InWithTheAshes Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 Well, they involve the same developers, and they're not exactly huge, so it's probable that they would be moving staff from one game to the other. Although considering they recently released a trailer, they seem to at least still be working on Late somewhat.
caiooa Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 you know...they are doing sprite work, not code work for dfc. Even the stages, gauges and hit effects don't looks like anything from frenchbread. It's by the guys of Valkyria Chronicles. Port=code work, not sprite work.
Hecatom Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 I wouldn't be surprised if the staff of FB is not the only one behind the game, for all what we know they could be working only as consultants and sprite work, who knows, maybe a 3rd party is behind the work on the game using FB's engine. Besides, if this game is actually running on UNIB's engine, doing new characters shouldn't be that difficult unless it involves making new mechanics for them, so in the case that they are working on both games, it shouldn't take all of their resources imo.
InWithTheAshes Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 I don't think it was ever specified what variety of development they were doing: They were just provided the title "developer", which I would say indicates development in general, not just a specific portion. That, and apparently people were taking Melty - ish impressions from loketests, so that would be expected if they did indeed have influence in gameplay. Also, seeing as this is backed by two major companies, I would agree it wouldn't be surprising if third parties had some part in the process.
caiooa Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 I don't think it was ever specified what variety of development they were doing: They were just provided the title "developer", which I would say indicates development in general, not just a specific portion. That, and apparently people were taking Melty - ish impressions from loketests, so that would be expected if they did indeed have influence in gameplay. Also, seeing as this is backed by two major companies, I would agree it wouldn't be surprising if third parties had some part in the process. The producer for the game is Ryutaro Nonaka and the director is Takaharu Terada (valkyria chronicles). The stages make it obviously not by french bread alone too. Plus, the mechanics looks like nothing from mbaacc, nor mbac...don't know what you are talking about.
InWithTheAshes Posted November 16, 2013 Author Posted November 16, 2013 I didn't say the mechanics are similar to Melty: Just that people who have visited the loketests have reported the game somewhat playing like it (I remember Xie describing it as seeming somewhat of a mix between Aquapazza and MB). They could change that statement later in the game's life, but that's what they're saying now. To be honest, if we're going to make a connection to Bread through the systems, we could sort of make comparisons to their various titles being influenced noticeably from differing ArcSys games (Guilty for Melty, BB for In Birth, P4A for DFC). Also, disregarding that I'm not entirely sure why the stages exempt French Bread's involvement beyond sprite work (if you mean the Valkyria stage, that would be because the game itself is published by Sega, making sense for FB to have licence for it's use), if French Bread aren't doing the development work, who are? You could say Sega, but considering that French Bread have far more experience in 2D fighting games, I doubt they didn't at least have some influence on gameplay decisions. And if it was mainly created through an unrevealed party, why haven't they been announced yet? And, furthermore, if Sega already have FB's involvement, unless they have ArcSys developing (really unlikely), why would they give the game to somebody else when French Bread, as aforementioned, are probably the most experienced people they have in the field?
raiyan Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 http://db2013fes.dengeki.com/stage/index.html can someone who understands this please explain to me what it means. i understand it a little but all i'm able to translate is "I'M FUCKING HYPED"
InWithTheAshes Posted November 19, 2013 Author Posted November 19, 2013 This page was made I think before the game's announcement. If so, it's probably simply concerning the anniversary in general, rather than DFC particularly.
raiyan Posted November 19, 2013 Posted November 19, 2013 welp that killed my hype. But still, looks like they have they might have the licences for some of them (i hope).
InWithTheAshes Posted November 20, 2013 Author Posted November 20, 2013 French bread probably do have license for all of them: The game has essentially been commisioned by Dengeki, so I would think they'd be legally free to include any of them (although there are probably executive pressures dissuading them from including less popular/otherwise significant titles).
