White Knight Chronicles: Online Features TGS Preview

by Travis Moses
September 25, 2009 00:00 AM PST

At this year's Tokyo Game Show, White Knight Chronicles developer Level-5 showcased their online feature plans for the game.

White Knight Chronicles is a robust role-playing game with many features, therefore to unlock online multiplayer players are required to complete the first chapter of the Story Mode, which takes a couple hours said Level-5. Playing through the first chapter of the story mode will familiarize you with White Knight Chronicles' play style and prepare you for the three modes online multiplayer has to offer.

White Knight Chronicles: Online Features TGS Preview

The first of these three online modes is called GeoNet, a social networking platform from within the game. GeoNet is similar to a Myspace or Facebook account where you can exchange mail with friends, customize your profile, and write blog entries. GeoNet is a great way to connect with other White Knight Chronicle players.

The second of the online multiplayer modes is Georama, a level editor of sorts that allows you to create your very own town for other players to visit. There are three environments to start building your town in. The plains, desert, and wilderness environments also have sub environments that actually give you more variety to choose from. To build your town you can construct buildings, fencing, statues, etc., and even place foliage like grass and trees. Once you build some shops in your town, you can recruit NPCs from the Story Mode to live in your town and then start inviting real friends into your customized town to shop and play.

Finally, the third mode of online play is called Subquesting. The basic concept of Subquesting is cooperative play for four players. Subquesting is separate from the Story Mode, and features an experience point system that increases your Guild Rank as you play and earn points. Increase your Guild Rank to earn bigger and better weapons.

As the Tokyo Game Show demonstration of White Knight Chronicle's online modes ended, Level-5 concluded by announcing that the U.S. and European versions of the game will feature voice chat communication and Live Chat, a feature in the game where the characters talk to one another about what's going on in any particular scene. From what we could understand, Live Chat is similar to when the characters in Left 4 Dead call out ammo locations and first-aid kits when you find them.