Crimson Dragon (Xbox One)

[Diff-chan]

What is the context, "oh this is a quasi-sequel to some old crap only a bunch of nerds on TNL care about, none of whom actually read this website regularly"?

[Frogacuda]

Does it even matter? A guy born the year PD1 came out can go buy a pack of cigarettes today. Hell we haven't gotten a new entry in the series for a decade. I think it's fair to evaluate this game on its own terms.

You should be doing both. I think it's fair to say that a sizable chunk of this game's audience is PD fans. To some extent it's not even really trying to stand on its own merits.

[Diff-chan]

Are there still PD fans? I think they're dying off like WWII vets.

[Yoshi]

What is the context, "oh this is a quasi-sequel to some old crap only a bunch of nerds on TNL care about, none of whom actually read this website regularly"?

You have a valid point about catering to one's audience. I literally never go to Kotaku and only browse the headlines for news at IGN. But when a game is a spiritual successor, I don't know how you can review it without understanding what it's succeeding. Would you read a review for Mario 3D World from someone who has never played a Mario game before?

[Diff-chan]

Would you read a review for Mario 3D World from someone who has never played a Mario game before?

No, because Mario games come out constantly.

The last Panzer Dragoon we got was in 2002, and wasn't even popular IIRC.

[Shin Johnpv]

I love the Panzer Dragoon series, I bought an original Xbox for Orta. I'm agreeing with Dff and others here, there's no need for them to have played the other games to know if this one is shit or not.

[Korly]

I would argue that the last Panzer Dragoon game was Child of Eden.

[Yoshi]

So then it would have been ok for someone who had never seen the original trilogy to review The Phantom Menace, since it was 15 years between films? There is expiration date on having a clue.

[Korly]

Has anyone here played this:

[Diff-chan]

So then it would have been ok for someone who had never seen the original trilogy to review The Phantom Menace, since it was 15 years between films?

Yes, I think so. I'd be interesting in hearing that POV, actually.

But games and film are different.

I feel the same way about KI. I don't need to hear from some KI nerd about this new one, just tell me if this one is a good fighter relative to its peers (MVC3, SF4, TTT2, etc.).