SchoolGirl Zombie Hunter at TGS 2016 PS4 exclusive?

General Discussion
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Looks epic awesome!!

update; official english site!!

http://aksysgames.com/sgzh/

update: western launch November 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/SGZH_official

Perhaps it will have co op like Zombie Army Trilogy, that would be incredible. Tamsoft does have online experience with Senran Kagura Estival Versus handling 10 players plus hordes at 60 fps, and their co op experience with Neptune vs Zombie Army, its possible for SGZH to support 5 players online coop, especially if they want to optimize sales.

I really like the character designs, for an anime art direction, the characters look cool and “realistic” without being supermodels like the Onechanbara characters. Of course there are critics that label them as “generic”, but that completely misses the artistic expression that protagonists don’t have to look like superstars to look good and matter in the plot.
some people say the faces are the same, I say they are crazy and should get an eye exam. That’s like saying DOA faces are all the same. They have their obvious differences in complexion and overall appearance.

We have yet to see how it controls, but it might play like a TPS, or hybrid. Also one of the gameplay screens shows 2 of the girls together, and I dont think it has a cross merge combination summon mechanic like Z2 Chaos, it could actually have legit online co op. plus the girls are promoted as a team of 5, plus the emphasis on guns, this might be an unrelated spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead series and Rebellion’s Zombie Army Trilogy (and underrated masterpiece, theres no other zombie shooter game as fun as ZAT) if they play their cards right.

plus we seen how populated and gory Onechanbara can get
(example)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8SXEcLNk_4

D3 and Tamsoft really have a new masterpiece in their hands, even labeled as an Onechanbara spinoff, its possible for SchoolGirl Zombie Hunter to go mainstream (or a little higher in the popularity ladder), especially if its gunplay entices the western masses and it has online group co op to get more to jump in.

and before anyone nitpicks the graphics. the game could be aiming for 60 frames per second, destructible costumes, and lots of blood and gore, plus large enemy populations (and possibly group co op on top of all that), and perhaps customization, so of course something’s gotta give to deliver the full spectrum of gameplay features they wanna include. plus as we have seen from games like Zombie Army Trilogy, the most fun games don’t need the greatest graphics to look and play good. :slight_smile:

now it’s a matter if XSEED is gonna localize it. well we’ll see gameplay at TGS 2016, so there’s more to learn.

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first TGS 2016 trailer!! Looking awesome!! there’s gonna be playable demo footage at the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Aub4D3Sdbw

Risa Kubota (CV: Saori Onishi)
Weapon: Assault Rifle/Naginata

Sayuri Akiba (CV: Asuka Ogame)
Weapon: Handgun/Wooden Sword

Mayaya Himeji (CV: Chinami Hashimoto)
Weapon: Sub-Machinegun/Bat

Enami Kamijo (CV: Sayaka Senbongi)
Weapon: Sniper Rifle/Kick Attacks

Rei Kanazaki (CV: Kaori Ishihara)
Weapon: Shotgun/Karate

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I’m stealing “epic awesome” so I can use it sarcastically.

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I have nothing against buying games so you can listen to voice actresses moan whenever your character takes under cleavage revealing clothing damage, or gets sprayed with slime or whatever. In fact I am all for it. But you need to have at least b tier seiyuu.
Ok, Saori Onishi is barely b-tier…but she is not enough.
Look, I’m not asking for Hana Kana, or Nao Tomoya. But I mean, Kana Asumi hasn’t done anything in a while. Rumi Okubo is probably into this sort of thing. Ayana Taketatsu has done worse. Just give me SOMETHING that will help me get off.

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I’ve always wanted HotD: The Game.

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Me too, where do you see that at?

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I don’t see it to the degree that I’d like to to be, but I see chicks in a high school, wearing schoolgirl uniforms, with guns, with a sword, ready to dice up some zombies. It has potential. I’m cautiously optimistic.

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I beat Oneechanbara with only my left hand.

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I want a sequel to that hotd beat-em-up…

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Wrong answer, it can’t be hsotd because there are no tits.

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For comparison BERSERK MUSOU trailers reminded me Japan games go for exorbitant / expensive prices.

7800 PS4
6800 Vita,
forgot what they wanted for PS3 version.
Maybe Vita is only that $10~ less.

Clicked the wrong video then, Bait and Switch. Screenshots in that other one, budget PS2 going on…

onto the trailer

  • cutscenes
  • 400 flashy filters
  • no real gameplay

Well, at least these guys gave me EDF 4.1 before this kinda stuff bankrupts them forever. they were doing so good to claw themselves out of being budget kusoge. $70 bucks for a budget game. Japan probably won’t stand for that either unless they are truly baka!!!

