in 1997. The franchise's fourth game has players guiding four teenagers in an original storyline set within the 3D world of Filgaia. Combat once again employs a turn-based system, but with a new hexagonal grid for strategic movement. Party members can either spread out to attack adjacent enemies or stick together in one grid for added support. The exploration phase outside of combat involves action similar to a platform game, as players will be able to perform double jumps, alter time by moving at high speeds, and solve an assortment of puzzles. The lead protagonist is
, whose homeland was ravaged by an opportunistic army. He is joined by a motley group of friends determined to discover the truth behind the devastating invasions, no matter what the cost.
Company 1: Sony Computer Entertainment - US; Title Logo and Package Design: Studio QED Inc.; English Vocals Production: ZRO Limit Productions, Shadow Box Studio; Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post; Music Supervisor: Joe Romersa; Vocalist: Franki Love; English VO Production: Cup Of Tea Productions Inc.; Recording Assistant: Lainie Bushey, Julie Smith; Recording Engineer: Danielle Hunt; Director: Wendee Lee; Translation Services: Dwight S. Miller, Andrew Church, Dave Heston, Andrew Vestal, Hiroko Minamoto, John Ricciardi; Localization Producer: Noriko Wada; XSEED Games Assistant Marketing Manager: Jimmy Soga; Marketing: Kenji Mimura; Public Relations and Events: Kyoko Yamashita; Sales: Sean Montgomery; Business Development: Ken Berry; Finance: Kenzo Nogimura; President: Jun Iwasaki; Company 2: Sony Computer Entertainment - Japan; Lead Game Designer: Akifumi Kaneko; System Designer: Koichi Shirasaka, Nobuo Nakazawa; Battle Designer: Nobuo Nakazawa, Satoshi Fukushima; Field Designer: Koichi Shirasaka, Hideaki Kikuchi; Screenplay By: Akifumi Kaneko; Screenplay Assistant: Eriko Kudoh; Event Designer: Hiroki Ishii, Eriko Kudoh, Kan Akuzawa, Akane Tatezawa, Satoru Shiraishi; Lead Programmer: Takao Suzuki; VU Programmer: Makoto Ochi; Motion Programmer: Yusuke Wakigawa; Event Programmer: Muneaki Shimazaki; Cut-in Programmer: Satoshi Kodaira; Event Scripter: Ryuji Shitoh, Satoshi Kodaira, Yusuke Wakigawa; Art Director: Tetsuya Ookubo, Yukihiko Itoh; Character Designer: Wakako Ooba; Sub-Character Designer: Masae Hanazawa; Monster Designer: Tetsuya Ookubo, Jun Sekine, Naoki Ozaki; Character Modeler: Kazuyuki Kumazoe, Yutaka Kobayashi, Shunsuke Fujii; Character Texture Artist: Tetsuya Ookubo, Hidefumi Kataoka, Jun Sekine, Naoki Ozaki, Ayumi Yano, Yuu Hiki, Tomoyuki Iwakuro; Concept Artist: Taro Yamazaki, Erika Osada, Takeshi Tomiwaki, J.C. Staff Co. Ltd.; Level Artist: Daisuke Miura, Shinya Tokunaga; Field Texture Artist: Yukihiko Itoh, Takayuki Yabubayashi, Takeshi Tomiwaki, Toru Saitoh, Yuta Ootani; Effects Artist: Yutaka Kunimoto, Yukiyoshi Mori, Shu Takenaka; UI Designer: Takayuki Yabubayashi, Naoki Ozaki; Character Accessories Designer: Hidefumi Kataoka, Yukiyoshi Mori; Character Animator: Hiroki Ishii, Masaya Kobayashi, Masae Hanazawa, Kohsuke Moritake, Tadayoshi Kameyama; Storyboard Artist: Hiroki Ishii; Field Event Artist: Kazuyuki Kumazoe, Daisuke Miura, Sanae Itoh, Jun Sekine, Naoki Ozaki, Takeshi Kasano, Yuu Hiki, Ayumi Yano, Tomoaki Ayano, Kaori Usui, Kazuya Satoh, Minoru Ikeda, Yoshiaki Ikeda, Koji Hata, Kenji Tanaka, Sho Chidimatsu, Yoshiyasu Ikeda; Graphics Production: Image Epoch Inc., Highwaystar Co. Ltd., Tiny Art Co. Ltd., Dear Field Inc.; Sound Composer: Michiko Naruke, Masato Kouda, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Ryuta Suzuki; Additional Arrangement: Kazuhiko Sotoyama; Music Producer: Tomonobu Kikuchi, Yukio Nagasaki; Sound Director: Junko Sano; Sound Effects: Yuu Ogata, Hiroyuki Kasuya, Takashi Kanei, Hiroshi Yamagishi; Sound System Programming & Support: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Isamu Terasaka, Koshyo Furukawa, Tomohito Ito; Animation Production: J. C. Staff Co. Ltd.; Director, Business Development: Naoko Kino; Product Manager, Localization: Yuko Namba, Kenichi Yamazaki; Assistant Director: Harumi Umezawa; Director: Nobukazu Satoh; Assistant Producer: Kentaro Motomura; Producer: Takashi Fukushima, Yasuhide Kobayashi; Executive Producer: Akira Satoh, Fumiya Takeno, Masatsuka Saeki, Tomikazu Kirita; Developed By: Media Vision Entertainment Inc.; Presented by: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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