> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reynolds, Jason M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [gundam] MS Saga > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:11:40 -0600 > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > Not enough Gundam for Gundam fans, otherwise worthless to general > gamers. No wonder it tanked in Japan. But HOW HOW HOW was decision > made to port this rather than a G-Gen game? > >>>>>>>>> > > No need to be aware of previous continuity? Just a thought. >
G-Gen doesn't really have real continuity so much as inside references, though, does it? While I haven't played any of the games, my understanding is that the games don't really follow continuity. You might understand certain references if you're famliar with continuity, but that's pretty much it. My guess is that the reason that they brought over MS Saga was simply due to the massive market share that console RPGs have. It makes sense to release the type of game that people are buying. Unfortunately, that means that when you do release a console RPG, you'd better have something that makes it stand out from the crowd as a superior product (or have the name Final Fantasy tacked onto the title - though I've heard that XII has received at least one spectacularly postive review in Japan, so maybe the latest one will actually be a solid game; but I digress). On the other hand, while the market for tactical turn-based strategy games is starving for new product, there's a reason that it's like that. Despite the popular acclaim of games like Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Disgaea, games in that genre don't appear to sell nearly as well here in the US. So the best turn-based tactical console game probably won't sell nearly as well as a semi-decent console RPG. Given that, releasing an RPG instead of G-Gen makes sense. Unfortunately, you have to have a semi-decent console RPG first, and MS Saga fails in that aspect. junior -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
