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dazat posted:I also remember reading somewhere that Taro Yoko had to fight really hard to get Square-Enix to OK a female main character, and then again for them to OK the whole flower in the eye aspect of her design. It's very hard to find a game with a female protagonist in general where they're not used for fanservice. The main ones I can think of are Samus from Metroid (before Other M the "fanservice" with her was pretty minor,) Clem from Walking Dead, Aya Brea in the first two PE games, Lighting (in FFXIII and arguable XIII-2, let's not discuss the third one...) Even Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider has a few moments that seemed to designed for minor fanservice (to be fair, the game handles her character pretty well, but there's a reason they didn't have her logically steal some warmer clothes.)
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Here's Mikhail's story: http://kho-dazat.tumblr.com/post/69841192207/our-mistakes-wah-i-jolted-awake-even-though Gosh, he's cute. 
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It's good to see them continuing the proud tradition of Drakengard faeries being (thanks again for translating these)
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What im still trying to figure out it which storyline is this game following? Is it drakengards wild rear end loving one or drakengard 2s stupid endings
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Cloche posted:It's good to see them continuing the proud tradition of Drakengard faeries being Came here to post this. Rexicon1 posted:What im still trying to figure out it which storyline is this game following? Is it drakengards wild rear end loving one or drakengard 2s stupid endings it's a prequel
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Rexicon1 posted:What im still trying to figure out it which storyline is this game following? Is it drakengards wild rear end loving one or drakengard 2s stupid endings IIRC, it's a prequel. Also that was ridiculously adorable.
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Aww Mikhail's adorable for a deadly fire-breathing dragon. "You... fibster!"
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I woulnt doubt it is mikhail was related to seere or manna whatever her name was
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dazat posted:Here's Mikhail's story: http://kho-dazat.tumblr.com/post/69841192207/our-mistakes-wah-i-jolted-awake-even-though D'aww. Mikhail is lovably dumb. I wonder how they're gonna handle these character traits in the localisation.
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Mokinokaro posted:It's very hard to find a game with a female protagonist in general where they're not used for fanservice. The main ones I can think of are Samus from Metroid (before Other M the "fanservice" with her was pretty minor,) Clem from Walking Dead, Aya Brea in the first two PE games, Lighting (in FFXIII and arguable XIII-2, let's not discuss the third one...) There's definitely some really weird bits of fan service in the most recent Tomb Raider, it's actually kind of disturbing to go from that to her getting impaled on a bit of metal or something. A great example would be The Last of Us. Doesn't make much sense that Taro Karo'd need to convince Square to do a female main character when FF6 and 12 both already did so years ago.
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dazat posted:Here's Mikhail's story: http://kho-dazat.tumblr.com/post/69841192207/our-mistakes-wah-i-jolted-awake-even-though The body of a colossal fire-breathing dragon, the mind and spirit of a labrador puppy. There's so much potential here for tragedy. And comedy. The initial wave of surprisingly positive reviews have me pretty excited. Square clearly have some strangely wise people among their upper echelons for deciding to get Cavia back together.
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He's too adorable. This cannot end well.
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Manatee Cannon posted:Doesn't make much sense that Taro Karo'd need to convince Square to do a female main character when FF6 and 12 both already did so years ago. Hahahahahaha. Oh man, that's funny, I was rolling around on the floor laughing my rear end off. And then coughing for a good minute, because of a loving winter cold. Never underestimate how stupid a Corporation can be. Especially Square Enix, where you fail upwards.
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Manatee Cannon posted:There's definitely some really weird bits of fan service in the most recent Tomb Raider, it's actually kind of disturbing to go from that to her getting impaled on a bit of metal or something. A great example would be The Last of Us. I'd imagine the fact that the female character in both cases isn't the sole main character (or even the focus character, in 12) had something to do with it.
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So I've seen the director's name written both ways by English sources, as "Yoko Taro" and as "Taro Yoko". Which one is his surname?
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sleeptalker posted:So I've seen the director's name written both ways by English sources, as "Yoko Taro" and as "Taro Yoko". Which one is his surname? Yoko, I believe.
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Just based on the short stories, who are your favorite characters so far? Personally I like Zero, Mikhail and Dito the best; their stories were the most fun to work on. Octa is pretty fun, too. Decad got on my nerves and Cent was a little boring. Three and Five seem pretty obnoxious (albeit in an entertaining way), while I feel sympathetic toward Two and Four. The biggest mystery is One. I wonder if she'll be getting a short story of her own before the game comes out? Genocyber posted:I'd imagine the fact that the female character in both cases isn't the sole main character (or even the focus character, in 12) had something to do with it. Yeah, I was going to say. Although Terra (and Celes) got a lot of focus, FF6 was more of an ensemble cast. And while I haven't played 12, I've always heard people arguing it was Basch or Balthier who was the true main character, not Asche. Yuna was the main character in FFX-2, but that was a spin-off and not a main title... Lightning was the first 'true' female lead, but even then, I remember the creators repeatedly saying that they created her as a gender-swapped Cloud. And all I've heard about the new game she's in is how they increased her bust size and you can see up her skirt, sooo... What's funny is that by the promotional material being so upfront about their sexuality, Zero and the other Intoners feel a lot less fan servicey to me. Five is the 'sexiest' and all it does is make her seem kind of gross, like in Dito's story. Kind of like how Kaine on paper seemed like a creepy pervert-bait character but didn't actually come off like that in the game at all.