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For $70 it’s got to have online co-op. I mean really, Killing Floor 2 has the kind of co-op SGZH should have

Even if the gameplay is ass, it will be ass GOOD with 5 players online co-op!! or 128 players would be even better.

and Tamsoft is no stranger to co-op. they have that Neptune vs Zombies, EDF, and Senran Kagura Estival Versus online experience.

with 50 horde missions, online co-op features are essential for School Girl Zombie Hunter’s sales, interest and replay value.

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What…? WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!!! O_O I used google translate on the site and the description below says 5 PLAYERS ONLINE CO-OP!!! O____________O

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=translate&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=8HUNWO7KDKKL8QeH0ZnYBQ

MY GOSH this is the first time a niche developer actually implements a feature that fans know would quintuple the game’s replay value, fun factor and significance!!
this is now the Left 4 Dead/Killing Floor/Zombie Army Trilogy of Japanese games!!! And even better since its unique in its own ways and style, flavor, art and personalities. anime makes everything better, and SGZH art direction has a great balance of gritty with anime, creating a more realistic beautiful world.

even if the 50 missions are Smash TV sized horde fests, it’s still gonna be more than AWESOME!

also they revealed first print shop bonus features.

http://gematsu.com/gallery/sg-zh-school-girl-zombie-hunter/october-24-2016/

XSEED really should localize SGZH, though I’m already gonna buy Japan PSN tickets to buy the digital japanese version. oh yea gotta also extend my PS+.

this is so glorious!!! perhaps they will release a co-op trailer!! also with the first print shop costumes, it hints it might have customization like Onechanbara Z2 Chaos, well maybe not that deep, though who knows. School Girl Zombie Hunter is shaping up to be the definitive zombie horde game!! they could make a series out of it!! hey, people buy a new FIFA every year, SGZH series deserves to happen. ^.^ well it depends how much it sells, but I think it is having all the features that could make it more profitable than Onechanbara internationally. School girls, guns, zombies, 5 players co-op, and more!! and all running at 60 frames per second without needing a PS4 Pro!! AND it’s a PS4 exclusive (though it should be ported to PC too.) it’s realy shaping up to be a masterpiece of masterpieces!! :slight_smile:

and from the new screens, the graphics look improved too, though of course, with something that has 5 players co-op, destructible clothes, blood, lots of enemies (possibly gore), lots of action, all running at a high framerate, the graphics can only be so high. and that’s VERY impressive from a nice budget title standpoint too. I see now why the amount of money it’s going for is so high. it’s not some single player movie rental, it’s cooperative zombie horde experience that can be shared with others again and again!! ^-^

they gotta make sure the matchmaking/lobbies are done right. we sure don’t want it to be like Touhou Genso Rondo where it kicks everyone after a session is over. it really should have dedicated lobbies with no region filters, and solid user interface. not expecting dropin dropout co-op, but overall I think the online structure could be stable and cool at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7UTeMad-0

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they revealed the cover art!! Looks so inspiring!! Since the cover art is revealed this month, next month they could reveal more of the mission structure, unlockables or some of the customization. there’s more weapons than what each girl starts with, so think there might be a loadout system of some kind, or new weapons and supply are gathered metal slug style or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGOwYbRIR-U

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Alright!!! So **5 players online co op is confirmed!! **and it has a leveling and loot system???

lots of innovative and revolutionary gameplay elements too!!
Now I got more reason to get JPN PSN codes this month!! Gotta get it day 1!!! I would also get the localized version, XSEED would be missing out on a lot of fan support if they skip it. but they localized SKEV, and Onechanbara, likely to localize PBS, so I think they have SG/ZH in the cards

http://gematsu.com/gallery/sg-zh-school-girl-zombie-hunter/december-8-2016/

this is sooooooooo AWESOME!!! finally a zombie game with good taste and good design with awesome group concept.

sure Killing Floor 2 has 6 players co-op, but the characters are bland.
sure High School of the Dead came before, but it has no game at SG/ZH’s level of design masterpiece and playability fun factor.
sure L4D and Zombie Army Trilogy are awesome trips, but they have less incentives to play them, lame characters, and not nearly as charismatic as SG/ZH style and atmosphere. plus team of 5 >>>> team of 4. Only Tamsoft can make a zombie game this genius and sweet ^-^

and SKEV showed the devs are good at 10 players netcode, so 5 players vs hordes online can be solid.
Plus the story campaign sounds long, having 50 missions, though not sure if the 10 online missions are a part of that or in addition to that. but still, that’s still 4 times more stages than Z2 Chaos.

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Lol wut?

I didn’t even know they had a HSOTD game, and apparently it is beyond terrible. Slotter Mania game for the vita…why? Just fucking why?

