Xbox 360: Eschatos (April 2011)

[spadgy]

Great to hear. Good work Elixir.

[kid aphex]

yes, thanks for clearing that up
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[Square King]

Nice to see Triangle Service is back in actio-- oh, Qute. Ok.

[Elixir]

Famitsu article: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201011/22036004.html

Rough translation of what it says:

1980's-like fantasy science-like shooting

A.D., year 21XX: A sudden disaster on the face of the moon dubbed "purple encroachment" happened. Alongside this, a huge crowd of UFOs came flying towards the earth. To confront the mysterious UFO fleet, the player (fighter (you)) takes up the challenge.

Stages include 26 areas, and in addition to an "original mode" and "advance mode" where powering up is possible, a "time attack" mode will be available.

Use the shot and shield properly!

The player uses two kinds of shots and shields that can be arbitrarily to advance in the stages.

There are two kinds of shots: A shot attacked in the straight line, and a wide shot to which the bullets widely extend.

If it hits the enemy's main body in conjunction with the shield gauge, large damage can be given, and the shield will be able to reflect the enemy bullets, lasers, etc.

[Phellan Wolf]

Famitsu article: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201011/22036004.html

Rough translation of what it says:

1980's-like fantasy science-like shooting

A.D., year 21XX: A sudden disaster on the face of the moon dubbed "purple encroachment" happened. Alongside this, a huge crowd of UFOs came flying towards the earth. To confront the mysterious UFO fleet, the player (fighter (you)) takes up the challenge.

Stages include 26 areas, and in addition to an "original mode" and "advance mode" where powering up is possible, a "time attack" mode will be available.

Use the shot and shield properly!

The player uses two kinds of shots and shields that can be arbitrarily to advance in the stages.

There are two kinds of shots: A shot attacked in the straight line, and a wide shot to which the bullets widely extend.

If it hits the enemy's main body in conjunction with the shield gauge, large damage can be given, and the shield will be able to reflect the enemy bullets, lasers, etc.

Thanks Elixir. The game is looking rather good and the gameplay mechanics sound interesting. It remains to be seen how will result the mix of shields and shot.

[Zeron]

Here is Andriasang's article


http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/1 ... _detailed/

[Elixir]

Reupped screenshots of Area 1, 2 and 3 along with thumbnails to the OP. Also, added the whole andriasang article to the OP.

[EPS21]

Here is Andriasang's article


http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/1 ... _detailed/

This is just one of 26 "areas" that await. The stages will transition seamlessly between one-another.

Thats a lot of stages, I wonder what the total game length is going to be. Maybe it'll be like Varth.

[Ghegs]

Probably it'll be more like Judgement Silversword, like everything else looks to be so far. JSS has 30 Areas but some of them are very short.

[gatsu25]

There is a small update on the website now, but with big news.

M-KAI is in charge of stage design and is the main programmer.

[ZacharyB]

That's awesome. It did look a lot like Judgement Silversword. I'm glad he gets to bring his creation to a major console.

[Udderdude]

This is gonna be cool :3

[stryc9]

This is looking pretty cool. So it is definitly a physical release?

[Elixir]

http://www.m-land.co.jp/fs/medialand/4988648791213

This shop currently claims it'll be released in March.

[Elixir]

Eschatos will include Judgment Silversword and Cardinal Sins: http://gmstar.com/xb360/eschatos.html

[Cuilan]

Eschatos will include Judgment Silversword and Cardinal Sins: http://gmstar.com/xb360/eschatos.html

Best news so far. The price makes a lot more sense now. Hopefully they'll be remakes and not just direct ports.

[BulletMagnet]

Eschatos will include Judgment Silversword and Cardinal Sins: http://gmstar.com/xb360/eschatos.html

I never got a chance to see what JSS was all about, and had no plans to buy a Wonderswan (or whatever the heck it was originally on) to find out, but this would indeed make for a good solution...I'll hafta keep an eye on this one.

[hirounder]

Eschatos will include Judgment Silversword and Cardinal Sins: http://gmstar.com/xb360/eschatos.html

Some shops are also putting OST in the bundle.

And that's one rather retro cover art if it's real one...

[Elixir]

Nice. You could have linked a source though.

http://sp-game.cocolog-nifty.com/38/201 ... -61fc.html

I don't believe that's the final box art. None of the green part has any reason to be there, nor the CERO label to the right, or the preorder text.

[njiska]

Nice. You could have linked a source though.

http://sp-game.cocolog-nifty.com/38/201 ... -61fc.html

Haven't we been through this argument before?

I don't believe that's the final box art. None of the green part has any reason to be there, nor the CERO label to the right, or the preorder text.

I have to agree. This looks like a every quickly thrown together placeholder, not anything final.

Starting to look forward to this now that we know about the OST and Judgement Silversword.

[spadgy]

Eschatos will include Judgment Silversword and Cardinal Sins: http://gmstar.com/xb360/eschatos.html

I never got a chance to see what JSS was all about, and had no plans to buy a Wonderswan (or whatever the heck it was originally on) to find out, but this would indeed make for a good solution...I'll hafta keep an eye on this one.

I only heard this news today. I'm very pleased to hear it for the same reason as BulletMagnet; I never got round to picking up a WonderSwan. Eschatos is way high up my 'most wanted' list of modern games now.

Thanks for the continued effort with this thread Elixir - you're doing us a typically great service.

[stryc9]

I havn't heard of Cardinal Sins, but yeah it's a mystery to me how they plan to present JSS. It's a low resolution handheld game, in 2d, wheres Eschatos itself is 3d: maybe they've whipped up a 3d remix or something.

[hirounder]

I have to agree. This looks like a every quickly thrown together placeholder, not anything final.

True, final art seems to be this

[njiska]

I have to agree. This looks like a every quickly thrown together placeholder, not anything final.

True, final art seems to be this
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Ah, now that's much sexier. Something i'd be happy to have on myself.

Now i hope this is the end of shmup releases for a while. Between DFK BL and MMP/PS in Feb, Otomedius and Eschatos in March and Bullet soul in April, I'm going broke.

[Kollision]

Now i hope this is the end of shmup releases for a while.

No way!!!!!!!!
Keep'em coming, keep'em coming!

[Zeron]

True, final art seems to be this

Love the look of it for some reason it reminds me off the Gradius 1 Zelosfortress flyer

[kyuzo]

Preorder's up on ncsx.com right now

http://www.shopncsx.com/eschatos.aspx

Says first printing's got a CD specifically, but no mention of anything region free (has the region lockout disclaimer...)

[gatsu25]

Huge update today on the website along with a new trailer, and release date of March 24th! It's looking great to me.

[Ghegs]

The second trailer's looking pretty great. The different difficulties look good and having Judgement Silversword on a proper system is a dream come true. And I was right earlier, the Mirror Shield bossfight in Eschatos is very similar its original JSS counterpart.

And in the video's description it reads "This game is released only in Japan, but it will be worldwide-region disc." So I guess region free = confirmed?

[Drum]

Raidenous. Looks good. Is the shield thing as simple as it looks or is there some trick to it?