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Post by Ex on Dec 7, 2023 21:40:55 GMT -5
Some of you may have played Dungeon Travelers 2, which had a Vita port localized in 2015. Yep I own this version: Haven't played it yet, which is a statement that can be attributed to 90% of my library. Cool news that the first game is getting localized, though. Maybe the Steam version won't suffer any censorship! I'd be interested in an uncensored release.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 7, 2023 21:42:30 GMT -5
A new Mana game with some MONEY behind it? Dayum! I think we have the remake of Trials of Mana to thank, since that one did really well and maybe revitalized the series some. Cool.
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Post by Ex on Dec 7, 2023 21:46:28 GMT -5
Wow now that looks intriguing. Did not expect a new Mana game. Looked like while they were fighting that octopus, there were multiple party members. So I wonder if online or local co-op will be supported. I can see acquiring the PS4 version in the future.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 7, 2023 21:53:00 GMT -5
Some callback bosses for sure. I'm intrigued by all the double jumping and air dashes, what the heck haha. Doesn't look full on visceral character action, but still an awesome looking ARPG. Apparently Sega's doing a lot of sequels from the vault!
SEGA announces new Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage games
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Post by Sarge on Dec 7, 2023 22:07:28 GMT -5
Was going to come and see if anyone posted this. Exciting, yet concerning - I'm not sure modern Sega can pull it off. I don't like that they've made both Golden Axe and Streets of Rage 3D brawlers. I'll make a prediction, and we'll see how it turns out:
- Crazy Taxi will be solid - Shinobi will be very good - Jet Set Radio will be great - Golden Axe will be bad - Streets of Rage will be meh
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 7, 2023 22:08:37 GMT -5
I did a double take when I saw the new Streets of Rage will be 3D, haha yeah.
New Shinobi looks like the safest bet for sure. It better have some insane music.
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Post by Ex on Dec 7, 2023 22:24:57 GMT -5
Not long ago I was complaining about Sega having all this legacy IP and doing nothing with it, then this drops... dat HRG Effect. No accounting for if any of this will be any good or not... I bet most of it is farmed out to third party developers. Well the one that looks most interesting to me is the Golden Axe entry, though it's not the first time Golden Axe went 3D. The Shinobi entry looks like it could be decent, though the animation seemed kinda choppy. My predictions: - Crazy Taxi has never been good, shouldn't come back! - Shinobi will be decent. - Jet Set Radio does not deserve resurrection. At all. - Golden Axe will be good times. - Streets of Rage is yawn and remains overrated. 🤷♂️ There are SEGA IPs I'd like to see return, but at this point that's a Monkey's Paw wish.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 7, 2023 22:39:03 GMT -5
- Crazy Taxi has never been good, shouldn't come back! - Jet Set Radio does not deserve resurrection. At all. I don't have it myself much but the 1999 early Dreamcast vibes and aesthetic seems to be some strong nostalgia for a loud fanbase. If they were smart they'd somehow get Tango Gameworks who did Hi-Fi Rush to do these games (who just won best audio design, which seems deserved). But I doubt that'll happen.
Will be interesting to see what devs are tied to all these.
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Post by toei on Dec 7, 2023 22:40:02 GMT -5
Farming out classic Japanese licenses to shitty Western third-parties should be illegal. Shinobi will be a standard 6/10 WayForward-type game, Streets of Rage will be a new Final Fight Streetwise, Golden Axe is going to SUCK like the last time they had a shitty developer try to revive it, Crazy Taxi's going to feel like a mobile game and Jet Grind's going to be okay at what it does, which I don't care about.
Sega has one good studio of its own, Ryu Ga Gotoku, and they're busy. There's Atlus too, but they do Atlus stuff. And because they were bigger in the West, they think Western devs are perfect to handle their old franchises. So all this shit gonna suck, and this is why I do not want Sega to revive any franchise as their once-strong tradition of internal game development which resulted in so many great games is nearly lost and they're not interested in reviving it.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 7, 2023 22:48:37 GMT -5
Ehhh I don't know, it was the 2010's when Westernizing Japanese IP's was really poisonous. Some remakes and throwbacks can be really good and faithful lately, but yeah some of them utterly miss too. I'd say there's not much middle ground so it can still go either way. But there's hopefully a chance some of these will be cool.
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