I just got the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly in the mail today. For the past few months I have eagerly awaiting hearing news of this, and here I found it today, in the rumors section (key word: rumor. Don’t get your hopes up just yet.)
Still, just by skimming the article, they seem unusually convinced. Plus, EGM is a pretty reliable magazine; and its one of the hottest gaming mags right now, so I found this quite cool.
I just sent Solo an image so hopefully he’ll be able to put it up soon. Here’s what the article says:
"Sega’s dragon
not grounded
Despite a recent internet hoax and Panzer Dragoon Orta’s less-than-stellar sales on the XBOX, The Q hears that yes, the dragon will fly again. A new title, allegedly much closer in style and tone to Saturn’s cult hit Panzer Dragoon Saga, is expected to surface soon."
“Expect some role-playing elements in the next Panzer Dragoon.”
[quote=“Neil”]Chances are this might indeed be the last PD series.
So it must be an RPG.[/quote]
I hope there’s no shortage of decent villains in the game!
What makes EMG think we’ll see the game “soon”? Soon as in soon, or soon as in years? Imagine if the game had secretly been in development for a year or so now.
Maybe when they made Orta, SEGA developers programmed the engine to support a RPG in the near future. It would be a wise move to recycle the technology.
So if the engine is already made the only work necessary is the art stuff (models, textures, songs, script, voices, etc).
All these rumours that have sprung up about a new PD game are certainly what we want to hear, but then again the build up to E3 is always hunting season for what people want to hear, whether it’s true or not. At least it won’t be long before any false rumours are firmly layed to rest, for the time being at least…