InWithTheAshes Posted November 28, 2013 Author Posted November 28, 2013 The guy running it just made a'>https://twitter.com/FIGHTING_CLIMAX]a group of tweets on the game's account detailing various statistics from the loketests. I'm guessing able people will translate it later if they want to, but for now, here would be what I can gleam from my Google Translate adventures. Character Usage (not sure if they actually based this on every use of each Character in the loketest, or just responses from people when inquired as to who they used the most): Shana: 13% . Asuna: 21% . Misaka: 19% . Shizuo: 17% . Kirino: 15% . Kuroyuki: 15%. Support Usage: Wilhelmina: 6% (really? I thought she was used more than that. Might be inaccuracy on GT's or the account's part. The percentages result in 100, though). Touma: 30% . Kuroneko: 25% . Leafia: 18% . Celty: 15% . Haruyuki: 6% . There's something about a review of the mechanics, but I'm not entirely sure what they were targeting, so I'm not going to say anything about that. Input difficulty reception: Too hard: 7%. Hard: 16%. Too easy: 32%. Easy: 43%. Regular: 2%.
Kurushii Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/768/768402/
SolxBaiken Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Man, no offense, but JUST new assist? I mean, I figured that was how they were going to muscle in most of the characters and references but come on . . . .v. also STILL no Strawberry Panic rep!? ; w;
Tokkan Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/768/768402/ Maou (Hataraku Maou-sama), Boogiepop (Boogiepop series) and Holo (Spice and Wolf) added... as support characters. Another loketest from the 20th until the 22nd. Maou... I'm guessing Emi is going to be a player character then. Edited December 10, 2013 by Tokkan blargh...
InWithTheAshes Posted December 10, 2013 Author Posted December 10, 2013 The official site has also been updated, this time including a blog. Obviously it's in Japanese however, so I don't have anything to take from it as of yet .
SolxBaiken Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Nothing of real significance. Basically "welcome to the new blog".
Celerity Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Holo (Spice and Wolf) added... ...support character... Profound sadness.
InWithTheAshes Posted December 10, 2013 Author Posted December 10, 2013 Nothing of real significance. Basically "welcome to the new blog". Thanks~
Betto Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 So, so, Holo is a healing support, huh? If Carmine from Under Night was in this game, him and Holo would've made an unstoppable team lol Still holding out on playable characters though. Hoping there'll be at least one announce sooner or later. Where the hell's Kino :V
caiooa Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 hum...now i'm not sure if it's relevant for dengeki, for unib, or for no one of the 2 but french bread will do a stream this week https://twitter.com/fura_pan/status/408474760515829760
king of heart Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 I am attending that location test for sure. i am really planing on getting into this game's competitive scene with Mikoto.
SoWL Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Maou, Support-only? The hell. I sure hope that doesn't mean we get Emi as a playable character in his stead, since that'd be redundant. Then again, if they manage to make her feel different enough from Asuna, I could deal with it, but I just don't see how exactly can that be done. Anyways, the effects: Korbo: creates a patch of wheat that heals you when you stand near it. Boogie: lands a guaranteed attack that lands anywhere. Takes a while to come out, so you have to protect him. Maou: rushes forward and lands a punch. The damage is low, but it seems like you can awaken his demonic powers when certain conditions are met?..
TekkamanArk Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) You know, I haven't been actively following this game, but, seriously? Maou as a Support only character? This doesn't make sense. Why is the main character an assist? Does that mean Emi, who is a lot like Asuna, is coming? Or will the series get no playable character? Either option sucks hard. EDIT: Also, why is his assist a low-power punch? Surely it should be something involving katsudon, the anti-gravity thing from the bridge, or something. Hoping someone besides Emi gets playable. Edited December 10, 2013 by TekkamanArk
SoWL Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 You know, I haven't been actively following this game, but, seriously? Maou as a Support only character? This doesn't make sense. Why is the main character an assist? Does that mean Emi, who is a lot like Asuna, is coming? Or will the series get no playable character? Either option sucks hard. EDIT: Also, why is his assist a low-power punch? Surely it should be something involving katsudon, the anti-gravity thing from the bridge, or something. Hoping someone besides Emi gets playable. I'm currently crossing my fingers for playable Suzuno, simply because Emi is already in and Chi-chan can't fight. Also, hammer characters are awesome.
Agni Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 >Holo, Maou-Sama YEAAAA- >Support only Hype dropped faster than I drop combos. What the fuck.
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