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"Square Enix's Final Fantasy party this month promises a flew of new announcements, not the least of which are new franchises from the RPG powerhouse. Game Informer's (via Siliconera) scooped the surprise a little early, however, revealing The Last Remnant, a next-generation RPG (we're guessing Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, though it's currently unspecified) directed by Hiroshi Takai, one of the game planners from The Bouncer. Maybe Takai's learned something since his, uh, PlayStation 2 launch title seven years ago. The Last Remnant's main characters have a pretty unique styling to them, as well. You choose between the two, but Square Enix's anticipating the decision ahead of time -- one character, Rush, has been artistically styled as a traditional Square Enix hero and the other, generically titled The Conquerer, is a dark anti-hero meant for Western games.
The Last Remnant's been designed on Unreal Engine 3, and we should see the first official media come from the party on May 12 and 13. Going with Epic's technology isn't too surprising considering the company's emphasizing the focus on Western gamers. "From the conceptual stage of this project, we kept a global market in mind, placing a special emphasis on the North American market," said Takai in the Game Informer story.
We don't know much about combat, but it's turn-based, more action-oriented and has a cinematic flair. Most interestingly, however, The Last Remnant is being localized as it's developed in Japan, so Square Enix is planning a simultaneous release here and there. We'll be back with more details soon. "
-Two prominent characters each created to appeal to a specific territory. Rush Sykes will appeal to JP gamers, and "The Conqueror" for Western Audiences. Game won't force you to choose which character you play.
How does my Jewish sounding last name appeal to Japanese gamers? I mean, it is totally western. And "The Conqueror" really? Now who was the small island country that took over most of asia? Yah, I thought so.
Looks pretty though.
edit: anyway I'm picking the Conqueror only for the reason that Rush(haha) looks like Hume Face 1 in FFXI. Even the clothes are the same, I'll find a pic.
Already have a thread on this but I'll keep it open. The game sounds alright but the screenshots don't really impress me much. I suppose the Unreal engine means it should appear on a 360 and PS3 so at least they're concentrating more on Western countries. Good find though.
Not saying im not excited but I was hoping it would be an FF game. The poster for the S-E party says, "The Final Fantasy no one knows about will be revealed." So I'm still keeping my hopes up for a new FF...... then again, maybe it wont happen. >.<
its completely understandable to have a first reaction...but lets not come even try to conclusions about a game we have seen/know hardly anything about.
i for one think it looks interesting from what ive seen and heard.. i will continue to keep an eye on the game and its progression.
FFVII and Golden Sun got away with giant swords being stuck in the ground!
Probably a ancient relic to mark a battle site from long ago. The concept art looks nifty like comic book style of coloring.
"Each city we saw had its own "Remnant." In the context of the game, this is a huge artifact that entire cities are built around. In the first city we go to, there's a huge sword in the ground whose hilt juts into sky for miles. The second city had a huge dragon as their "Remnant."
Official - The Last Remnant Thread
