Comments on: Another World: Studio Ghibli’s CG video game

By: ZAR

ZAR — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:43:08 +0000

No PC-version?

Well, I will watch the cut scenes and maybe some game play or a playthrough on YouTube and Sony/Nintendo can get their cash from someone else.

By: FlipFlop

FlipFlop — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:31:49 +0000

I’m not a fan of the anime-style but the in-game-graphics are not bad at all. The faces are very static which makes them a bit strange in 3d and the heads looks like if they are too large for their bodies. But I must hand it to them they did an ok job with converting 2d characters into 3d.

By: Taikaw

Taikaw — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:06:26 +0000

I’ve never been a Ghibli fan due to character design, but this actually looks pretty ok. I kinda want to see a Kingdom Hearts Ghibli version though.

By: MadRat

MadRat — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:19:04 +0000

OK, it’s not a prefect copy of a hand-drawn cartoon but I’m impressed how close it got considering this is rendering in real time on a video game console. The music is very cinematic and the atmosphere is amazing.

erlab: Not everything Miyazaki has done is original. Just off the top of my head, the early TV series Future Boy Conan, later the Anne of Green Gables series and Howl’s Moving Castle film were all based on English language, childrens’ novels.

robcat2075: You have a very good point. The fight scenes are almost like the actual game pauses and different game with similar characters and backgrounds starts up.

By: Andy Norton

Andy Norton — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:21:43 +0000

I can understand why people seem excited about this. But as I’m not big on RPGs, I might be tempted to not invest in this game too heavily.

But it might open other gaming opportunities for the Ghibli studio. So it might be interesting to see another studio, renowned for its animated work, to make or contribute to games jn this manner.

By: Pete Bangs

Pete Bangs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:03:40 +0000

I’ll buy this for my daughter and play it myself. Epic Mickey I’ll be buying for me.

By: Chris Sobieniak

Chris Sobieniak — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:21:52 +0000

There seems to be that mentality out there though that Studio Ghilbli is Hayao Miyazaki, even though technically it’s a studio rather than just some guy operating under that name, and there are other talented people who work at the studio whom don’t get nearly the same recognition as they should. You should be calling it Ghibli-ish characters rather than Miyazaki ones here if you have to be technical

By: Ryan G

Ryan G — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:54:51 +0000

This looks fantastic, and I will be buying myself a copy of the DS game if it ever gets a translated release. An RPG in the style of Miyazaki characters and environments…that is an absolute win for me!