Sands of Destruction (AKA World Destruction) US announcement and NEW screens

http://ds.ign.com/articles/937/937556p1.html

December 10, 2008 - SEGA of America, Inc. announced today that the exclusive Nintendo DS™ title, Sands of Destruction™, will be releasing in North America. Critically acclaimed in Japan and gaining recognition through the television anime World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokuni™, gamers will experience an action-packed story featuring a unique range of characters, a gorgeous artistic atmosphere and an intense RPG battle system.

"We are very excited to bring this original RPG to the U.S.," states Yoichi Shimosato, producer of Sands of Destruction. "Our very talented team is eager to showcase the unique world and gameplay experience of Sands of Destruction and they firmly believe we have created an RPG world that can be enjoyed by everyone."

In Sands of Destruction, a race of powerful beastmen known as the Ferals rule over the human population with tyranny and prejudice. A group of warriors, the World Annihilation Front, believe their only option for ending the corruption of the Ferals is to end the world as they know it. This intense game puts gamers in control of an intriguing cast of characters including the crusading Morte Ashera as well as Kyrie Illunis, who unknowingly holds the key to global destruction. Gamers will explore a fantastic world, traveling across oceans of sand, battling colossal enemy monsters and unraveling the mystery of the creation of the world.

"SEGA is excited to be bringing this innovative, engaging IP to Nintendo DS," states Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing for SEGA of America, Inc. "With the incredible talent and vision of the development team, Sands of Destruction promises to deliver the next epic RPG experience to gamers everywhere."

Featuring an all-star team of Japanese RPG developers, Sands of Destruction utilizes the upper and lower DS screens for its dynamic battle system, including major boss battles where elite monsters take up both DS screens. Mixing traditional turn-based tactics with fighting game mechanics to create an intense gameplay experience, Sands of Destruction also features an innovative "Quip system" where characters utter inspiring battle commands that enhance abilities and boost attributes to give them various advantages during battle. As the story unfolds new battle commands will be discovered and gamers will be able to customize the different commands to each character.

Sands of Destruction will be released in fall 2009, exclusively for Nintendo DS™.

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I almost forget the DS is region free sometimes, that's cool, if it's good I'll import it :)EuroMafia

[QUOTE="EuroMafia"]I almost forget the DS is region free sometimes, that's cool, if it's good I'll import it :)ASK_Story

Never heard of the series until now. Looks pretty interesting. FallofAthens

[QUOTE="FallofAthens"]Never heard of the series until now. Looks pretty interesting. ASK_Story

Well, I meant I never heard of the Anime it's based off of. Sorry.

[QUOTE="ASK_Story"][QUOTE="FallofAthens"]Never heard of the series until now. Looks pretty interesting. FallofAthens

Well, I meant I never heard of the Anime it's based off of. Sorry.

Actually, the anime is based off the game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Destruction_episodes

I remember that game wiping the floor against kitn on opening week in September.

I do wish it well.

looks interesting, whats the combat like?

EDIT: nevermind, read some the post

Sweet. have the JPN version but ts extremely text heavy, really want to understand the story.

Sweet. have the JPN version but ts extremely text heavy, really want to understand the story.

-Oath

Silly Oath, text is for kids!

Import games that have good technical value or detailed tutorial, that way you can actually enjoy your product.

[QUOTE="-Oath"]

Sweet. have the JPN version but ts extremely text heavy, really want to understand the story.

SirSpudly

Silly Oath, text is for kids!

Import games that have good technical value or detailed tutorial, that way you can actually enjoy your product.

Im a good 20 hous in now and Ive progressed through the story a bit aswell. This game is DIFFICULT! It gets painfully hard after awhile.

[QUOTE="SirSpudly"][QUOTE="-Oath"]

Sweet. have the JPN version but ts extremely text heavy, really want to understand the story.

-Oath

Silly Oath, text is for kids!

Import games that have good technical value or detailed tutorial, that way you can actually enjoy your product.

