JRPG version of Planescape: Torment.

[bryce77]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21475.html

By Mistwalker Studios, Hironobu Sakaguchi's new MS-sponsored development house. A 1000-year old immortal that suffers from amnesia must save the world and re-discover his humanity. This is bound to be much better than Torment; just look at that silky hair!

P.S. Here's one of the comments on the video page:

Posted 7-11-2007 3:16am

Finally a new orginal rpg story

 

[Lumpy]

Wow, it even rips off the starting cinematic of PST: the part where he extends his hand towards the girl, and she falls off the cliff.

 

[psycojester]

Finally a new orginal rpg story

If its not on the Playstation it doesn't exist

Althou' i must say, it has some nice graphics and art-style but the core gameplay was straight out of last-gen,RPG game: static enviroments, turn-based combat, linear story etc etc. But fan of J-rpg's won't mind cause it's excatly what they want

Thats my favourite quote

 

[Suicidal]

Hah, I've never even imagined someone would ever rip-off PS:T's story. But they also defiled it by adding the obligatory "save t3h world" nonsence, not to mention the whole idea of sticking it to a jRPG.

 

[Nedrah]

It's a great theme. Let's grant the jrpg crowd a piece of it, however shit smeared it may be.

 

[Hellraiser]

I bet that in the end the main character will find out he became immortal so that he could stop the evil magic which he unleashed.

 

[Lumpy]

And to regain his mortality and save the world, he will have to collect the crystals of fire, water, earth and air.
And is he battling an army of anthropomorphic mp3 players in the first trailer? :shock:

 

[SlyDrak]

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[fastpunk]

Wow, it even rips off the starting cinematic of PST: the part where he extends his hand towards the girl, and she falls off the cliff.

But the girl here is younger so, no rip off :wink:

When I first saw the title of this thread I thought they were making a sequel to PS:T... and considering the type of sequels they make today, it would have been very bad news!

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

crystals of fire, water, earth and air.

And metal. Those guys are creative.

 

[Jasede]

Interesting idea, since PS:T is basically a mix of CRPG and JRPG (don't deny it!).

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

Interesting idea, since PS:T is basically a mix of CRPG and JRPG (don't deny it!).

Well, it has certain traits of jRPG, but KotOR and Jade Empire are much better examples of this kind of genre mixing.

 

[Jasede]

No, they're far worse examples since they suck, while PS:T manages to do away with everything that makes JRPGs suck, leaving only the good core. Except for annoying spell animation cutscenes.

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

Point made.

 

[whitemithrandir]

See, this is why we nuked the shit out of Japan. I'm telling you, those slanty eyed fuckers need to go.

We gotta nuke them again. Seriously.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

WTF? How is that like Torment?

get a grip Codex.

 

[psycojester]

It has an amnesiac immortal.

And Jrpg's have never done a story about an androgynous amnesiac CHOSUN WUN! saving the world from complete destruction before.

 

[Lumpy]

Uhh - let's see.
He is immortal. He can't remember his past lives. He is tormented by his immortality. He has no idea why it happens.
And he reaches hands out to girls who then (disappear and zombify) fall off cliffs.

 

[Blacklung]

So the CRPG that ripped off some of its ideas from a JRPG is now being ripped off by a JRPG. I love irony.

 

[RK47]

Amnesiac's pretty common plot device but it depends on how far the game is willing to take it. I'm not surprised at all by this game, but to call it an attempt to copy Torment is a bit over-reacting don't you think?

 

[whitemithrandir]

Amnesiac's pretty common plot device but it depends on how far the game is willing to take it. I'm not surprised at all by this game, but to call it an attempt to copy Torment is a bit over-reacting don't you think?

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I hate the fucking japs and I love Torment, so no, not overreacting.

 

[Suicidal]

Amnesiac is a pretty common plot device, I agree, but how common is an immortal amnesiac?

 

[Lumpy]

Amnesiac is a pretty common plot device, I agree, but how common is an immortal amnesiac?

Tormented immortal amnesiac.

 

[RK47]

Hahahah. You have a point there.
Let's hope they give credit where its due if that is the case then.

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

Let's hope they give credit where its due if that is the case then.

Tormented Immortal Amnesiac Special Guest Appearance is courtesy of Chris Avellone.