This game came out of nowhere, and I saw some scans of it a few days ago, but I just checked out a trailer of the game, and I'm very impressed. It has a very original and interesting battle system where you can interact with the enemies and your friends in different ways. You can knock the enemy over with your shield, or sneak up on them from behind and disarm them so that your partner can take them out. New ideas are always welcomed in rpgs.
The game looks absolutely amazing.








Check out the trailer here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=...wmv&pl=game

I'm very impressed. Definitely getting this if it keeps looking this good.

The suit at the end is the best: Lord of the Rings meets Gundam.

I'm hoping to see more of this game in the coming months; the battle system looks very natural, a combination of real time and turn based action.

I wouldnt expect this game to come out untill at least xmas 2007, but from what i've seen so far it looks like it could be worth the wait, and finally another reason to buy a PS3.

Personally I'm kinda getting sick of all the new ideas being thrown into most RPG's these days. PS2 RPG's are great and all, but all of them try to be so quirky with the battle system and other things that it kinda throws me off from the game.

This game does look visually impressive at least... Can't wait to actually see it in action personally. Is it coming out in america?

As far as I can tell that hasnt been confirmed, but since other Level 5 games have come to the US, such as Dark Cloud and [soon?] Rogue Galaxy, I don't see why not.

As for the gameplay, it actually looks like a generational leap in RPGs, not a quirky take on a the "typical" mechanics. But, obviously the video only shows what they want you to see.

Agree with you here. I'm not one of those who looks for quirks to spice up the original battle systems, because I can keep on playing them for a long time to come. But because I know that there are a lot of fun and original ideas out there that haven't been used yet, when I see one that looks as good as this, I definitely want to play it.

So this is from Level 5? I should have expected that, since the last time an rpg like this "came out of nowhere", it was Rogue Galaxy.

I hope it plays as good as it looks like it does.

Well Sony is highly known to get most of the RPG's from neversoft, and sqaure-enix, and others I'm not currently aware about. But Sony has almost complete dominance in RPG's. RPG's being a popular concept will really immersify the PS3's sales.

As for this game. It looks OK, but I don't trust, and I'm going to stick with FF XIII and FFXIII versus. They both look sexily appealing. Plus it's a FF game.

You don't play other rpg's besides Final Fantasy?

Hell no. I play tons, I was reffering to RPG's that come right out of the blue.

I'm not sure I follow. The only difference between an rpg that comes "out of the blue" so to say, and one that doesn't, is that the others are usually revealed very early in development, when no gameplay videos are available.

Please, rpgs that come "out of the blue" are sometimes more enjoyeable because you dont see them coming. Its far easier to be disapointed by a well known and established series than by a new RPG.

And this game looks pretty damn good, its an interesting battle system although I hope that whole Battle Preparation crap is just something like say, healing or making sure your equipped items are in order rather than something you have to do all the time before a battle (the chick does say to get ready). Then again, before fighting the boss he doesnt do anything so maybe that was just to fight the soldiers.

The cooperative element is probably what i liked the most of the trailer, reminds me of Streets Of Rage (or maybe thats just because i am playing SoR right now, meh).

For a game early in development and beign first generation PS3 it looks pretty damn good without being fake and It makes me almost fear what ps3 games will look like in 2 or 3 years.

It could be beacuse this looks like it's very early in the game. (The characters are around Level 3.)
Usually in rpg's they tend to "tutor you" early on, and tell you what to do before and during a battle, so that may be why she reminded him to prepare for the battle.

I thought about that option but it doesnt look like anything is guiding the gamer, or maybe because I dont understand japanese.

Yeah there was no tutorial type guiding that I could tell. But I think Yulie only mentioned to prepare for battle because it was the natural thing to say. He probably brought up the menu himself. But the developers may have had her say those words to remind new players to equip and setup properly.

Yeah, it seems like a very active oriented RPG so they just made it to seem more responsive on the rest of the "cast", give a sense of fellowship and whatnot.

One thing, I hope the guys that did the englisg localization for DQVIII do this game also when and if it comes to western shores. I cant play DQVIII for ##### as it bores the hell out of me but the english accents were nice and on this game they would certainly fit.

