Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars

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Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (CONCEPTIONII 七星の導きとマズルの悪夢, Konsepushon Tsū: Nanahoshi no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu?, lit. Conception II: Guidance of Seven Stars and Muzzle’s Nightmare) is a Japanese role-playing video game by Spike Chunsoft for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita platforms. It is a sequel to Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure!, which was not released in English. Conception II was released in Japan on August 22, 2013, and is scheduled for release in early 2014 in North America. Conception II is a role-playing video game with turn-based battles. The game has been compared to the Persona series of video games. Conception II was first announced in March 2013 as a sequel to the original Conception game in April 2012. While the original was for the PlayStation Portable, the sequel was announced for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita platforms. The game's story was revealed to be roughly twice the size of the original. It was r...

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  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
    Firion Hope
    10 years ago
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    Yay the demo is finally out!! Here are my extended thoughts on it (warning they're long!), but my TL;DR is that it's absolutely fantastic and worth at least checking out the demo for sure. Despite some people saying otherwise it is a lot like Persona and if you like it or just good JRPGs then this would probably be right up your alley

    SpoilerThe demo covers at least a couple hours worth of content, easily more if you explore side things. You start at the beginning of the actual game and data will carry over into the full game. Fair warning though the demo abruptly ends without warning the second time you beat the boss of the demo dungeon, and you can't carry on from there, you have to start all over. It's really dumb and they could have easily let you keep playing without advancing the story anymore so be careful. With that note out of the way-

    First off it looks GORGEOUS. Seriously on a technical level this is quite possibly the best looking Vita game yet. As soon as the badass intro started playing I was stunned. And it looks good no matter what part of the game it is, the wonderful cut scenes, conversations whether they be 2D or 3D, battle or the dungeon. It all looks great. And on top of that the art style is wonderful, the colors are bright and vibrant and give off a lovely neon feel. The weapon and character designs are simply awesome, as it much of the tech. And theres some really good animation and cool sailor moon type transformations for you and the heroines which are a treat each time (and also skippable if you're not a fan)

    And it doesn't just look great either, it feels great at least on the Vita version. The FPS is very high and completely solid, never experienced any drops. Loading times are next to non existent, you jump straight into battle and straight out without any of it which is what helps make the game feel great and fluid

    The soundtrack is worth mentioning aswell. It's got heavy electronic themes with some pop style thrown in. The music and sound effects are clear and crisp and very catchy. The VA and dialog can be a bit cheesy at times but never to the point of being overly bad, it just might not be what you initially expect

    Although it's hard to be definitive about story considering it's just the demo what little is there seems to be interesting. The lore is quite fleshed out and seems to combine magic and technology well. Basically you're a gifted person capable of using a form of whats best described as magic to defeat monsters which are somehow created from mankinds desires.

    Although its too early to see if they're well developed the characters all showed unique interesting traits and personalities right away so there's some promise. Even the main character you play as seems to be somewhat of his own character with his own motivations despite the fact you can pick some of your dialog choices. I'm curious as to how this will be fleshed out in the full game

    Gameplay Ill split into two sections, in dungeon and out of dungeon, of which it seems its up to you how much time youll dedicate to each

    Out of dungeons youll be in a island city town which you navigate by selecting where you want to go. Theres numerous different places like a item shop, dorm where you can change equipment and save or a training ground where you can revisit dungeons for exp, or the academy. Each day it seems you can spend time with 3 people, usually these will be certain females who go to the same academy. But theres also a handful of males you can spend time with and sometimes other types of events happen or happen in different places, but none of those other types were in the demo from what I gathered. Once you've gone through your allotted amount of people you can either go home and rest, go to a dungeon, or advance the story to get more

    During these events you can select dialog options, if you select something the other character likes theyll be happy and your bond will grow deeper and vica verca. These bonds are very important because they influence your star children, which are essentially allies who help you in battle of MANY different kinds of classes. They're created by "classmating" with one of your female allies which is a magical ritual where you hold hands and think loving thoughts creating a new star child, with the main indicator of how strong itll be is how close you are to said friend. It's cute and fun but it's almost a little too innocent, fading to black almost immediately

    You select one of your classmates and a selection of star children to go with you into a dungeon. Dungeons are randomly generated and change each time you revisit them. Theres items traps and other things both good and bad along with monsters you can see and choose whether to engage. One weird note is that the floor is very blurry and seems low res, it may be patched out later. Also the star children and heroine have trouble following close behind you though it doesn't really matter because monsters don't notice them and they never get so far away so as to not show up in battle

    Once you're in battle you may be at an advantage or disadvantage depending on how you approached the enemy in the dungeon. There are elemental affinities with a rock paper scissors type deal except a little more complex and with 7 elements in play and also position based weakness (EG most monsters are weak from behind, normal from the sites and strong from the front. The same applies to you). The gameplay revolves around you+a heroine and up to 3 teams of 3 star children each taking advantage of these facts while trying not to have the same happen to you. You also get rewarded if you do attack from a side where they're strong \ through increased EXP and money after battle, it's a risk reward system.

