Dangen Entertainment to release English version of Vestaria Saga Gaiden: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister on Steam in 2022
Dangen Entertainment has announced that Vestaria Saga Gaiden: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister will release in English in 2022 for PC (Steam).
For those unaware, Vestaria Saga is a series of tactical RPGs created by Fire Emblem creator Shouzou Kaga with character designs from Mayumi Hirota (Fire Emblem: Thracia 776), developed using SRPG Studio. The first game in the series is Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions, which was released as freeware in Japan in September 2016 followed by an English Steam release in December 2019.
The Sacred Sword of Silvanister is a 25-chapter spinoff that takes place after Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions. It was originally released as freeware in Japan in March 2019. While no price has been announced yet, it is worth noting that the original Vestaria Saga was priced at $19.99, despite being free in Japan, to offset translation costs.
There is currently one other Vestaria Saga spinoff available in Japanese, titled Heroes of Lucca, although this is a much smaller project consisting of only 4 chapters acting as a prequel to Vestaria Saga I. There is no news regarding an official English release of this gaiden game.
For those looking forward, Vestaria Saga II is planned, though nothing is concrete about its development outside of Kaga's desire to make it. A third spinoff game is also in the works, titled Norden Civil War, which is more of a territory-based strategy game rather than a tactical RPG.
A teaser trailer, description, and screenshot/art set for Vestaria Saga Gaiden: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister can be found below. The official website is here (updated March 2022).
Vestaria Saga Gaiden: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister follows the further adventures of Zade, the hero from VS1, bringing the tales of him and his companions to a thrilling, satisfying end. Across his epic quest, Zade will encounter allies both new and old while also uncovering more of the mysteries behind the vile Margulites and their plan to plunge Vestaria into a new age of darkness.
The Vestaria Saga series is a story-focused strategy RPG where positioning, movement, and weaponry are paramount to success. Players control their character units around a classically styled grid-based map and engage pirates, rebels, monsters, imperial soldiers, and anything else that stands in their way.
Features
- New classes, gear, and skills to utilize across a wider variety of maps compared to its predecessor
- Ally conversations now confer stat boosts and other advantages
- A slew of other quality of life improvements have been made to the classic VS system
- An enthralling campaign of espionage, international intrigue, and war written by veterans of the genre
- Varying story paths and endings based on your choices and who survives to the end
- Over 30 unique characters to recruit with a wide variety of classes, weapons, and skills
- Intricate maps filled with a variety of enemies and strategic puzzles to overcome
- Two finely tuned difficulty modes to accommodate both strategy veterans and newcomers
- The ability to save every 5 turns so that you can quickly undo any mistakes you've made during a battle
- A full English script translated from the original Japanese by a veteran translator
- Another chapter in a strategy RPG series that builds upon Japanese SRPG traditions
Story
After a ship carrying a Solvian imperial diplomat was mistakenly set ablaze in Meledian waters, the Solvian Emperor Manneus declared war on the island kingdom. Led by the famed general Ajax, Solvia's imperial forces soon invaded Meledian shores. Once Meleda suffered a critical defeat in the Battle of Frist, the Empire quickly swooped in to seize the royal capital of Regina. Crushed beyond any hope of recovery, Meleda was forced to watch its invaders brutally wipe 500 years of history right off the face of the map. And so, one year passed... Once thought to have gone missing, the young princess Athol miraculously returned to the royal capital and freed its people through a furious battle.
The one who fought valiantly by her side and helped lead her to victory was none other than Zadrian, the young heir to Redessa. Meleda praised Zadrian as a national hero, showering him with fame and glory that far exceeded what they had once shown his elder brother Zecharias, the kingdom's finest knight. Zech was not only engaged to the princess, he was also the acting commander of the Meledian army... And most importantly, he was Zade's big brother– the man who Zade loved and respected more than anyone else. Feeling like his very presence had become a stain on his dear brother's reputation, Zade decided to leave the capital and set off on a new journey to the Temenos of Vesta. He took with him on his quest only a single traveling companion: Accorte Roland, a student of Sphire's magic academy and the daughter of a man who once saved Zade's life...
