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**Cat Rage Room** · 01/16/2014

Check it out.

Some of you are aware that Yasumi Matsuno, (mastermind of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and to an extent, FFXII) are among the list of 'game creators I'm most likely to fellate'. A few years ago Yasumi Matsuno stepped down from Square Enix and went freelance, and this is his next big project he's trying to fund with Kickstarter. Unsung Story will be in a similar creative vein as he's previous projects, with a tactics RPG approach with a detailed world, usually based off of real world themes.

At the time of this topic, about 250,000 dollars has gone into Unsung Story, and since it's Yasumi fucking Matsuno, I'm pretty confident in it. Talk about this!

Hisako · 01/16/2014

Filled with intrigue, warfare, betrayal, alliances and espionage

In other words, the same shit he's been doing since Tactics.
Which Tactics?
... Yes.

jks though, this looks fucking awesome. Dude's a RPG genius.

Literally Who? · 01/16/2014

Kiss Land wrote: Check it out.

Some of you are aware that Yasumi Matsuno, (mastermind of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and to an extent, FFXII) are among the list of 'game creators I'm most likely to fellate'. A few years ago Yasumi Matsuno stepped down from Square Enix and went freelance, and this is his next big project he's trying to fund with Kickstarter. Unsung Story will be in a similar creative vein as he's previous projects, with a tactics RPG approach with a detailed world, usually based off of real world themes.

At the time of this topic, about 250,000 dollars has gone into Unsung Story, and since it's Yasumi fucking Matsuno, I'm pretty confident in it. Talk about this!

/attentionwhoring

Poasted first

http://thelifestream.net/forums/show...&postcount=378

/attentionwhoringdone.

jk'ing.

Im pretty excited I love his work and I think Mobile really lends itself well to the genre, I'd love to take a crack at this on my tablet.

That said though the game is coming to Droid/iOS regardless if this Kickstarter is successful. Heres the interesting bit (and honestly its way to hidden on the page), if they reach the goal the main platform for the game will shift from mobile to PC/Mac (and 3ds?) and they will modify the game to be based on a more serious platform.

So heres hoping they reach goal because the game would potentially be much much better with the extra cash.

Yuri Lowell · 01/30/2014

The best thread ever created. Funding this shit now. Only plebs and casuals wouldn't be interested in this, or those uninitiated to his genius.

The French guy he's teaming with seems mighty cool too. Yoshida looks way too creepy for someone who's obsessed with asses but I'm glad he's on board too.

**Cat Rage Room** · 01/31/2014

Yeah I'm trying to spread the word on this as well. The pace is going good and I definitely think it'll reach its base goals, but I'd really like it to hit some of those stretch goals.

Novus · 02/02/2014

Looks interesting, Vagrant Story stands at #3 on my favorite games of all time list.
FF Tactics might be amazing as well if I can figure out how to play it.

***X-SOLDIER*** · 02/08/2014

6 dayssssss. $130k still needed for initial goal.

PLEASE HAPPEN.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

X

Yuri Lowell · 02/10/2014

Novus wrote: Looks interesting, Vagrant Story stands at #3 on my favorite games of all time list.
FF Tactics might be amazing as well if I can figure out how to play it.

What do you have trouble with? Your posts are always insightful so I wouldn't mind helping.

The strategic key to success at FFT largely hinges on trajectory and distance, press a button to figure out an enemy character's range and where they can attack, so put a square between you and their blue radius.

Make it difficult for mages to scoop you into spells as they hit adjacently. Hell, game's a cinch.

**ForceStealer** · 02/11/2014

So this is crazy. Apparently FFT wasn't designed to have Charge times?

Q: "FFTA and FFTA2 moved away from Charge/cast times, which I felt heavily took away from the depth of those games. Will Charge/Cast times be a core component of this game? One of my favorite mechanics in FFT was casting time."

A: Sorry, there won't be casting times in this game. In fact, the reason why FFT included a casting time system at all was to allow the game time to load graphic effects. This was a necessary consideration due to PlayStation loading times and memory concerns. Speaking as a developer back in those days, I can tell you that we weren't happy with it.

So much of the game seemed based around charge times, it's almost hard to believe it wasn't originally supposed to have them.

***The Twilight Mexican*** · 02/11/2014

Holy shit. That's an eye opener. No wonder so many Jobs became obsolete and just stupid to use.

Strangelove · 02/11/2014

Do you have to back using Amazon.com, or am I just dumb and not seeing the other options?

***X-SOLDIER*** · 02/11/2014

KickStarter is via Amazon.

X

***The Twilight Mexican*** · 02/12/2014

Sakimoto is now on board:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/11/540...s-unsung-story

The Tactics dream team is reassembled. For great justice!

***X-SOLDIER*** · 02/12/2014

51 hours and $72k needed.

