| Concerto Gate | |
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| Developer(s) | Square Enix, Ponsbic |
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| Composer(s) | Hiroki Kikuta Kenji Ito |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| System requirements
OS Windows XP/Vista/7
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Concerto Gate (コンチェルトゲート Koncheruto Gēto) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Ponsbic and Square Enix. It is the sequel to Cross Gate. The game was released in Japan in 2007, and a planned North American release was cancelled after a beta release in July 2008.
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Concerto Gate is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) sequel to Cross Gate, a Japanese MMORPG from 2001.[3] The game takes place in the Kingdom of Fahren, a traditional fantasy setting with magic. The player seeks to fulfill a prophecy to save the world.[3] The battle style is a mixture of a turn-based and real-time, similar to the Final Fantasy series' ATB system, and enemies are found as random encounters.[4] Using hand-drawn map elements together with 3D characters and map, this game has a unique visual style that mimics that one of its prequel. The game allows players to shape the landscape of the world, creating mountains and forests over a timespan of weeks.[3]
The game was develped by Square Enix and Ponsbic, published by Gamescampus, and run by OnNet USA.[5] The game was released in Japan in 2007, and began beta testing in North America in July 2008.[3] A year after the beta ended, a message was left by a moderator on the game's forum stating that players should "not hold their breath"[6] for the next closed beta, leading many to believe the game would not make it to western shores. The North American release was eventually cancelled. A message was left on the North American website, stating that it was cancelled due to "circumstances beyond their control."
The music for the game was composed by Hiroki Kikuta, and the theme song by Kenji Ito. It is made up of orchestral music. The soundtrack was released as an album through Kikuta's Nostrilia label with the title Concerto: The Extraordinary World of Concerto Gate in 2008.[7]