"It’s been hard to keep a secret"

A new retro-style JRPG called Tako no Himitsu has been announced, boasting an impressive line-up of developers from notable franchises. Deneos Games is leading the charge, following their successful title Save Me Mr Tako.

The game will feature music by Motoi Sakuraba and Masanori Hikichi. Scheduled to launch on Kickstarter on July 10th, the project is anticipated to captivate JRPG enthusiasts.

What are your thoughts on the involvement of such experienced developers in a Kickstarter project? Would you support this game to see it through development?

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    6 months ago

    Really misleading headline.

    Motoi Sakuraba (Golden Sun) and Masanori Hikichi (Terranigma) are both on-board to create music for the game

    • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, if they’re the only people from these games involved, that’s more than a bit ridiculous.

      This game involves staff from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Namco’s Tales, Shining Force, Mario Golf and Star Ocean!

      Also, that’s just one person and he makes music.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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        6 months ago

        I absolutely love Terranigma, it’s one of my all time favorite RPGs, but I don’t think the soundtrack was particularly noteworthy, especially compared to all the great things that game had to offer.

        The really interesting things about that game were the combat and the whole world creation & development that you did.

        • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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          6 months ago

          A good score can definitely change a game to me, but yeah if you’re going to claim “staff” from legendary games I’d assume more than one guy, and people who had a hand in design.

          I know and like lots of games scored by Sakuraba, and not that I don’t like his music but… I don’t know, it tends to sound very same-y and almost random at times. Especially in that 00’s era. There was a corny melody pattern he put in all of his big themes at the time, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Golden Sun all had it somewhere, and I couldn’t hear anything else when it happened.

          That said, when it works, it works and it’s pretty unique. True Mirror and Valedictory Elegy from Baten Kaitos are very good, and a perfect fit for their games.

        • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Oof, I can’t agree with this at all. Departure is one of my favorite tracks from the whole era, and the ending song was also excellent. I felt the soundtrack did a lot of heavy lifting to carry the game’s somber tone.

          Notable though that Miyoko Kobayashi was on “Departure,” not Hikichi. Hikichi only had a few tracks on the game.

    • Eggyhead@kbin.run
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      6 months ago

      I don’t think I can articulate how annoyed I am that people are being so dismissive toward music composers. Music can make games.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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        6 months ago

        I very clearly stated that Terranigma’s soundtrack, unlike the game itself, did not stand out to me that much. And yes, when I hear “staff” of a certain game being involved I would expect something like the designers or programmers who were responsible for some of the things that actually made those games great. A soundtrack alone can’t make a shit game good, no matter how good it is. This isn’t dismissive towards the composers, it’s just a fact.

    • Jocarnail@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Yes, the headline feels very disingenuous. They are working with composers from those games… I don’t feel they are going to have the same influence some game designers would have had.