The Bouncer, a game Square has been fairly tight-lipped
about, has been in development for as long as the announcement
of the PS2 almost a year or so ago -- and even longer than
that. In fact, it was presented first as one of the tech demos
for the PS2 -- which demonstrated a sprawling fight scene with
multiple levels and environmental weapons (e.g. chairs and
tables). Finally, some vital information has surfaced among
the gaming world, and I shall give you a quick look into this
potential blockbuster... Trust me, it's shaping up to look
like one of Square's most innovative and finest!
The Bouncer is undoubtedly (by the way it looks and
'feels') set in a futuristic world, where concepts that were
common to the latter Final Fantasy games are thrown about with
an artistic touch. If you have played any of the Tobal series,
then you should know what to expect as far as the gameplay
goes. As a matter of fact, don't be surprised if the game is a
fine mixture of RPG elements and action/fighting elements.
From the screens I've seen, the action looks truly intense and
fervid, complete with cool camera angles, awesome and tripped
out blur motion, depth of field perception (cool camera
effects that can shed focus on the background, while making
the foreground all blurry), possibly interchangeable
characters during fighting, tons of environmental weaponry,
freedom to move about the scenery and use it to your
advantage, plus lots more. Dream Factory, the developer of the
Tobal series, is behind this game, by the way, which should
give you a good hint at how the game will turn out. But,
there's more! In addition to Dream Factory’s team working on
this game is famed character/concept designer Tetsuya Nomura
(a personal fav. of mine, who did the character designs for
FFVII and VIII, and a few more Square titles) has done the
character designs, and some more artwork on this game; it
truly shows, too. They're great! Here's a list of the
characters known by far and their physical and characteristic
descriptions:
Sion Barzahd: He is a 19-year-old
bouncer who has that 'Squall' look about him, and he gives you
the impression that he is the main character of the game. He
sports brown hair, with long sideburns, a red and black vest,
blue shorts about knee's length, and a very heavy looking
chain necklace -- much longer than Squall's Griever. He also
has a chain pendant hanging from his left wrist, and he wears
a collar of sorts. Sion, it appears, had lost a loved one (a
girlfriend, I assume) a year prior to the beginning of the
game, and has fallen in love with another main character named
Dominique Cross who had recently came to Fate (the bar were
the bouncers work at).
Koh Leifoh: Koh sorta resembles Zell
from FFVIII, having that same wild-man smile. Koh actually
looks like a mix of Zell and Laguna. Anyhoo, he has dark brown
hair about shoulder's length, wears only a small leather vest,
and army pants. He also has about a million tattoos -- all of
which are black blade-looking things that make interesting
patterns around his chest, abdomen, arms, and forehead. Koh is
another bouncer of the game, but has a pessimistic outlook
upon things when things get bad. Besides that, he is a nice,
easy-going guy.
Volt Krueger: Volt's one mean looking
mother! Volt has short, blonde hair, that sticks up. He has
many face piercings on his nose, lips, ears, and on his
forehead. He even has two little horns sticking out on either
side of his forehead! His red, piercing eyes make him look
like even more of a bad dude, but, in all honest truth, he is
really a caring and compassionate kinda guy. He is very built,
wears a leather jacket full of spikey studs, and blue jeans.
Interestingly enough, his leather jacket has a logo of an
escaping Cactur/Cactrot (an FF enemy famous to the series) on
the back and sleeve, enclosed with a crossed sign -- as if
signifying "no escape". Cool, huh? He is the oldest
bouncer.
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