More Nova Details from Shogai (+ Gigantes info)

[Zorafim]

This is the funniest thing about PSOW.

Spend 90% of the time bitching about how horrible everything is in the games we have available to play, but that other 10% when something new gets announced it's like you all rapidly incur a miraculous form of hyper amnesia.

If there's one thing any of you should have learned by now it's that you're better off waiting and seeing with SEGA...

I, honestly, agree. We have next to no information on this. Sega has a pretty bad track record. And the more I play their games, the more I realize that they make their games 80% amazing, and 20% crap. There's really no point in getting excited over this.

Now, mind, portable offline PS titles have been pretty good. But as far as I can tell, this will be a PS game in name only. Nobody from any PS team will be in this game, from my understanding. So it may as well just be a tri-ace game with PS thrown in. If that gets you excited, then great.

[*]Motoi Sakuraba will be doing the music

Who's this bozo?

*looks up discography*

...okay, this looks promising.

[Shakuri]

Should have got Go Shiina to do the music instead.

[Railkune]

Should have got Go Shiina to do the music instead.

Agreed. I'd like to see this done.

Honestly Motoi's music isn't all that great to me. It's good, but not to the point where I'd get excited over it.

[Mysterious-G]

While it does sound like the combat is going to be closer to the MH series, I think this would be a fantastic opportunity to have PSO1's special attack return. Don't you guys think? My mind would be blown from the nostalgic feelings.

[Norco]

I am really hoping the alternative to Photon is better, though you never know. Crafting weapons instead of hunting them I am not sure how I feel about.. Sounds a lot like the PSU system, guess if it is done right it might be cool.

One thing that I think look promising is that the story revolves around one planet and its basically, survive and make your way until you can escape. The Gigantes looks kind of stupid, though I am sort of getting used to this by now. Also I hope it isn't just big monsters, I think that would ruin it for me.

So my final conclusion of what I think is.. Well basically we can scratch everything I just said since it is only 40% done. It is way to little information to work with, some of what we have heard so far might also change a bit xD

[Cypher_9]

Character & Story

• Machia is a planet where photons have no power
• Because of this, Photon Arts and Techs will not be usuable
• There will be something else in thier place though

Granted some PS series lacked the continuity most would desire as it made them insane in the process. Let’s say if they were serious within their concepts and each writer was consistent with the other(s).

A couple definitions:

PHOTON: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one.
Also called light quantum.

MAGIC: the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or the forces of nature.

TAIJUSTSU: something Rock Lee and Might Gai does, you will see why this is here.

Now with the photon concept in mind – it is basically said that players manipulate the photons around them. In this the players who would use such manipulation has to have an extraordinary sense of perception; as one mentioned, being a ‘psychic’. Players would be a psychic or psionic on this level for it does incur for them to basically bend the electromagnetism around them to preform ‘arts’ or ‘technics’. Arts and Technics are the result of photons either come together, come apart, rub against each other, circle around, etc. (of course you knew that ._.)
So, that players in PS who do manipulate photons would be called Photonkinetics, Photojutsu artist/specialist, Photoners? (hehe see what I did there…), Photobenders, Magneto!

That would be if they weren't on this nice planet that renders their Photonkenesis useless; so on to their alternatives!

Now with the given thought of magic being reintroduced would induce the players to be – well lack of a better term; gods or god-like. In this, the player would have to assume control over an element, worldly force, etc. that is beyond their own means and comprehension – something that didn’t originally belong to them. Quite frankly it would, by another definition, would encourage them to study these unseen forces, make a book upon their discoveries, experiences or thereof, worship a deity? If it be the case, then the players would form a ‘spiritual’ growth or kin to nature. Perhaps make ‘symbols’ (yes I caught the symbology thing ) in knowledge of the deity to utilize such a force to channel through it or their bodies as mediums.

So, players can assume a new title! Priests of Machia, Covenant of Falz (the dark force is somewhere!)

For those who just improve their body in the ways of movement execution would just be – martial artist. Basically art with the body to preform graceful movements with either organic to in-organic extensions. The player would learn how to defend themselves much more so without relying on photons and its mimicry of ‘arts’; which the person can learn the movements by doing it themselves. Of course they would train on how to do Nova Strike or Twister Fall – hell the one who made Photon Arts had to get it from somewhere. Thus the Rock Lee concept of working against the elements to help your body improve – thus becoming naturally stronger physically.

Students of Gigantes or The Way of Gigantes anyone?

Now, I see into what someone told me indirectly about photon arts actually makes sense since this concept in Nova is present. Anyway, that is my thought on that. Yes I taken the time to write this – it was fun to do~

Hopefully you enjoyed it the same :3

[Omega-z]

Well, With no Techinque's I'll just go back to hitting the book's/Tome's with chatting a spell....Magic. Since Lutz is the one who made Techinque Disc's with photons to be used by everyone (Casts..etc) which are power'd by Photon's with the Nano Transformer which runs those discs. - Basic Photons killz Falz and his hoard. -

Think about this way, You have a CD player that runs music disks which has copies of songs you like that you can change them on the fly as you wish and listen to them. But this also means that you don't really know the song to sing it, play it with an instrument or read it ...etc. Compared to learning all of that and being a master of music so there is a difference, Like Lutz.

It's completely possible for Nova to not have photon's and be in a PS Franchise need to look to the classics.

[Xaeris]

Does anyone else read the bit about Machia nullifying photons and think "Phantasy Star Ocean"? Hell, that even abbreviates to PSO.

[ReaperTheAbsol]

Does anyone else read the bit about Machia nullifying photons and think "Phantasy Star Ocean"? Hell, that even abbreviates to PSO.

I was starting to think the same thing...

[Manta Oyamada]