This is some random PS3 title I found while wandering Google. Never heard of it before, but it looks pretty interesting. It's apparently an RPG by a group called Level-5, with a battle system that seems similar to Final Fantasy XII's in some ways (such as the visible encounters). I haven't read up on it much yet, so I'll just provide some links (and two images) for anyone who's interested in checking it out.

Wikipedia: White Knight Story
IGN: White Knight Story (Little bit of info, images, and video.)
YouTube: White Knight Story TGS 2006 trailer


From what I've seen so far, the game's scheduled for release in Japan sometime this year.
Thoughts?

This game looks pretty good so far. It was well recieved by the public and media after appearing out of nowhere, and displaying one of the most unique battle systems yet. I was hoping to see more of it during this years E3.

Looks like a promising RPG for the PS3, yet another reason why I need to get a PS3 before the end of the year. The gameplay looks very interesting, I wonder how the battle system works out. The graphics are just as what you expect on a next-gen console, and i sure hope they keep the Japanese dialogue if the english voices suck.

Personally, one of the big things that stood out to me when I was watching the trailer was the flow of battles, and the things you seem to be allowed to do in them. It seems as if the battles flow in damn-near realtime, yet it seems to be turn-based. One of the things I found most shocking (though in a good way) was the kind of support that can be given to other chaaracters, like when Lenard physically grabbed one of the knights' from behind and restrained him while Yulie delivered a finishing blow to the knight.

I'm looking forward to some epic battles from this game (if I ever play it, or even get to watch someone else do so), with such huge monsters in some parts. Some are said to be over 2,000 meters tall.

Well there is some new info about WKS and some new screens http://ps3.qj.net/White-Knight-Story-tower...pg/49/aid/97790

Also according to RPGFan Famitsu desribes the battle system as being similar to Rogue Galaxy with the exception of the White Knight transformation, which is a good thing but if that's true then maybe the battle system won't be the new and fresh battle system everyone has been expecting, it doesn't bother me because I like Rogue Galaxy's battle system so either way it still looks very promising.

Well the game still hasn't been demonstrated playable from what I understand so perhaps the portion of the new trailer they saw showed more Rogue Galaxy-ish fighting. The part where the older knight does some Fire combo special does look a bit like Rogue Galaxy after all, but the rest is much like Chalryn described. It looks like almost real time smoothly flowing with extremely detailed physical interaction. I hope it turns out to be even close to what most of us expect it to be.

On another note, the new character creation tool looks interesting. Seems like you upload a picture of yourself or someone else and the game will recreate it in the game.

Well apparently Famitsu saw it in (playable)action on the trailer at the Playstation Premiere event, that's why they said it plays a bit Rogue Galaxy but we the public will be seeing an actual playable demo of the game at September's Tokyo Game Show so we'll know for sure by then. I agree completely about the character customisation it looks incredible.

Oh well in that case I hope they were mostly refering to the combos and other things. From what I can see it at least doesn't look like it plays like Rogue Galaxy otherwise.. but who knows. *shrugs*

Well here are some screenshots of White Knight Story:

-White Knight (PS3)
From the creators of Dragon Quest VIII and Dark Cloud (Level-5)!



This game looks delicious, and I can't wait to synch my teeth into this one.

Wow, that Turtle/Castle thing looks pretty big. I wonder if it's a boss. I read that the small humans will still battle in the surrounding area even while you transform into the White Knight (giant). I wonder if you'll be able to affect your surroundings while in that mode, such as Jehuty in Zone of the Enders damaging buildings and civilians if you're not careful. I think it would be cool if you some times had to transform in order to protect a town and it's townspeople from being under attack.

There's a new video available for download in the Playstation store in Asia (and on ign), and it's a beauty to watch. It doesn't show any actual gameplay but rather, CG scenes. The graphics is amazing, and the scenes are so wonderful. It gives off a very strong FF9 vibes (moving big objects, check, normal looking main char, check, romance with princess, check, destruction in cities, check, long silver haired villain, check), and there are some insanely 'wow' monsters/creatures. The princess is really cute, and so is that pink-haired girl with the main character. And the song is so nice.

I want to try that game out so much. Coupled with the interesting battle system and all.

game looks better and better everytime i see something new for it.. cant wait to try this game out

From what i've seen, his game doesn't look anything like Rogue Galaxy. The battlesystem looks very interesting, not that thats a criticism on RG, just different. More balanced when you're just a guy. That picture of the castle turtle thing looks amazing. Whats the projected release dat for this right now? I'm a bit behind the times >_< can't wait though!

