First Resonance of Fate trailer features bullets, drama, and bullet drama

by Ben Gilbert { May 18th 2009 at 6:30PM }

Sega today released the newest trailer for Resonance of Fate / End of Eternity, and boy is it dramatic. While it doesn't give away anything new about the tri-Ace developed game than last time around, it is, in fact, a proper American trailer and not just footage from a presser in Japan (read as: not in Japanese).

A woman steps from an impossibly high ledge, bullets fly in every direction, a face is pushed, and somewhere in there, things go "totally extreme" and the guitar solo kicks off. The (totally CG at this point) graphics and world give off an almost Cowboy Bebop-esque/future film-noir vibe that we could see ourselves digging. Oh, but the trailer's music? It's awful. It was actually better in the Japanese trailer. You've been warned!

Tags: end-of-eternity, jrpg, resonance-of-fate, rpg, sega, trailer, tri-ace

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sizer @ May 18th 2009 6:48PM

Bah, the more 'realistic' they try to make the people the worse it gets. It was particularly bad in Infinite Undiscovery and it's not getting any better here. The DS just keeps looking better as an RPG platform because tiny cartoony blob looks better than generic angsty asian prettyboy.

peepoop @ May 18th 2009 6:51PM

What? That music's not bad at all (for a video game).

Negativecool @ May 18th 2009 7:22PM

I may be alone here...but I'm really put off by the obnoxious electric guitar Japanese developers insist on having with their soundtracks.

Perhaps it's because I'm all "obnoxious electric guitar'ed out" after growing up in the 80's and early 90's. I'm over it. At this point, I just feel like it ruins an otherwise respectable piece of music, and makes it sound juvenile and cheesy.

Example: Why in god's name would they decide to ruin a moving orchestral piece like "One Winged Angel" in Advent Children with an out of place whiny electric guitar??

Then again...that's just me.

peepoop @ May 18th 2009 8:35PM

Guitars have, and will always have, a well-deserved home in video games.

Go listen to NES Contra and tell me they're not trying their hardest to emulate guitars with those lo-fi blips.

rowd149 @ May 19th 2009 12:59AM

Uematsu himself said he wanted the guitars in there. Said he wanted to Hendrix it up.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ May 18th 2009 6:57PM

OH SHIT!!! Generic anime characters vs. generic Prototype guy!!! Wheeeeeeeee!!!

ThornedVenom (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 18th 2009 7:06PM

I'm voting Prototype guy.

Me No English GilLmore @ May 18th 2009 7:31PM

THE OVERUSED VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY WORD OF THE DAY IS, "GENERIC!"! *CLAPS HANDS* *CHEERS*

Everything is generic nowadays. Videogames, music, movies, books, tv shows, all forms of entertainment media. It's very hard to come up with something really original. Well, idk, maybe you should try an make an rpg? Let's see what you got. I bet it would come out looking generic too.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ May 18th 2009 8:55PM

You have sand in your generic vagina.

Jack Spicer @ May 18th 2009 9:05PM

I hope thats generic sand.

Premature ejaculation man @ May 18th 2009 9:42PM

I'm clapping for your comments in a generally generic manner.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ May 18th 2009 10:36PM

All this talk of generic things is new and exciting. What I was saying was that the hoodie jacket combo is bland and not very visually striking, much like me no english gilmore"s mum. SQUASH THAT BEEF!

Silencio @ May 19th 2009 1:39AM

I was gonna say that one hoodie looked sweet.

Regular Pants @ May 19th 2009 4:06AM

Clearly no one here shops at Aldi's. The generic version of any product is usually 1/2 the quality but also only 1/5 the cost of the name brand. That sounds like a winning equation to me.

Now if only this game could come in a generic black and white package that says only the word "GAME" on it.

Jason B. @ May 18th 2009 7:06PM

How many people from Sacnoth/Nautiius are working on this game? The trailer was very Shadow Heartsy.

carmaction @ May 19th 2009 1:28AM

I was thinking this very same thing.

Kdiggy @ May 18th 2009 7:48PM

Well I liked it... admittedly I watched it with out sound, but I'm digging the bullets, RPG, anime vibe. Huge fan of Cowboy Bebop also btw.

MikeO. @ May 18th 2009 8:14PM

All of the dramatic gun pointing and lifting of people by their necks gave me deja vu of RE5.

CH3BURASHKA @ May 18th 2009 8:16PM

A floating city AND zombies???

crapfry @ May 18th 2009 8:32PM

I NEED THE OPENING SONG FOR MY IPOD!!!!!!!

No Kills @ May 18th 2009 8:50PM

well if capital letters and exclamation points don't work then what will?

crapfry @ May 18th 2009 8:35PM

I NEED THE OPENING SONG FOR MY IPOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Kills @ May 18th 2009 8:50PM

double posts, double the charm.

phnguyen89 @ May 18th 2009 11:01PM

Do not diss the music man. I hope this is not going to fail because the only thing I find good is the song. A girl jumping off a building is not something I find: "This is COOL/GREAT/EXCELLENT. I'm definitely going to get this game." I hope their gun gameplay is good. (RE sucked cause you have to stop and shoot. Make it like uncharted 2 if possible)

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 18th 2009 9:25PM

Stop stealing from Square Enix Sega.No,seriously they aren't all that good lately,steal from a Atlus instead.

Catchy tune too bad the main character is too androgymous to look badass and the villian looks like another Sasuke Uchiha clone(You know they could go with better villian designs).

Me No English GilLmore @ May 18th 2009 10:52PM

THE OVERUSED VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY WORD OR TERM OF THE NIGHT IS, (BADASS!) *SCREAMS* *CLAPS HANDS* *CHEERS*

YEAH!!! because every male or female lead character in a videogame has to be BADASS!, right? "YEAH MOTHERFUCKER!!!" "CUZ, I GOTTA BE FUCKING BADASS!!!" *FIRES SEVERAL SHOTS WITH HIS/HER GUN* Ugh...Is that what the NeoGaf kiddie videogaming generation enjoys these days?