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Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge
Japanese boxart
Developer(s)Gust[3]
Publisher(s)Tecmo Koei
Platform(s)PlayStation Vita
ReleaseJapanApril 26, 2012[1]
RereleaseFebruary 21, 2013[2]
Genre(s)Life simulation[1], social game

Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge (シェルノサージュ〜失われた星へ捧ぐ詩〜) is a life simulation[1] video game for the PlayStation Vita developed by Gust.[3] The player is introduced to Ionasol (shortened to "Ion" in the game), a girl with amnesia; the player's objective is to help Ion regather her memories by entering her mind; which is shown as a broken world which the player can repair (in order to recover Ion's memories).[4] Although not a continuation of the Ar tonelico series, it takes place in the same universe with many of the same elements and expands on the series mythos. The game is notably the first game to be developed by Gust after their merger with Tecmo Koei.

It was released on April 26, 2012 in Japan. As of March 2013, there are no plans for a release outside of Japan. The original cart contained the first episode of the game, and since then four more episodes have been released as downloadable add-ons to the original game at low prices via PlayStation Network. The first five episodes were rereleased physically as Ciel Nosurge Re:Incarnation on February 21, 2013.

Gameplay

The player is introduced to Ionasol Kukururu Prishel (イオナソル・九九ルル・プリシェール, Ionasoru Kukururu Purishēru) (shortened to "Ion"), a girl with amnesia[4] who lives in another dimension; the player's objective is to help Ion recover her lost memories.[1] Ion is a candidate for the next emperor in her world but lives on her own; the player can build a romantic relationship with Ion (shown by a separate "love meter"[1]) by interacting with her. Ion may make adjustments to her lifestyle timing, which will eventually match the player's the longer the game has been played.[1]

The world of Ciel Nosurge was designed with an intent to give Japanese players a sense of nostalgia; for example with buildings from the Showa era.[1] Ion's mind exists as a world called Rashura. Rashura is nearing destruction due to the expansion of the sun; due to this the rich of Rashura built floating cities to protect themselves; while the poor, such as Ion, still live on the ground.[5]

Another gameplay element of Ciel Nosurge is the ability to create fairies known as Sharl (シャール) from scanning barcodes. Different barcodes create a different type of Char, which are needed to repair Ion's mind.[6] The game also has a system where players can type short messages for other players.[6] The game has been referred to as a social game due to its heavy focus on socializing with other players and the requirement to be connected to PlayStation Network to play. At the time of its release, many of the game's online servers were not working properly, but that problem has since been fixed by Gust through a series of patches.

The game was released as a series of episodes, episode one being the original cart. As of March 2013, five episodes have been released. Episodes two through five were released as DLC for a few hundred yen each on PlayStation Network. Each episode is estimated to take around seven hours to complete. Other than episodes and patches, other minor add-ons have been released on PSN, such as costumes.

Ciel Nosurge Re:Incarnation

Ciel Nosurge Re:Incarnation is a reprint of the original game, but also contains all of the original game's patches and DLC, including episodes one through four on the cart, as well as a voucher to download episode five. It was released on February 21, 2013.[2]

Reception and sales

Japan's Famitsu magazine scored Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge 31 out of 40.[7] Merchandise for the game include a mousepad.[8] In the week from April 23rd to April 29th, Ciel Nosurge ranked number one in PlayStation Vita games sales (33,324 per week) and fourth overall, behind Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PlayStation 3 version), Mario Party 9, and Fire Emblem: Awakening, respectively.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Gantayat, Anoop. "Life With Ion, Surge Concerto's Other Dimensional Heroine". Andriasang. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ a b Spencer. "Ciel No Surge Re:Incarnation Is Gust's Vita Game Bundled With DLC". SiliconEra. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ a b Romano, Sal. "Surge Concerto: Ciel no Surge screenshots". Gematsu. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ a b Spencer. "Ciel No Surge, Gust's PlayStation Vita Game, Has You "Dive" Into Ionasol". SiliconEra. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ Gantayat, Anoop. "Surge Concerto: Ion's Friends and the Dive System". Andriasang. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ a b Spencer. "Ciel No Surge Turns Barcodes Into Fairies And Has Twitter-Like Chat". SiliconEra. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ Romano, Sal. "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1221 - Surge Concerto and Starhawk reviewed". Gematsu. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ Gantayat, Anoop. "Surge Concerto "Pancake" Mouse Pad". Andriasang. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ^ Ishaan. "This Week In Sales: The Raccoon City Outbreak Hits Japan". SiliconEra. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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