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Another PS3 remake I hear you all cry! This won't happen happen hahahahaahahahaha. Well guys I started a while back and I'm here to post and update everyone. My first project which had 6 months work was lost but I started again a while ago. I am doing a remake of PSIII using my vision, but don't worry its very close to the original in terms of story and characters. What I've tried to do is take the original and fix what was broken and add what was missing. An alpha play through of Rhys generation is getting closer everyday. I loved PS3 is was my first and favourite PS game and it deserves a good proper remake!
I inteend to make 3 generations playable with full story, I am currently close the finishing generation 1. One major thing I have changed is the whole marriage thing. The player will no longer choose who to marry the game will follow a set path eventually ending up 3rd generation as either Aron or Sean. I however do not rule out going back through an adding the choice of marriage but its just too much work at the moment. I chose Aron and Sean as those 2 endings are the only ones I feel fit the whole PS story line properly.
All the original characters remain but I've expanded on story lines etc. Rhys and Lena now have a historical relationship she's not just some randomer who turns up. You can visit Lena's home in the first generation. I've made Rhys more head strong, naive and irrational however as the character grows he'll change. I felt almost as if Rhys needs to grow and mature on his adventure to become King Rhys properly. Mieu and Wren will have a small explaniation of where they came from but I'm going with the background story they have both had their memories tampered with after serving Orakio. Mieu and Wren will form close relationships with the off spring and I've decided they should almost be mentors. Lyle is going to be smart, cunning and untrustworthy, you'll see him playing games and winding Rhys up until their battle. Eventually realising that he and Rhys both share a mutual love for the safety and honour of their kingdoms and people. I may choose to add Lyle briefly into Nials generation as I feel Lyle was a massive part of PS3. He is part of the reason Rhys starts opening worlds and playing with moons. We may even see Rhys and Lyle in the 3rd generations.
So what have we got so far where is this project?
I have been using RPG MAKER VX ACE. All the character sprites and portaits for all 3 generations are done. I have background stories and a basic idea of all dialogue and relationships for everyone. The 1st generation alpha is almost completed in terms of maps, artwork and story. Map wise we have: Landen world plus towns and caves, Aquatica world map as snow and normal plus towns and caves. Aridia is 95% complete I just need to finish Wren's cave and finish the cyborg dialogues. We're going to see a very different Hazatak town I felt the original didnt really have a story or reason for existing. I've made the cyborgs there guardians and keepers of history and the Alisa III computer systems. The item prices and stat values are done and i've started doing techiques.
I will be releasing an alpha play through without monster battles so people can test my story and give feed back. I expect this project to take months and months to complete maybe even years. I have friends on standby to test and may upload online. Screenshots and images will be posted on this forum shortly.
I am fully commited to this project and in time it will be released. My next major jobs are to implement and test the monsters and combat system and I need to recruit some artists to create art for the cut scenes.