First look at The Last Remnant

With a name like “The Last Remnant,” you’d be wondering what kind of game Square Enix has been cooking up – and if it follows the same naming convention as Final Fantasy. Thankfully, (a) Game Informer magazine has Square Enix’s announcement of the game, (b) Jeux France has some details from the magazine, and (c) Jeux France blogs’ blakguy posted up some scans courtesy of GameFAQ forums.

Talk about finding remnants of The Last Remnant all over the place. Jeux France notes it’s rather exceptional that Square Enix would make the premiere announcement in an American magazine, and not Famitsu or Shonen Jump as would be expected.

According to Game Informer via Jeux France via Google Translate, The Last Remnantwill use Unreal Engine 3 (which makes the potential platforms PS3 and Xbox 360, maybe PC, which counts out the handhelds and Wii). The RPG centers around two heroes, each caught up in a war over mysterious objects called Remnants, each with his own reasons for joining the fight. Combat seems to be turn-based, although Jeux France mentions something about “the engagements are announced besides imposing on vast battle fields with much of soldiers.”

A couple of the screens blakguy found in GameFAQ should demonstrate what Jeux France was talking about.

The remnant of The Last Remnant scans after the jump!

With a name like “The Last Remnant,” you’d be wondering what kind of game Square Enix has been cooking up – and if it follows the same naming convention as Final Fantasy. Thankfully, (a) Game Informer magazine has Square Enix’s announcement of the game, (b) Jeux France has some details from the magazine, and (c) Jeux France blogs’ blakguy posted up some scans courtesy of GameFAQ forums.

Talk about finding remnants of The Last Remnant all over the place. Jeux France notes it’s rather exceptional that Square Enix would make the premiere announcement in an American magazine, and not Famitsu or Shonen Jump as would be expected.

According to Game Informer via Jeux France via Google Translate, The Last Remnant will use Unreal Engine 3 (which makes the potential platforms PS3 and Xbox 360, maybe PC, which counts out the handhelds and Wii). The RPG centers around two heroes, each caught up in a war over mysterious objects called Remnants, each with his own reasons for joining the fight. Combat seems to be turn-based, although Jeux France mentions something about “the engagements are announced besides imposing on vast battle fields with much of soldiers.”

A couple of the screens blakguy found in GameFAQ should demonstrate what Jeux France was talking about.