We always listen to our audience and investigate what can be done. “The Collector’s Edition has been produced in response to fans’ requests for it to be made available across PAL territories. The collector’s edition is limited to just 2000 units and is available to pre-order today. That is until Zero, the eldest sister, attempts to murder her younger sisters with the help of her dragon companion Mikhail. Drakengard 3 is a prequel to the original Drakengard which sees you transported to a medieval world in which “Intoners” – six goddess-like sisters have brought peace to the earth. Well, I really wasn’t the main producer, just the assistant… so I can’t really say.Square Enix have announced that Europe is getting a collector’s edition of the upcoming game Drakengard 3. Can you tell us anything about the Valkyrie Profile series, have you tried to start a new project within Square Enix. OK, Shiba-san, you successfully got a new Drakengard game in development, and you worked on the original Valkyrie Profile too. Though, if it does happen, it would more than likely be for next gen, the PlayStation 4. It entirely depends on how well part three does. I know it might be too soon to ask, but any thoughts on a possible Drakengard 4? But here, you can charge up, you can lock onto enemies, you can walk on the ground… there’s a lot more you can do that you couldn’t before. Before, you just flew and shot fire, that’s it. In the previous games, you couldn’t even walk on the ground, while mounted on a dragon. We’ve put a lot of focus in improving the aerial gameplay. It’s a very different animal in Drakengard 3. The more one powers up a weapon, the more story it ends up telling during gameplay.Ĭan you talk about the changes to the on dragon gameplay? Is there maneuverability? Much like in Nier, we call our system "weapon story"… meaning, each weapon tells a different story. What other changes differentiate Drakengard 3 from other action RPGs? When it comes to on the ground combat, Drakengard 3 has on the fly weapon switching. Though Sony puts limitations on the size of games, so we have to take that into consideration as well. We are considering it, because many users are interested in such a feature. Will players be able to choose between English and Japanese voices? When you say the script, are we talking about bits of dialogue or actual scenes, like the cut scenes and the like? But, for the script, if there are areas in which it is absolutely necessary, we will make changes. The basic principle is this: we are not planning on making any changes. Will Drakengard 3 be unaltered in the West? Some details were removed in the past for Drakengard. No, the dragon will simply have child-like, characteristics, not behavior.ĭrakengard has in the past dealt with sexually taboo subject matters, and it would appear that the latest continues down that path. But one big difference is how it’s very child like, hence the voice, whom Zero has to protect.Ĭare to elaborate on what you mean? Will it go out of control, like a child sometimes does? I also noticed that Zero’s dragon’s had the voice of a child.ĭragon companions are back in Drakengard 3. Instead of revealing or spoiling anything here… we wanted to let you know that, that sense of sexuality might mostly be conveyed via dialogue rather than her actions. In terms of how we portray the protagonist, there won’t be anything sexual. Are you at all mindful of how Zero will be received in the West? In recent years, primarily in America, there has been a great deal of sensitivity towards how female characters are represented. There is relation, between the worlds of Drakengard 3 and Nier, but I can’t talk about that right now. So part three happens first, then part one, then part two. Speaking of story, can you talk more about how the story in Drakengard 3 connects to Drakengard 1, Drakengard 2, and Nier?
There are still scenes were you can laugh. We don’t want to turn it into a completely dark story. Takamasa Shiba, Producer: We have a good balance of darkness and humor… there’s actually a good bit of the former, in the in-game dialogue for example. Can you please explain what goes into making a dark story that still engrossing, and without making it so dark and foreboding that it turns people off?
I know you can’t go into why Zero wants to kill her sisters at the moment, but it’s clear that the story is quite dark. Siliconera also asked Shiba about editing content in previous Drakengard games and Valkyrie Profile. After producer Takamasa Shiba demoed Drakengard 3, we talked about Zero, the game’s anti-hero who is on a mission to kill her sisters.
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