Man this thing is makin' me nervous.

X

Strangelove · 02/12/2014

X-SOLDIER wrote: KickStarter is via Amazon.

X

Do you have to go though Amazon.com, or is there an option for Amazon UK somewhere?

01/16/2014	#1
Cat Rage Room Super Moderator Great Old One Join Date: Nov 2008 Sex: Male Location: Seattle, WA AKA: Mog/JIMMY BROOKS	UNSUNG STORY: TALE OF THE GUARDIANS: TRPG KICKSTARTED BY YASUMI MATSUNO Check it out. Some of you are aware that Yasumi Matsuno, (mastermind of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and to an extent, FFXII) are among the list of 'game creators I'm most likely to fellate'. A few years ago Yasumi Matsuno stepped down from Square Enix and went freelance, and this is his next big project he's trying to fund with Kickstarter. Unsung Story will be in a similar creative vein as he's previous projects, with a tactics RPG approach with a detailed world, usually based off of real world themes. At the time of this topic, about 250,000 dollars has gone into Unsung Story, and since it's Yasumi fucking Matsuno, I'm pretty confident in it. Talk about this!

01/16/2014	#2
Hisako Great Old One 消えないひさ子、消えない怨み Join Date: May 2009 Sex: skitter skitter skitter skitter Location: 且てここは私の家であり。 AKA: Satsu, BRIAN BLESSED, MIGHTY AND WISE Junpei Iori: Ace Detective, Maccaffrickstonson von Lichtenstafford Frabenschnaben, Polite Krogan, Robert Baratheon	Filled with intrigue, warfare, betrayal, alliances and espionage In other words, the same shit he's been doing since Tactics. Which Tactics? ... Yes. jks though, this looks fucking awesome. Dude's a RPG genius. __________________ 死の果までも追い掛けます、探し出し奪われた物全て取り返して見せる RIP in peace old sig lolol 04/2015 Also, my deviant page http://www.satsugaikaze.deviantart.com

01/30/2014	#4
Yuri Lowell Full Member Join Date: Jan 2014	The best thread ever created. Funding this shit now. Only plebs and casuals wouldn't be interested in this, or those uninitiated to his genius. The French guy he's teaming with seems mighty cool too. Yoshida looks way too creepy for someone who's obsessed with asses but I'm glad he's on board too. __________________

02/08/2014	#7
*X-SOLDIER* *Administrator* Great Old One Harbinger O Great Justice Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 35 Location: SLC, UT - USA	6 dayssssss. $130k still needed for initial goal. PLEASE HAPPEN. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. X __________________ Cyclops. Is. Right. …Xenomorphaux Pas… Shademp – on the subject of my seemingly boundless optimism wrote: After Ungoliant had sucked the light from the trees Telperion and Laurelin, she found that there was a third tree but whose light was too potent and immortal for her to absorb. Thusly, Ungoliant left Valinor in tears for she could not absorb the light of the tree named X-SOLDIER. #TotzCanon ~ \| G+ \| Facebook \| Tumblr \| Twitter \| DA \| TLS \| FFOF \| FF \| SCL \| KC \| CC \| ~

02/10/2014	#8
Yuri Lowell Full Member Join Date: Jan 2014	Novus wrote: Looks interesting, Vagrant Story stands at #3 on my favorite games of all time list. FF Tactics might be amazing as well if I can figure out how to play it. What do you have trouble with? Your posts are always insightful so I wouldn't mind helping. The strategic key to success at FFT largely hinges on trajectory and distance, press a button to figure out an enemy character's range and where they can attack, so put a square between you and their blue radius. Make it difficult for mages to scoop you into spells as they hit adjacently. Hell, game's a cinch. __________________

01/16/2014	#3
Literally Who? Legendary Member fbtswjl20yaw2pchuau:( Join Date: Jan 2009 Age: 33 Sex: lol Location: ON A BOAT! AKA: doc holiday, abra, gabe, gabriel, gabathehut, lunasea, Boxxybabee	Kiss Land wrote: Check it out. Some of you are aware that Yasumi Matsuno, (mastermind of Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and to an extent, FFXII) are among the list of 'game creators I'm most likely to fellate'. A few years ago Yasumi Matsuno stepped down from Square Enix and went freelance, and this is his next big project he's trying to fund with Kickstarter. Unsung Story will be in a similar creative vein as he's previous projects, with a tactics RPG approach with a detailed world, usually based off of real world themes. At the time of this topic, about 250,000 dollars has gone into Unsung Story, and since it's Yasumi fucking Matsuno, I'm pretty confident in it. Talk about this! /attentionwhoring Poasted first http://thelifestream.net/forums/show...&postcount=378 /attentionwhoringdone. jk'ing. Im pretty excited I love his work and I think Mobile really lends itself well to the genre, I'd love to take a crack at this on my tablet. That said though the game is coming to Droid/iOS regardless if this Kickstarter is successful. Heres the interesting bit (and honestly its way to hidden on the page), if they reach the goal the main platform for the game will shift from mobile to PC/Mac (and 3ds?) and they will modify the game to be based on a more serious platform. So heres hoping they reach goal because the game would potentially be much much better with the extra cash. __________________ Streaming Chocobo Racing and stuff

