Remember when Namco Bandai announced that free to play game, then called "Project Treasure"? It seems like not much information has been surrounding the release since, yet it's supposedly due out in winter. While there's still lots we don't know about the game (now called Lost Reavers), Famitsu recently conducted an interview with Takashi Otani and Katsuhiro Harada – Producers for the game – and more light was shed on the elusive release.
One of the most interesting things brought up was how this is a project led almost entirely by young staff. Harada said this decision was made to give developers in their twenties and thirties experience in game development, as many of them just get tossed into major projects with little or no previous experience.
Gameplay will be centered around looting treasure from areas and fighting bosses in order to obtain greater rewards. There will be a particular emphasis on co-op, as players carrying treasures or activating switches will leave them vulnerable and entirely dependent on teammates. Lost Reavers recently had a beta test in Japan, and the game will be made free-to-start in order to try to reach a new audience.
What do you think? Does this sound like it might interest you? What do you think of the free-to-start approach? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
Comments (18)
Sounds interesting. I can't wait to try it out.
Totally forgot about this one. No harm in trying it out and it still sounds a bit like Splatoons Rainmaker.
I liked what I saw of the beta so I'll be trying this when it releases.
i'll be looking forward to try this when it comes out.
Holy crap I totally forgot about this game. It never really grabbed my interest but as it's free free to play, there's no harm in trying. Though I must admit I am kinda surprised it hasn't already been released. It feels forever since it was announced.
BETA testing footage looked extremely rough. Graphics were poor and the animations needed work. Since this is an Online game, hopefully they'll improve things over time with money they get from the cash shop.
I like how the characters look. This could turn out all right.
Got my eye on this one. We'll see...
Love loot, love free, so I'll give it a look if it launches. But hasn't this been on development for about 3 years now?
I smell an NX port
Oh, DANG. I forgot this existed! Well, I'll keep tabs on it.
Q) What do you think?
A) Well it's nice to hear that Namco are taking good care of their younger staff and giving them these opportunities.
Q) Does this sound like it might interest you?
A) Let's see here... looting treasures, fighting bosses, co-op; yeah, I like the sound of it. The game looks fun from what I've seen of it so far, and as it's free-to-play, it is at least worth checking out.
Q) What do you think of the free-to-start approach?
A) On the one hand, I like how it allows me to effectively have a demo period. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of digital downloads, and would much prefer to buy the game all at once in a physical format. As we don't know huge amounts about the game so far, seeing this as a upcoming demo seems to be the best mindset for me.
"Online only" and "free-to-start" are two almost surefire ways to make me not interested in a game. That said, this is one of very few Wii U exclusives still on the pipeline, so I'll at least check it out.
Looks good and interesting wonder if they will do a beta like in Japan tho.
I don't have an issue with free-to-start. I think not having demos (or forcing people to demo kiosks when their system is capable of playing the demos) is bad marketing. I would have never touched any Fatal Frame game, but I tried it because it was free-to-start. In fact there is a long history of me purchasing games I tried first via demo. (Resident Evil 4, most Square-Enix games, Metal Gear Solid 1&2).
From the beta the biggest flaw was the lack of voice chat! You can't comand a team with picture texts (zelda triforce) and you can command a team with pre set sentences (mh4) so why oh why have these dam games not got voice chat!
Free or not it's gonna be dead in the water without chat!
One of the very few games on the horizon for any Nintendo system that I'm genuinely excited about, but to my knowledge a western release has not been confirmed.
And with Nintendo's streak lately, I imagine they would force Namco to cover up the blonde. Put her in a nice, zipped up leather jacket instead. And of course the Japanese girl needs to be at least 18 years old, musn't forget that.
Funny...i JUST remembered about this title yesterday and looked on youtube to see if there were ant updates...sure, it looks rough, but Im a firm believer in gameplay anyway...plus, it was a beta version... always room to improve
I forgot I was hyped about this game. I have to keep a better eye on this one.
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