MauroNL

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Infinite Undiscovery was one of those games that managed to give some visibility to Microsoft in Japan in the Xbox 360 stage. The game developed by Tri-Ace was well received in Japan and was the gateway for other projects in the stage in the one that Microsoft wanted to enter strong in Japanese territory. However, its reception in Europe and America was quite timid, but iron enough to have a user base wanting to want new deliveries.

We talked about a real-time RPG in which decisions and other actions the player was making occurred without pause. At the moment the game is not retrocompatible but it is possible that soon it could be.

Microsoft shows interest in Infinite Undiscovery
As we did with Lost Odyssey , and we have done with another series of games owned by Microsoft, we have been doing research on what is happening with some licenses. In the case of Infinite Undiscovery, Microsoft renewed the brand last year, specifically in September 2018 and also had several imputs with the property in December last year. As we can see in the capture attached.
It is interesting to see how the company renews this type of intellectual properties, but it is striking that it has not done so with other IPs that have worked commercially better than Lost Odyssey or Infinite Undiscovery. And it is that this IP was one of those that we cataloged within the 'cajón desastre' and took time in limbo, without renewing. In fact, in the game developed by Tri-Ace something curious happens, the copyrights correspond to Square Enix and Microsoft, both companies share the IP. This fact, added to the low commercial performance, makes us think that it is possible that we are working on making it retrocompatible.

However there are more details that leave good clues here, especially on the theme of Japan. As we advanced exclusively months ago, Microsoft has created a division to hunt for talent and opportunities in Asia, and has also shown interest in renewing brands of Japanese games . In addition recently Phil Spencer has traveled to Japan to close deals before the E3 2019. So I deduce that the brand wants to re-open a path in Japanese lands at what level do you want to do it? We still do not know that, but we will continue working on this topic to bring you as much information as possible.
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Interesting. E3 hype! This is the Wikipedia page for those unfamiliar with the game
 

VinFTW

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Could this be due to incoming BC/X enhancement? Or does that have nothing to do with it
 

Zomba13

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I LIKED THIS GAME. EVERYONE SHUT UP IT WAS FUN.
 

Clive

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Oct 25, 2017
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I doubt there are additional plans for the franchise apart from BC since it don't seem to have been popular or beloved but it would be nice to see a few more meaty RPGs on Game Pass. The Xbox 360 had plenty for fans of Japanese games but it feels like that part of Xbox history was swept under the rug when it comes to BC and Game Pass. The Japanese Xbox 360 shmup catalogue was amazing but barely anything from it is BC.
 

scitek

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So if you "infinitely undiscover" something, does that mean you completely forget it?
 

Grunty

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Banjo-Kazooie was also renewed in September 2018...

Infinite was a good game once you got past the forest maze in the beginning. Had such a hard time getting through that portion.
 

Oregano

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I thought the game was alright.

There's been a lot worse in recent years.
 

Darkmaigle

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Oct 25, 2017
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Average game at best, I thought it was fine and some really so dumb it's funny stuff in there.
 

Wing Scarab

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I enjoyed this game. Fuck all the haters. The same haters are the one who praises garbage shit games such as God Hand.
 

Remo Williams

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One of the worst 360 exclusives too

The game was truly putrid

I thought it was perfectly fine. Perhaps a bit bland, with ugly characters and a couple of hilarious moments rivaling that FFX laugh scene, but the gameplay was fun all throughout. If it's enhanced, I'll gladly double dip on it digitally, and play through it again.
 

Aru

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Oct 28, 2017
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There are worst Tri-Ace games. I enjoyed this one for what it was. Not sure how well it has aged, though.
 

Eisen Sora

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I liked it too, even got the 1 G achievement for defeating Ethereal Queen on Infinity difficulty. It wasnt a masterpiece but wasnt a garbage game too
 

LutraLibre

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I had fun playing through this game... twice. The one game for me, where "it's so bad it's good." Like a bunch of JRPG tropes rolled into one unwieldy mess.
 

Canucked

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A super bland RPG with a terrible name. There are better RPGs to keep going MS.
 

Riskbreaker

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Dunno why this game gets the hate it does, at least it played decently. Story was poor but I don't think TriAce were ever good in that regard.

Yet people want a remake of trash like Legend of Dragoon. It was better than that game at least.
 

Dezzy

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I LIKED THIS GAME. EVERYONE SHUT UP IT WAS FUN.
I liked it too, quite a bit actually. It's been a while and I don't remember a lot about it, but I know I liked the game, and enjoyed the story.
Everyone laughs at that gif of the "dinner dance" part, but it's meant to be funny anyway. The kids are just being kids, and Capell following along was just trying to be being funny. Sometimes people act silly to make others laugh, you know.
 
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ccieag

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I remember playing this steaming pile of crap. It was around the time this game out that I realized modern Square was simply a shell of what they used to be, and that they would never recover
 
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Infinite was a good game once you got past the forest maze in the beginning. Had such a hard time getting through that portion.

Yeah, this. The beginning portion of the game is torture. If you can force yourself to get past it, the game actually becomes kind of cool. But I'd never begrudge anyone for giving up right away. The first level is truly awful.
 

BocoDragon

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If it's anything more than just enabling it for BC (something that they should attempt for every game they can) then it's a waste of time.
 

mikehaggar

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I remember having fun with this game. Like... it definitely has issues, but I still managed to have fun. I remember really liking the art style at the time as well.