When Star Ocean: The Second Story R was revealed, some might have thought that the sport is utilizing an HD-2D artwork model like Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy. But whereas the 2 are comparable in some methods, they’re really totally different.
Producer and director Yuichiro Kitao clarified issues in a latest interview with Famitsu. Kitao defined that the backgrounds “have been made with actual time 3D, and the characters have been drawn with a particular shader in a approach that actually sticks within the participant’s reminiscence.”
Here’s our full translation:
“The visible model on this recreation, as you stated, is totally different to a standard HD-2D title. The backgrounds on the planet weren’t pixelated, however as a substitute have been made with actual time 3D, and the characters have been drawn with a particular shader in a approach that actually sticks within the participant’s reminiscence.
The recreation was developed in a technique to introduce pixel artwork characters into the present surroundings of expansive 3D worlds, giving them an actual sense of present within the modern-age, whereas additionally feeling nostalgic, and with visuals that introduced out the finer particulars of cherished reminiscences of grand adventures.”
Star Ocean: The Second Story R launches for Switch on November 2, 2023.
