Arc the Lad R announced (iOS/Android) - 10 years after Arc the Lad 2/direct continuation/OG staff

Nightengale · Jul 30, 2018

sfortunato said:
It can have a story and cutscenes but it all depends on how much MTX are distorting the gameplay.

The trend these days are that MTX have little to no bearing on core gameplay - especially character gacha games.

Story content are almost always can be completed easily with low rarity/F2P characters. It's the desire to have SSR rarity characters among whales, and high rarity characters are almost always overpowered to actual story content

duckroll · Jul 30, 2018

MCD said:
They want to use the most popular characters so it make sense they are going before 3.

If this is successful bet they will go beyond 2.

They're not touching 3 because they're not interested in touching stuff they didn't work on. They worked on the first two games and went on to create Front Mission after that.

Modest_Modsoul · Jul 30, 2018

Now we wait for the Wild Arms mobile reveal.

Maybe, and by some miracle, both or one of these games could pull a Fate/Grand Order money, so that it could use to develop traditional console game... : |

duckroll · Aug 3, 2018

There was direct feed gameplay of a battle shown on today's SIE Japan livestream:

Santar · Aug 3, 2018

It's so sad seeing old classics getting mobile only sequels. No doubt it will require a online connection and thus will be shut down and gone forever in a few years.
Now if it comes to console as a offline playable game I'd be very interested.

Modest_Modsoul · Aug 3, 2018

How nostalgic that battle system...

At least it's functional.

Skulldead · Aug 3, 2018

Aquamarine said:
I don't think the fans of Arc the Lad 1 & 2 want F2P gacha with stamina meters.

That.... create new IP, but stop doing that with every single RPG series that exist in the world....Too bad it work.... i hate that new trend

Imagine Gameplay/Style of Twilight Spirit with Lost Odyssey level graphic on Ps4... just imagine...

esserius · Aug 3, 2018

werezompire said:
Eh, if it got an English version, I might try it which is more than I can say for the BoF & Phantasy Star mobile games.

Not exactly high praise. XD

Yet another paint by marketing F2P gacha game. Woo.

Tambini · Aug 3, 2018

A f2p mobile game that wont get localised, woopee

Evilisk · Aug 3, 2018

duckroll said:
There was direct feed gameplay of a battle shown on today's SIE Japan livestream:

Well, that's definitely an SRPG

Seems like main gal is a healer not that you could tell by her design. I still really wish the character designs were better.

On gameplay, I couldn't tell much other than turns possibly being allocated by character, instead of the silly Arc 1 approach, where it was a pre-determined turn order everytime for the player characters. (I can't remember how Arc 2 did things, it feels like it was based on 'teams' but I might be mistaken)

I also noticed the player just attacked enemies head on. I wonder, does that means there's no bonus damage when attacking from behind? Or did the player not just know?

Spine Crawler · Aug 3, 2018

Isnt this sony? No ps4 sequel?

Evilisk · Aug 5, 2018

Was looking around for more information about the game and I found a bunch of things. (It's all in spoilers so the post isn't a mess of large and small images)

Someone on Twitter translated the profiles and names for the new characters (via information available on the official website):

The official site (via the pre-registration page, which I missed) has new designs for other returning characters.

This Japanese article has some other returning characters not already on the site (it also has larger versions of some of the character art.

Modest_Modsoul · Aug 5, 2018

Evilisk said:
Was looking around for more information about the game and I found a bunch of things. (It's all in spoilers so the post isn't a mess of large and small images)

Someone on Twitter translated the profiles and names for the new characters (via information available on the official website):

The official site (via the pre-registration page, which I missed) has new designs for other returning characters.

This Japanese article has some other returning characters not already on the site (it also has larger versions of some of the character art.

Thanks for this.

texhnolyze · Aug 5, 2018

duckroll said:
There was direct feed gameplay of a battle shown on today's SIE Japan livestream:

Damn, the gameplay looks exactly as I remember it.

Even in the tutorial(?) or probably an early stage, the enemies still pose a challenge, unlike most mobile games out there.

Ghostsonplanets · Aug 5, 2018

Spine Crawler said:
Isnt this sony? No ps4 sequel?

No. This is a FowardWork project, which was settled as a PlayStation division focused on mobile. They're pumping new mobile games, either new IP's or classic IP's for quite a while now. They focus are all Japan-centric too.

rukloveis · Aug 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/arcthelad_r/status/1027908424804196359

They got pre-register 200k in 10 days.

