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Ubisoft Flirts With JRPGs in Child of Light

Yet another beautiful looking 2D game from the company, too.

Sep. 10 2013

Posted by: Patrick

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Child of Light

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FFXIII-2 has convinced me that attempting to make a JRPG without giving you an actual party of characters is a mistake.

But you had 2 party characters at all times... and a 3rd on you could choose yourself.

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Damn, Ubisoft has been killing it lately. They're quickly becoming one of my favorite publishers.

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This looks awesome!

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@whatisdelicious

I'm definitely interested in that game, seems like it has a lot of potential and good WWI games are hard to find.

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I really hope this game won't be as basic and simplistic as Costume Quest. Regardless of art direction, writing etc. that game was just incredibly boring to actually play.

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For a lot of the shlock Ubi tends to put out, they're one of the only major publishers that allow for the development of every tier of game as well as some unusual experiments.

I hope this turns out well.

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OK yeah, I'm all over this like a rash.

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@whatisdelicious: I present to you Valiant Hearts from Ubisoft Montpellier:

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The art kinda reminds me of the old Winnie the Pooh illustrations E.H. Shepard did years ago before Disney got the rights to it.

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Looks great. Can't wait!

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Looks beautiful - can't wait to see more!

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Looks beautiful - can't wait to see more!

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Man, that Ubi-Art engine is fantastic for 2D. Can't wait to see what other titles in the works are running on it.

I was about to say the same.

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Man, that Ubi-Art engine is fantastic for 2D. Can't wait to see what other titles in the works are running on it.

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Was kind of disappointed till numbers and character states began popping of those enemies. Looks nice.

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Looks neat and all but for some reason I think the protagonist's head looks..dumb? Or out of place? Somehow not matching the art style, I don't know. I'll stick with dumb.

And yes, the Valiant Hearts trailer looks neat too, and the heads there fit the rest of the designs.

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Edited By SatelliteOfLove

But will it be in the vein of the mechanics and what's been capable from those systems or what is thought of when the genre's name is mentioned?

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Wow...looks beautiful, gonna keep my eyes on this one.

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I was intrigued until I saw he turn-based battle. No thanks, Ubisoft. Looks lovely, but I'll just keep playing Rayman for a while.

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@jacksukeru: Same here. I had to replay it 3 times before I heard 'tuck'. Not the best choice of words, either way.

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@sphinx: I...I sort of did that too.

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Looks beautiful. Kinda reminds me of Aquaria.

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I'm confused, this isn't an open-world game from Ubisoft?

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@murdoc_ said:

The art assets looks a bit rushed and sloppy compared to their other showings.

This game was just announced. You cant say it looks rushed or sloppy when it doesn't even have a release date yet. I'm sure as time goes on and they show more it will look better.

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This is the first game announcement all year to get me excited for the game. So good on ubisoft for that.

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Ooh, yes.

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That looked pretty great. Excited for this, Valiant Arts and more games that will use this engine.

By the way, your video player is fudged up GB.

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How come it's not a BOY? Typical Ubisoft sexist feminists.

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That is mesmerizing.

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Ugh, the first line I heard "Child, touch yourself in bed". Thank god I'm half deaf or I'd think I had a problem.

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Lemuria? My Velouria!

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Goddamn beautiful

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Oh shit this looks fucking awesome. It's like they made an JRPG out of pixiv art.

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Looks interesting to me. I'll keep an eye on this one.

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And the ending is you wake up from the animus.

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Edited By down_and_out

@elwoodan said:

This and Valiant Hearts both look great!

Yeah, everyone needs to go look up the Valiant Hearts trailer. Immediately.

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The art assets looks a bit rushed and sloppy compared to their other showings.

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NIce to see their engine put to further good use.

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Were is all the spiky hair and angst?

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Okay, yeah. That looks damned interesting.

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This and Valiant Hearts both look great!

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Who is it that has a boner for Alice in Wonderland at Ubisoft Montreal?

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I wish so hard this wasn't tied to Uplay :(

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That was pretty great!

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FFXIII-2 has convinced me that attempting to make a JRPG without giving you an actual party of characters is a mistake.

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Edited By MariachiMacabre

keep that Ubi Art coming!

EDIT: Yeah, I will totally check this out.