I didn’t even know this game was also an actual game beyond a visual novel, and it was a pretty fun part of the game too. Can’t wait to finish it after my semester ends
If someone tells you about the storyline, it will sound overly complicated. But this game comes with a system that lets you review every piece of information and event, at any time. You can pause whatever you are doing and instantly review anything that happened, fast-forwarding if necessary. It's this system that allows your mind to fully integrate every story element. It's the best way to experience a story, and it works really well with how complicated it is
Most of the complexity comes from the fact that none of the characters understand wtf is going on, not even the supposedly smart exposition characters. Once you get the full picture of what really happened in the past, it's surprisingly simple lol.
Fun fact: the composer for this track in particular went on to do work for the Elden Ring OST! (In particular, God Devouring Serpent is a standout track that definitely pulls a lot from this style.)
@@yuseifudo2609 Juro's story only really explain Shiba and potentially 426's identity and goal...theres still so much left to explain, those arent even the major twists.
@@weewer3369 SPOILER ALERT when he said that everything is just a game, I realized that all was a simulation. I love sci fi culture so for me it was obvious. And the simulation is the main twist of the game...
@@yuseifudo2609 SPOILER ALERT That is most definitely NOT the biggest twist lmao there's so much more to project ark than just being a simulation bro honestly the game could've just dropped the simulation part and it'd still be a strong story with plenty of twists and mystery
@@Diaryofaninja lol this explains why you're dissing people on other comments. You suck at the game and are flaming fans for liking a masterpiece. It all makes sense now.
@@damiester1 this isn't a masterpiece first of all LMAO the story isn't all that compelling tbh. and nah its suspicious that you claim to have beaten the 4th map with turrets and interceptors which is possible but it isn't the best strat lmaooo
@@Diaryofaninja the game is awesome well its not a masterpiece for you but I think so too (of course there's gonna be problems with the game) but I don't see nothing wrong with this game. The game isn't shit at all not even close. Its a novel type game and the combat matches so well with the story
The vocals at 1:36 is something else, it stood out to me immediately and is perhaps the most memorable soundtrack for me after completing the game last night. A true masterpiece.
I'm not sure if anyone else felt it but this song has such a classic Sega sound and feel. Maybe its just me but it brought me brought me back to 90s gaming.
I already finish the wave 1-10 with this music included, first time in my life where a RTS game make feel concentrated and with a lot of courage to finish one battle.... wonderful music, I hope the next battle surprised me like this one and the story is superb. :D
"Bombed" is relative, Atlus said sales exceeded expectations. Mixing visual novel with RTS-style gameplay is risky, its two extremely niche genres, and then it's also hyper-focused on sci-fi tropes narratively so it is a very narrow set of potential buyers. I think they knew it from the start, set expectations humbly, and outdid themselves which is fine.
I just found out that the composer for this game is the same dude that composed for Valkyria Chronicles. It's no wonder this ost kept reminding me of that game.
You are correct in refering to Hitoshi Sakimoto [who also composed for Final Fantasy 12 as well] who composed for this game. However, this was actually composed by one of his teammates in his sound team from Sakimoto's personal sound company "Basicscape". Yoshimi Kudo is the composer of this track in particular. He's worked on previous Vanillaware games alongside Hitoshi Sakimoto. Kudo has recently worked on Elden Ring, producing some fantastic tracks from that game such as "God-Devouring Serpent" and "Lichdragon Fortissax". Vanillaware has an amazing roster of talented musicians and they all deserve far more credit than they generally get. ❤️ Basicscape ❤️
I wholeheartedly agree. Its such a love letter to everything that makes up the sci-fi genre. Whether it is books, anime, games, movies, etc. theres so much here that I was blown away by the end of it. I didn't get every reference until I researched at the end of the game and theres still some references that ppl keep telling me about to this day its insane. The other shocking detail that I'm still baffled with is that the team is incredibly small (30 ppl about) for such an amazing game. And its written by George Kamitani, who I've come to respect as a genius in creating incredibly written games.
It's nice to see some Dream Theater motifs in 3:31 Best track of the game for sure! It makes me want to put a lot of interceptors, sentries, rain of missiles, while attacking some hi quad with demolisher blade!
He only composed 10 tracks though. He directed the soundtrack as a whole, but the main composers are part of Basiscape, his sound and composition studio. The best true Sakimoto OST remains Vagrant Story in my opinion!
I waited this game, but time flow and I forget about it and coming about news game deception, again and again... I found it and forgot about it and was like "I will be not decieve anymore" and remember about oboro muramasa and odin sphere = I attend nothing and they were masterpiece so I buy 13 sentinels and... THANK YOU VANILLAMARE TO MAKE ME DREAM ABOUT NEW ORIGINAL GAME AGAIN!
this game's story makes Cyberpunk 2077's story look like trash in comparison even though the themes are very similar. this is what actual creative storytelling is.