WOW.

Skulldead · Aug 10, 2018

texhnolyze said:
Even in the tutorial(?) or probably an early stage, the enemies still pose a challenge, unlike most mobile games out there.

Probaly not, mobile are like a breeze until you reach the famous paywall... then this is not how your going to use tactic that going to work, but most how many star you characther have :).....

Just with stars everywhere by the UI my stomach hurt....

Evilisk · Aug 10, 2018

rukloveis said:
https://twitter.com/arcthelad_r/status/1027908424804196359

They got pre-register 200k in 10 days.

WOW.

Is that good for a Japanese mobile title?

decoyplatypus · Aug 10, 2018

Whoa. That's exciting news for Arc the Lad fans. For me, it's just ripping open the old wound of saving inside Arc the Lad 2's final dungeon and then being nowhere close to capable of beating the final boss, resulting in a permanently failed game :(

rukloveis · Aug 10, 2018

Evilisk said:
Is that good for a Japanese mobile title?

It good enough for them and they made new stretch goal to 300k now.

Jolkien · Aug 10, 2018

I was excited, until I realised it was mobile with of course chibi art. Sigh.

Evilisk · Aug 10, 2018

rukloveis said:
It good enough for them and they made new stretch goal to 300k now.

So they exceeded expectations? That's great to hear. I knew there were some Japanese fans (mostly because there's infrequent new fan art of the series on Pixiv) but that's pretty promising

decoyplatypus said:
Whoa. That's exciting news for Arc the Lad fans. For me, it's just ripping open the old wound of saving inside Arc the Lad 2's final dungeon and then being nowhere close to capable of beating the final boss, resulting in a permanently failed game :(

I know that feel

I mean, I eventually found I had an extra save (though it started me off before the second to last dungeon), but I remember how much it sucked when it finally hit me I couldn't beat the final boss at the level I was at.

Toth · Aug 10, 2018

I found Arc III to be the best of the bunch so I hate to see it retconned. Not a fan of the art style as well. The original games had a great steampunk style that was very fitting.

rukloveis · Aug 15, 2018

Great BGM

Celine · Aug 15, 2018

Oh a new Arc the Lad.

*remembers the first portable Arc the Lad game*

Arc%20the%20Lad%20-%20Kishin%20Fukkatsu-3.png

Arc%20the%20Lad%20-%20Kishin%20Fukkatsu%20(Japan).png

sigh

fiendcode · Aug 15, 2018

duckroll said:
They're not touching 3 because they're not interested in touching stuff they didn't work on. They worked on the first two games and went on to create Front Mission after that.

But Front Mission predates ATL?

Hoot · Aug 15, 2018

I think it looks cute...i'd be willing to give it a try. A bit unfair to brush it away immediately because of mobile

Famassu · Aug 15, 2018

Nightengale said:
The trend these days are that MTX have little to no bearing on core gameplay - especially character gacha games.

Story content are almost always can be completed easily with low rarity/F2P characters. It's the desire to have SSR rarity characters among whales, and high rarity characters are almost always overpowered to actual story content

Given that high level content is usually the only half-way interesting content in these grind heavy gacha games, I'd say gacha crap does affect and ruin the core gameplay.

Hoot said:
I think it looks cute...i'd be willing to give it a try. A bit unfair to brush it away immediately because of mobile

Mobile isn't the issue. Gacha is. It's cancer to gaming.

Evilisk · Aug 15, 2018

rukloveis said:
Great BGM

Nice, I like that they recreated the same shot / camera angle used when boarding and leaving the the Silver Noah in Arc the Lad 1

Modest_Modsoul · Aug 15, 2018

Albeit I'm sure 99,99% that this won't have localization, and I never mobile gaming in the first place, I'm interested to see in the future for this because of the original staffs that develop the GOAT Arc the Lad game, which is Arc the Lad 2, in my opinion.

Apo · Aug 15, 2018

Does Sony own the Arc the Lad franchise or were they just publishing and co-developing those games on PS1 and PS2?

Evilisk · Aug 15, 2018

Apo said:
Does Sony own the Arc the Lad franchise or were they just publishing and co-developing those games on PS1 and PS2?

