The story of Jeanne D'Arc is filled with historical inaccuracies. From the opening cinematic, one can see the truly unique world that Level-5 has crafted in its PSP SRPG: it's a France that's only loosely based on the popular myth. Rather, Level-5 has opted to add a heavy dose of magic, demons, and fantasy to the story. Why? Producer Motomura explained to 1UP: "We chose to make a 'parallel world' version of Joan of Arc with fantasy elements for a variety of reasons, but the main reason is that we didn't want to make an overly serious piece where the focus was on absolute historical accuracy."
Level-5 didn't want to create the dark, brooding world that other adaptations of the Joan of Arc story had already taken. "We could have used all human characters, but we felt that it would make things too dark. By incorporating non-human characters, it's visually more stimulating as well, so we chose to put in Therions (beasts) like La Hire and Rufus."
Although this new story avoids being too grim, it does still have a variety of dramatic moments. But, will Jeanne's infamous death-by-fire be included in this PSP tale? We're just going to have to wait until the game releases to findout.














Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-06-2007 @ 10:44PM
Random said...
looks cool, never played an SRPG before, but this looks awesome, actually come to think of it I haven't played an actual RPG since a replayed chrono trigger 3 years ago... chrono trigger kicks ass, HEY SQUARE ENIX MAKE A CHRONO SEQUEL FOR PSP!!
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8-06-2007 @ 11:08PM
rogue01 said...
This game looks impressive graphically and i'm sure it will be a great SRPG. I'm a fan of FF Tactics and hope it will be as entertaining as that. Definitely have my eyes on this one. Looks great! Can't wait!
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8-06-2007 @ 11:09PM
methedemon said...
i hope they don't kill her in the game, i mean the game isn't historically accurate so why not? i like happy endings.
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8-06-2007 @ 11:25PM
kingofwale said...
using my sn so you can 'brag' about your DS? tsk tsk. but then again, why else would you want to 'borrow' others sn for? :)
I dare you to name me 1 DS game that looks better than PSP's counterpart.
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8-06-2007 @ 11:54PM
micklol said...
A schizophrenic girl fighting pigs and demons.
historical inaccuracies?What are you talking about?
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8-07-2007 @ 12:01AM
kingofwale said...
>6. A schizophrenic girl fighting pigs and demons.
well, if you think about it, it's not as far-fetched as the French winning a war. ;)
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8-07-2007 @ 2:29PM
Extinction said...
"I dare you to name me 1 DS game that looks better than PSP's counterpart."
No such game can, or ever will exist barring extreme developer incompetance.
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