At this point I wish KT would start outsourcing their PC ports (as long as it's not to Other Ocean or High Voltage Software).For the PC gamers.
I'm fighting for better PC support. As long as I'm here I'll be pushing for better PC ports. Going to be a long battle though.
You definitely have your work cut out for you, but it's much appreciated. Good luck with the bosses.For the PC gamers.
I'm fighting for better PC support. As long as I'm here I'll be pushing for better PC ports. Going to be a long battle though.
I think he means it will be a long battle to convince japanese management or the devs that some things are important.
But yeah, they aren't really missing all that much, which makes the whole thing even more frustrating :/
It's kind of self-fulfilling prophecy tho. Do you know why their games have such low expected sales? Because at this point KT are basically synonymous for subpar ports for high prices with little to no post-launch support on PC, to put it lightly. They are basically a joke on PC and if you look at SteamSpy you can see that sales fall off a cliff after the first few games they released, except for games with brand power like AoT.
Even their better ports have idiotic problems.
Atelier Sophie runs at arbitrary resolutions and 60fps. It has great performance too.
But then you realize some of the assets, like the menus and all the 2D assets, are lower-res then the PS4 version. I think some environmental assets are worse too.
That shit is just ridiculous and it apparently happens to many of their ports in some way or another. I'm really curious how a port of a PS4-only game would turn out, but the sad thing is that I have so little confidence in them that I fully expect them to still get some lower-res assets in there somehow or fuck something else up.
Became a fan during the Super Nintendo days. Romance of the 3 Kingdoms, Genghis Khan, Liberty or Death, and PTO were great strategy games.
Really enjoyed the Romance games on PS2. This gen I bought RTK 13 and Nobunaga's Ambition. They are good, but I still love the classics the best.
In regards to Tecmo, I like the Deception series.
They both have some great IP's (Libery or Death, Rot3K, DoA, Ninja Gaiden, Deception, etc) but the Musou/Warriors milking is pretty ridiculous:
Dynasty Warriors 2
Dynasty Warriors 3
Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors 4
Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 5
Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legeneds
Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 6
Dynasty Warriors 6: Special
Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 7
Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 8
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires
Samurai Warriors
Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends
Samurai Warriors 2
Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends
Samurai Warriors 2: Empires (Fucking...really?)
Samurai Warriors 3
Samurai Warriors 4
Samurai Warriors 4: Empires
Samurai Warriors 4 II (Wait what?)
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
Warriors Orochi
Warriors Orochi 2
Warriors Orochi 3
Warriors Orochi 3: Hyper
Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate
And that's not even including all of the portable/spin-off/licensed titles and only including games released in the west.
Like...we get it. You made a good game for the PS2. You gonna fix that enemy pop-in yet? Expand on the strategy elements? No? Just more characters, combos and features unrelated to the core gameplay? Alright cool. See you in the next generation I suppose.
I've also purchased these two games, but haven't had a chance to try. Are they pretty different games or just a re-skin like DW and SW?
Yeah, this is the only way I can explain it too, but it is straight up idiotic.This must be a Japanese thing where lower quality assets translate to lower specs meaning a larger potential market. Konami also do the same thing with Pro Evolution Soccer and make the PC version with PS3 assets. DW8XL is also PS3 quality textures I think on the PC.
They still love playing games on a 3DS, a machine with a 240p resolution, its cheap for people to buy and easy for developers, so obviously that's just going to frustrate western PC owners who have gaming rigs with a i7s and GTX 1080. PCs are still niche in Japan where they aren't really any big AAA games on PC.
What KT are guilty of is failure to understand the western market versus their domestic market. With any product you have to understand what customers want, you can't just bring your product over and expect people to take it or leave it.