Even though the series technically has a non-PlayStation title, I'm pretty sure Sony owns the Arc the Lad franchise

duckroll said:
They're not touching 3 because they're not interested in touching stuff they didn't work on. They worked on the first two games and went on to create Front Mission after that.

I guess I can understand them ignoring Arc the Lad 3's story, but I wouldn't mind them bringing over the cast of 3 into this new canon / version of events. Cheryl's pretty cool imo

Wereroku · Aug 15, 2018

I am up for new Arc the Lad on any platform so hopefully this is brought over. Being such a set cast of characters I am guessing any Gacha elements will be costume/Weapon related which are usually the easiest to ignore.

rukloveis · Aug 16, 2018

3-5 stars

Skulldead · Aug 16, 2018

Celine said:
Oh a new Arc the Lad.

*remembers the first portable Arc the Lad game*

sigh

It was actualy pretty good, (a little unbalance but still) this is the true sequel to 2.... This is like the only wonderswan color game that i have :). I would totally take another game like this compare to a gatcha star bs....

Evilisk · Aug 16, 2018

rukloveis said:
3-5 stars

The coloring on Elc's 4-star design immediately made me think of the anime design, mostly for the coloring of the pants and the shoulder pads. I don't know if that's what they were going for, though it's certainly not supposed to be his original design (the 3-star design is that, I even double checked for it)

Skulldead said:
It was actualy pretty good, (a little unbalance but still) this is the true sequel to 2.... This is like the only wonderswan color game that i have :). I would totally take another game like this compare to a gatcha star bs....

You've played that game? How is it? Also do you know what the game's story is about? I'd really love to know more about the game, feels like there's no info at all about the game in English.

Skulldead · Aug 16, 2018

Evilisk said:
You've played that game? How is it? Also do you know what the game's story is about? I'd really love to know more about the game, feels like there's no info at all about the game in English.

Sure i've play it , from my memories the game structure is a little like Arc the Lad 3, where you get storyline quest from the Guild, but everything else is like 2, there are some reuse music. Other then that it's pretty basic Arc the lad. Same turn based grid combat, dungeon with couple of room, Overworld map like 2.

Alec · Aug 16, 2018

I fucking love Arc the Lad. My feelings can be summed up by the death-by-snu-snu gif.

Modest_Modsoul said:
Albeit I'm sure 99,99% that this won't have localization, and I never mobile gaming in the first place, I'm interested to see in the future for this because of the original staffs that develop the GOAT Arc the Lad game, which is Arc the Lad 2, in my opinion.

vireland, you're our only hope.

GamingRobioto · Aug 16, 2018

Arc the Lad - Excited!!

Oh it's mobile... I'll move along. :( The artwork does look good though.

Surakian · Aug 16, 2018

Ugh I love Arc the Lad. Sony, give us the original games in a collection ;A;

I might check this game out. I need something to fill the void that Arc the Lad left in my heart so many years ago, even if it is a mobile game.

rukloveis · Aug 20, 2018

Pre-register 300k already.

duckroll · Aug 20, 2018

Looking good!

theMrCravens · Aug 21, 2018

Game possibly releasing very soon.
You can pre-load app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arctheladr.forwardworks

Strings · Aug 22, 2018

Game is out. Any impressions?

Evilisk · Aug 22, 2018

I just noticed the official account retweeted a (Japanese) interview of the developers. I don't understand any of it but they did have a piece of art of the new characters / designs in a more conventional artstyle

Strings said:
Game is out. Any impressions?

I'd also like to hear some impressions, because I'm still busy trying to figure out how I'm supposed to download the game (I don't understand how phones work, or how I'm supposed to update to Android 5.0)

Qvoth · Aug 22, 2018

it's out on qooapp as well, gonna check this out

rukloveis · Aug 22, 2018

You can play game on Arc birthday (23/8).

theMrCravens · Aug 22, 2018

Server is up.
Game is really fun.
Can't tell longterm yet, but I like the presentation so far.

duckroll · Aug 22, 2018

Gonna start playing during lunch later. 110meg initial ingame download btw.

Skelepuzzle · Aug 23, 2018

First I have heard of this. I think I'm over being annoyed with mobile revivals and have accepted that all these old RPG series as I knew them are dead, which they would be with or without these.

Hope it's fun for the folks who are into these, I'd be all for 'em if one of them turns out to be really great.

Arc the Lad R announced (iOS/Android) - 10 years after Arc the Lad 2/direct continuation/OG staff

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