No one told me this!: tri-Ace bought out by Nepro Japan!

[Blade]

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/02/20/tri-ace-bought-mobile-company-nepro-japan/

It's... not like I didn't see it coming, but still... I thought they were supported by Square-Enix?

What happens to developers who end up doing only mobile games, anyway?

Was Tri-Crescendo acquired too?

 

[Blade]

Guess I panicked: http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/09/dont-worry-tri-ace-will-keep-making-games-consoles/

Still... I want to see them do great things from now on... no more bland Star Ocean-y stuff.

 

[trash panda]

WHAT!!!?? The first two Star Oceans were amazing. ^.^

 

[Blade]

Yeah, the first two... after that it kinda went... ick.

Main thing that bothered me about SO series was that it felt more like I was reading a book rather than playing an actual game. Even the fighting sequences felt rather dry to me, compared to Valkyrie Profile and its kin.

And don't get me started on the whole "inside a videogame" theme in SO3.... that made me upset.

 

[Lex]

Hey! I liked that sandy one with the desert or something... IV? Yeah I really liked IV.

Haven't managed to get through The Last Hope though.

EDIT: LOL I confused Star Ocean with Breath of Fire. Yeah I liked Star Ocean III for the PS2, haven't played any of the others aside from The Last Hope which I've put a couple of hours into and that's it.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

Yeah, SO3 is my favorite Even to this date it still has one of my favorite battle systems and combatants in an ARPG

 

[Blade]

Be that as it may, there's still a lot that tri-Ace COULD be doing if they weren't so busy cranking out FFs for Square-Enix.

LR:FFXIII and Resonance of Fate were their most recent projects if memory serves.

 

[Selphie Tilmitt]

Star Ocean 5 announced

Star Ocean 5 - Integrity and Faithlessness -

http://gematsu.com/2015/04/star-ocean-5-announced-for-ps4-ps3

http://kotaku.com/first-look-at-star-ocean-5-1697679023

 

[Blade]

Et tu, tri-Ace?

I suppose there's no expecting Integrity and Faithfulness for a Valkyrie Profile sequel...?

 

[Cat Rage Room]

Hey! I liked that sandy one with the desert or something... IV? Yeah I really liked IV.

Man.

I am literally embarrassed to play IV around other people. SO2 however is my jam!

 

[Alex Strife]

Well, let them enjoy SO5 now... let them understand the PS4... We'll get Valkyrie Profile when they master the console.

 

[Blade]

It's okay, I'm not THAT upset... SO5 is supposed to feature VP1 and VP2 music....

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(I'm really upset about this. They're mocking us Valkyrie Profile fans!!)