DHGF: Project X Zone is more than a piece of fan service for Sega, Namco Bandai and Capcom fans. It’s also an exceptionally well done tactical RPG that eschews the usual battle system for this genre with one that is more timing based. The end result is a really fun game where you have to pay far more attention to every little combat nuance than you would in most RPGs. Think more Shadow Hearts than Final Fantasy. The story is little more than window dressing for the battles or excuses to have John McClaine, Chun-Li and Morrigan taking on Ayame from Sakura Taisen, or Frank West doing battle against Lord Raptor. The game’s soundtrack is simply amazing, as it takes classics tracks from all the games featured in this title, and the graphics are definitely improved over its DS and PS2 predecessors. The end result is an odd but charming game that is hard to put down. Combat may take a while to get used to, but once you do, you’ll wonder why more RPGs don’t play like this. A great job all-around.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "These days it seems like every game character just has to crossover into another’s game. Just recently we had a bunch Sub-Zero showing up in Injustice 2, Link in Mario Kart 8 and Shovel Knight popping up… well everywhere. And it’s not like this trend is going to end anytime soon, not with games like Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Marvel VS. Capcom: Infinite and Final Fantasy XV getting in on the crossover action. So for this week’s top 10 we’ve decided to countdown the best crossovers in gaming history! The only rule we have is that more that one company has to be involved, so cameo appearances don’t count!"
Koji Ishitani, co-producer of Project X Zone and Project X Zone 2, has left Monolith Soft, the developer announced on Twitter.
“As of the end of last week, on March 31, I resigned from Monolith Soft, which I belonged to for about 16 years,” Ishitani said in a tweet. “I was involved with works from Xenosaga Episode I to Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean to Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED to Project X Zone 2, but to everyone who supported me and worked with me, and above all else to those who played the games, thank you very much!”
Ishitani isn’t the only developer to leave Monolith Soft with the start of the new fiscal year. Project X Zone director Soichiro Morizumi also announced his leave this weekend.
lot of senior Japanese developers leave their companies lately ...what happens?? will they form new ones? will they continue developping for consoles? ...its kind of worrisome
Aoni Production reported on Thursday that voice actress Yuko Mizutani passed away from breast cancer on Tuesday. She was 51.
In video games, Mizutani played Queen Minnie in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, Iris in Project X Zone, and Militsa in Tales of Rebirth, among others.