    Thats not to mention many other features like star children's class combinations opening up special attacks or boosting certain attacks, or combining to form mechs or dual team attack/defense bonuses and a lot more. Theres a TON of depth here and it's impossible to cover it all without writing a short novel, but I expect it to get very challenging later on even if it never reaches this level in the demo

    However the game itself does a VERY good job of explaining everything to you without overloading you. There's a tutorial for almost everything that you can go back and read at any time. There's also tons of quality of life settings like an auto battle, being able to rewind dialog and hear it again, skipping cut scenes if desired, auto slaying monsters far weaker than you and much more. Additionally you can go back and rewatch any cutscene or read detailed info on any monster you've encountered so far info on events and etc. You can save almost anywhere which is perfect for a handeld game

    One last thing worth mentioning is there seems to be some form of inter connectivity with other players as you can classmate with them at a certain spot and it hinted that more multiplayer esque features would be there in the full game. Also the demo froze on me once and I lost a few minutes of progress which was frustrating but it could have been a fluke

    So my conclusion is that the demo is amazing and my expectations were blown away. If it's any indication of the quality in the full game then I highly suggest keeping an eye on Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars because it very well may be a fantastic JRPG
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      Editing … Awesome preview! Tons of useful info here and, once again, I'm interested in seeing how the end product will hold up. Hopefully this game will deliver! You've done such a fine job with this write-up that I hope we'll see more of these from you in the future.
      10 years ago Heart 1
    • Firion Hope
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      Editing … aww thank you <3 Ill definitely do more in stuff that Im interested in, if I feel I have relevant info to add. I did forget to mention its very very easy to the point of being able to autibattle everything, but its literally the beginning of the game so Its kind of to be expected
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  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
    Firion Hope
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    Rest of the character trailers are out

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjLDHmxOKs

    https://www.youtube.com/user/AtlusUSA/videos

    Christina Vee seems to be doing Serina, and the lady who does Aegis from Persona seems to be doing Narika which is awesome. The demos coming out next time the Ps store updates (this upcoming Tuesday) so Ill give my in depth thoughts then. Until then though I'm still super excited and hopeful!
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
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    10 years ago
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    I was bored and so I did some digging and apparently this game reviewed pretty well!

    http://gematsu.com/2013/08/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1283

    PS sorry for posting about it so much :P
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
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    First character trailer!

    A bunch coming out the next few weeks so keep an eye on the channel if interested

    oh and guys you can classmate with me anytime ;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCzEDQdcuok
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
    Firion Hope
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    Time to try out the demo!

    "For all of you desperate to try Conception II, we have a date for you: March 25! When that day rolls around, fire up the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS or PlayStation Store for PS Vita and you can download the demo to the device of your choice! The demo will give you a taste for the game's unique dungeon crawling and interaction with the heroines (and y'know...introduce you to the some of the core mechanics of the game).

    So mark that day down in your calendars! Huh? "Will my save file transfer when I purchase/unlock the full game," you ask? Oh it will. And then some. If you persevere through the demo and transfer your save file, we've got a special prize in store for you: You'll get some in-game goodies to help you out early on!

    March 25! Don't miss it!"

    http://www.atlus.com/conception2/
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
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    http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/02/14/where-do-babies-come-from-conception-ii-on-ps-vita

    Theres going to be over 30 classes and you divide up into 3 teams of 3 and one team of 2 basically however you want. Theres also hereditary stats and abnormalities with your "social links" effecting growth, like persona X pokemon. Theres skills that effect you outside of battle, and it seems you have to balance out some sort of boost you get for having multiple classes of the same type together with having all your bases covered.

    This just looks better and better to me, the gameplay looks really deep and strategic with elements of quite a few different JRPGs mixed in. Having that many classes and dealing with team compisitions and hereditary stuff and combo moves and combining to form mechs and shit, so much to think about. Im super hype!
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
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    One more thing, gifs of all the girls with descriptions. It shall be a hard choice....

    http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/14/conception-ii-rpg-intros-its-seven-heroines-with-animated-gifs
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
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    New Teaser Trailer thats age locked for some reason o_O I cant wait to get this game

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbZQSHvcdJI
  • Firion Hope Firion Hope
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    This game just keeps sounding better and better

    http://www.destructoid.com/atlus-baby-making-rpg-earns-an-m-rating-from-esrb-269207.phtml
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