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The other site exploded, and here I am trying to sift fact from fiction by cross-referencing 'fact' from fiction. xD
I wouldn't really call that "exploded".
Fact: Last year it was announced Disney purchased Studio EX to design F2P games on mobiles and web browsers.
Fact: They said that a game called "Kingdom Hearts Online" would be made under this studio. (We sat on this information, waiting for more confirmation on this)
Fact: Kingdom Hearts X[chi] was announced to be developed by Success Inc., thus leaving "Kingdom Hearts Online" as something separate.
Fact: This interview came out confirming that Studio EX is still working on "Kingdom Hearts Online".
That's really all there is to it right now.
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For me it's not about Nomura's involvement but SquareEnix' involvement. V-Cast cleary showed that Disney didn't grasp the concept back then, but maybe it's different this time around. Although I think two Free2Play browser/mobile games are not helpful, at least if they're aming at the same audience.
I doubt they are. Chi has an...odd batch of players. They are all about the ranking and are really hardcore about it all. I have a feeling whatever Disney is making is going to be aimed at a more casual market...
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I read the title and thought it said "Pleasant Hints at Kingdom Hearts Online" and thought is was going to be about Chi going international. ;A;
I'm cautiously optimistic. If it turns out good, that'll be great and I'll try to play it. If it's bad well then *shrugs*. If KH V-Cast and Chi any indication then if it's bad it'll eventually lay forgotten, otherwise it'll be properly praised. I'm looking forward to see what they're going to do with it either way. This is more than likely going to be a non canon game so there's a lot of opportunity to do something interesting even if it's just borrowing elements from the lore. So long as they're not doing something cheap just for a quick cash grab.
I'm cautiously optimistic. If it turns out good, that'll be great and I'll try to play it. If it's bad well then *shrugs*. If KH V-Cast and Chi any indication then if it's bad it'll eventually lay forgotten, otherwise it'll be properly praised. I'm looking forward to see what they're going to do with it either way. This is more than likely going to be a non canon game so there's a lot of opportunity to do something interesting even if it's just borrowing elements from the lore. So long as they're not doing something cheap just for a quick cash grab.
Honesty I'd rather that game be forgotten. Never played it but from what I saw they really didn't grasp the concept of KH or what made it so popular. Hence why I'm worried about another KH game being made without Nomura or at least someone from the Square Enix KH team being involved.
Oh okay, so mostlikely mobile/web game. I wonder what the game play and graphic will be like.
Where did you hear about them using Unity Engine?
I find that kind of funny. It's not been officially announced yet, but it's been name dropped, so to speak, twice now and we still don't know anything beyond it's project name, that it'll be free-to-play and that Studio Ex will develop it.
By Kingdom Hearts Online, do you mean like an MMO? I'm kind of worried by a KH MMO but that's just me. I just really don't like that genre and kind of mad that so many franchises are being turned into MMO's these days. I can't be sure right now, though, because it might just turn out to be a good online game.
Yes, an MMO. How it really will be is unknown...I wouldn't expect much from it, but then again who knows!
I have a few questions to start:
- Will Nomura be involved in this?
- Will it be bad?
- Will there be a real game?
- This will suck because Nomura isn't a part of it, right?
- Do you think the above question is illogical, and frankly, downright stupid due to making these assumptions based on nothing?
That is all
THEY CAN...AND THEY WILL!!!! jk But I wouldn't be shocked if they just ignore that comment was made and continue being clandestine as they have been thus far.
Considering it'll probably be an online browser game like Chi and countless others, IDK what level of depth to expect either. Has anyone played any of their other games before?
- Will Nomura be involved in this?
- Will it be bad?
- Will there be a real game?
- This will suck because Nomura isn't a part of it, right?
- Do you think the above question is illogical, and frankly, downright stupid due to making these assumptions based on nothing?
That is all
THEY CAN...AND THEY WILL!!!! jk But I wouldn't be shocked if they just ignore that comment was made and continue being clandestine as they have been thus far.
Considering it'll probably be an online browser game like Chi and countless others, IDK what level of depth to expect either. Has anyone played any of their other games before?
I have a few questions to start:
- Will Nomura be involved in this?
- Will it be bad?
- Will there be a real game?
- This will suck because Nomura isn't a part of it, right?
- Do you think the above question is illogical, and frankly, downright stupid due to making these assumptions based on nothing?
That is all
- Don't know.
- Don't know.
- Don't know.
- Not necessarily.
- The first four? Might be valid. The one immediately above? YES. And it's actually a statement posed as a question.
You're welcome.
I'm actually interested in how the game's storyline would fit into the series' canon. I believe the difficulty faced by online games is that storyline often takes a backseat to the feeling of community (as in people don't play because of the storyline, but because of the online and social experience), making it seem not as important.
Of course, though, they could pull the non-canon card like how it is with Chi.
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Assuming Square Enix isn't going to touch this project at all, I don't think we should even really bother with story. Studio EX is known for F2P MMO games on browsers and mobile, and even more with Facebook titles. Considering the possibilities with that frame of mind and then move it up to KHx levels and so on~
Honestly, they really should take a page out of United Front Game's book. When people found that Square Enix had licensed "Triad Wars," they revealed it was a new title set in the world of Sleeping Dogs within hours of the discovery, and left it at that.
Honestly, they really should take a page out of United Front Game's book. When people found that Square Enix had licensed "Triad Wars," they revealed it was a new title set in the world of Sleeping Dogs within hours of the discovery, and left it at that.
Well, I kind of like the social games being non-canon, I'm not opposed to KH having a non-canon game (COME ON THEARHYTHM...but that's another topic), which is why I'm still kind of not sure how I feel about that whole "making Chi canon thing" but we'll see how it all works out in the end
In a perfect world, most companies would do that. I really don't get why they would keep hush hush on it, I mean, it's not like if they ignore it we'll just forget it...if anything, we will only speculate further, possibly getting our hopes up and them not being able to deliver.
Could be interesting and fun, I suppose. Completely out of the blue for me.
I did a bit of research on KH V-Cast and, apparently, it was developed by a company named Superscape and Disney only published it. Hopefully, since they're contracting the services of a South-Korean company, one could expect something decent (or better than V-Cast). *shrugs*
By the way, we can all breath relief seeing as how Superscape exists no more (another company bought it).
By the way, we can all breath relief seeing as how Superscape exists no more (another company bought it).
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