[04/11] Square Enix 1st Production Dept. Developing Action RPG For PS3 and Vita

[Linnaete]

PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita are the targets for a new action RPG from Square Enix's elite 1st Production Department, the group that makes Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts.

A couple of job listings mention three points about the game:

• Hardware is Vita and PS3
• Genre is Action RPG
• Development Engine is Unity

One listing is for a planner to do work related to player character growth and customization, including job properties, ability properties, a growth system, and a customization system.

Another listing, asks for planners to work on gameplay over a 3D field. The job consists of creating play elements for flying an airship over a world map, and planning gameplay for within an air ship, including things like inn functionality, customization elements and checking up on game progress.

Given that this game uses the Unity Engine, it's presumably unrelated to the Square Enix action RPG that was announced last week for the Unreal Engine.

The job listings do not list the company that is hiring for the project. Rather than Square Enix, it may be an external contractor. However, the listings do specifically refer to the game as a new project from Square Enix's 1st Production Department.

Source: Andriasang

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This game uses the Unity Engine, the other unannounced medieval action RPG uses Unreal. This is why the two titles may be unrelated. Take this with some scoops of salt for now, but one look at the word "Unity" and uhh, it's a questionable choice of an engine. It's usually used for smaller-scale games more suitable for mobile, browser and downloadable projects. Sooo...a PSN title perhaps?

 

[Gabe]

I'll be impressed when they release a good trailer in about 6 years.

 

[Ohri-Jin]

So it might be a psn title, I'm glad to hear tht cause I want FF titles. I dont want SE to focus on big projects other than FF and KH_

 

[King of Baron]

Rumour is it's Final Fantasy Type-1.

 

[Steve-O]

guys put your heads on.... action rpg, playstation only, unity engine ( a engine that don't have the most amazing graphics) made by first production team... hello am describing kingdom hearts XD we could maybe have kingdom hearts 3 here just maybe

 

[Linnaete]

Using the Unity Engine is interesting like I said, in that it's usually used for smaller scale games, usually for browsers and for iOS. It could be a Type-1, but I doubt it. It would seem like a step back from Type-0, and some new random Kingdom Hearts spinoff (for the love of God...) would seem more likely.

I just hope this is a new IP. I'm sick of seeing countless spinoff games under the Final Fantasy name be constantly churned out - to the point that the label has been diluted more than anything. I encourage things like Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (as long as you don't give a game a name as ridiculous as that) and new IPs give me some hope that we may get to see something a little more interesting than the usual games of established franchises.

I still suggest some kind of downloadable game. I'm interested to see where they go with this, and what they can do with a relatively simpler engine and presumably without all that money and time to dedicate to making shiny graphics and CGI.