Famitsu has published the latest in its series of character introduction trailers for Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace’s upcoming Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky. The new video introduces Himuro Suzaku.
Exist Archive is a side-view RPG in the vein of Valkyrie Profile developed by tri-Ace, the developers of Valkyrie Profile. It is set in modern day Tokyo / on the planet Protolexa. One day, an explosion in Tokyo caused by the evil god Yamatoga kills the game’s 12 heroes, including protagonist Kujo Kanata. As a result, those 12 become immortal and harbor within them the soul of the evil god, and get wrapped up in the gods’ quarrels.
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Some games have a rather unusual way of conveying information and taking people on an adventure, and we then see that mechanic mimicked. Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution and GuitarFreaks led to games like Pump It Up and Guitar Hero. Tri-Ace’s Valkyrie Profile is a similar sort. It’s an RPG, but blends in platforming and a more active interface for engaging in attacks. But, as interesting as its ideas were, they didn’t really influence other games at the time. Rather, it took years for other titles to start picking up on the concepts and attempting to integrate them into their own experiences.
It's such a tired concept to have a lot of people get killed on Earth and then be granted immortality by a god, along with massive combat prowess. Exist Archive represents yet another iteration of this incredibly common idea.
