Sword of Convalarria. I have no idea what this is, but it looks neat.

[@CoconutRouter]

God i hope this ends up being good cuz i really like the artstyle

[@CoffeePotato]

It looks like what 2dhd wanted to be, though I love how slight differences are getting their own tag names now 😆

[@amyyost7022]

Definitely worried about the monetization with this one, but the Matsuno interview and what we’ve seen so far gives me hope that a lot of love has gone into this

[@CoffeePotato]

It's definitely an odd duck.

[@Big_Dai]

If anything, it looks neat

[@CoffeePotato]

Truth

[@Shin_Lona]

"pretty darn neat" Accurate statement.

[@SatiZakito]

You did advertisement, and I took the hook and bait. I need this on PC to explore.

[@CoffeePotato]

Not sure if it's an advertisement as much as a curious "I hope they don't fuck it up this time."

[@DarkWraithKevin]

Oh wow this does look neat. Thanks for sharing bro, I haven't heard about this yet. The art style is giving me some Legend of Mana vibes. I think I'm probably gonna wait a little bit after it releases just cause I don't wanna get burnt.

[@CoffeePotato]

I might peek in when it's out since it's free, just really hoping it isn't another money extraction scheme...It's got signs for both directions.

[@daftajax8830]

They call the art style as Neopixel. Your true n true pixel with 3D environment. They explained it in depth in the video. Its fascinating that you can mix those 2 elements together. Its beautiful. Edit: the lights, shadow, reflection details you just said are not pre-baked on the pixel characters themselves, but the environment. Its really cool. Think of it as the same as ray tracing in modern games.

[@CoffeePotato]

Right, and it's gorgeous, I'm just saying there's been a lot of similar idea and thought threads in terms of creating the next pixel fanciness with increasingly fancy names. While a lot of the pixel stuff for a decade was just kinda referred to as Pixel Art. Like the lighting effects on pixel stuff looked great in Terraria, but you see it get it brought up more as a new thing now. At least as far as I've seen, anyhow. Could definitely have missed plenty.

[@MrCactuar13]

Saw this pop up on my news feed and am interested

[@CoffeePotato]

We'll see if it's like the rest, but hopefully it's something.

[@rafalst]

Art style? Amazing! Character desing? Amazing (love the armored woman with spear and the woman with massive sword). Gameplay, looks nice, but i am worried about the damage number because i seen at least one attack do 200+ (400?) damage multiple times (the potion gal throwing the potions) and since its "Free" i am worried about monetization. Altough since its coming to steam, it might be less problematic (and on pc we can always "mod" in/out if it is not always online). BTW @CoffeePotato, you saw that Crimson Tactictis update added Controller suport?

[@CoffeePotato]

Sounds about right, and yeah, I was hoping to make a video on that...but then the controller input didn't work. I didn't see any options in the menu for it, it occurs to me I didn't double check the steam input listings, it could be over there.

[@Shadowbane3]

What music I could hear sounds very much like Secret of Mana.

[@Enoby_Darkness]

FFTA music :) Also, environmental stuff being useful early but not so much later, sounds like BotW!

[@CoffeePotato]

Fair, but BOTW you still could have a reason to use it. TS it was more like "Oh boy, here's the first map in like 12 hours to use the water shock mechanics!....and I'm doing 20s to this boss with 1000HP 🥲"

[@dunknwleh]

From what I know so far, there are 3 mode 1- gacha story mode where u use those u summon. typical story mode 2 - farm material mode 3 - offline story mode where u bring 3 characters you have into the game and progress to change the ending etc. the unit you hire cannot bring over to the gacha story mode. from what i know those taiwan player prefer the offline story mode as it more exciting.

[@CoffeePotato]

OK, I like that it's separated, I know I'd prefer that approach too. Interesting.

[@maxwellsope1080]

This is 100% beyond any doubt going to be an online service kind of game. Loaded with p2w features like characters locked behind pay walls and equipment rng with paid equipment etc. There will be pull rates like all gacha (gambling basically) games. SSR (The decent units) will have a 2% pull rate. This is just the genshin impact of the turn based tactics genre.

[@Zeon081]

It looks good, I hope it plays as good as it looks.

[@trdgpanther4464]

Looks interesting, wait and see I guess

[@eyeviewer7298]

Funny how this slowly went from being a video game channel to a trpg channel. It's crazy that there's a whole community for a dead genre like trpg, and it's actually good because this genre haven't exploided its whole potential. This genre is so underrated that we're always looking for a new release, instead of just focusing on the most popular stuff like the horror game community.

[@CoffeePotato]

To be fair, it's original premise was basically "Armored Core, Tactics Ogre, and whatever stuff I find neat that day"...and then it turned out no one else was covering the Ogre Battle games. But then Reborn came out before AC6, so that's the identity that stuck. I'm going to cover AC more with 6 coming out, the plan is to hop between the two for years to come.

[@Shin_Lona]

Dead genre?! It hasn't even been born yet. Everything up to this point has just been prophecy of its coming. 😎

[@Wargamenut]

Rumor is that it’s going to be on Switch this fall. Not sure how they could monetize it on a console.

