View Full Version : Regeria Hope (A Phoenix Wright-esque Adventure Game)
I forget how I stumbled across Regeria Hope, an adventure game being developed by Golden Game Barn, but I can tell you this: it looks like it has some serious potential. Imagine a game similar to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, but where you have the option of being either a clean, honest lawyer, or a corrupt, sell-your-clients-down-the-river lawyer. That's what this game is like.
Download link for Regeria Hope: Episode 1 (http://goldengamebarn.itch.io/regeria-hope-episode-1) (It's free...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyPFmlgKKnU
After jumping on Kickstarter a couple of months ago, it had a successful fundraising campaign so now Regeria Hope is going to be fully developed into a game featuring five episodes. The finished thing is supposed to be delivered during October 2015. Why not give Episode 1 a whirl in the meantime?
Sailorneorune
05-30-2015, 10:13 AM
Played the freebie Case 1. It's not bad, and certainly has its fair share of twists and turns.
It'll be interesting to see how the full version turns out, if Capcom doesn't sue the developer into oblivion first. :-/
Big game companies seem to like throwing their weight around lately, and with a new GyakuSai around the corner, I could see Golden Barn getting hit with a C&D for their trouble.
Big game companies seem to like throwing their weight around lately, and with a new GyakuSai around the corner, I could see Golden Barn getting hit with a C&D for their trouble.
But none of Capcom's IP is in this game, and it's not like a game genre/style can be copyrighted.
Sailorneorune
06-02-2015, 06:20 AM
But none of Capcom's IP is in this game, and it's not like a game genre/style can be copyrighted.
True, but it is a concern... Capcom probably doesn't care enough about Ace Attorney in the English-speaking world to send out C&Ds anyway, hence why the AAI2 fan translation still exists.
True, but it is a concern... Capcom probably doesn't care enough about Ace Attorney in the English-speaking world to send out C&Ds anyway, hence why the AAI2 fan translation still exists.
That, and depending on the number of liberties taken with a game's localization, the translation, if it is not merely a transliteration, can itself be copyrighted independently of the original version. That's why so many companies license another company's older work on a movie/TV show/game's script or localization after the localization rights change hands. If it were just a question of saving on costs, then the newer company could just use the older company's localization work without paying anything. But as that is not how copyrights work in the USA, the newer company must license the older company's localization instead of merely copying it without the exchange of payment and written permission after acquiring the localization rights from the IP holder of the original work.