Newsflash: Working Designs Updates Their Site!

http://www.workingdesigns.com/
On a random check today, I found out that they had, indeed, posted an updated. I was startled.
Of course, Growlanser's been pushed back s'more, I believe, and the undefinite nature of the Goemon game I've been waiting for has been recognized.
Honestly, I really feel sorry for them. They haven't released a game in, what, a year and a half? Longer? All because Sony gives them so much shit about their releases. I'm not saying I always appreciate their releases (*cough* Silhouette Mirage *hack*), but I enjoy their crazy sense of humor. I'm also kinda wondering if they're just gonna disappear someday...

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

http://www.workingdesigns.com/
On a random check today, I found out that they had, indeed, posted an updated. I was startled.
Of course, Growlanser's been pushed back s'more, I believe, and the undefinite nature of the Goemon game I've been waiting for has been recognized.
Honestly, I really feel sorry for them. They haven't released a game in, what, a year and a half? Longer? All because Sony gives them so much shit about their releases. I'm not saying I always appreciate their releases (*cough* Silhouette Mirage *hack*), but I enjoy their crazy sense of humor. I'm also kinda wondering if they're just gonna disappear someday...

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Yes, Sony pushed their game back, but why in the hell does it take them well over a year to translate a game?

It didn't take Mastiff very long to nail La Pucelle, and Atlus is bringing out THREE of it's rpg's that it just recently announced before christmas of this year.

Atlus is translating three rpg's to WD's one?? I think they deserve whatever fate they get, there's really no excuse for their extremely slow behaviour, and the fact that they can't EVER hit a release date.

EDIT: Even Agetec will have Wild Arms Alter Code F out before the end of the year, and I can guarantee WD STILL won't have their game out in time.

I wonder if they'll ever update that circa paleolithic era webpage

They'll definitely eventually disappear, because a game ever 3 years does not make for a profitable company.

You do all realize that a company that wants to publish games that aren't sports or movie/tv based are the companies we want to keep around, right? You do also realize that a company being glacially slow isn't a reason to dislike them?

Any company that wants to do something different gets my support, and I don't care about their scheduling issues. I'm not running out of things to play while waiting for their games, after all.

James

they are not what they were. Atlus has, to a degree, become what they were, but better,maybe mastiff too. if they still had a consistent output or any interesting prospects down the line it would be one thing, but im not going to support a company out of nostalgia that has not done a damn thing i care about for an entire presidential administration.

Isn't the WD team really small too? They not only translate games but, at times, rewrite the scrips, some times for the better and others simply to add flavor to them. Also they often do a ton of reprograming, adding features, and removing others. Honestly WD is one high-class outfit. I wish SOA would stop giving them the shit-stick but that's damn unlikely because they are catering to a niche market. They have more of my respest than even Square has right now. I hope they find some success out there somewhere with some corporation.

BTW, that Growlanser package is damn fucking sexy!

Growlanser 2 has been done for a long while, WD mentioned that before, and I'm sure 3 has been done for some time as well. I'm no fan of WD, but I think the fault lies with Sony giving them grief for some reason.

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Originally Posted by James

You do also realize that a company being glacially slow isn't a reason to dislike them?

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Yes it is.

Anyway, if I were you, I'd join the bandwagon-hate just because the company fired me. But that's just me.

I doubt Working Designs is going anywhere. They've been around since the Turbografx-16 era and like a bad rash, they'll be around forever.

Sort of like Sega.....