There are some that take enjoyment from being rather anti-Ubisoft, but the publishing and development giant undoubtedly produces some exceptional work. Child of Light, released last year on the Wii U eShop and a host of platforms, was one such example. Utilising the gorgeous UbiArt engine it brought us a charming new RPG IP, which certainly has the potential to be revisited in future sequels.
It was a game heavy on lore, so those that enjoyed its story should certainly consider checking out the Child of Light: Reginald the Great art book - it's available to read for free as a PDF at childoflightgame.com/ebook. Patrick Plourde, creative director on the project, says the following in the press release for this eBook.
From the start, we wanted to explore Lemuria from different perspectives and protagonists. The illustrated books are set a couple of years after the events of the game and follow the adventures of Reginald, the son of Robert and Margaret. Since the game was released, we received hundreds of illustrations and cosplay pictures from our amazing community. We also received very touching letters on how the game helped some of our fans in their life. For all this, we want to say thank you. This illustrated book is our gift to you.
This is set two years after the game and is just the first of multiple illustrated books, and the official Child of Light social network pages will soon invite fans to submit illustrations to be used in these future books.
There's also an interview about the eBook in this official blog post.
Are you a fan of Child of Light that'll check this out?
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Awesome, already downloaded, Child of Light is a great game, I wish in the future we got a sequel.
I'm going to hold off, I think, in the hopes that when all these are released, we'll also get a hardcover edition.
I need to finish the game 1st before seeing this book.
That's neat. Unlike Ubisoft, the Ubiart guys know what's up!
I truly enjoyed this game, though I wish the writing had been just a little better. The rhyming dialog was a bold choice, but one that didn't hold up very well throughout the length of the game. I think to make that kind of thing work, you would need to spend a substantial amount of time on the writing, and you would need some really good writers. It would make the game a nightmare for localization. I often wonder if the writing worked a little better in French, since the studio was Ubisoft Montreal.
If they did take a French Government grant to develop Ubiart (On the assumption it would be released for anybody to use to further art) that is about as scummy as you can get.
(If they planned to do that but never took the money that is different).
Maybe that would redeem them a bit in my eyes.
Then later they'll do a console download for this cross platform skipping the WiiU.
Wished they released good games,not better yet not broken ones.
Child of Light was my GOTY, and this was really great, looking forward to the others, and I hope we'll get a print release
That was cute, but some things seem off. This takes place years after the game ends, right? Then...
SPOILER DOWN HERE
SPOILERLICIOUS SPOILER SPOILER Why is Aurora still a child? The dragon girl(forgot her name) should have grown up a bit as well, yet she looks like she's still a little girl. I guess her species could age slowly, but then how do you explain Aurora being a child again?
There are also a couple of typos.
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