The release date is still TBA 2008. I think we'll get a real release date soon though.

older scans here, but ive never seen them before.. also found them translated..the last two couldnt find but found out they have to do with character attire and how you can change it. Sorry if you have seen these before but mabye everyone has not..

This game looks fantastic Level 5 are one of my favourite developers and I am highly anticipating this game I just wish we'd have some clue as to when we may be seeing it over here in the West. I've said this before but hopefully quality RPGs like this together with Star Ocean 4 and FFXIII will get the RPG ball rolling on the PS3.

I just saw this thread and knew nothing about it. Wow, it looks and sounds amazing. I have not been this excited about a game since Resident Evil 5 and Metal Gear Solid 4 was announced. I quite like the olden day use of the world and clothes.

Some REALLY good RPG news for the PS3 (for a change) although that probably means the western versions will be much later but still at least it sounds like we may have WKS next year sometime.



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i believe i read somewhere that it will release in Japan around December so the US would prolly be a few months later or so.

very good news though as i cant wait to play this game

I expect it after January, well till then I'm gonna enjoy MGS 4 and Resistance 2.

Yeah, I read that today on Gamecentral on ITV teletext so I hope it's right, I'll be importing for sure, there's no way in hell I'm waiting for it.

I'm a fair bit more hyped for Infinite Undiscovery than this.... but this game still looks quite promising.

It's a real shame I'm almost certainly not going to purchase a PS3 in the near future. :\

i think that game looks great also, i would say i am excited for both games, though i will say more for white knight because i can actually play it (dont own 360).

and cloudy, so impatient

Haha. Yeah, that's how I feel about Infinite Undiscovery. It'd be awesome if I could have both, but that's not gonna happen anytime soon.

White Knight Story is definitely a PS3 game that I really want to get my hands on, and chances are that by the time it comes out I already would have moved away from this house. (The one with the brother who owns the PS3.) In about a year or so I could already have a PS3 of my own, I really have no idea. Level 5 are pretty good publishers though, and I trust that they will deliver on this one.

I, myself, have never been a huge fan of Level 5. It didn't help much when Rogue Galaxy and Jeanne D'Arc were huge misses for me. But I'm still pretty hyped for this game. From what I've seen of it, it's looks to be pretty incredible. There's no way to tell at this point, but I have a feeling this game will take a lot of steps up past Level 5's previous works.

Level 5's previous works have been superb. Fact.

On that note, good news:



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Go crazy people ^^

knowing our luck this probably means in japan before march 2009, then 6 months later in the US

oh well, i have tons of RPG's to play before then so i am not in any hurry, when it gets here it will rock

Absolutely spot on.

Some artwork has been put up here in relation to your post http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/shirokishi/

and some more on the Japanese Level-5 site http://www.level5.co.jp/products/shirokishi/


Man THIS is my most anticipated game of next year on any console.

Wow. That is a badass design. I remember the knight looking cool, but not that cool. Nice find ^^ I don't know what else to say apart from the fact Level 5 are one of the most consistent development teams out there right now, and I'm very amped despite not even being in much of an rpg mood right now.

I haven't been a big fan of Level 5's recent work, but this game looks stunning. I hope people upload videos of their plays on YouTube or something.

i'm sure you'll hear all about it when its release haha, everyone seems to be amped enough to buy it, plus most people take L5's track record as a plus, so I imagine there will be lots of talk. Its the PS3's first (potentially) decent rpg, so hopefully sony get behind it.

the PS3 already had that with Disgaea 3, and soon Valkyria Chronicles

looking very much forward to this game though

Great games for sure, I just didn't mention them since they are more s-rpg's but ya, not to be over-looked ^^

well according to Famitsu, this game has a Japan release date of December 11th.. So if this is correct we should be seeing this stateside around summer 2009?



http://scrawlfx.com/2008/09/famitsu-white-...n-december-11th

Wow, December 11th ,that soon? They certainly have been quite about this, I guess we'll be seeing alot at TGS. What a nice suprise though, and this deserves to be Sony's big rpg in Japan this christmas. I would consider importing, but with such a long list of games ontheir way, I may be better waiting.