Product Description
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We have seen many SRPGs in our time. Some were extraordinary and
some were not so great. Though most SRPGs make you grind through
their battle system to power up your characters, Sakura Wars
revolutionizes this by combining Sim elements into the SRPG. No
longer shall the game dictate what the player should experience.
Instead, Sakura Wars allows the player to choose their own
destiny. The player’s human interactions affect the story and
power up the characters.
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Sakura Wars: So Long My Love is a single player strategy
role-playing game (SRPG) and the first game in the popular
Japanese Sakura Wars franchise to be released in North America.
The game features both an exciting and fast-paced mech/air battle
system and a unique, sim-based storyline. This in-depth storyline
allows for character interaction that plays a major role in the
progression of game action as interactions with various
characters in the game can ultimately change the story content
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Fight to save NYC as Shinjiro Taiga.
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. Story
New York City has always been the focal point of the American
experiment. Since colonial times it has served as a melting pot,
but recently more than just the "huddled masses yearning to
breath free" have established a foothold in the Big Apple. Along
with peoples and influences from all over the world it has also
accumulated masses of relics and artifacts not meant to exist in
proximity to each other, resulting in malignant energies from the
past. But New Yorkers are not alone in the coming struggle. The
Star Division has long battled such forces around the world, and
now they have come to the New World. Officially titled the New
York Combat Revue, Star Division, this diverse group of covert
operatives uses their front as an all female troupe of Broadway
performers headquartered at the Littlelip Theater as a front to
protect the people of the city. The latest member to join the
team from the Tokyo branch is Shinjiro Taiga. Being a young man,
he is not quite what the other members of Stars Division expected
and as such must prove himself, but filled with hopes and dreams
he is determined to fight for justice. To be successful he will
have to build relationships within his new team and learn to
fight with them.
Gameplay
Sakura Wars: So Long My Love is a strategy RPG. Gameplay is
split between two modes: Adventure Mode and Battle Mode. In
Adventure Mode Shinjiro explores the Littlelip Theater and
greater New York City, interacting with other members of the Star
Division and various other characters in a variety of ways,
including timed and untimed dialog and action selections and
on-screen manipulations using controller analog sticks. In
addition, players take part in events such as Broadway shows.
Depending on your interactions with team members, their "Trust"
in you will change. If this change is positive the player will
form "Bonds" with the respective team member, which will affect
skills, abilities and possibilities in battle.
Battle Mode features a strategic real-time RPG battle system in
which players control up to six team members in ground and aerial
combat with the goal of destroying enemies. Ground combat takes
place using mechanized suits referred to as STARS (Super
Telekinetic Assault Robots). Every STARS unit in the game can
transform from a battle mech into a jet fighter during combat,
depending on the situation. Once transformed, weapons and
movement methods will change accordingly. For example, the hero’s
ground mode utilizes a as his main weapon, but in jet mode
he will use long-range missiles. In coordinating attacks with
team members players can adopt differing strategies which utilize
fluctuating as of mobility, hit points and healing
abilities. Each character also has access to unique Super Attacks
that can be unleashed. Focused joint attacks can also be enacted
by two or more characters which have built sufficient bonds
between them in Adventure Mode. Additional features available
include the ability to take, save and collect in-game photos,
hidden secret events and a quiz game.
Key Game Features
* Anime-style storytelling featuring tons of anime movie scenes.
* Adventure Mode allowing the player to explore New York City and
build relationship with in-game AI teammates.
* A strategy RPG battle system allowing for coordinated control
of a team of diverse female fighters, each operating mechanized
battlesuits that can fight both on the ground and in the air.
* High replay value through the various different endings
possible, each of which hinges on the bonds created between
characters in-game.
* Additional in-game activities and functionality including
Broadway performances with AI Stars teammates., in-game photo
functionality, secret events and a quiz game.
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Build bonds with teammates.
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Ground-based combat.
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And battles in the air.
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Character specific mechs
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- Additional in-game activities and functionality including Broadway performances with AI Stars teammates, in-game photo functionality, secret events and a quiz game..
- Anime-style storytelling featuring tons of anime movie scenes..
- Adventure Mode allowing the player to explore New York City and build relationship with in-game AI teammates..
- A strategy RPG battle system allowing for coordinated control of a team of diverse female fighters, each operating Mech battlesuits that can fight both on the ground and in the air..
- High replay value through the various different endings possible, each of which hinges on the bonds created between characters in-game..