I haven't even played Cyberpunk, but in what way are they even close to being similar thematically? Is it just because there is technology in them both lol?
@@michaelwright646 can't really say much without spoilering either story, but there are some similar themes regarding human consciousness, which I guess is what he is talking about. I do agree with him that 13 Sentinel's approach is vastly superior, if only because they put basically every trope of sci-fi together and somehow made it work.
@@michaelwright646 I'm not defending cyber trash, but Imo, I find it to be wildly easier to make a more compelling story when your core gameplay is a turn based strategy. As opposed to a massive open world that you interact with constantly.
@@muchhorrorsuchwow well 13 sentinels is a real time strategy but it still applies It also helps that sentinels is half visual novel as well where you constantly switch protagonists
@@muchhorrorsuchwow don't you think telling a story with 13 main characters and non-chronological order is difficult too? imo, not an excuse for cyberpunk 2077's bad story.
I’m really skeptical on buying this game. It looks really interesting, it shows Atlus published/worked/whatever they did on this game has me interested. This song is kick ass, art looks great, but the gameplay looks confusing as hell.
its such a banger of a song that its insane that it was only ever used like twice in the game from what I remember. And thats rlly my only complaint with the game is that it didn't give us more battles in Destruction. Maybe if there was like 2 more sections I would be satisfied. Its too short even though the entirety of Destruction took me like 6 hours to complete lol.
@Ibai Perez Do you think it would work if they made this in a normal video game and not visual novel style? or is it better as it is? like for example some books just won't translate well in movies.
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*”Life comes at you fast…”*
"Unbelievable! I'm acting like an amateur!"
“I DENY you!”
A fine hit!
"The invasion ends here!"
sho minamimoto
If you love sci fi and a good story, You better buy this game.
Damn right
I don’t even particularly like sci fi usually, but damn this game was awesome
I didn’t even know this game was also an actual game beyond a visual novel, and it was a pretty fun part of the game too. Can’t wait to finish it after my semester ends
I've always wanted to check out more sci-fi and this game really helped me with that, such a great experience
One of the most memorable games I played this year. So damn good.
Best track yet, seriously. This one definitely made me feel like i had to hold the lines for these characters. Fuck i love it
Couldn't agree more, was so invested in every single one of them.
If someone tells you about the storyline, it will sound overly complicated. But this game comes with a system that lets you review every piece of information and event, at any time. You can pause whatever you are doing and instantly review anything that happened, fast-forwarding if necessary. It's this system that allows your mind to fully integrate every story element. It's the best way to experience a story, and it works really well with how complicated it is
Most of the complexity comes from the fact that none of the characters understand wtf is going on, not even the supposedly smart exposition characters. Once you get the full picture of what really happened in the past, it's surprisingly simple lol.
@@di-gun5791 Its crazy how they were able to sew almost evry sci fi trope possible and make it a coherent story. Freaking crazy
Fun fact: the composer for this track in particular went on to do work for the Elden Ring OST! (In particular, God Devouring Serpent is a standout track that definitely pulls a lot from this style.)
And the Lichdragon's theme as well. I found this song because of their music in Elden Ring and I wanted to hear more of their work. =DDD
These guys deserve it
@AdarNasiykh play the game bro
Sauce of the information ?
@@dankmeemo3464 Yoshimo Kudo, look him up. Also check his awesome OST for Raiden V.
Man, the plot twists in this game are just fucking crazy... Best storyline I've seen in a videogame in a long while.
It just slaps you with "Everything you know is wrong!" every 5 hours and you never get tired of it
Depends on which storyline you take first... I got Juro early and I understand almost everything about the finale.
@@yuseifudo2609 Juro's story only really explain Shiba and potentially 426's identity and goal...theres still so much left to explain, those arent even the major twists.
@@weewer3369 SPOILER ALERT
when he said that everything is just a game, I realized that all was a simulation. I love sci fi culture so for me it was obvious. And the simulation is the main twist of the game...
@@yuseifudo2609 SPOILER ALERT
That is most definitely NOT the biggest twist lmao there's so much more to project ark than just being a simulation bro honestly the game could've just dropped the simulation part and it'd still be a strong story with plenty of twists and mystery
Words can't describe how good this song is. Brings tears to the eyes
Same here. It has everything I love about music. Goes from epic chorus to uplifting serene and then to godlike metal out of nowhere
Better put on a show for Yuki-Chan
As long as I can keep this thing moving
It’s been weeks since I’ve finished the game. Absolute favorite game and I can’t stop coming back to the ost
When this gets going in the final level and you're getting swamped because you never expected to need so much AoE.. gets you pumped.
literally just had to go through that yesterday hahaha
Finished the game already, definitely my top 3, plus this OST is my favorite
This game is shit
@@Diaryofaninja lol this explains why you're dissing people on other comments. You suck at the game and are flaming fans for liking a masterpiece. It all makes sense now.
