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Future Tactics Writer Interviewed On Unnoticed TRPG

Posted by simoniker on from the sneaking-out-into-stores dept.

Thanks to NTSC-UK for its interview with scriptwriter Paul Rose regarding Zed Two's tactical RPG Future Tactics, as he discusses some of the issues with current game scriptwriting ("You may think there's nothing wrong with them, but to someone like myself who makes a living out of writing scripts and stories, they set my teeth on edge. Especially when you get developers, or publishers, going on about their Hollywood-style scripts"), as well as the sad demise of Zed Two (then a part of Warthog) just before the game's release ("A big, big shame, given that Zed Two's ethos was to produce genuinely innovative and interesting games.") Elsewhere, Gamecritics.com has a thoughtful review of the PS2/Xbox/GC game, "saddled with poor cover art and positioned as a budget release", but considered "a breath of fresh air" by the reviewer, though NTSC-UK's review is a little more ambivalent, arguing: "It can only be hoped that [the developers'] inventiveness is met with the time and budget to do their creativity justice [in the future]."

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  1. Re:Always nice to see a new SRPG, or? by damiangerous · · Score: 2, Interesting
    All I can say is that you have some very bizarre criteria for enjoying a game. I'm not even going to address any but your most ludicrous assertion: If a game is released for the XBox it's automatically less enjoyable. That's completely nonsensical. You'll only enjoy games that are released for the PS2 and GameCube? What if it's ported to the XBox later, like GTA3? Does your PS2 version start sucking after that? (Hmm, you know, I guess you have a point. GTA3 did suck on the PS2 once the superior XBox version was released (and I don't even own either one of those consoles))

    Based on your idea of "negatives" I can only assume you'd be happy simply seeing the same game made over and over again (probably Final Fantasy). You certainly haven't left much room for variety.

    And finally, to answer the question in the subject: Yes, it's always nice to see a new SRPG as it's a fairly niche genre. Even an average game brings new attention to it.