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dazat posted:Just based on the short stories, who are your favorite characters so far? Mikhail makes everything better. Also the bold tells me there is no story for her curiously enough, and I was just about to ask about it 
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Octa's and Mikhael's stories made me laugh real hard, but I have to say I'm the most interested in seeing what they're going to do with Four. I used to be as frustrated with everyone as she is, before I mellowed out after high school. She could turn out annoying but I'm looking forward to her inevitable and spectacular meltdown. One seems to be to Zero what Vergil was to Dante so I'm hoping for a good one-to-one duel.
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Top Gym Pumper posted:Is this going to be for sale on jp PSN next week? Apparently yes: http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0082npjb00380_00dod3maingame0000.html
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A short 15-sec TV commercial has been released: http://rologeass.tumblr.com/post/70029219895/drag-on-dragoon-3-drakengard-3-japan-exclusive
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dazat posted:A short 15-sec TV commercial has been released: http://rologeass.tumblr.com/post/70029219895/drag-on-dragoon-3-drakengard-3-japan-exclusive Yeah OK  e:  
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I'm looking forward to this so much. Nier was my favorite game the year it was released.
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Rexicon1 posted:Ugh nier new game plus is probably the saddest loving thing on the planet. If you haven't played nier, go get it and play it through at least twice. If you've ever had to deal with the loss of a loved one, especially after any kind of prolonged illness, Nier will break your heart. It was a long time between my first and second attempts at playing that game, it hit so hard. It's now unquestionably one of my all-time greats, but that first time hurt.
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I was looking through scans of this month's Dengeki which had a special feature on Drakengard 3. There wasn't much in the way of new info, but there was this funny "What if the cast of Drakengard 3 were in high school?" (because the Japanese are compelled to compare all things to high school, always) written by none other than Yoko himself:quote:Zero would be a delinquent who'd never even show up for classes, instead spending her days getting drunk and indulging in every kind of vice. However, since she's good at keeping her head low, most of her teachers wouldn't know the extent of her foul play and would just consider her a bit strange.
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Drakengard 3: In which horny old men write a story about teenage girls.
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They really just want to make Drakengard high school a thing Which reminds me, I hope they put out an art book for this game, too.
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geist hirsche posted:They really just want to make Drakengard high school a thing So what's Caim supposed to be teaching?
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Is there a "What if they were in high school?" for the original game?
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Keeshhound posted:So what's Caim supposed to be teaching? Math, apparently. It also says that Angelus is his former fiancee.
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dazat posted:I was looking through scans of this month's Dengeki which had a special feature on Drakengard 3. There wasn't much in the way of new info, but there was this funny "What if the cast of Drakengard 3 were in high school?" (because the Japanese are compelled to compare all things to high school, always) written by none other than Yoko himself: Dito is pimpin
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I thought there was some extra sketch of the first Drakengard cast as teens, but looking back through the art books, I think I just confused it with all the extra stuff from the second game. Here's the second page of Drakengard 2's high school game with human Legna and Angelus.
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geist hirsche posted:Which reminds me, I hope they put out an art book for this game, too. http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4048660861/dengekionline-22 e: cover  bonus:    Miss that guy. see you tomorrow fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Dec 16, 2013 |
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Another trailer. Reminds me of this mural from Nier  Looks really good, I'm super excited for-   This silence is mine...
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Keeshhound posted:So what's Caim supposed to be teaching? Murderology and Murderonomy
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The Dark Id should send another email to Taro Yoko and tell him that he wants to play Drakengard 3. I want to believe that he will send Dark Id something akin to a Collector's Edition of the game and ask for more western advertisement. Also the use of Evangelion-esque warning bars and signs leads me to hope for more otherworldly intrigue like the Imperial/Empire capital city in Drakengard 1 
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The big knight guy reminds me of Caim for whatever reason. Same kind of sword. e: all of those glowing green things make me hope for the return of D1's weird rear end enemies in the flying stages.
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Pesky Splinter posted:Another trailer. That song! I wonder if it was a remix of This Silence Is Mine or a part of the full version.
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Lunethex posted:Also the use of Evangelion-esque warning bars and signs leads me to hope for more otherworldly intrigue like the Imperial/Empire capital city in Drakengard 1 The warnings read "This segment cannot be shown at this time", so I'm guessing the opening cinematic will be almost as spoilery as Nier's was
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The new trailer is amazing. It seems like it follows the previous ones, it's got a bit more footage but nothing really dramatic... and then it just goes batshit. This is my most anticipated game right now. I don't know what that says about me.
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