Damn! You got me where it hurts on that one. :sweat:Quote:
Originally posted by Werewolf
You know the same could be said about Star Wars games ;)
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Damn! You got me where it hurts on that one. :sweat:Quote:
Originally posted by Werewolf
You know the same could be said about Star Wars games ;)
it's unclear why policenauts didn't come to PS2, but i know that the saturn version fell apart because of internal political problems with KCEA and KCEJ, so it's probably a moot point anyway.
KCEA didn't bother "pushing" with goemon cos it's not good. but they did put it up for approval when it first came out and sony rejected it. sony was actually rather fair with goemon and WD in that they offered some elements that they'd like to see added to the game -- graphical fixes, and the like -- that would get it approved. apparently WD was incapable of making this game meet those standards (obviously they'd have to re-contract konami to do more work on the game.)
i don't know the intricacies of the situation. games don't necessarily fail outright, as in the case of goemon. some games just Fail.
of course the approval process is corrupt, and it also changes depending on what else is up for approval the same time your game is being looked at -- or so i hear. if there are great games in the process when you submit your OK game, it's more likely to run into trouble.
ys may have been failed because of play mechanics as much as graphics. even fans like me don't really defend the "run into an enemy" mechanics ys sports. =)
Yeah. He posted his impressions of Growlanser II (the WD translation version) on the WD message board. I don't remember seeing him do the same for Growlanser III, but maybe I missed it.Quote:
Originally posted by xS
I've heard that their RPG critic has already played complete versions of some Growlanser games. It was from someone on another forum, so I don't know if this is true.=\
Interesting! Exactly what happened between KoA and KCEJ that prevented the Saturn version of Policenauts from being released here (Policenauts was a reason why I got myself a Saturn in the first place and that was long before MGS1 came out). What's the juicy gossip?Quote:
Originally posted by ferricide
it's unclear why policenauts didn't come to PS2, but i know that the saturn version fell apart because of internal political problems with KCEA and KCEJ, so it's probably a moot point anyway.
KCEA didn't bother "pushing" with goemon cos it's not good. but they did put it up for approval when it first came out and sony rejected it. sony was actually rather fair with goemon and WD in that they offered some elements that they'd like to see added to the game -- graphical fixes, and the like -- that would get it approved. apparently WD was incapable of making this game meet those standards (obviously they'd have to re-contract konami to do more work on the game.)
i don't know the intricacies of the situation. games don't necessarily fail outright, as in the case of goemon. some games just Fail.
of course the approval process is corrupt, and it also changes depending on what else is up for approval the same time your game is being looked at -- or so i hear. if there are great games in the process when you submit your OK game, it's more likely to run into trouble.
ys may have been failed because of play mechanics as much as graphics. even fans like me don't really defend the "run into an enemy" mechanics ys sports. =)
Personally, I still believe SCEA should drop it's approval division.
Growlanser 3 isn't ready yet, so no preview yet. Growlanser 2 is just about ready to go, judging from what I've heard, but there's another rumor (very strong rumor, too) going around that the only way WD got approval was by doing a collection. Growlanser 2 + 3 together in one handy package.
Obviously I've got no facts to back this up but a lot of people out there seem to believe this to be true. It doesn't help that WD has no public relations person right now, so there's really nobody around to say "no comment".
Rumor #2, started by me, right now- Based on a post or two on the WD message board by Victor, and reading between the lines, with no inside knowlege at all, WD will move to Nintendo's camp. GBA ho!
James
i don't know really. i've just heard some gossip that came out of KCEA at the time. and it's been filtered through another person and being vague in the first place. i think (possibly) kojima wasn't happy with the direction the localization was going. nothing more concrete than that.Quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Undaunted
Interesting! Exactly what happened between KoA and KCEJ that prevented the Saturn version of Policenauts from being released here (Policenauts was a reason why I got myself a Saturn in the first place and that was long before MGS1 came out). What's the juicy gossip?
that wuld be good, because as far as GL goes i'd've only have bought them when they hit $20 anyway. =) and depending on my reaction to GL2, may or may not buy GL3.Quote:
Originally posted by James
...there's another rumor (very strong rumor, too) going around that the only way WD got approval was by doing a collection. Growlanser 2 + 3 together in one handy package.
but i'd like to check them out .. i think a comp is the best idea.