01/31/2014	#5
Cat Rage Room Super Moderator Great Old One Join Date: Nov 2008 Sex: Male Location: Seattle, WA AKA: Mog/JIMMY BROOKS	Yeah I'm trying to spread the word on this as well. The pace is going good and I definitely think it'll reach its base goals, but I'd really like it to hit some of those stretch goals.

02/02/2014	#6
Novus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: UK	Looks interesting, Vagrant Story stands at #3 on my favorite games of all time list. FF Tactics might be amazing as well if I can figure out how to play it.

02/11/2014	#9
ForceStealer Super Moderator Great Old One Double Growth Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 34 Sex: Male AKA: Ramza Beoulve, Sonic the Hedgehog, Vash the Stampede	So this is crazy. Apparently FFT wasn't designed to have Charge times? Q: "FFTA and FFTA2 moved away from Charge/cast times, which I felt heavily took away from the depth of those games. Will Charge/Cast times be a core component of this game? One of my favorite mechanics in FFT was casting time." A: Sorry, there won't be casting times in this game. In fact, the reason why FFT included a casting time system at all was to allow the game time to load graphic effects. This was a necessary consideration due to PlayStation loading times and memory concerns. Speaking as a developer back in those days, I can tell you that we weren't happy with it. So much of the game seemed based around charge times, it's almost hard to believe it wasn't originally supposed to have them. __________________ hitoshura wrote: Don't belittle my peoples, bitch. We work hard and we do what we're told. And might possibly be Scottish. ultima espio wrote: I'm not sure if it was a BOMB, it could have been MAKO, KING, BEST, or ORBS.

02/11/2014	#10
*The Twilight Mexican* *Administrator* Great Old One Ex-SeeD-ingly good Join Date: Sep 2009 Age: 35 Sex: Male Location: North Carolina AKA: TresDias, Hawkeye, El Diablo Gato, Martha Jones, Ariadne, Squall of SeeD, Squall_of_SeeD	Holy shit. That's an eye opener. No wonder so many Jobs became obsolete and just stupid to use. __________________ Quexinos wrote: I wish I had been there when Cloud realized he had geostigma. I bet he cried. hito wrote: man i miss flip phones, they were cool and now everything is a boring slab

02/11/2014	#11
Strangelove Staff Emeritus Great Old One AI Researcher Join Date: Nov 2008 AKA: hitoshura; Claudia Wolf	Do you have to back using Amazon.com, or am I just dumb and not seeing the other options? __________________ 「こんなヒトにはなりたくなかったよ――」

02/11/2014	#12
*X-SOLDIER* *Administrator* Great Old One Harbinger O Great Justice Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 35 Location: SLC, UT - USA	KickStarter is via Amazon. X __________________ Cyclops. Is. Right. …Xenomorphaux Pas… Shademp – on the subject of my seemingly boundless optimism wrote: After Ungoliant had sucked the light from the trees Telperion and Laurelin, she found that there was a third tree but whose light was too potent and immortal for her to absorb. Thusly, Ungoliant left Valinor in tears for she could not absorb the light of the tree named X-SOLDIER. #TotzCanon ~ \| G+ \| Facebook \| Tumblr \| Twitter \| DA \| TLS \| FFOF \| FF \| SCL \| KC \| CC \| ~

02/12/2014	#13
*The Twilight Mexican* *Administrator* Great Old One Ex-SeeD-ingly good Join Date: Sep 2009 Age: 35 Sex: Male Location: North Carolina AKA: TresDias, Hawkeye, El Diablo Gato, Martha Jones, Ariadne, Squall of SeeD, Squall_of_SeeD	Sakimoto is now on board: http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/11/540...s-unsung-story The Tactics dream team is reassembled. For great justice! __________________ Quexinos wrote: I wish I had been there when Cloud realized he had geostigma. I bet he cried. hito wrote: man i miss flip phones, they were cool and now everything is a boring slab

02/12/2014	#15
Strangelove Staff Emeritus Great Old One AI Researcher Join Date: Nov 2008 AKA: hitoshura; Claudia Wolf	X-SOLDIER wrote: KickStarter is via Amazon. X Do you have to go though Amazon.com, or is there an option for Amazon UK somewhere? __________________ 「こんなヒトにはなりたくなかったよ――」