LoE : Game Info / Chara. Nominations

I\'ve decided to post this topic a little early in case I don\'t make it back online until late tomorrow (er... today).  So here\'s some information regarding the new Legacy of Emotion, and at the bottom of this post I\'ll describe how you can nominate members for Playable Character (PC) roles in the game.


Story Information
Those of you familiar with my previous attempt already know the story, sans a few changes I made in order to smooth some things out.  Newbies may find the plot a little amusing, but trust me, it works.  

The game takes place in a kingdom currently ruled by King Bjorn himself.  This kingdom is but one of many within the Sony Republic, and for centuries the population has been set at ease, only disrupted by minor invasions from the lands of Microsoft, Sega, and Nintendo throughout the years.  Wars would engage and lives would be lost, but such was life on this world.  Only now, something would change.

Darkness blooms over the sky as a new invasion readies itself to begin.  Masses of mindless drones, known as Fanboys, are born from the ignorance that infects the planet.  Now they stand, infused with forged feelings of undying dedication for one of the republics.  Armies of Sega, Microsoft, and Nintendo zealots rise to unprecedented heights, and today they all take notice of one single power:  Emotion.  With greed in their hearts and undead loyalty in their minds, Fanboys march towards the Sony Republic with sole intentions of obtaining this ultimate power.  It begins.

Game Information

• Up to 10 (?) playable characters, with a maximum party size of 3 characters.
• Custom Battle System - A side-view system with a couple new elements thrown into the mix, including the Emotion gauge, Item Potency, and Unite Attacks.
• Custom Menu System - Nothing entirely new here, except for maybe the Objectives menu which should help players keep track of quests and such.
• Custom War System - Still in the planning stages, this will allow you to control your own army on a battlefield.
• Side Quests / Mini-games - No details on this area just yet.
• Unique Skill Learning - All skills are learned in different ways, forcing the player to experiment in order to acquire higher-level techniques.

More features will be listed later on.

Release Date
I\'m not even going to try and set one, because I always end up delaying the game.  Don\'t expect it to be finished anytime before next summer, but with enough help, I may not have to push it back much farther than that.  

I will be releasing a demo once I can provide one.  


Playable Character Nominations[/size][/color]
Alright, here it is.  Rather than simply deciding the LoE cast on my own, I\'ve decided to leave it up to the members to choose whom among them will make it into the game as playable characters.  There are a few things I\'d like you to keep in mind, however.

• Choose up to - but no more than - ten different members whom you\'d like to be able to control in LoE.
• Please vote based on a member\'s personality over anything else. Remember that these are the people who you will take control of in (and out) of battle.  You may find that those members with a dynamic and/or unique personality will make better characters and be more fun to control.
• To keep things interesting, please do not vote for yourself.  I\'d like this to be fair, so if you include your own name on your list, I\'ll just ignore that vote.
  
• Even though I\'m making the game, I haven\'t made myself a playable character.  No "free pass" for 182, so if you want to vote for me, go ahead.
• If you aren\'t selected as one of the playable characters, don\'t worry.  As long as you\'re an active member here at PSX2Central, you\'ll make it into the game in some way or another (NPC, most likely).

Once you have a list of 1 - 10 nominations, please post them here.  If you\'d rather not share your votes with the rest of the board, you can PM me your list or contact me at Kyo103 (AIM) or kusanagi102@hotmail.com (email/MSN).

That\'s all for now.  I hope you all take the time to vote, as it will make it easier for me to create a better game.  

If you have any questions or concerns, reply here or contact me via one of the forms described above.

I honestly don\'t know who on this board would make an interesting character.  Hmm... Perhaps Bobbo would because the dialogue for him would just be insulting and insane 90% of the time.  There is not one shred of insight in his giant noggin.  

yes, yes bobbo, make his dialogue funny, insulting and at times......impossible to understand:p

182ways you should be the smart character in the group, hes the creator.

Ryu should be the hero....right?

mm should be the communist member

vivi should be a mage.


ok, those are the members i thought of......forget the reasons if you dont like them, i just added them for comic relief

MM has to be in the game, playable or not, he could be a mute because no one listens to him

Ryu should be the hero....right?

Although that is very flattering, shouldn\'t the hero of an RPG be the person who\'s actually playing the game?  I mean, the character won\'t be named Ryu for long if you can change the name of the character.  Besides, from what it sounds like, if people would enjoy playing with your character, then 182ways will be working with you to try and get a feel for how your character will sound.  At least, that\'s the impression I got.  I could be wrong.

Originally posted by Ryu


Although that is very flattering, shouldn\'t the hero of an RPG be the person who\'s actually playing the game?  I mean, the character won\'t be named Ryu for long if you can change the name of the character.  Besides, from what it sounds like, if people would enjoy playing with your character, then 182ways will be working with you to try and get a feel for how your character will sound.  At least, that\'s the impression I got.  I could be wrong.

no, when i play any rpg i dont change the heros name to suit myself, i like keeping everything the way it should be.....i dont think ive ever changed a characters name......thats just me tho, other people might agree with you.

I wasn\'t actually planning to have a single hero character remain as such throughout the entire game.  Instead, I wanted the story to focus on all of the playable characters, and give each of them a chance to play as "the hero" at different times.  So while the game may begin with you controlling one character, it will later switch over to another scenario and have you controlling someone else.

Also, to (hopefully) increase the replay value, there will be several "branch" decisions that you can make during the game.  What I mean is, sometime\'s you\'ll be given the ability to choose who to control during some scenarios, and therefore choose which scenes you get to see.  For example, let\'s say there\'s a point in the game where you are given two choices:  You can either take control of Ryu as he travels to a foreign village, or you can instead control mm as he raids an enemy camp.  Choosing one scenario means that you don\'t get to see what happens during the other.

Kinda hard to explain exactly, so I\'ll try to include something in the demo that can better illustrate what I mean.

Thanks for all the replies so far, everyone.  Keep \'em coming.

i swear noone reads my posts

Sounds great 182Ways. I\'ll start thinking about people who would make good characters.

can my left nipple be in the game?

no, when i play any rpg i dont change the heros name to suit myself, i like keeping everything the way it should be.....i dont think ive ever changed a characters name......thats just me tho, other people might agree with you.

I\'m the same way, at least my first time through the game.  The second time, I change all the names.  Although, now this is moot becuase he just explained how the system will work so I withdraw my previous comments.  Sounds like we\'ll all be heroes anyways.  

I\'m nominating myself, because I was in the demo from waay back:)

Besides, with a name like CygnusXI you can do so much...

CygnusXI, the eleventh in the line of defenders of the crown, or just an evil villian that likes the XI on his name

[Bobs_Hardware]

Please do justice to the NPC\'s of pstwo and rastalant.  You must include them.. and they must be together.

Clowd has to be in there as well.

^^^But these guys are just people you fight occasionally..

You want the playable characters, you should pick who you like, and if you\'re still stuck, go to the Top 20 Posters section and take your pick of the litter.

Hey, I remember this game way back when.  It was a time when me and Solid Snake 88, as well as 182ways(maybe others) ran a site, it kinda died off after a few months, but it was an awesome game none the less.

As far as character nominations, I suppose Videoholic, Kimarhi, EmperorRob, Ryu, and mm are a few I\'d like to see.

[Kurt Angle]

Put in a spammer.

Then he could defeat enemies by spamming them to death!