Anyways, do you ONLY play zombie themed games affinity? You should just make a catch all thread for these games as opposed to updating 10 different threads. Not even trying to be a huge dick about this, it would just seem easier to me and people could actually, you know, talk about the differences in the games themselves as opposed to thinking this is just some wack advertising thread lol.

Anyways, not to keen on the copy zombies aspect, just seems like a cheaply implemented tactic to always have some sort of relevant enemy due to the leveling up factor. This game would be more legit if it did have some kind of cross over with some other zombie anime or games.

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It IS inspiring and so epic! (opinion) it’s what Onechanbara Z2 Chaos cover art should have been more like

no, I play different games, FFXIV, KOFXIV, SW Battlefront, and some others.

Hey just because I’m the most expressive and open opinion hyped gamer here, doesn’t make it advertising. Also a catch all thread is lame, no one wants to shovel for specific treasures they would otherwise not be aware of.

there is an Overwatch thread (not a Blizzard/arena shooter thread), The Wolverine movie thread (not a Marvel movies thread), Destiny thread, Nier Automata thread,
fucking No Man’s Sky thread (which doesn’t even deserve a thread, but I don’t invade that thread), Supergirl TV series thread (instead of a DC TV shows thread).
There are individual threads about a specific game/thing on this board, so I dunno why single me out.

SG/ZH is a new IP. it’s an Onechanbara spinoff but SG/ZH is a rarity, and deserves its own topic.

Oh come on, anyone can underrate anything. Critics think donuts are unnecessary and nothing special, but they are still delicious.

It is already legit!! it doesn’t need cross over, though I don’t mind if they add Onechanbara characters as DLC playables (even Aya, Saaya, Kagura and Saki could primary guns, with their iconic weapon as secondary.)

but it still can stand on its own without needing crossovers. It’s a brand new IP, standalone game.

thinking it needs a cross over to be more legit, is like Valve fans thinking Left 4 Dead is nothing special unless Half Life characters are mixed in with it.

Or Blizzard fans thinking Overwatch is nothing special until WoW and StarCraft characters are playable and involved in the lore.

School Girl Zombie Hunter is a masterpiece in itself that really can’t be related to another other modern game, even Onechanbara is a different genre in itself. SG/ZH is a one of a kind zombie shooter that plays differently and has an original story to it. :slight_smile:

While it shares some concept and themes of other franchises,comparing them would be like comparing pizza to a melted cheese sandwich. They both have cheese but as a whole they are worlds apart.

Do people call The Walking Dead a Night of the Living Dead ripoff?
or calling Scream or Halloween ripoffs of Friday the 13th? Nope. It would be shallow to do so, and not looking at the full picture.

Like how TWD reinvented zombie survival concept, so does SG/ZH in its own way and style.

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Lol I mean you are calling the game a masterpiece and have yet to play it.

If there was more tiddy then maybe we could call it a masterpiece in progress but I am not really seeing any of that.

If it has a pc version things could get interesting with the introduction of boob and butt sliders. That would certainly add a large amount of depth to the game :lol:

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hey I was right about ARK SE being a masterpiece long before I even started playing it myself. Well yea opinions differ and its not for everyone, but nothing wrong with evaluating a game as a masterpiece before playing it. We evaluation masters know how valuable a game can be before we even play it.

Onechanbara Z2 Chaos is a masterpiece as well, but I knew that game would have been better with multiplayer online co op, so in a lot of ways it’s not up to the standards that SG/ZH is raising and refining. and even co op aside, the formula as a whole is in such a way that really crates a fascinating experience unlike anything else. just like when Left 4 Dead game out, it revolutionized how zombie and co op games are played. as well as Zombie Army Trilogy with its own style, and Killing Floor 2 with its own flavor of cooperation vs hordes.

SG/ZH contributes a priceless flavor of action shooter with zombie theme that continues to innovate the genre with inspiring and unique gameplay experiences, mechanics and hybrid formulas and concepts to introduce a new kind of masterpiece. :slight_smile:

just the simple fact that the creators of Onechanbara actually did something totally unexpected and different, so bold as to create a new game that coexists with Onechanbara universe, yet presents a genre that japanese developers are just barely exploring. It’s really great that western devs aren’t the only ones trying to invent new and fun shooters.
these geniuses place gameplay above graphics, and SG/ZH is their first step into a high level of online cooperation not experienced from these developers before on console.
Well of course there is EDF, but EDF and SG/ZH are very different themes and categories. plus outside the multiplayer stuff, SG/ZH is looking to have a pretty interesting story, I think it might have some more depth to it than the usual Onechanbara, especially with SG/ZH having a more squad survival atmosphere.

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You think they could have did something unexpected and different by not giving every girl the same face and same exact skin tone?

Same body type? Only difference is hair and their weapons? Come one even vita games have a BIGGER selection of oppai archetypes.