@@damiester1 this isn't a masterpiece first of all LMAO the story isn't all that compelling tbh. and nah its suspicious that you claim to have beaten the 4th map with turrets and interceptors which is possible but it isn't the best strat lmaooo
@@Diaryofaninja the game is awesome well its not a masterpiece for you but I think so too (of course there's gonna be problems with the game) but I don't see nothing wrong with this game. The game isn't shit at all not even close. Its a novel type game and the combat matches so well with the story
@@Diaryofaninja the ultra contraryian
The vocals at 1:36 is something else, it stood out to me immediately and is perhaps the most memorable soundtrack for me after completing the game last night.
A true masterpiece.
I'm not sure if anyone else felt it but this song has such a classic Sega sound and feel. Maybe its just me but it brought me brought me back to 90s gaming.
Yes, it made me feel a "Sega-ish" feeling, especially at the end.
I already finish the wave 1-10 with this music included, first time in my life where a RTS game make feel concentrated and with a lot of courage to finish one battle.... wonderful music, I hope the next battle surprised me like this one and the story is superb. :D
4:42 is just the best
is that guitar
@@parupiro754 nah it’s harmonica
Reminds me of those awesome Dynasty Warriors guitar riffs
i just got to the final boss of the first area and this started playing, made the fight 100x better imo
I wish this game had its own section in a Nintendo Direct, but hopefully us fans are more than enough to make this game as popular as possible
This felt like PSO2, orchestral, and synth music you hear on everyday news programs blended into one.
I was wondering if anyone else heard the "PSO" vibe in this, too.
I hear this and all I can think of is all of the character chirps whenever it's their turn.
Time to show off for Yuki-chan!
Unbelievable! I’m acting like an amateur!
*CLASS IS IN SESSION!*
"We can do this! ...right?"
No point in overthinking it
For such a great game, it's a shame it bombed in the west mostly due to the lack of advertisement, I knew about this thanks to some random /v/ thread
same here
"Bombed" is relative, Atlus said sales exceeded expectations. Mixing visual novel with RTS-style gameplay is risky, its two extremely niche genres, and then it's also hyper-focused on sci-fi tropes narratively so it is a very narrow set of potential buyers. I think they knew it from the start, set expectations humbly, and outdid themselves which is fine.
@@Tezasaurus And "Mecha" straight up usually never does too good in the west.
I only got it because of Persona 5. So glad I did
I got the game because I just happened upon the Nintendo Switch trailer for the game
I just found out that the composer for this game is the same dude that composed for Valkyria Chronicles. It's no wonder this ost kept reminding me of that game.
You are correct in refering to Hitoshi Sakimoto [who also composed for Final Fantasy 12 as well] who composed for this game. However, this was actually composed by one of his teammates in his sound team from Sakimoto's personal sound company "Basicscape".
Yoshimi Kudo is the composer of this track in particular. He's worked on previous Vanillaware games alongside Hitoshi Sakimoto.
Kudo has recently worked on Elden Ring, producing some fantastic tracks from that game such as "God-Devouring Serpent" and "Lichdragon Fortissax".
Vanillaware has an amazing roster of talented musicians and they all deserve far more credit than they generally get.
❤️ Basicscape ❤️
@@AdarNasiykh That's really cool. Thanks for the info.
Just finished my playthrough of this amazing game. And now I'll listen to this on repeat for a bit. A superb OST all around!
Never heard of this game. Dang this music is baller!
Basiscape is fantastic at soundtracks and sound design.
why does every jrpg I play have a talking cat
For some reason, talking cats are popular cognitions among the general public.
@@trewerd I see what you did there... hehe
I blame Garfield
For the same reason they almost always take place in a high school
I Am a Cat
one of the best sci fi ever made. Clarke, Wells and Asimov must be very proud
I wholeheartedly agree. Its such a love letter to everything that makes up the sci-fi genre. Whether it is books, anime, games, movies, etc. theres so much here that I was blown away by the end of it. I didn't get every reference until I researched at the end of the game and theres still some references that ppl keep telling me about to this day its insane. The other shocking detail that I'm still baffled with is that the team is incredibly small (30 ppl about) for such an amazing game. And its written by George Kamitani, who I've come to respect as a genius in creating incredibly written games.
Definitely the best song in the game
1:37
I'm so glad I played this game. This song is hard af.
It's nice to see some Dream Theater motifs in 3:31
Best track of the game for sure! It makes me want to put a lot of interceptors, sentries, rain of missiles, while attacking some hi quad with demolisher blade!
WE WILL SOON BE GETTING AN ORCHESTRATED VERSION OF THIS SONG
LET'S GOOOOOO
How
does it exist??
