But, does this mean the game itself is not worth anybody’s time, or is it just a case of bad timing mixed with a sour relationship? Many criticized the graphics as being akin to an early Saturn 2D game (it was), and the game’s release window (months after the other final Saturn stragglers). Nevertheless, the game was released and sits as a curiousity for a company known for putting as much work into packaging as their actual games.Īs a result of this nearly three year delay between releases Rayearth was not reviewed well when it launched. Stolar was well known for his dislike of RPGs, especially at Working Designs. I don’t think they took three years messing around with an already finished game for no reason.
When Stolar moved from Sony to Sega Working Designs was quick to move back to Sony, since their relationship with Sega soured very quickly. Bernie Stolar did not like the company or its president Victor Ireland, and quickly shot them down for the rights to Arc the Lad. Well, that story actually goes back to around 1995 when Working Designs was interested in working with Sony.
#Magic knight rayearth manga review manual
What was the cause of this delay? In the manual Working Designs simply states that it took 30 months to fix everything that they wanted to or could fix. In fact this is the very last Saturn game released in North America. Magic Knight Rayearth was first released in Japan in 1995, but did not make it to North America until late 1998. Looking at the lineup of Working Designs Saturn games a staggering 4 of their 6 games for the Saturn were actually developed by Sega (5 if you count Camelot’s Shining Wisdom since the company was founded by Sega, but they had broken away from them the same year it was released in Japan) including our game this week. Sega could make some money by licensing the rights to a game out to Working Designs that they themselves did not want to localize and release. Working Designs and Sega had quite a close relationship at first.
Come to the Sega Saturn where we get going back down the Working Designs road!
#Magic knight rayearth manga review series
Magic Knight Rayearth is an action/adventure based on a popular manga and anime series of the same name.
0 kommentar(er)
