<s>
Sudeki	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2004	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Climax	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Application
by	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
Zoo	O
Digital	O
Publishing	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
worldwide	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2014	O
by	O
Climax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
on	O
the	O
splintered	O
world	O
of	O
Sudeki	B-Application
,	O
divided	O
into	O
the	O
twin	O
planets	O
Illumina	O
and	O
Akloria	O
,	O
the	O
storyline	O
follows	O
four	O
characters	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
god	O
Tetsu	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
the	O
dark	O
god	O
Haigou	O
and	O
reform	O
Sudeki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
originally	O
as	O
a	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
multiple	O
platform	O
changes	O
,	O
production	O
proper	O
started	O
in	O
2000	O
as	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Application
exclusive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sudeki	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
characters	O
,	O
exploring	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
locations	O
including	O
towns	O
,	O
rural	O
areas	O
and	O
roads	O
,	O
wilderness	O
,	O
and	O
underground	O
temples	O
and	O
mines	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
camera	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sudeki	B-Application
is	O
set	O
across	O
three	O
locations	O
;	O
the	O
light	O
world	O
Haskilia	O
,	O
the	O
dark	O
world	O
Akloria	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
intermediary	O
plain	O
dubbed	O
the	O
Realm	O
of	O
Shadows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
backstory	O
,	O
the	O
deity	O
Tetsu	O
governed	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Sudeki	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
his	O
loneliness	O
created	O
a	O
twin	O
from	O
his	O
own	O
being	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
split	O
also	O
divided	O
Sudeki	B-Application
into	O
two	O
worlds	O
,	O
and	O
Tetsu	O
's	O
twin	O
took	O
the	O
name	O
Haigou	O
and	O
overthrew	O
his	O
brother	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tal	O
fights	O
and	O
defeats	O
Talos	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
four	O
combine	O
their	O
powers	O
to	O
destroy	O
Haigou	O
,	O
allowing	O
Sudeki	B-Application
to	O
reunify	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
concepts	O
of	O
Sudeki	B-Application
were	O
proposed	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
within	O
Climax	O
Solent	O
,	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
Climax	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
titled	O
Symphony	O
of	O
Light	O
and	O
was	O
being	O
planned	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2000	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
changed	O
platform	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
some	O
point	O
after	O
this	O
,	O
it	O
changed	O
platform	O
again	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
high-end	O
title	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
production	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
attracted	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
preparing	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
console	O
market	O
with	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Describing	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
choice	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
manager	O
Peter	O
Connelly	O
said	O
that	O
Japanese	O
developers	O
were	O
failing	O
to	O
deliver	O
RPGs	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
so	O
Climax	O
Studio	O
's	O
project	O
gave	O
them	O
an	O
entry	O
in	O
an	O
under-represented	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
form	O
of	O
Sudeki	B-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
September	O
2000	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
as	O
a	O
console	O
exclusive	O
overseen	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
confusion	O
during	O
communication	O
between	O
Climax	O
Studios	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
became	O
Sudeki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Sudeki	B-Application
was	O
described	O
by	O
Climax	O
managing	O
director	O
Joe	O
Cavalla	O
as	O
the	O
largest	O
project	O
ever	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
their	O
first	O
RPG	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
Tuomas	O
Pirinen	O
described	O
the	O
entire	O
design	O
process	O
as	O
very	O
hard	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
both	O
functioning	O
gameplay	O
and	O
extravagant	O
graphics	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
hardware	O
's	O
capacities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
design	O
was	O
strongly	O
influenced	O
by	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
and	O
Star	B-Application
Ocean	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Second	I-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
combat	O
drew	O
additional	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
and	O
Onimusha	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Samurai	I-Application
's	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
engine	O
was	O
designed	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
Sudeki	B-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
minimal	O
load	O
times	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
directly	O
streamed	O
data	O
through	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
cutting	O
down	O
on	O
memory	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
push	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
to	O
its	O
known	O
limits	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
used	O
techniques	O
such	O
as	O
rendering	O
static	O
geometry	O
with	O
pre-established	O
push	O
buffers	O
to	O
take	O
workload	O
off	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
CPU	O
and	O
GPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cultures	O
and	O
locations	O
of	O
Sudeki	B-Application
were	O
created	O
early	O
in	O
production	O
after	O
extensive	O
study	O
of	O
real-world	O
cultures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
character	O
's	O
weapon	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
real-life	O
weapons	O
such	O
as	O
katanas	B-Operating_System
and	O
pistols	O
from	O
the	O
Wild	O
West	O
era	O
with	O
setting-specific	O
twists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
character	O
designs	O
were	O
finalised	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
were	O
modelled	O
in	O
Maya	B-Language
based	O
on	O
those	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
environments	O
were	O
again	O
designed	O
using	O
Maya	B-Language
,	O
with	O
the	O
designers	O
finding	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
add	O
in	O
objects	O
and	O
adjust	O
the	O
scenery	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
port	O
directly	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
for	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sudeki	B-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
1999	O
under	O
its	O
original	O
title	O
Symphony	O
of	O
Light	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Japanese	O
release	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
a	O
press	O
conference	O
in	O
June	O
2004	O
alongside	O
other	O
Xbox	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
formed	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
strategy	O
for	O
promoting	O
the	O
console	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
principally	O
by	O
tapping	O
into	O
the	O
RPG	O
market	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
dominated	O
by	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
on	O
14	O
July	O
2005	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Sudeki	B-Application
:	O
Sennen	O
no	O
Akatsuki	O
no	O
Monogatari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
Windows	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Climax	O
Action	O
,	O
a	O
studio	O
division	O
formed	O
through	O
a	O
team	O
merger	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Sudeki	B-Application
which	O
incorporated	O
the	O
staff	O
of	O
Climax	O
Solent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Climax	O
re-released	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2014	O
;	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
released	O
on	O
24	O
February	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
GOG	O
version	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
April	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
sequel	O
was	O
assumed	O
to	O
exist	O
following	O
a	O
job	O
request	O
from	O
Climax	O
including	O
the	O
title	O
Sudeki	B-Application
2	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
typo	O
:	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
Sudeki	B-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
had	O
not	O
either	O
requested	O
a	O
sequel	O
or	O
hired	O
Climax	O
for	O
any	O
such	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
September	O
2004	O
sales	O
report	O
from	O
the	O
NPD	O
Group	O
,	O
Sudeki	B-Application
was	O
the	O
tenth	O
best-selling	O
Xbox	B-Application
title	O
of	O
August	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
over	O
16,500	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
6,200	O
units	O
over	O
its	O
lifetime	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
78th	O
best-selling	O
Xbox	B-Application
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Bramwell	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
summed	O
up	O
that	O
"	O
despite	O
building	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
upon	O
fondly	O
remembered	O
Japanese	O
RPGs	O
,	O
Sudeki	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
really	O
leave	O
us	O
with	O
any	O
that	O
justify	O
the	O
time	O
we	O
invested	O
in	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
described	O
Sudeki	B-Application
as	O
"	O
more	O
style	O
than	O
substance	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
numerous	O
faults	O
he	O
found	O
outweighing	O
the	O
merits	O
of	O
its	O
combat	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Francesca	O
Reyes	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Official	O
Xbox	B-Application
Magazine	O
,	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ambitious	O
but	O
let	O
down	O
by	O
underdeveloped	O
or	O
poorly-implemented	O
elements	O
of	O
its	O
narrative	O
and	O
game	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
