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    Funded in ~15 hours. I think the Nips were genuinely surprised at the amount of money people in the west are willing to throw at their products. It was the same with Trigger and Little Witch Academia 2 as well. Hopefully they will begin opening up more venues like this for western anime fans, because let's face it, anime and visual novels especially, have been things marketed solely towards Japan for the longest time. They're taking babysteps now with LWA 2, Space Dandy Simulcasting in both America and Japan and now this.

     

    Can't say I'm too surprised about Clannad being funded so fast, it is without a doubt THE most popular Visual Novel in the west, not to mention that anime adaptation has been seen by an ungodly amount of people. It will be a nice addition to the Steam library... Now the question is if I can stomach playing through it again and if they can get some real voice talent for the English version.

     

    Oh well, we'll see... Time to depress people who've watched Clannad.

     

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    Am I the only one who is excited for Valkyria Chronicles being released on Steam tomorrow? I've never played the game on the virtue of it being a PS3 exlcusive, but it looks like a lot of fun... It's my understanding, that it is basically Fire Emblem, set in a World War II esque setting and with some different combat. I know three people in my real life who've played it, two of which are not even fans of Japanese animation or games and they've all told me it is a lot of fun.

     

    I'm just hoping that it doesn't succumb to the usual Japanese otaku pandering bullshit that riddles both animation and video games from Japan.

     

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    The Beta is TBA 2015, God knows how far into 2015 it will be. Which is a shame. I got my hopes up that the closed Beta would be getting invite-waves immediately after Blizzcon, but it seems they only had an Alpha build available to play on the show floor.

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    Just wanted to share this image. Seems like there is at least 3 characters that have been unannounced (the ones on the left). 

     

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    Oh and apparently Blizzard have commented saying that there will be NO GAMEPLAY CUSTOMIZATION (Such as talent trees and so forth), which I am quite happy about. Though they did mention "long-term progression"

     

    It has also been confirmed that Overwatch was made with the scraps of the elusive "Titan Project" that Blizzard had been working on. It supposedly shares similar traits to the intended PvP mode from Titan, though it has morphed into something a lot different in this new incarnation.

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    I don't know what to think about Overwatch honestly.

     

    On one hand, I think its nice to see that Blizzard are branching out and trying something new (for the company). I also find the artstyle they've chosen to be very endearing and truth be told, I can see the potential in Overwatch.

     

    On the other hand, it's another arena-based class shooter with some tiny twists. It's new for Blizzard, but not exactly the new innovation in gaming history. I worry greatly about the development team's ability to balance such a game, considering their limited success with games such as World of Warcraft and to an extent, Starcraft 2. It's not that Blizzard does not have the ability to create a balanced game and World of Warcraft is a bit of an unfair comparison, because that game is vastly bloated with abilities and gimmicky mechanics. That being said, if you've followed Starcraft 2 even a little bit on the competitive level, you will know that Blizzard have become notorious within the Starcraft community because they seem unable to pay even the slightest attention to the issues, that the community brings up. That isn't always a bad thing, but it is definitely a big part of Starcraft 2's extreme stagnation.

     

    As far as I am aware, they haven't said anything official about the payment plan for Overwatch. I assume it will be F2P with a cash shop for cosmetics etc. Unfortunately, that also worries me a bit, especially considering some of the ridiculous items Blizzard have made available for purchase with real life currency in World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm. It's not Pay 2 Win by any means, but in both games they took the immediate leap into butchering any semblance of art direction. It's like Team Fortress, except rather than it happening gradually over years, it was just immediately in the game from the get-go for the sake of cash grab.

     

    I don't want to immediately write the game off and I have already signed up for the beta, but I have serious reservations about it. I'm hoping that Blizzard will be a bit more serious about this new IP, compared to their latest "releases" (Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm (Which is still in testing, I know)). It's clear that those games are meant for a casual audience and as such, I don't really mind the fact that they're riddled with sillyness (Heroes of the Storm specifically), but for me it kills any interest. I don't think worse of anyone for enjoying those games, but I lose interest really fast. So hopefully, Overwatch will be a more serious investment from Blizzard's end in terms of regular content update and balance patches, even outside of the beta.

     

    Edit. Oh and I really liked the look of Reinhardt.

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