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Otogi
Feb 24, 2016 16:45:39 GMT -5
Post by Neo Rasa on Feb 24, 2016 16:45:39 GMT -5
It sort of makes sense almost, this is about when Japan idol mania reached an all time high as far as music deals were going (Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy X-2, Phantom Crash, etc.). Fortunately Sega would go waaaaaaay underground for the music for MadWorld and Anarchy Reigns.
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Otogi
Feb 25, 2016 16:23:26 GMT -5
Post by lanceboyle94 on Feb 25, 2016 16:23:26 GMT -5
It's not odd choice. It's marketing. Weird marketing. But they did it. ...huh. Y'know, now I wanna see From do something similar with Dark Souls III or any other new game they make.
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Otogi
Feb 25, 2016 17:14:41 GMT -5
Post by Neo Rasa on Feb 25, 2016 17:14:41 GMT -5
BLOODBORNE II: A MORNING MUSUME EXPERIENCE For real though From Software is already on this path check out some samples on SoundCloud hidden between their Armored Core stuff! www.fromsoundrecords.com/discography/A W E S O M E !
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Otogi
Feb 25, 2016 17:19:29 GMT -5
Post by GamerL on Feb 25, 2016 17:19:29 GMT -5
The funny thing is I bet Britney Spears has never heard of the game and would probably surprised to learn of that promotion, like the Mr Sparkle episode of The Simpsons.
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Otogi
Feb 25, 2016 17:22:34 GMT -5
Post by lurker on Feb 25, 2016 17:22:34 GMT -5
Or like Greg Land using/tracing Sandra Bullock's likeness.
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Otogi
Mar 8, 2016 10:23:43 GMT -5
Post by TΛPETRVE on Mar 8, 2016 10:23:43 GMT -5
Still among my all-time favourites. Ironically, the Otogi games seem probably more relevant now than they were back in the day, because of how they completely contravene almost any mechanical cornerstone of the character action genre, and also anticipated some of the slow, methodical combat that made the Souls games popular. Y'know, now I wanna see From do something similar with Dark Souls III or any other new game they make. Well, there's the recent trailer for Dark Souls III, which plays over a rendition of Cindy Lauper's True Colors. Close enough ?
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Otogi
Mar 8, 2016 10:37:03 GMT -5
Post by Neo Rasa on Mar 8, 2016 10:37:03 GMT -5
I agree that no one has really done an in depth exploration into how every aspect of King's Field was broken up into different games by From in the early 00s. Shadow Tower, Eternal Ring, Otogi, and KF The Ancient City's concepts and structure all coalesced back together to form the ultimate game, Demon's Souls and its wonderful successors.
Shadow Tower - In a towering nexus to warp to different realms, no classes or traditional leveling up, you upgrade items with demon's souls. No in-game music outside of special moments.
Otogi - Teleport into discrete levels all over the kingdom like in Demon's Souls, weapon weight has a subtle effect on jumping/etc. Consistently foreboding and dangerous atmosphere compared to previous From games.
Eternal Ring - RINGS!!!!! You could say From Software really "clings" to having lots of rings now! Heal up by eating tons of grass.
KF: The Ancient City - Weapons/etc. can be upgraded with stone shards by a blacksmith which would become a huge part of Demon's/Dark Souls. Setting starts out like typical fantasy but areas and enemies gradually becomes more Lovecraftian as the game goes on.
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Otogi
Mar 8, 2016 10:43:44 GMT -5
Post by TΛPETRVE on Mar 8, 2016 10:43:44 GMT -5
It's particularly amusing when you look at how Otogi got largely sneered at by hardcore fans of Ninja Gaiden and other twitch-skill hack 'n' slash titles, but nowadays the same kind of elitist filth intoxicates large amounts of the Souls community.
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Otogi
Mar 8, 2016 11:13:18 GMT -5
Post by Neo Rasa on Mar 8, 2016 11:13:18 GMT -5
Personally I consider Otogi and its sequel two of the best video games ever made, I made sure they were featured in the top 200 book.
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Otogi
Mar 8, 2016 15:06:32 GMT -5
Post by lanceboyle94 on Mar 8, 2016 15:06:32 GMT -5
Y'know, now I wanna see From do something similar with Dark Souls III or any other new game they make. Well, there's the recent trailer for Dark Souls III, which plays over a rendition of Cindy Lauper's True Colors. Close enough ? ...huh. You certainly weren't kidding about that one. Although I'm guessing that was more Namco Bandai's doing rather than From.
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