[@CoffeePotato]

Not sure, stuff like War Thunder and whatnot works well on console. Hard to say.

[@r0000g]

Looks good but, same as you, worried about gatcha on this. At least we have Yuzu and TO:R switch ver on mobile now, right?

[@CoffeePotato]

Oh, is that working properly now? I haven't peeked in to that scene for a minute.

[@r0000g]

@@CoffeePotato Well, performance depends on your phone. But at least on my S20Ultra it runs good.

[@Ischeri]

What i woried was... when i tried the tutorial... all the enemy melt in single or 2 strike

[@CoffeePotato]

Sounds like a tutorial, then

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

I get gacha game vibes from the preview. That being said, it still looks pretty neat

[@CoffeePotato]

Those elements are definitely there... hopefully it's at least somewhat tame. I don't think I choked as hard as when someone tried to tell me once that War of the Visions had good and immersive storytelling. "You fart big titty ghost ninjas at people dude"

[@benedict6962]

The part that worries me the most is being on mobile. That UI strongly suggests that every unit only has like 2-4 abilities, which is really not going to work for a tactically diverse srpg. It looks like the character art looks the same even in dramatically different poses, so at least I'm not too worried about AI art or anything.

[@CoffeePotato]

To be fair, so does TO, and that gets a ton of play from it's technically less slots.

[@benedict6962]

@@CoffeePotato ....no coffee, that's comparing apples to oranges. Denam can melee, ranged, 4 finishers, 4 spells, 4 items, and maybe a special action. Your average mobile game has basic attack cover half the UI, with 2-4 special abilities. And that's assuming mobility will have variance like flying vs walking.

[@CoffeePotato]

@@benedict6962 Well yeah, but I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that maybe....maaaybe they pull this off somehow. Like I had heard from one guy that many of their abilities are something akin to trading card games, where they always do...I believe that example was "An AoE physical spin at the end of their turn", which got their unit killed. You can build around that kind of system, that's what Monster Sanctuary did, and that game's a blast. Actual game, though, not a mobile deal.

[@benedict6962]

@@CoffeePotato That's some S grade hopium there. I wouldn't give anyone that much benefit of the doubt, even if it was Matsuno himself. Mobile comes with a lot of strings attached, and if the mobile UI is present, then those strings were definitely not removed.

[@danielhild9448]

As I'm working through Triangle Strategy, it feels like this will fall in the same traps as TS. Mainly, generic fantasy world and tropey "government bad" storyline, and like you said more of a visual fiesta in combat rather than anything tactical. Just make numbers go bigger and things go boom!

[@CoffeePotato]

It will forever bum me out that TS didn't commit to the bit. Or didn't have the budget to, stories differed on that one.

[@RatedB1]

Looks pretty, lets see if its depth actually lives up to it. Freemium, great for exposure and a big pvp player base potentially, always makes me wary. I'm personally not interested in gacha content or waifu collecting. Gonna take a lot to sell me on it, I've been burned way too often on freemium to give it the benefit of the doubt.

[@CoffeePotato]

Same, I really, really don't like the portrait situation, but the pixel art and apparent mechanics seem to hint at something less manipulative. Hopefully. Maybe.

[@anab0lic]

Hmm, visuals are nice but combat from what's been previewed doesn't look like its really trying anything new that has me all that excited... it being a mobile game is definitely a huge red flag too... wish listed, will keep an eye on it, but not going to get too hyped. As far as other games in this genre that might have some potential... Persona tactica is one that's on my radar.

[@CoffeePotato]

Sounds about right

[@eyeviewer7298]

2:44 that's literally every chinese rpg game. Dude, it's hilarious seeing how they deal like millions of damage but those numbers don't have any real value, it's just to make it exagerated 😂 But I don't think this is the case, judging by the trailer

[@CoffeePotato]

Yeah, that's why I was saying only Disgaea gets to get away with it, it's usually a sign of iffy stuff.

[@the8anarchist]

the game looks good, but using the f2p model for a SRPG... is... not good. cause the only way sprite based game like this gets monitized is by making the units themselves P2W, and theres gonna be pvp? yeah this game is a HARD pass for me, which is a shame, would have dropped 40 for something like this as a non-mobile title.

[@GamerGarm]

Yeah that's the problem, It looks awesome. The presentation, graphics, character design, animations. Everything looks awesome. I would gladly pay for this game but being freemium worries me a lot.

[@CoffeePotato]

Same here, it's a cause for pause for sure. According to the interview they were... allegedly....doing it to allow for a constantly advancing story. If they somehow don't get bored and commit to that, it could be a cool idea. Not really holding my breath, but it would be cool in concept.

[@pvrhye]

The PVP is because PVP whales are the only true players of the game. Everyone else is just strung along there for them to pummel. If it's a good f2p mobile game, it will be the first one ever made.

[@CoffeePotato]

@@pvrhye That's the hope, eh?

[@andjarmahesa8576]

this is a great game. as for me, too bad that this game is gacha game. this game like Tactic Ogre with branching story. so, different option will lead you to different story.