At the same time as Square Enix is expanding on its existing franchises on iOS, they're also rolling out a brand new franchise called Imaginary Range. The new product is being called a game-comic hybrid. In other words its mostly a comic book, but with interactive elements to try to capture some of the many gaming fans on iOS as well.
For instance, you might come to a certain part of the story where you have to complete a mini-game to proceed. Critics will likely decry this as being "not a true game," but try as we might we can't really define much of a difference between this and a traditional adventure game. Regardless of the potential criticisms, this is a really interesting new step for Square Enix, and we're excited to see what type of new territory they explore within this genre.
The game-comic's plot revolves around two youngsters named Sid and Sierra who are traveling to France to investigate an enormous monster that has attacked Paris (what is it with the Japanese and giant monster attacks, anyway?) Few other details have been revealed at this time except for the fact that its slated to release on May 5th in Japan. We'll have to wait to see if it ends up getting a US release.
You can check out a few screens of the game in action below.
Images courtesy of Japanese website Famitsu.com.
