star Ocean 5 is a great game I think it could have a done a lot to reverse the damage that Star Ocean 4 caused to brand if givin the proper resources but we have is something will most likely be another black spot on the reputation. tri Ace said theey have a script ready to go for Valkryia profile 3, but we want a VP3 with a low budget? I can see it working if it has a VP1 setup but still..Then theres the rumor of Front Mission coming back most likely under the budget plan
I am Setsuna is coming out in 10 days and I'm just dreading the response because it looks cheaper than SO5, its even worse with the fact that 20-25 hour mark is including the few side quest the game has to offer with no post game content, but it does have Chrono nostalgia to work with, but we also know how harkening usually ends up. On top of all of that gamers in the west are so into numbers as a judgement of game worth that budget plan doesnt help there either.
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How do you want I am Setsuna to look then? The game isnt full 3D like a Star Ocean or Final Fantasy, it's a throwback to 5th gen era rpgs and it looks gorgeous.
And rpgs especially those with smaller budgets being around 25-30 hour is perfect and its a wise choice for SE. They can take the risk to revive rpg styles of the past with smaller budgets.
