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Monochrome Mobius |OT| The Song Unsung

Komatsu

Member
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About This Game
[TAKEN FROM THE GAME'S STEAM PAGE]

A new JRPG from AQUAPLUS, announced in commemoration of 20 years of their hit Utawarerumono franchise. Produced by legendary composer Naoya Shimokawa and penned by Utawarerumono writer Munemitsu Suga, with support from the studio's superb art direction spearheaded by character designer Mi, Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgottenfocuses on the heart of every great RPG: the story.

Story​

In the small province of Ennakamuy, on the frontiers of the great empire of Yamato, there lived a young man with his mother and sister. One day, at the local lord's behest, the young man was investigating a small irregularity when he encountered a girl he’d never met.
The words the girl spoke were what shocked him: She told the man that his father was still alive.
Seeing a trace of his father in her and resolving to learn the truth, the young man and the girl set out together towards the land of Arva Shulan—a country that doesn’t appear on the map.

Faced with trials and perils, the boy chases his father.
He meets new friends and comrades who join him on his mission.
There will be struggles and victories and failures and partings.
The fickle vagaries of fate will place an epoch in the young man’s hands—

And one day, this man will be sung of in legends.

Characters​

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A young man living in the frontier province of Ennakamuy. Oshtor lives together with his mother Torikori and his younger sister Nekone, and though still young, he possesses discipline and a strong sense of right and wrong. His meeting with the mysterious Shunya gives him questions about his father’s death, and he sets out for an unknown country to find answers.

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A girl whose path has crossed Oshtor’s by chance or by destiny. Guileless and still with something of a babyface, Shunya's words and actions create more questions than they answer. She informs Oshtor that his father, whom he thought a martyr, still lives, and the pair embark on a journey together.

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The daughter of Murasame, the ruler of Izumo. As demure and polite as she appears, Munechika shows hints of a warrior spirit. She assists Oshtor and joins him on his mission.

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A young man who barged in on Oshtor when he was training. Mikazuchi is strong and somewhat brash, but he never bends for anything, and a current of integrity runs through everything he does. A good friend to Oshtor and a good rival too, the two spur each other on through thick and thin.


System Requirements​


  • Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-2300
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 750Ti
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 35 GB available space


  • Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4590
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1650
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 35 GB available space


Where To Buy​

 

Croga

Member
This one is defo on my radar. Was intrigued by the game when I saw a trailer a while back, and discovered the Utawarerumono series as a result.

Picked up the 3 previous Utawarerumono games on sale, just finished Prelude to the Fallen and am moving onto Mask of Deception and have to say am really enjoying them.

Not sure where this one fits into the story, and trying to avoid spoilers on the series as a whole, so I'll finish the original games first before picking this one up!
 

Komatsu

Member
Picked up the 3 previous Utawarerumono games on sale, just finished Prelude to the Fallen and am moving onto Mask of Deception and have to say am really enjoying them.

Uta is one of the greatest Japanese VN franchises. You're in for a treat.
 

YukiOnna

Member
Haven't been able to jump into this yet, but really excited to as an Uta fan. Also, nice to see an OT for it since I wasn't expecting it with prior thread reception.
 

Croga

Member
Uta is one of the greatest Japanese VN franchises. You're in for a treat.

VN's are a genre I haven't really played too much to be honest, so it's surprised me a lot.

I'm really enjoying the story yeah, it's well written and the world building and characters are top notch.

The combat systems are very good as well, Prelude was a bit basic but enjoyable with the co-op attacks, and everyone having a specific role (archer, mage, tank etc) but MOD seems to have improved on it in every aspect. Mage / healer hybrids and melee units with ranged abilities seems like such a simple change but it really is a huge step up in the combat side. Liking it a lot so far!

Dunno how I missed this series tbh.
 

Croga

Member
any chance this comes to consoles with a physical?

Console release on PS4 for it, but strangely JP only. The PC version is the only one with English translation apparently.

The original trilogy of games are on PS4 as well and had an English release, so it's a bit strange this one didn't get a console English release alright.
 

Fuz

Banned
Looks like a good quality old style JRPG. I like the art direction, but I'm not sold on the cast.
How big is it?
 

Kataploom

Gold Member
This seems great to me but haven't played previous games, do I have to in order to understand plot context?
 
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