Square Enix is working on a brand new role-playing game that isn’t Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. Pointing that out makes it sure seem like Square Enix only makes FF and DQ. It doesn’t.
The new role-playing game is an action RPG and is apparently aimed at Westerners. If you are a Westerner, well, what do you think? There’s an owl, a sword, a castle, and the lingering feeling that this could be a velvet painting from the late 70s.
The link below is for Square Enix’s help wanted site. The Tokyo-based developer currently has something like 35 staffers assigned to the project and is looking to expand the team.
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Pariah
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:14 PMThis is relevant to my interests…
Ghazarios
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:21 PMCould be interesting, it’s piqued my curiosity.
Ev
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:29 PMCastlevania! Coooooooooool!
richardiando
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:07 PMStoryline: Van Helsing goes on a quest to kill the Cullen’s from Twilight. Dracula will make an appearance as a boss – then joins your side and becomes a playable character.
Jordaan Mylonas
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:19 PMit not chrono break/brake, so I don’t care
Jubs
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:54 PMOh so… when I heard it was a character targeting Western audiences, I was imagining something like Marcus Fenix. This is a huge relief!
Ozzy
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 10:09 PMI’ll play anything with an owl in it.
NovaCascade
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 10:26 PMJust as long as its better than the last bird-related game that got a mention on this site
ponton
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 10:41 PMnot interested… give me a good turn based JRPG instead, stop trying to make some shitty western RPG/JRPG hybrid.
AerintheADEQUATE
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 3:05 AMTo be fair, I don’t think they’re going to come out with some kind of Elder Mass Scroll Effect type RPG… it’s likely going to be a JRPG, but with fewer adolescent/anime type characters and probably more ‘guns and boobs’ or something :-P
Though that image looks more like ‘Van Helsing V.S. Harry Potter’ to me ;-P haha
Doraiya
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:08 PMKinda reminds me of Vampire Hunter D for some reason.
Azza
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 11:17 AMMe too, not to mention it would make a great RPG.
Femto
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:12 PMNo woodsy mmk.. don’t touch my peepee, I’ll give a hoot!
Average
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:14 PMNice to see SE taking a risk here instead of playing it safe with FF and DQ for the past few years.
ed
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 12:41 AMIt’s a My Little Pony version of Dark Souls.
Vergas
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 3:45 AMInteresting, Interesting.
…I’ll buy it… as long as it doesn’t become FF15 during development.
…Oh who am I kidding, I’d still buy it…
Milton
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 3:56 AMI like the theme, however lets hope they make a good game instead of all gloss and no substance.
AQ
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 7:14 PMHmm, he reminds me of Vincent from FF7…
Nathan
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:12 AMMaybe it’s a story about a vagrant?
MrBS
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 9:08 AMPlease please don’t get my hopes up!
Rolan
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 4:54 PMwoo gritty realistic harry potter.
ash
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 12:02 PMIsn’t that owl David Bowie?
Shinkada
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 6:51 AMLast time I heard Square was “making an RPG aimed at westerners,” it ended up being Nier, a game I didn’t play until 6 months after release and became my favourite game of all time.
It also wasn’t made by Square at all. I wonder who’s actually developing this one.
I’ll be keeping my eye on this one.