Im a good 20 hous in now and Ive progressed through the story a bit aswell. This game is DIFFICULT! It gets painfully hard after awhile.

I've heard Sega is considering lowering the encounter rate for the North American version of the game so that could help smooth it out a bit.

[QUOTE="SirSpudly"][QUOTE="-Oath"]

Sweet. have the JPN version but ts extremely text heavy, really want to understand the story.

-Oath

Silly Oath, text is for kids!

Import games that have good technical value or detailed tutorial, that way you can actually enjoy your product.

Im a good 20 hous in now and Ive progressed through the story a bit aswell. This game is DIFFICULT! It gets painfully hard after awhile.

[QUOTE="-Oath"][QUOTE="SirSpudly"]

Silly Oath, text is for kids!

Import games that have good technical value or detailed tutorial, that way you can actually enjoy your product.

meiaman

Im a good 20 hous in now and Ive progressed through the story a bit aswell. This game is DIFFICULT! It gets painfully hard after awhile.

I agree with you in that I love a good challenge.. but when that challenge is getting through super frequent random battles i'd rather not haha. Hopefully they make them less frequent but more challenging during the actual battles.

[QUOTE="meiaman"][QUOTE="-Oath"]

Im a good 20 hous in now and Ive progressed through the story a bit aswell. This game is DIFFICULT! It gets painfully hard after awhile.

piratedrunk

I agree with you in that I love a good challenge.. but when that challenge is getting through super frequent random battles i'd rather not haha. Hopefully they make them less frequent but more challenging during the actual battles.

[QUOTE="meiaman"][QUOTE="-Oath"]

Im a good 20 hous in now and Ive progressed through the story a bit aswell. This game is DIFFICULT! It gets painfully hard after awhile.

piratedrunk

I agree with you in that I love a good challenge.. but when that challenge is getting through super frequent random battles i'd rather not haha. Hopefully they make them less frequent but more challenging during the actual battles.

[QUOTE="piratedrunk"]

[QUOTE="meiaman"] Great, i really love hard rpgs, judging the book by the cape, i think i this will be on my top 5 easily. Take that "FF IV is too hrad!!!11!1!" complainers, go learn how to play and we will talk later. :Pmeiaman

I agree with you in that I love a good challenge.. but when that challenge is getting through super frequent random battles i'd rather not haha. Hopefully they make them less frequent but more challenging during the actual battles.

Well its not that there's alot of encounters, its more along the lines of you get to the new area and enimies can kill you in 3 hits opposed to the 11 the old enemies did. Its pretty rediculous...

But in othe news, Im playing 7th Dragon now (from the makers of Etrian Odyssey) and this game is freakin brilliant. The 2.5D graphics are the best Ive seen in a long time and the overall art/menu/enviorment style is beautiful. Probably the best RPG Ive played in a while.... AND its easier than Etrian Odyssey.

Oh my mistake I had heard there were heaps of enounters and that was the only realy complaint i heard about the game. But if the overall difficulty is just high then sweet.

This game will NOT come with a pre-order bonus. >_>

[QUOTE="meiaman"][QUOTE="piratedrunk"] Yeah, high random encounter rate is very annoying, i like hard games with hard bosses and enemies, but faking the difficulty by placing enemies every two steps is just irritating.-Oath

Well its not that there's alot of encounters, its more along the lines of you get to the new area and enimies can kill you in 3 hits opposed to the 11 the old enemies did. Its pretty rediculous...

But in othe news, Im playing 7th Dragon now (from the makers of Etrian Odyssey) and this game is freakin brilliant. The 2.5D graphics are the best Ive seen in a long time and the overall art/menu/enviorment style is beautiful. Probably the best RPG Ive played in a while.... AND its easier than Etrian Odyssey.

Oh my mistake I had heard there were heaps of enounters and that was the only realy complaint i heard about the game. But if the overall difficulty is just high then sweet.

piratedrunk

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