@@kiwiparfaits im looking for it too but can't find anything sadly. Holy crap if this is true ima shit my pants
Aegis rim is coming to switch LETS GOOOOOOOO!
Peak fiction
Man this song is otherworldly
KINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
and RAAAAAAAAAW
One might even say it's the GOAT.
Almost thought the cat on the far left was the 13th pilot.
well I mean...
Amazing OST, as expected from Sakimoto. Possibly his best yet.
He only composed 10 tracks though. He directed the soundtrack as a whole, but the main composers are part of Basiscape, his sound and composition studio.
The best true Sakimoto OST remains Vagrant Story in my opinion!
Thank Yoshimi Kudo for this one
@@ludoviccastro6742gotta listen
I waited this game, but time flow and I forget about it
and coming about news game deception, again and again...
I found it and forgot about it and was like "I will be not decieve anymore"
and remember about oboro muramasa and odin sphere = I attend nothing and they were masterpiece
so I buy 13 sentinels and...
THANK YOU VANILLAMARE TO MAKE ME DREAM ABOUT NEW ORIGINAL GAME AGAIN!
This is going to be something special.
Badass song. You know that sh*t is about to go down when this starts playing. Great game.
SEPTEMBER THE 8TH BABY
can't wait for that pre-order :D
22*
This is insane, love it!! ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
No entiendo porque esto no está en Spotify:(
let's save the planet, together!!!
Get those EMPs and Guardians running, we got swarmed folks! Demolisher blades out and mega railguns out 😤
Switch Release Incoming!
Man I might just buy it again to support it
Just hit this song, fucking radical
Vanillaware makes amazing games
Let's go Natsuno!
i FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1:36 best part
this game's story makes Cyberpunk 2077's story look like trash in comparison even though the themes are very similar. this is what actual creative storytelling is.
I haven't even played Cyberpunk, but in what way are they even close to being similar thematically? Is it just because there is technology in them both lol?
@@michaelwright646 can't really say much without spoilering either story, but there are some similar themes regarding human consciousness, which I guess is what he is talking about. I do agree with him that 13 Sentinel's approach is vastly superior, if only because they put basically every trope of sci-fi together and somehow made it work.
@@michaelwright646 I'm not defending cyber trash, but Imo, I find it to be wildly easier to make a more compelling story when your core gameplay is a turn based strategy. As opposed to a massive open world that you interact with constantly.
@@muchhorrorsuchwow well 13 sentinels is a real time strategy but it still applies
It also helps that sentinels is half visual novel as well where you constantly switch protagonists
@@muchhorrorsuchwow don't you think telling a story with 13 main characters and non-chronological order is difficult too? imo, not an excuse for cyberpunk 2077's bad story.
That feeing when you realize you are your own teacher AND little sister.
And you technical also killed humanity
Add terrorist as well
“Get bent”
Great game, just wish the combat was a bit more visual.
I thought the weapon effects felt very satisfying. That never got old
Second I heard this track infected me and I can't stop listening to it ahhh.
This track is designed to infect your nanomachines... with epic!
amazing game
Best part: 0:50
My only complaint with the game was that it was too short. Twice is too few times to 100% a game to determine that
I wish I had a big ass mech
3:30
Intracerebral narcotics..
yeah i love raiden v
for a second i thought this music from other games like pso2
I’m really skeptical on buying this game. It looks really interesting, it shows Atlus published/worked/whatever they did on this game has me interested. This song is kick ass, art looks great, but the gameplay looks confusing as hell.
The gameplay is very simple actually. Most of the game you'll be spending your time going through the story with gameplay being secondary.
BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT
JUST BUY IT DAMMIT
Well? Did you buy it?
@@BlueCrimson10 ehhh, I’m waiting for a sale 😅
Physical, not digital
@@MIGU3L2K It was on sale for 30 dollars in multiple places physically lol
The game has re wired my brain to only listen to edm.
its such a banger of a song that its insane that it was only ever used like twice in the game from what I remember. And thats rlly my only complaint with the game is that it didn't give us more battles in Destruction. Maybe if there was like 2 more sections I would be satisfied. Its too short even though the entirety of Destruction took me like 6 hours to complete lol.
I've never watched Evangelion.
I've never heard the soundtrack of Evangelion.
So why am I thinking of Evangelion?
Teenagers, giant robots, both are peak fiction
Finally saw the gameplay for this game, and it looks boring, terrible...
I was deceived by how amazing the music and art style are.
It's a visual novel (a damn good one) with some strategic fights. Take it for what it is.
The game is getting stellar reviews.
tiny brained westerner can’t read lol
Videos unfortunately can't show how NOT boring the actual gameplay is... I'm having a blast!
@Ibai Perez Do you think it would work if they made this in a normal video game and not visual novel style? or is it better as it is? like for example some books just won't translate well in movies.