Square Enix's Last Remnant trailer debuts

by Ross Miller { Jul 5th 2007 at 3:44PM }

Square Enix has unveiled its "debut" trailer for The Last Remnant. The trailer is certainly pretty, powered by the Unreal Engine 3, and the gameplay (for better and worse) is eerily reminiscent of Koei's Dynasty Warriors series.

The text serving as bookends to the one minute, 22 second trailer make a point to highlight that this is an RPG "for the world" that will see simultaneous release in North America and Japan (what about Europe?) on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The actual date of that simultaneous release is unknown. Video embedded after the break.

Tags: last remnant, LastRemnant, square enix, SquareEnix, unreal, unreal engine, unreal engine 3, UnrealEngine, UnrealEngine3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 5th 2007 3:50PM

I like some of SE's games but this doesn't interest me.

Triforceowner @ Jul 5th 2007 3:51PM

Did anyone else get a serious "meh?" vibe from this thing?

JodyAnthony @ Jul 5th 2007 3:54PM

i am with the 'meh'. normally i totally dig SE stuff, but this seemed pretty lame.

Spartacus @ Jul 5th 2007 4:02PM

I'll second the "meh" sentiment. Looks like just another Japanese styled hack 'n slash (not that I don't like the genre, Diablo still rocks).

On another note, didn't SE just state not too long ago that they had no titles in the works for the 360? Am I delusional or was that smoke up Sony fanboy's collective rears?

Stevo @ Jul 5th 2007 4:02PM

Triforceowner-- Make that two of us. I'm not even remotely interested.

machrc @ Jul 5th 2007 4:06PM

Im surprised lots of you guys dont welcome the nice visuals.. much needed departure from the cartoonny stuff..

this is like square combining their slick CG into their gamplay..

even though what.. its been less then a year since they licensed the engine, if they have a good story to inject, I think it could be the next FF.. I mean who knows??

Im glad to see it on the b0x though..

Fernando Rocker @ Jul 5th 2007 4:08PM

Really, without be a fanboy or anything and without any kind of offense: meh

StrangeBum @ Jul 5th 2007 4:08PM

The visuals are fairly impressive as Squeenix games tend to be. But the whole gameplay side of things does seem to be pretty blah.

WarcraftAddiction @ Jul 5th 2007 4:12PM

mEh? God I hate fanbois. the game is running realtime with it being 30% of what the engine can do. I for one owning a 360 and highend PC I have no need for a PS3, so this game will be a great FF like fix.

Zeke @ Jul 5th 2007 4:13PM

This is gonna be awesome when it hits $30. For $60 I'll pass. Squenix action games are mostly bullshit.

Stevo @ Jul 5th 2007 4:14PM

#9-- I'd imagine most of the people saying meh have either a 360 or PS3. Is it impossible to think that the game just isn't appealing to some of us?

Cutriss @ Jul 5th 2007 4:17PM

"On another note, didn't SE just state not too long ago that they had no titles in the works for the 360? Am I delusional or was that smoke up Sony fanboy's collective rears?"

The quote was that they had "no Final Fantasy titles" in the works for the 360.

This would be Square's 3rd game for the 360, if my count is correct.

JodyAnthony @ Jul 5th 2007 4:25PM

"the game is running realtime with it being 30% of what the engine can do"

oh well then! let me change my opinion! It does not look boring at all! i mean it cant, because it is using 30% of what the engine can do.

AwesomeMachine @ Jul 5th 2007 4:25PM

Ummmm... The gameplay is nothing like Dynasty Warriors. This is a turn-based RPG. Also, it's not all going to be huge battles. And while it's a turn-based RPG, there's going to be event buttons like in God of War and Resident Evil while you're in a battle. I think it sounds freaking awesome.

JonnyBoy2U @ Jul 5th 2007 4:40PM

Ummm....meh....

And I was sorta looking forward to this game. Because I know I'm not going to get a ps3 so Final Fantasy is out of the picture and I would like to play a Square Enix RPG all the way thru.

However this game's story seems interesting so I'm gonna give it a few months and see if anything catches my eye.

