California based mobile games developer Playdek Inc. has launched a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor to the likes of Final Fantasy Tactics. Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians brings the genius of Yasumi Matsuno to the table. He has had his hand in several tactics styled games over the past two decades, and is perfectly suited for this project.
The Kickstarter is designed to raise the funds required to have the games ported over to PC, Mac, and Linux, as well as Windows Tablets. Some of the (unrealistic) stretch goals promise to have it ported to the PS Vita, and the Nintendo 3DS. The project reached 300,000$ dollars within two days of being started, showing us just how anticipated a real job based tactics game is wanted.
I'm really excited about this. Playdek seems to have enough experience in board game styled development to have a good chance at producing a great grid based tactics game. They're even calling the biggest experts to the table, and that is very heartening.
Despite the fact that this was only slated to be a mobile game, I have a good feeling that this game will be exactly what us tactics fans are looking for. Too bad I don't think that this will make it to the Vita or the 3DS...
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