The Official Legend of Legacy Thread

[darksnowman]

 

Developer: Furyu (Unchained Blades)

Director: Masataka Matsuura (ex Level-5, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky)

Character Design: Ryu Hirao (Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy XII)

Artist: Tomomi Kobayashi (SaGa)

Writer: Masato Kato (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears, Baten Kaitos, Mana series, Ninja Gaiden and more)

Composer: Masashi Hamauzu (Various Final Fantasy games amongst others)

 

The game is set in the world of Avalon, a holy land just recently awakened from a period of slumber. The player may chose from seven playable characters to control in the game, including Meurs, an Elementalist; Bianca, a girl with amnesia; Liber, a treasure hunter; Garnet, a knight for the church; Owen, a mercenary; Eloise, an alchemist; and Filmia, a frog prince.

 

 

The Legend of Legacy Is About Exploring A Legendary Island Left Behind By The Gods

 

According to the site, after a number of people went in search of a legend, the continent known as Avalon, which had once disappeared, has reawakened. The site says that it still remains unknown whether there will be stairs that lead to paradise or a door that leads to the abyss. The story is about the truth about what was left behind by the old gods.

 

Ten years prior, a mysterious island suddenly surfaced in the distant northern sea. According to legends, this place was once called Avalon, a giant island big enough to be classified as a continent, a place that had a country where the gods once lived and prospered.

 

Since then, many adventurers and researchers have gone to explore the island, but due to Avalon’s peculiar landform and monsters, research and exploration hasn’t made much progress.

 

According to early explorers, they saw “spirits” in Avalon. While these spirits can’t normally be seen by humans, they are plainly visible on this island for some unknown reason. While there are many opinions as to just why this is, a common theory says that it could be due to the “inherited” power left behind by the gods.

 

Each part of Avalon has a numerous amount of tools and buildings left behind, which one wouldn’t expect to see in a regular civilization. Perhaps they hold the key to why these spirits are visible to those who visit the island.

 

One of the legends about Avalon revolves around the “Star Graal” (grail). The Star Graal is one of the properties left behind by the gods, that is said to grant “eternity” to its owner, which is speculated to be the secret to immortality.

 

Due to the rumors about the Star Graal and its ability to grant immortal life, it’s one of the factors that many adventurers have traveled to Avalon in hopes of amassing riches from the grail. However, one has yet to see the Star Graal, and thus, it still remains a legend.

 

The town of Initium is located on the south end of Avalon, and is currently its only town. It’s the home base for adventurers that seek various legends, and many adventurers travel here day and night.

 

The lord who lives in a building on top of the hill actually was the first person to discover Avalon island, and is a self-proclaimed “Adventure King”. It took him ten years to build the town of Initium.

Siliconera

 

 

Trailer from when it was called Project Legacy. The backgrounds are all hand drawn and have a little 'grow in' effect on them. Seems annoying at first but people that have played the Japanese version (released there in January this year) commented that you stop noticing it after a while. This game has massive pedigree based on those involved so should, in theory, be quite something. One criticism I've read is the NG+ mightn't be so great, however, they are tweaking things based on feedback from the Japanese release so you never know what will change. LoL is confirmed for Q1 2016 for us here in Europe and it has NO DLC!

 

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/legendoflegacy/world.html