Namco Bandai hoping to expand European presence
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Sep 1st 2009 at 4:30PM }
Namco Bandai isn't the only Japanese company going west. Square Enix, best known for Japanese role-playing games, certainly branched out in its acquisition of UK-based Eidos. Galloway notes that Europe is the "next key market" for the company. Let's hope the "mass market" titles it announced actually appeal to its new target market.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
No Kill Tayler @ Sep 1st 2009 4:36PM
That's so busty!
David [Steam: ZayCube] @ Sep 1st 2009 5:19PM
Your mom's so busty!
dAnixx @ Sep 1st 2009 5:32PM
Yours isn't. sorry
Deku2106 @ Sep 1st 2009 5:19PM
Just bring out more of the Tales of... games and I'll be fine.
The Baron @ Sep 1st 2009 5:36PM
Stop making crap and we'll buy it. Or if you HAVE to make crap, tell people that it'll make them lose weight.
ThisEducation @ Sep 1st 2009 5:44PM
i would like a new xenosaga it doesnt matter on what just a new xenosaga
BananaBoat @ Sep 1st 2009 5:53PM
If they put out Gundam Senki in Europe after I've just paid 80 bucks to import it from Japan, I'm going to rage.
xGearSecondx @ Sep 1st 2009 6:12PM
the HELL is my One Piece Unlimited Cruise games for North America, Namco Bandai!?!
Unknown @ Sep 1st 2009 9:04PM
I'm still waiting for Snoopy: WW1 Flying Ace. Come on Bandai Namco, instant consumer right here.
No Kill Tayler @ Sep 2nd 2009 12:51AM
That made me giggle +1
Charlie_Six @ Sep 1st 2009 9:25PM
Let me know how the game is, Boat!! I've been waiting for it for a year or so now.
BananaBoat @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:07AM
I've just been watching the game livestreamed for a couple of hours (a guy in Japan got a leaked copy somehow) and I've come up with a couple of conclusions:
1.The framerate is excellent
2. The graphics are par for the course, some remarked they were slightly uglier than Crossfire (although the framerate was smooth, so it was a worthwhile drawback)
3.The story has all the Gundam tropes, but it doesn't really go above and beyond (the characters are all sort of generic and unmemorable)
Overall, I'm having a hard time justifying the 80 bucks to myself. The online multiplayer may make up for that, but really this is just a graphically superior version of the Gundam games that came out for the PS2. Having said all of that, this is easily the best Gundam game ever made for a console (with the exception of the Dreamcast Gundam game perhaps) and if this isn't worth 80 dollars to me, I don't know what is. 80 dollars is a high barrier for entry, but for the best Gundam game out there, the Gundam fan in me can't say no.
I'd give a more complete review, but it's really late and I have school tomorrow. I also hate to review something I've only seen played, and haven't actually played myself. Imagine Crossfire with a much better framerate, and online play, and then ask yourself if that is worth 80 dollars to you. I'll admit that I'm more in favor of a sim-gundam game (with a cockpit view, and more powerful weaponry, which this game doesn't have) but I'll probably get my 80 dollars worth out of the game.
Oh, and a lot of the menu's are in English. The story isn't subtitled though, so you won't really know what is going on unless you wait for the Gamefaq's article.
BananaBoat @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:09AM
I have class tomorrow*
Had to correct myself, because if I went to sleep thinking I had "school" (in the highschool sense) tomorrow, I might have had a panic attack in the middle of the night. Thank you college, for not waking me up at 5-6am every day of the wretched school week.