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Player2 on 17 November 2012
weaveworld said:
Shadow Hearts was so freaking awesome... I think lack of interest killed it which is a damn shame!

Also, give us TURN-BASED games!!! Jeezzz, how many terrible half-ass action systems are gonna be used before the good old simple turn-based gets a shot again at conquering the gaming world.

My game doesn't have to be shiny as hell, it doesn't have to cost 10 million dollar to produce, as long as it is worth it in gameplay and story!!!

Don't the sales from ps1 classics from the store tell developers anything?

There you have it. Are you man enough to play it?



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weaveworld on 17 November 2012
Player2 said:
weaveworld said:
Shadow Hearts was so freaking awesome... I think lack of interest killed it which is a damn shame!

Also, give us TURN-BASED games!!! Jeezzz, how many terrible half-ass action systems are gonna be used before the good old simple turn-based gets a shot again at conquering the gaming world.

My game doesn't have to be shiny as hell, it doesn't have to cost 10 million dollar to produce, as long as it is worth it in gameplay and story!!!

Don't the sales from ps1 classics from the store tell developers anything?

There you have it. Are you man enough to play it?

ehm... i'm asking for turn-based Jrpg's don't you think bringing my manhood to the table is a little overabundant?



Nem on 17 November 2012

I definitly miss Grandia and Suikoden, they really need to come back.

I get a bit hopeful with the 3DS dominating the Japanese market that it will create an envyronment that is fertile to these games to thrive again. Western developers focus more on home consoles and japanese ones on handhelds.
Hopefully the 3DS becomes the PS2 of portables and we can see these great series come back.



weaveworld on 17 November 2012
Nem said:
I definitly miss Grandia and Suikoden, they really need to come back.

I get a bit hopeful with the 3DS dominating the Japanese market that it will create an envyronment that is fertile to these games to thrive again. Western developers focus more on home consoles and japanese ones on handhelds.
Hopefully the 3DS becomes the PS2 of portables and we can see these great series come back.


no no no... i want couch-gaming (and not with a handheld) ;P



Nem on 17 November 2012
weaveworld said:
Nem said:
I definitly miss Grandia and Suikoden, they really need to come back.

I get a bit hopeful with the 3DS dominating the Japanese market that it will create an envyronment that is fertile to these games to thrive again. Western developers focus more on home consoles and japanese ones on handhelds.
Hopefully the 3DS becomes the PS2 of portables and we can see these great series come back.


no no no... i want couch-gaming (and not with a handheld) ;P


Looking at the current market and development costs, im afraid that is very unlikely. I am trying to have realistic expectations.



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nen-suer on 17 November 2012
ishiki said:

Shadow Hearts 2 is one of my favorite games ever... and I don't really miss the series, because it was finished, great ending etc. Series don't need to have endless sequals.

Well said.

I don't mind a SH1&2 HD collection tho.......one can dream.



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Player2 on 17 November 2012
weaveworld said:
Player2 said:
weaveworld said:
Shadow Hearts was so freaking awesome... I think lack of interest killed it which is a damn shame!

Also, give us TURN-BASED games!!! Jeezzz, how many terrible half-ass action systems are gonna be used before the good old simple turn-based gets a shot again at conquering the gaming world.

My game doesn't have to be shiny as hell, it doesn't have to cost 10 million dollar to produce, as long as it is worth it in gameplay and story!!!

Don't the sales from ps1 classics from the store tell developers anything?

There you have it. Are you man enough to play it?

ehm... i'm asking for turn-based Jrpg's don't you think bringing my manhood to the table is a little overabundant?

Damn you for making me explain it

It was quite a twisted line. It may look like a game for girls with all that over the top cuteness and pinkness (so it could be read if you are capable of enduring that), but the truth is that the game does have its share of fanservice (so this thing is for pervy males and then it does have a "different" meaning).

It was a reference to Guile's classic "Are you man enough to fight with me?" line in Street Fighter II too.



weaveworld on 17 November 2012
Player2 said:
weaveworld said:
Player2 said:
weaveworld said:
Shadow Hearts was so freaking awesome... I think lack of interest killed it which is a damn shame!

Also, give us TURN-BASED games!!! Jeezzz, how many terrible half-ass action systems are gonna be used before the good old simple turn-based gets a shot again at conquering the gaming world.

My game doesn't have to be shiny as hell, it doesn't have to cost 10 million dollar to produce, as long as it is worth it in gameplay and story!!!

Don't the sales from ps1 classics from the store tell developers anything?

 

There you have it. Are you man enough to play it?

ehm... i'm asking for turn-based Jrpg's don't you think bringing my manhood to the table is a little overabundant?

Damn you for making me explain it

It was quite a twisted line. It may look like a game for girls with all that over the top cuteness and pinkness (so it could be read if you are capable of enduring that), but the truth is that the game does have its share of fanservice (so this thing is for pervy males and then it does have a "different" meaning).

It was a reference to Guile's classic "Are you man enough to fight with me?" line in Street Fighter II too.


Thanks for explaining but i do hope you understand that my comment was self-mockery at its best (or worst..).



darkknightkryta on 17 November 2012
Player2 said:
weaveworld said:
Shadow Hearts was so freaking awesome... I think lack of interest killed it which is a damn shame!

Also, give us TURN-BASED games!!! Jeezzz, how many terrible half-ass action systems are gonna be used before the good old simple turn-based gets a shot again at conquering the gaming world.

My game doesn't have to be shiny as hell, it doesn't have to cost 10 million dollar to produce, as long as it is worth it in gameplay and story!!!

Don't the sales from ps1 classics from the store tell developers anything?

There you have it. Are you man enough to play it?

I am!  *runs to store*



Jumpin on 18 November 2012
BasilZero said:
The PS1/PS2 era was the best era for RPGs, guess creative fatigue killed them all this generation! (l0l)

Mana - Dawn of Mana/Heroes of Mana sold so poor (along with the Children of Mana,etc), frozen IP.
Breath of Fire - BoF3 flopped obviously cause of Capcom's incompetence and because of that the IP is frozen , they had the chance to give it to Camelot who offered but decided not to.
Shadow Hearts - Unknown
Suikoden - Didnt the development team completely disband?
Wild Arms - PSP killed the series l0l

I don't think BoF3 really had much to do with the series being frozen as the game was the most commercially successful in the series, and it was followed by BoF4 and BoF5, along with several spinoffs. Breath of Fire 4 is also both the next most commercially successful in the series, and also by far the best game in the series.

The reason that the series is on hold is because one of Capcom's old leaders, Keiji Inafuna, decided that Capcom should kill the main series so the resources could be used on other projects. Now that he's finally out of the way, maybe Capcom will do another.



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