If the glove of the J-RPG Square Enix is known for its mastery of Roman numerals and its ability to enchant the suites, spin-offs and other remakes of the juiciest licenses in its catalog, certain critically successful experiments have left some orphan fans after a first lonely episode.
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If Father Julo was still with us, that would certainly have made him the day, if not more: without warning, and with a nonchalance that the British would almost envy him, the director of Vagrant Story, Yasumi Matsuno, has just released the prologue of a second episode that he has always had in mind
One of the most ambitious games on PlayStation and which we enjoyed 20 years ago will have its release known to attract the sympathy of western riders, but its sales f ar less stratospheric will have forced Squaresoft (we are in 2000) not to continue the adventure, even if the universe of Ivalice will have largely been talked about again.
The highly resuscitated Final Fantasy XIV has just taken advantage of Matsuno's screenwriting talents, via his Stormblood extensions, and more recently Shadowbringers. But a few days ago, a fan of Vagrant Story asked the interested party what he would have considered for a hypothetical Vagrant Story II. And against all odds, Matsuno has post … the pitch of the game, translated by the care of Stefan B.K. :
It's someone else.
well … I put only a prologue in the proposal I wrote before.
(I can't translate it in my poor English, so plz do it!) pic.twitter.com/oOaHSnsn5U– 松 野 泰 己 (@YasumiMatsuno) April 22, 2020
Jack the Tracker is a mysterious young man.
He is not only very good at finding fugitives and missing persons, but also for obtaining information from those who refuse to give him. His talents are indisputable.
"A wise man endowed with intuition", this is how one could describe it.
There are many customers who request my services, in terms of my service conditions, like this type before me: "The fact that you are present here confirms your notoriety. I already know your reputation. You have a special power, don't you? That of reading the hearts of others. Your mother, Margot Merlose, had the same power "
The man was right, but who was he? Or more precisely: what?
"Me? I'm Joshua, the head of the Duch de Barborda. Let me explain the real nature of the work I have to offer you …"
The players of the original will obviously have recognized a famous surname, or a Duch already mentioned, and for good reason … but it will be necessary to be satisfied with this pitch of departure setting in scene the hero of this continuation which is very likely never to see the day. It only remains for the fans the vivid imagination to think of the dark twists and other reunions that could have occurred by embodying this new protagonist with very practical power, in a new adventure that could probably take place a good decade after Vagrant Story …
