Update #2: Within less than a day the campaign has exceeded the original $100.000 goal by over 150%. Additional stretch goals however will provide considerable improvements and reach up to $1.650.000. If all of these are met, the game will include greater character and monster variety, additional areas, fully modeled cities and a freely explorable overworld, while the soundtrack will be recorded with the performance of the Eminence Symphony Orchestra by Grammy Award winning John Kurlander.
Update #1: The
Kickstarter campaign for the project has now been launched and offers additional information, while it's already achieved over 20% of the goal. The lowest pledge amount that nets players the game upon its release is $20, though the lower tiers are of somewhat limited supply. It's been clarified that it is primarily developed for the PC with PS4 and Vita versions very likely, while the mobile/tablet OS versions will differ in accordance with the system limitations. The game's
official website has also been opened.
Original report: TOKYO 08/08/2013. Project Phoenix today announced their intention to set up a Kickstarter to develop a Japanese role-playing game combined with Real Time Strategy. Uniting top developers from the East and West, Project Phoenix is the brainchild of game developer Hiroaki Yura, the founder of Creative Intelligence Arts. This fresh take on the JRPG genre features the art direction of Kiyoshi Arai, who brings experience from Final Fantasy XII and XIV, and music headed up by Nobuo Uematsu, the legendary composer of the Final Fantasy series, marking Uematsu's first ever commitment to an independent game project.
"For 25 years, I've been working on a lot of video game music like the
Final Fantasy series. This is the first time I've worked on an
independent game,” says Uematsu, Project Phoenix's lead composer.
“Although it's fun to create a game within a large company, I've always
been interested in being able to work in a small, passionate independent
games team. I'm really looking forward to it."
The development team members have an impressive array of credits,
including the Final Fantasy series, Halo 4, Crysis 3, L.A. Noire, World
of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Soulcalibur V, Disappearance of
Haruhi Suzumiya, Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu, and much more.
Several of the members are yet to be announced, including a secret
designer from a leading anime mecha title that changed the course of
Japanese pop culture's influence in the world.
The Project Phoenix Kickstarter is seeking $100,000 to fund the
programming and artistic development of the game. Backers have the
opportunity to secure digital and limited edition physical copies of the
title, along with the chance to be featured as non-playable characters
such as a bar owner with their own personal musical theme composed by
Uematsu. Stretch goals also include the creation of additional areas,
graphics and cinematics, as well as the talents of Grammy Award winning
sound engineer John Kurlander (Lord of the Rings trilogy, Skyrim, The
Beatles) and the Eminence Symphony Orchestra bringing the music of
Uematsu and his co composers to life.
Players will follow the story of the amnesiac angel, Ruffles, who has
landed in the world of Azuregard and encounters the troubled Templar,
Marcus Stern. Together with the elven princess Sylrianah, who is
reserved but curious to see the world beyond the forest, and Zarum the
Lost, a battlemage with his own internal conflicts, they form an
unlikely bond. These four heroes must discover their place in a world
brought to war by misunderstanding and ignorance, and perhaps ultimately
even save it from itself.
Project Phoenix is a sprawling adventure where you will travel and
battle enemies across Azuregard. The game departs from traditional JRPG
conventions through its use of RTS elements, yielding a combat system
that is fast paced and dynamic. Furthermore, players can have their
characters interact with environmental terrain features, be it rope
bridges or boulders, to create tactical advantages.
Project Phoenix is scheduled for release in mid 2015 for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. Excited fans can venture to
projectphoenix.info
to learn more about the game's development and join the community
forums. Game director Hiroaki Yura and team members will be there to
answer fan questions about the development of Project Phoenix.
About Project Phoenix
Project Phoenix is Kickstarter’s first Japan-‐based videogame project that brings in top talents from around the world. Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Project Phoenix will be working on its squad-‐based real-‐time strategy game combined with Japanese RPG design influences, with the goal of releasing it to worldwide audiences by mid 2015. Visit
http://projectphoenix.info and
http://twitter.com/PhoenixJRPG for more information.
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