Imageepoch Unveils New Wave of JRPGs

[Tom Goldman]

Imageepoch Unveils New Wave of JRPGs

All in all, Imageepoch's ambitions are very much like Level-5's, which has become its own force in Japanese development and publishing. There was no word on these Imageepoch games coming overseas, but I would bet that at least a few of them are going to be picked up.

Source: 1up [http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/11/24/imageepoch_new_rpgs/]

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[random123456789]

Final Promise Story has a lot of promise and i really hope they pull it off this could help people take JRPGs a bit more seriously. I'm a big fan of JRPG's and don't like the stereotype that they get (i know the stereotype is completely right sometimes) which brings me to Black Rock Shooter: The Game *sigh* it sounded so good and had so much promise. Then i clicked played and saw the main character *Stereotype Alert* How old is she and how much of her body is covered? Not helping to put the JRPG back in a positive light. Well good luck to them and i hope they are good games

 

[-Seraph-]

Well these all sound lie rather interesting projects, and I'll definitely keep an eye on them. I really hope they do comes to north America, I'd like to play some of these. I'm especially interested in that Final Promise Story game, more JRPG goodness for me and the concept seems fun.

 

[Krajin]

Yay for JRPGs!

 

[seekeroftruth86]

I'm glad to see that effort's being taken to bring back the JRPG. I've really been turned off to them recently. Bethesda and Bioware are just doing so much better than Squeenix or Sega, and there's really no reason for this.

If JRPG developers want to bring back the glory days of the genre, they just need to emulate the soaring themes and moods depicted in those great gems of the SNES and Playstation eras, while continuing to experiment with deep, but approachable gameplay methods.

Also, there needs to be lots of potential for character customization and decent party dynamics, which is what I think games like FFXIII really lacked.

And the stereotypes: you really got to try to appeal to a broader audience Japan. Especially if you want decent sales over here in the west. Microsoft doesn't appreciate eastern sensibilities, so Xbox sales are low. Same concept.

 

[WittyInfidel]

Maybe they can balance this genre back out once again. I used to love JRPGs, but around the time of FF8, I just couldn't get the taste of bile out of my mouth. I hope this really can refresh things.

 

[archvile93]

Isn't the mininum population that a species requires to surive 80? How is she going to save the world if there're only 12 left?

 

[Gigaguy64]

Really?
They are making a BRS game?
I don't get how that got so popular.
[sup]i actually do, hot chicks and stylish guns + cool music[/sup]

But Final Promise Story looks interesting.

Though.....Fire Emblem has had the Death is Permanent thing from the start, though for the most part, unless its a main character that dies the story isn't effected that much.
So this looks to be interesting.

 

[Darktau]

Must... have... black rock shooter... game... now...

 

[Azaraxzealot]

so... the plan to revive JRPGs is to make them stay exactly the same? good game japan... good game...

 

[gring]

so... the plan to revive JRPGs is to make them stay exactly the same? good game japan... good game...

this is exactly what i was thinking, and 3 at once instead of focusing on one at a time.

also, the names are all rips from other popular games:

final promise story (final fantasy, last story)

black rock shooter (black ops, ummm, shooter?)

chevalier saga tactics (seriously, how many saga or tactics rpgs are there? a million?)

these games also need more tween girls in thongs who somehow kick lots of ass. oh wait...

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I predict the games protaginists will be an androgynous teen boy/girl with spikey hair and a big sword/gun.

 

[Tom Goldman]

Isn't the mininum population that a species requires to surive 80? How is she going to save the world if there're only 12 left?

It all had to start somewhere!

 

[archvile93]

Isn't the mininum population that a species requires to surive 80? How is she going to save the world if there're only 12 left?

It all had to start somewhere!

But that was an entire population (likely in the thousands or more) turning in to humans as the all bred together exclusively due to isolation with the rest of their former species. It wasn't just one turning into a human and going from there.

 

[sanzo]

Said this before, just repeating myself:

People need to stop confusing "JRPG" with "Final Fantasy"

It's getting goddamn annoying

 

[Timbydude]

Similar to Heavy Rain [http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Rain-Playstation-3/dp/B002CZ38KA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290615460&sr=8-1], a character's death actually affects the game's story, an unheard of concept for a JRPG. It'll be out on April 28 in Japan.

I can't tell if you were being sarcastic or not, but there are plenty of JRPGs in which this happens. Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (more the latter than the former) are two that come to mind.