AwesomeMachine @ Jul 5th 2007 4:46PM

I'm just wondering how people can judge a game on about 6 seconds of gameplay and 6 seconds of story and 10 seconds of text. lulz

JodyAnthony @ Jul 5th 2007 4:51PM

nobody is judging the entire game. They are judging the appearance of the game based on this sole trailer, and to many of us this trailer has not raised our interest in the title.

rowd149 @ Jul 5th 2007 4:51PM

That summon reminded me of the event in one of the Sector's in Star Fox 64. REINFORCEMENTS BITCH.

JonnyBoy2U @ Jul 5th 2007 4:54PM

Uhhh cuz we can AwesomeMachine? Its called free will. I looked at the trailer and it didn't really appeal to me. The fighting screen looks a lil too busy for my tastes and the graphics looked really grainy. Especially for a system like the ps3 and the 360. But I do understand that this is an EARLY version of the game so it won't be sweet perfection.

Anyways the storyline sounds good but the execution looks kinda weak so far.

okenny @ Jul 5th 2007 5:06PM

I am (fucking) disappointed... to have the unreal 3 engine and that's the best they can do in terms of visual. Maybe square is relying too much on the power of its brand these days... just a thought.

Joshua @ Jul 5th 2007 5:09PM

Sweet! This game looks awesome!

But, I heard Johnny Yong Bosch AGAIN! How many works is he going to be in?!

Anyway, looking forward to this game and how the battle system turns out. I really don't understand the "meh" attitude in these comments. Did you all have a bad day or something?

Jacob P. @ Jul 5th 2007 5:18PM

I really enjoyed the eye patch...other than that...Meh pretty much sums it up...

Brian @ Jul 5th 2007 5:20PM

By "an RPG for the world" do they mean, "yet another crappy new franchise because we haven't innovated in 10 years"?

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 5th 2007 5:22PM

@22 Must resist... Can't must share tidbit...
Pirates wore eye patches for night vision.

Joshua @ Jul 5th 2007 5:22PM

Oh yeah, and the logo looked kind of like the original Final Fantasy logos (or at least the North American ones)...

Ska Oreo @ Jul 5th 2007 5:38PM

So apparantly in order for a squenix game to be interesting it must have something to do with cloud or have some footage of Sephiroth walking through fire.

I'm actually excited for this title and hope it does well. Maybe then Squenix will stop relying on the FF franchise and make new games.

quazi @ Jul 5th 2007 6:47PM

@26
yeah i agree people would be drooling if it was a remake of a remake instead of a new IP from square.

im excited for this game looks interesting and i hope its not anything like dynasty warriors.

Stranger @ Jul 5th 2007 6:48PM

Woo hoo!

A hi-res PS2 game!

Vincent060 @ Jul 5th 2007 7:31PM

So people are excited about games like Two Worlds and Overlord, which pretty much look like Oblivion but with cheap gameplay, but people are saying "meh" to a completely new action packed game?

Just when I thought I had you people figured out, you go and pull something like this.

Negativecool @ Jul 5th 2007 8:21PM

THAT was using the Unreal Engine 3? Jesus, Japanese developers suck.

Purple Haze @ Jul 5th 2007 9:26PM

That looked like it could be good but they really didn't show off anything interesting in that trailer, and I hope it actually has a story unlike ff xii

Life 3 @ Jul 5th 2007 9:39PM

#30

The Japanese are the reason we have videogames today you ass. They came in after the crash an took over.

Why don't you go back and play your FPS, you little graphics whore. Since that's the only type games american developers are good at making.

I hate you all BTW.

Ryuukuro @ Jul 5th 2007 10:43PM

The graphics are nice but this trailer is too short and uninformative to cause any excitement. I want to know more about the hero beyond "I'm a plucky RPG stereotype" and we need to see this conqueror fellow to know if he's more than "I'm a big bad-ass American stereotype."

No info? No interest...yet...

Blackboynr @ Jul 5th 2007 11:03PM

I semi-agree with Ska Oreo. I am also hoping this game does well cuz it looks great in my opinion. And if u guys really want to know y square keeps pumping out fantasies its because every time they try a new franchise people bash it for not being the next Final Fantasy. Most of yall just want the impossible for the company and i believe they have tons of excellent franchises Kingdom Hearts, Mana, Chrono, and the Star Ocean series just to name a few, and this one looks like another winner to me:)!