Wednesday, January 28, 2009

PC Version of The Last Remnant looks suspiciously like The Last Remnant

The recent issue of Famitsu has dropped the first info on the PC release of Square Enix's The Last Remnant, and lists 4 new features that the PC version will contain.

1st, it appears that the game will contain both the Japanese and English voice tracks, allowing you to listen to the characters' witty banter in whichever language you prefer. The lip sync was done to the English cast, so Japanese gamers who were disappointed with the Japanese cast can now be disappointed with the English cast! Finally, equality.

2nd is the removal of limits on Leader units. In the Xbox 360 version, you can only assign a certain number of Leader units to your active Unions, and must fill the other spaces with generic soldiers or leave them empty. The PC version will let you completely ignore the generic soldiers if you want to, and fill all your active slots with Leader units.

3rd is the inclusion of a high speed battle mode. This doesn't appear to have any function other than making the battles play out faster. For the impatient gamer, I suppose.

Finally, you will now be able to preview weapons and equipment at shops before you spend your cash. This function will let you see what the item looks like equipped, what abilities it has, and what it can do for your character.

...Does anyone else feel like all of these functions really should have been in the original to start with? That's kind of annoying.

However, the only of these that I'm really broken up over is the Leader unit limit. That really would have been nice in the 360 version. :(

The Last Remnant will be available for PC sometime this year in North America, Europe, and Japan.

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