[Multiplatform] The Last Remnant: Life at 12 frames a second is a beautiful thing.

Oh yeah, this was coming out on PC, wasn't it?

The Last Remnant, or "Holy Shit S-E Made A New IP," is a kind of strategical RPG in the way that battles flow like your typical RPG, but everything is squad and morale based. Get your A kicked, and you'll only get your A kicked further. Kick A and you will proceed to kick more A.

The story's about a guy named Rush who's trying to find his sister, while she's being experimented on for controlling war-machine "Remnants" or something. Rush, who has famous parents, is joined by a local ruler and his generals to find his sister while at the same time keep said ruler's lands safe.

The game came out on Xbox 360, but had no shortage of graphical problems. The PC version has addressed many of these (It runs great for me) and has even made some changes to the game. Changes include:

• Turbo Mode - Speed through battles if you think they're boring and are REALLY good at Critical Triggers.
• No leader units - Make unions with anyone
• Preview Equipment - View the model of the sword you're buying to see if it looks nifty.
• Dual Audio - Play the game in Holy Nipponese if you're a massive weeaboo.

The game is out in retail in Europe and North America, and comes out on April 9th in Japan. It must be activated via Steam, which can be done with the retail copy. If you buy it Steam's online store you'll have to wait until 4/9 for it to unlock, so if you did, sucks to be you.

System Requirements (From Steam)

Spoiler:

Minimum

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2/Vista® SP1 *1 *2
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo (2GHz) / AMD Athlon™ X2 (2GHz)
Memory: 1.5GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 15GB Available HDD Space
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 VRAM 256MB or better *3
Sound Card: 100% DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX®9.0c or higher）
DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c

Recommended

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP1 *1 *2
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo (2.4GHz or higher) / AMD Athlon™ X2 (2.4GHz or higher)
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 15GB Available HDD Space
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 VRAM 512MB or better *3
Sound Card: 100% DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX®9.0c or higher）
DirectX® Version: DirectX® 10 (OS Default) *4
Supports Xbox 360® Controller for Windows®

*1 Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition and server-related OS are not supported.

*2 32-bit/64-bit are supported for Windows Vista®.

*3 Laptop versions and onboard video are not supported. Video cards that share the same VRAM as the main memory are not supported.

*4 The version used is DirectX® 9.0c.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It uses the Unreal 3 engine, so it'll run on mid-level hardware, just probably at medium-low settings. There's always the demo on Steam to try out if you're not sure, anyway.

I've got 4GB RAM, a Radeon HD 4850, and an i7 920 and I still have to run the thing on medium-high to keep a high framerate. I could probably put it on max and get 30FPS, but I'm a fag and always try for 60.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

An unpleasant bit for those waiting for the PS3 version, from the GDC.

Originally Posted by Wired

SAN FRANCISCO -- So we were in the Last Remnant panel at GDC, where Square Enix's Hiroshi Takai and Epic's Mike Capps, among others, had just finished discussing the often difficult process of using Unreal Engine 3 to create a Japanese role-playing game.

I decide to ask a question.

"The Last Remnant," I said, "was originally announced to be Square Enix's first multi-platform game. But the PlayStation 3 version hasn't come out yet. Is it still happening?"

Silence.

No one wants to speak. Finally, someone ventures: "Well, the PC version came out this week."

Me: "Yes, it did."

More silence. Everyone's kind of glancing around.

Takai: "Well, as for the PS3 version, I can't say anything about that."

Me: "Alright, then."

Source

I wonder if it's still in the works, or if it'll just fade into obscurity. The official site still has the PS3 logo, though.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.