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Whatever happened to sega?
xaelus \| 5:52 PM on 12.27.2007	17 comments

You know I remember not too long ago how much I loved Sega. Back on the XBOX I was absolutely in love with Otogi 1 and Otogi 2.

Granted they were From Software games, but Sega published them and I loved them for it.

Shinobi back in the days even on the old Master system was one of my favorite games. Sega just had this ability to make incredibly fun and addicting games. When they produced hardware I iommediately fell in love with their systems. My genesis was played literally almost all day long.

Shit even remember when they made the F-Zero game for the gamecube? That game was god damn amazing.

And don't even get me started on my old Dreamcast, god I loved that system. I loved the Sonic Adventure games, flaws and all. Shenmue was incredible, even to this day I still think its incredible.

I suppose my main question is, what the hell ever happened? Sonic Team went from being like world reknown for being a great dev team, to being a team correlated to shit. Their system failed, I know. But I mean if people with a passion are at Sega, why can't they make decent games?

And give me another Phantasy Star on the 360, NOT A PORT OF A PS2 GAME.

Side note: My wants from Sega on the 360 or PS3 (Either works)

Shemue
Phantasy Star
Shinobi (MAKE IT GOOD DAMNIT)
Otogi (MMMMM)
Yakuza (Please on 360 :D)
Jet Set Radio
Astro Boy (HD 2D Side Scroller on the XBLA or PSN, PLEASE TREASURE)
Panzer Dragoon

P.S. I know its not Sega, but please for the love of god make a sequel to Phantom Dust on the 360. PLEASE

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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

Holyetheline

I agree. Sega better shape up soon.

EternalDeathSlayer

Sega sucks now, and this most likely isn't changing anytime soon. They still have dev teams that are somewhat capable so there are occasional good games, but for the most part they have become another EA. Pumping out sequels and spending as little as possible on games to try and maximize profits.

In short, they suck.

GuitarAtomik

Phantom Dust was such an awesome game. Supposedly the creator wants to do another one but it's not up to him.

Koobert

My Sega wish list? Hmmm... Zillion for the DS? Shining Force, as a strategy roleplaying game, for any system. Maybe make it crazy pretty 2D like Odin's Sphere but I'd be happy with a 3D one as well.

How about a moody, dark reimagining of the Streets of Rage franchise, where everyone swears all the time? Wait, no, that's a terrible idea.

What about a moody, dark reimagining for Alex Kidd, where he has guns?

Or a moody, dark reimagining of Fantasy Zone where Opa-Opa's family has all been murdered, and he's out for revenge in barely-rated-M murder cutscenes at a sex club? In flower land.

xaelus

@Koobert

Rofl on the third idea.

The Phantom Dust guy said he wants to but yeah its not up to him. He imagined a DS Phantom Dust also.

CrackaSlim

I blame Sega's descent into badness on the Sega-Sammy merger. I heard it cause a lot of problems for most/all of the R&D Teams (moved around, sometimes closed down, many lay-offs).

Rider Chop

I was thinking on the way home from work how much I would love to see a streets of rage sequel/remake on 360/ps3 BUT IN 2D. there is a serious lack of 2d games on the next gen systems, streets of rage with A+ grade 2d animation for sprites and amazing details that look amazing and amazing!
Id buy it.

also, what happened to smilebit? what were the games they made? the jet set games and gunvalkyrie?

Y0j1mb0

I guess I'll chuck my two cents worth here..I personally feel Sega's demise is a direct link of the death of the Arcades. Most of the games we loved on the Dreamcast were of their Arcade division. Games like House of the Dead, Crazy Taxi, Ferrari, Virtua Fighter, Virtual On,,I mean there were a shitload of them. Now I just think it's harder across the board to make new successful IPs then in years past.

I gotta say though when they do put something new and fresh out there..it just doesn't sell.( We the hardcore may buy it but like we're learning from the Wii..we are the minority.)Games like Shenmue, Seaman..Gunvalkyre and Panzor Dragoon Orta don't draw in the casual.

Damn I miss Smilebit too.

Y0j1mb0

P.S. Yakusa is coming to the PS3. The trailer is out and looks pretty good.

Clockwork

They're in hiding with Osama.

Slade

phantasy star 4 was the game that got me into RPG's..dunno if thats a good thing or not but the game had a great story...even if the people that dubbed it couldn't spell some of the planets right...or consistently...i mean..Palma...Parma...wtf mate?

Sega's demise was more so Sony's fault. i would agree arcade ports to consoles were Sega's cream, Sony's ability to quickly grab KEY 3rd party exclusives and its ability to seperate itself from the mainstream console bickering between Sega and Nintendo allowed Sony to secure a gainful foothold on the market. Plus....the adds for FF7 were purdy.

Aaron Mxy Yost

Most recent Sega games are almost very good... but instead of giving them a few more months of polish to fix the issues, they rush them out. It's a real shame.

xaelus

I know about Yakuza being on PS3, I just want a 360 version. :O

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