God Wars: Future Past
| God Wars: Future Past | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Kadokawa Games |
| Publisher(s) |
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| Director(s) | Yoshimi Yasuda |
| Artist(s) |
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| Writer(s) | Yoshimi Yasuda |
| Composer(s) | Nitta Takafumi |
| Platform(s) |
PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
God Wars: Future Past is a Japan folklore-inspired tactical role-playing game developed by Kadokawa Games released on June 2017 for the PS4 and PS Vita.
Gameplay
The game plays as a tactical role-playing game, with the player navigating a team of characters across a grid in order to defeat an opposing party of characters in turn-based combat.[1][2] The game's customization options for characters include 30 different job classes, 200 weapons to equip, and over 600 skill moves to learn.[2]
Story
The game's story is based on ancient Japanese folklore, including aspects of the Kojiki.[3]
Development
The game was first announced by Kadokawa Games in November 2014 under its codename Project Code: Tsukiyomi.[2][4] Upon its first reveal, it was merely referred to as a simulation role-playing game with Japanese themes for PlayStation consoles, without mentioning any specific systems.[4] The game was first announced under its officially name, God Wars: Beyond Time, a year later in November 2015,[2] alongside another Kadakowa Games title Root Letter.[5] The game will contain character artwork from Mino Taro of the Love Plus series of video games[6] and creature/monster designs by Sawaki Takeyasu, the creature designer for games like Devil May Cry and Okami.[7] While the game's reveal was strictly a Japanese event, journalists noted that slides from the presentation referred to the title being scheduled for a "worldwide release" in 2016.[1][3][7] After multiple delays, the game is now planned to release in June 2017.[8]
Reception
The PS4 version scored a 74 at Metacritic by 14 critics. David Hunter from God is a Geek, gave the game a score of 7 out of 10, criticizing the gameplay being basic, the simplistic visuals and the durations of battles, but praised the story, character customization and the length of the campaign. Martin Patiño from PlayStation Lifestyle gave the game an 8 out of 10, criticizing the dated 3D visuals and awkward dialogues but praising the 2D visuals, gameplay, characters and progression system, stating: "In spite its few flaws, SRPG fans will surely enjoy this latest outing by Kadokawa Games and newcomers who are able to take the genre’s traditionally slower pace may find themselves hooked." Most critics admits that this is an improvement over Kadokawa Games' previous tactical RPG Natural Doctrine, which was panned for its unforgiving difficulty, bland story and characters, outdated graphics and slow gameplay.
Kadokawa Games later announced that the game has topped 100,000 units worldwide.
External links
- Official Site (in English)
References
- 1 2 "RPGamer - News Bulletin - Kadokawa Brings God Wars Worldwide". RPGamer.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kadokawa Games announces God Wars for PS4, PS Vita". Gematsu.
- 1 2 "God Wars is a New Tactics RPG for the PlayStation 4 and Vita". USgamer.net. 11 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Kadokawa Games announce new PlayStation format dungeon and simulation RPGs". Gematsu.
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.pt/articles/2015-11-10-kodokawa-anuncia-god-wars-e-root-letter-para-ps4-e-vita
- ↑ "God Wars Announced For PlayStation 4 And PlayStation Vita". Siliconera.
- 1 2 Toshi Nakamura. "Think Okami Meets Tactical JRPG". Kotaku. Gawker Media.
- ↑ "God Wars: Future Past delayed to June 20 in North America, June 16 in Europe". Gematsu. 7 March 2017.