Release: Remake: 2017 // Original: 2005 on Xbox
Genre: Action Card Battle RPG
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The Phantom Dust reboot may have died a death, but Microsoft has found a way to bring the series back to life - Phantom Dust is now a remaster of the original Xbox game instead.
Announced on YouTube's Live at E3 stream, Phantom Dust is now an updated version of the cult card-battler/action-RPG hybrid, and will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning it's both cross-buy and cross-play across Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs.
Releasing in 2017, and taking advantage of the recently announced Xbox One Arena features, the game will use the original's assets, but has been tweaked so that players have access to a multiplayer-ready deck of cards far earlier in the game than in the 2005 version.
In one of the stranger quotes from E3 so far, general manager of Xbox game publishing Shannon Loftis, also made clear that "we're updating it with modern Xbox Live, so you'll be able to play with friends that are alive today." Xbox Live is officially not séance-ready, people.
The original studio developing the Phantom Dust reboot, Darkside Game Studio, closed in February 2015. Microsoft confirmed at that time that the reboot was still in development despite the studio's closure. Microsoft filed a trademark for Phantom Dust back in January. It's unclear who is responsible for this new version's development.
The original Phantom Dust was released in 2005 as a card strategy action game.
“Phantom Dust” is a unique blend of third-person arena combat and collectable card game, in which both fast reflexes and clever thinking matter. Collect over 300 unique abilities and build your arsenal of powers, taking them into battle with up to three other opponents. You’ll compete in highly-destructible arenas—in teams or alone—and unleash a wide array of powers and tactics, including orbital particle cannons, flaming swords, barriers of ice, flight, cloaking, attack reflection, and even mind-reading abilities.
The game features over 20 hours of solo player content through an engaging story that explores the ideas of isolation and faith, and full Xbox Live multiplayer support for up to four players with a variety of game types.
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Features
Tactical Action – Up to 4 players choose from more than 300 skills across five diverse schools of powers to create a unique “arsenal” to take into combat. Draw odds and deck building strategy collide with moment-to-moment action as players blast, block, and leap across each arena in an effort to defeat their opponents. With billions of deck combinations and 12 years since the original’s release, no one has yet to find a “perfect” arsenal!
Map Destruction – Major components of all the arenas can be destroyed. Blow out bridges to limit access to high ground, punch enemies into or through walls, rain debris down in an enclosed room, drop the floors out from under opponents, and hurl objects and debris for quick damage. As the board is destroyed and the landscape changes, players must adapt, increasing the need for strategic action and arsenals that cater to each specific arena.
Skills – More than 300 skills are available for players to earn and purchase through the solo campaign and multiplayer battles. From basic attacks and defenses, to radical board-altering abilities, Phantom Dust has a play style to suit anyone; stay at distance with the Optical school’s laser attacks; get in close and pummel your opponent with the Ki school; cause chaos with the unpredictable Psycho school; heal and boost your abilities with the Nature school; debilitate and punish with the Faith school. Mix schools to create radically different strategies and rebuild your arsenals to counter tricky opponents as you progress.
Campaign – Humanity has been driven underground by a mysterious dust that eats away at memories. Play as Alpha, a newly discovered survivor with no memory of their past. Journey across the radical landscape of a changed Earth as you undertake more than 100 missions to reveal the secrets of the Phantom Dust. Get ready for a brooding and introspective campaign with over 20 hours of play, featuring a host of unique characters to fight with and against, massive boss encounters, diverse arenas, memorable set battles, and unlockable multiplayer bonuses.
Just going by the options it looks like they still think this is on the original Xbox 15 years ago. It doesn't even have an option for fullscreen or to change the resolution. I will have to look at this later but the lack of options really put me off already.
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