Bringing Lisa to Xbox
Hey, I’m Austin Jorgensen, the creator of LISA , and I’m excited to lastly carry LISA to Xbox followers all over the world alongside Serenity Forge!
Lisa is a side-scrolling RPG stuffed with quirky characters and ethical desolation, instructed in two elements: The Painful and The Joyful. These video games take you on a journey that forces you to confront your self by means of tragedy, comedy, and brutality. Lisa takes place in Olathe, a place that’s nonetheless reeling from “The White Flash,” an apocalyptic occasion that worn out all girls. The ensuing land and its inhabitants differ wildly, from the quirky and humorous to the merciless and twisted. Along your journey and all its encounters, there’s one fixed: penalties. Whether you might be grasping, selfless, risk-taking or shy, the sport will make you keep in mind these selections… Over and over once more.
As far as the sport itself goes, that is the definitive model of Lisa. It has been fully rebuilt in a trendy engine and stuffed with visible polish, never-before-heard music tracks (together with music from Lisa: The First ), and new content material throughout each The Painful and The Joyful. Altogether, these additions categorical a last imaginative and prescient for Lisa. But I don’t need to say an excessive amount of–I hope you uncover it by yourself.
Revisiting a Cult-Classic Ten Years after Launch
Originally the mission was simply porting the sport to consoles. Mentally, I assumed I used to be finished with the sport–I had completed it years in the past and had began on future tasks. But as I labored with Serenity Forge, questions on sure design selections got here up. As I began to tackle these points, I had to discover what it meant for the sport’s story. And after virtually ten years away from Lisa, I discovered myself going through down my outdated writing. Pretty quickly, I began noticing there was a little extra I wished to say about Brad, Olathe, and its folks.
Lisa offers with themes relating to psychological well being, personhood, and objective, and the best way these work together with issues like generational trauma, suicide, and abuse. Behind this and all of the humor, there’s a which means. When I completed Lisa, I left the story very open-ended. Revisiting the sport with recent eyes has given me the prospect to actually broaden on the which means I used to be initially aiming for. So alongside remastering the sport, we began engaged on new content material, the ultimate piece of the puzzle, and I’m actually excited for outdated and new followers to expertise Lisa in its full kind. At the top of the day, I hope that with the brand new story (in all its varieties), views are modified and somebody out there’s in a position to discover which means within the recreation–to discover one thing that basically resonates with them.
Delivering the ‘Pain’ with Xbox Features
Bringing the sport to consoles has been a enjoyable trip. The workforce at Serenity Forge has introduced in options for the Xbox launch like a 120 FPS mode and pixel-perfect upscaling for full HD shows and past. One of my favourite moments was testing the sport and experiencing it with correct controller vibration for the primary time. Every stumble, fall off a cliff, and machine-gun punch bought extra ‘oomph’ than ever. The ache felt much more actual.
Keeping True to the Original
Despite the brand new content material, and remastering of the sport, I need to guarantee old-time followers of the video games that that is nonetheless Lisa. Serenity Forge and I’ve labored extraordinarily arduous to hold the sport as shut to the unique as attainable. That mentioned, there have been a few jokes within the unique that we’ve up to date, as I feel they really distract from the precise type of humor that Olathe is thought for (just like the Black Salvation Ranger scene). Every change is one which I made personally. As a outcome, this new model is what I really consider in, and I feel the love I’ve poured into this title will likely be apparent to all.
Lisa has at all times been about perspective. With the discharge of the Definitive Edition, new followers will likely be welcomed into Olathe with recent eyes, and returning followers get the prospect to assist Brad over again–maybe making completely different selections alongside the best way. I hope that all people will study one thing new about themselves. So please take a look at Lisa: Definitive Edition when it releases on July 18th on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Thank you all for the assist all through the years. Lisa is lastly full.
LISA: Definitive Edition
Serenity Forge
$24.99
Explore Olathe and unmask its twisted secrets and techniques with LISA: The Definitive Edition, together with the unique narrative-driven RPG LISA: The Painful and its sequel LISA: The Joyful.
LISA: The Painful – Definitive Edition is the depressing, hilarious RPG of your wildest nightmares. Undertake a relentless journey by means of the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Olathe. Beneath its charming exterior is a world filled with disgust and ethical desolation, the place you’ll study what sort of particular person you might be by being FORCED to make selections that completely have an effect on the gameplay. Make sacrifices to hold your get together members alive, whether or not it is taking a beating for them, dropping limbs, or another inhuman torture. In this world, you’ll study that being egocentric and heartless is the one approach to survive…
LISA: The Joyful – Definitive Edition is the soul-twisting conclusion to the quirky side-scrolling RPG collection, LISA. Explore Olathe in your quest to punish the world that has handled you mistaken. Along the best way, find out about this unusual land, your loved ones, and the monsters/males in energy. The world’s out to get you… now, get it again.
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