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Sepherioth · Post by **Sepherioth** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:17 pm

Elk wrote:
mvrckbass wrote:kinda like a giant translating group in japanese having a chance to translate "War and Peace"
Exactly; it's too much work for something that might not even make any money.

not exactly true most of the really loyal (I mean the kind of people who watch the matrix and believe that they are in the Matrix) bought the japanese so that they can just say they have it in both versions if it came to English. then there is all of us who would get it and read it multiply times for pure enjoyment and to learn even more of the story.so what mabey 300 copies.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:43 pm

Sepherioth wrote: not exactly true most of the really loyal (I mean the kind of people who watch the matrix and believe that they are in the Matrix) bought the japanese so that they can just say they have it in both versions if it came to English. then there is all of us who would get it and read it multiply times for pure enjoyment and to learn even more of the story.so what mabey 300 copies.

....But .hack isn't some big popular movie fad; so, I stick with the point that it's a big chance that they wont translate the novels.

Sepherioth · Post by **Sepherioth** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:42 pm

oh i agree main because of what you just said about not a lot of people knowing about it. about 75% of the RPG gamers I talk to have either never heard of it or know only the title.

En der · Post by **En der** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:49 pm

True, because it's unpopular; the series makes you think a lot, lol

Angel of the Apocolypse · Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:39 am

En der wrote:True, because it's unpopular; the series makes you think a lot, lol

That's why its not so popular. People these days don't care if something makes you think or not; they are only interested in stuff that has people suffering, violence, and R-rated content. It's sad how today's society is to lazy to think...

Sepherioth · Post by **Sepherioth** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:26 pm

True but i think it is more along the lines of the not wantting to think part instead of the violence part

Brad_Evans · Post by **Brad_Evans** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:44 pm

The US market mainly wants action and hi quality pics, meanwhile, the japanese market favors storyline over mostly everything else, making .hack much bigger there than in US.

Xenogears was a big hit in US not because of the story, but because of the robots ^^;; it works the other way round in Japan, IMO

En der · Post by **En der** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:56 pm

However, video game magazines rate games through storylines; if there isn't a gripping story, then it's garbage (i.e. GameInformer mag)

Rune · Post by **Rune** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:17 am

En der wrote:However, video game magazines rate games through storylines; if there isn't a gripping story, then it's garbage (i.e. GameInformer mag)

Not always. I read magazine reviews myself, storyline plays a factor in a good review, but aren't always a key factor in the review. Heck you can have games that are too bombared with storyline and suffer because of it in the review.

YamiJared · Post by **YamiJared** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:06 am

exactly, a story is a wonderful thing to have in a game (like .hack

) but if that's the only thing they concentrate on, the game will suffer, it's supposed to be a GAME, not a MOVIE! >.<

Brad_Evans · Post by **Brad_Evans** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:17 am

Well, I happened to run into this one site that rated .hack for 0 out of 10. >_< The reviewer said without improvements in graphic and gameplay, the 2nd and 3rd volume isn't worth to buy. Does he even understand the storyline?

mvrckbass · Post by **mvrckbass** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:43 pm

games alone u can understand some of the story line. a virus happens in a VR game and u are able to stop it, but the virus and the sys admins want u gone.

its a game with a "expanded" storyline, but what most people like about it, is that u can do what ever when ever....

the most complaints i hear in Xenosaga is that its considered a movie more than a game ( over 30+ hours of cut scenes)

which is why most people think .hack is a good game, but consider graphics, and RPG battles a minor Con

YamiJared · Post by **YamiJared** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:38 pm

exactly, this reviewer guy seems like an idiot, .hack and Xenosaga are a few of those games that are dependant on the storyline to make it shine, i mean, come on, do you wanna play the .hack games without a plot? PFFT! NO! XD *chibifies the reviewer dude and throws him into the Abyss of Chibi Haters and Abusers dedicated to the DEATH and EXPLICT BLOODSHED of Chibis! (owned by my brother ^_^)*

tara_fe88 · Post by **tara_fe88** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:40 pm

ya but another thing most ppl don't relize is it only takes time where sales arn't up to bank rupt a company. because some ppl just figure that last time what they were selling was bad so it might be bad this time so why waste the money. so for some high ranking companies the risks are too high. they would rather stay in business then lose it all. at least thats what i think i could be wrong.

YamiJared · Post by **YamiJared** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:55 pm

and you revived this topic for that.....why?