Topic: Berserk and the Band of the Hawk - Omega Force's "brutal" Warriors game

[JR]

along with it being hard to tell what was happening in the action sequences.

I actually had this problem from time to time reading the manga. Definitely a handful of "what the hell am I looking at??" moments.

[Claimh Solais]

I actually had this problem from time to time reading the manga. Definitely a handful of "what the hell am I looking at??" moments.

I'm really not far enough into the manga to judge that or not. While I know the basic premise of everything up to the current events of the manga, I'm actually still on volume 2. And volume 1 really wasn't action-heavy. lol

EDIT:
New gameplay shown! Shows off both Band of the Hawk and Black Swordsman Guts, both of which seem to have different movesets!

[Claimh Solais]

Griffith gameplay teaser released! Looks real smooooooth.

I'd say the only thing bothering me about this game visually right now is that all the capes look overly starched. The blood effects look gorgeous, though. Japanese website was updated, too, adding the Guts and Griffith teasers to their respective character pages. Guts' page shows he's slated to get another gameplay video, presumably for Berserker Guts.

[zangetsu468]

Griffith looks slightly like Girahim in Hyrule Warriors

[Claimh Solais]

Hope he only looks like him. If he plays like him I'll be very annoyed, lol. Ghirahim, alongside Agitha, are hands down the worst characters I've ever played as in any Warriors game. And I played the first Dynasty Warriors: Gundam and Ken's Rage games.

[zangetsu468]

Hope he only looks like him. If he plays like him I'll be very annoyed, lol. Ghirahim, alongside Agitha, are hands down the worst characters I've ever played as in any Warriors game. And I played the first Dynasty Warriors: Gundam and Ken's Rage games.

I meant more just the rapier style of sword and strike, Griffith seems like his harder hitting attacks cover more area.

[Claimh Solais]

I meant more just the rapier style of sword and strike, Griffith seems like his harder hitting attacks cover more area.

Oh, no, I getcha. I'm just taking a crack at Ghirahim's awful playstyle in Hyrule Warriors. lol

[Claimh Solais]

Wyald officially confirmed as a playable character! Grunbeld, Adon, and Boscogn are also confirmed as non-playable enemies.

[zangetsu468]

Wyald officially confirmed as a playable character! Grunbeld, Adon, and Boscogn are also confirmed as non-playable enemies.

After getting left out of two re-tellings of the Golden Age Arc, that's surprising... Wyaldly surprising

[Claimh Solais]

Producer Hisashi Koinuma was interviewed a bit here. Talks about what prompted him and the staff to work on a Berserk game, as well as how he wants it to remain faithful to its source material, despite some censorship needing to be in place (to avoid a CERO Z rating in Japan and an AO rating in America). It's implied the sexual themes are going to be toned down here but we'll get the violence and gore fully intact, and the other way around for Japan.

[Claimh Solais]

Two new gameplay teasers released! This time, for Casca and Judeau!

[Claimh Solais]

Schierke gameplay trailer!

[Claimh Solais]

Interview with Koinuma about the game, revealing some info on it.

Cliffnotes here for those who don't want to click the link:

-A number of playable characters from across the manga are planned, though they won't reveal how many just yet.
-Omega Force decided to do a Berserk/Musou crossover due to Koinuma and many of the staff being huge Berserk fans.
-They decided to bring it overseas due to the fact that all their other games were coming west anyway, along with the fact that the 2016 anime is being released in the west as well.
-They chose to make a Musou-styled game because fans in Japan have been asking for one. Aside from this, the 2016 anime studio specifically asked for it to be a Musou-styled game, and Koinuma agreed since Berserk fits the mold quite well.
-The game will cover everything from the Golden Age Arc to the end of the Falcon of the Millenium Empire arc. (It's likely going to cover the Black Swordsman Arc, as well, but they just listed it in chronological order.)
-Violence and gore will be censored in the Japanese version but will be in full force in the west. On the flipside, the sexual content might be censored in the west but be in full force in the Japanese version.
-Boss battles will differ from the usual Musou gameplay, in that you will be fighting the boss alone, focusing on the fight, requiring you to strategize and dodge, etc.
-No official confirmation on which platforms will be localized, though trailers show that only PS4, Vita, and Steam are coming to the west (while in Japan they have PS3, PS4, and Vita).
-Koinuma wants to add in a playable character that no one will be expecting.

[zangetsu468]

A playable character no one will expect... Puck?

[Claimh Solais]

Nosferatu Zodd gameplay trailer!

Also, Berserk will be at TGS 2016, alongside Nioh and other games. Toukiden 2, Atelier Firis, Nights of Azure 2, and Samurai Warriors: Sanada Maru were all confirmed for western release as well.