Chrono Series Coming to 360?

[g0zen]

Why? Morrowind was a great game.

[James]

You can't seriously blame me for not wanting dogshit RPGs with no gameplay on the system. Attack, Attack, Item, Attack, Attack...yawn. It's obvious that the racist Japanese aren't going to buy the 360 no matter what, so screw em. Use your $$$ to buy exclusives that are fun and appeal to Americans that fund your system.

You're right, that's boring as hell and I don't want that at all. But the thing is, I also don't want Import Tuner Challenge, American Civil War, WWE 2007, or any of a number of other games that appeal to other people. That doesn't mean they don't have a place on the system, or that the people who do like that kind of thing aren't part of what Microsoft (and every other console manufacturer) are chasing. Seriously, if I got aggravated about everything I think is pure crap I wouldn't have time to enjoy the good stuff.

Also, why isn't Dark Messiah of Might & Magic on 360? I wanted to play that but my gaming PC is still dead.

James

[Survival Kid]

Why? Morrowind was a great game.

It's bland and uneventful. It's not the worst I've played as I am enjoying it somewhat, but there just seems to be a whole lot of nothing going on. It's also lacking much of the depth Fallout had with character creation, coversations, perks, everything. Fallout felt like a living breating world, Morrowind doesn't to me.

[StriderKyo]

I wonder how much money MS gave to Mistwalker to get Blue Dragon and their other projects as system exclusives?

Mistwalker is just a bunch of guys drawing pictures and thinking up ideas. Microsoft put together Feel Plus and sank a truckload of money into Artoon to actually develop the games for them, no doubt giving Mistwalker the bulk of the royalties without having to deal with the tedium - or Square execs telling them what they should be doing.

I can't find the link, but I believe MS sank $50 million into Mistwalker projects; that's the number I've seen tossed around. No way they could have gotten that kind of financing with that kind of creative freedom anywhere else.

It's bland and uneventful. It's not the worst I've played as I am enjoying it somewhat, but there just seems to be a whole lot of nothing going on. It's also lacking much of the depth Fallout had with character creation, coversations, perks, everything. Fallout felt like a living breating world, Morrowind doesn't to me.

You fucking suck.

[sethsez]

It's bland and uneventful. It's not the worst I've played as I am enjoying it somewhat, but there just seems to be a whole lot of nothing going on. It's also lacking much of the depth Fallout had with character creation, coversations, perks, everything. Fallout felt like a living breating world, Morrowind doesn't to me.

Fallout and Elder Scrolls are two different series with two different focuses. Just because Bethesda makes Elder Scrolls games one way doesn't mean they'll make Fallout games the exact same way. For some reason many people can't grasp this.

racist Japanese

Japan has no problems with buying American products in other markets (the iPod is massive there), so blaming the failure of the Xbox in Japan on pure xenophobia has always struck me as a bit disingenuous.

[Survival Kid]

You fucking suck.

No, you fucking suck. Fallout is better in every way.

Fallout and Elder Scrolls are two different series with two different focuses. Just because Bethesda makes Elder Scrolls games one way doesn't mean they'll make Fallout games the exact same way. For some reason many people can't grasp this.

Oh I can grasp it. Morrowind/Oblivion is what Bethestda does. It's everything Fallout is not. F3 may be good and it may not be like Morrowind/Oblivion, and if it's good then great. However, based on Bethesda's past titles my hopes aren't high. Why can't you grasp that?

[sethsez]

No, you fucking suck. Fallout is better in every way.

Fallout fans are the most obnoxious people on the internet. They make me embarassed for liking the games.

[Survival Kid]

Fallout fans are the most obnoxious people on the internet. They make me embarassed for liking the games.

Except I'm not being obnoxious. StriderKyo is. So I didn't find Morrowind to be the greatest ever, big deal.

[g0zen]

I find your criticisms of Morrowind could be easily applied using the same logic to Fallout, and in both cases you're wrong. So, while you may not fucking suck, you are totally wrong here. And no, this isn't just a matter of personal preference.

[sethsez]

Except I'm not being obnoxious. StriderKyo is. So I didn't find Morrowind to be the greatest ever, big deal.

The point is that most people can understand that companies are capable of multiple approaches to games. When it was announced that Level-5 was making Dragon Quest VIII, nobody worried that it would be Dark Cloud 2 with slimes. When Square was going to make Mario Hoops 3 on 3, nobody expected long summoning animations.

But for some reason, when Bethesda is making Fallout 3, everyone just assumes it'll be Morrowind/Oblivion with a gun. For some reason, the fanbase is convinced that they understand Fallout is a different series than Elder Scrolls, but Bethesda is unaware.

Elder Scrolls is about scale. Fallout is about personality. Bethesda, and everyone else, is aware of this. They're not just going to give the main character a gun, replace "outlander" with "vault dweller" and ship it out.