Panzer Dragoon Orta please!

[Griever_GF]

Since SEGA paid an attention to PC market with this port, can it bring Panzer Dragoon Orta to PC?
More than 10 years passed since we saw the last Panzer Dragoon game. And beatiful Panzer Dragoon track in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed makes me cry for absense of new games. Maybe such a port can reanimate this franchise.

I guess Panzer Dragoon Orta is the prefect choice, because:
- it already optimized for using XBox gamepad
- original Xbox has a PC-like architecture, so porting shouldn't be a big problem
- we already has a Jet Set Radio port, so people hungry for more releases from 6th generation of consoles. And original Xbox is the most powerful console from that generation, so graphics looks pretty good even now. Actually, it's the only game from the series that doesn't need a complete remake, simple port with slightly improves such as resolution, anti-aliasing & fonts will be fine.
- it's the only game from the series that can't be run on PC using emulators.
- it contains original Panzer Dragoon as a bonus :) And original Panzer Dragoon already has a PC version.

Please feel free to tell your thoughts about this topic, people!

[Uriptical]

Panzer Dragoon Orta would make a great addition to Sega's PC catalog. Other players agree; indeed over 1200 fans signed the Panzer Dragoon Revival petition calling for remastered versions of the Panzer Dragoon games. http://www.panzerdragoonrevival.com

[SirNinja]

I would be so unbelievably happy if they did a PC port of Orta. The Panzer Dragoon series needs a wider audience so badly...it seems like most people don't even know about it these days. Everyone who has an original Xbox (or back-compatible 360) should hunt down a copy.

At the very least, give the soundtrack a listen. Much of Panzer Dragoon's music is all about setting a powerful electronic/symphonic melody behind a driving folk/tribal beat, and the end result is often stunning. Cases in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqyrL9KDDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXn8xT0gdL8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM8MEFLi3Gw

Anyway, that's my Panzer rant for the week. Go discover it.

[Griever_GF]

bump

[OldGrey]

Would love to see an update to Panzer Dragoon Saga come to PC

Played it on the Saturn & it remains one of my all time fav games

[danmaku]

I would definitely buy a port of Panzer Dragoon Orta

[landman]

Typing Dragoon Orta

[VolOpt]

What about Panzer Dragoon Saga?

[jimmywolf]

would love if few thier IP beyond sonic got updated ported too pc many were worth playing but remain only in japanese or classic old consoles

[cyxceven]

Bought an orig. Xbox for this. Would buy again.

[Teapo64]

I would buy this sooo fast.

[SirNinja]

Originally posted by VolOpt:

What about Panzer Dragoon Saga?

That would certainly be nice as well, but it would be both unlikely to happen (as the game's source code has been lost) and a ton of work (the game hasn't aged well graphically and looks pretty bad when upscaled to anything past native resolution). With the amount of effort needed, they might as well remake the whole game from scratch, and Sega remains nowhere near convinced that something like that would sell enough to justify the cost of making it.

If Sega were smart, they'd put the original Panzer Dragoon up on Steam. Not a whole lot of people know, but there already is a PC version of it, and it would take minimal effort to make it work on modern operating systems. That would help build a playerbase and get the word out to people that this series exists. If that's at least mildly successful and there's significant demand for Orta, then there's a small chance they'll tackle the somewhat harder (but likely by no means difficult) process of bringing Orta to PC.

If they haven't lost the source code for that game (it's been over a decade, after all) and a PC port of PDO is successful, then and only then will they even toy with the idea of doing anything at all with Saga. And remember - all this hinges on Sega not only being smart, but also giving a single **** about the PD series in the first place. (Well, okay, fair's fair: there was that Panzer-themed racetrack in Sonic All-Stars Transformed. Fine, then. Make that "two ****s".)


The odds are simply too stacked against Panzer Dragoon Saga for it to exist in any form other than a frequently-pirated Saturn game. Orta was a beacon of hope for the series, but it failed because Sega didn't know how to advertise a game where you can shoot stuff with a submachine gun while riding a dragon that fires homing lasers. (If I ever throw the phrase "World's Worst Marketing Team" out there, you will now know what I'm referring to.)

[Pimpjira]

I would buy any of the Panzer Dragoon games here. Orta is my favorite but I like all four of them(1, Zwei, Saga, Orta I think that's all of them).

[landman]

I doubt anyone counts Panzer Dragoon Mini lol

[redeyedraven]

Before they'd release Panzer Dragoon Orta, they should re-release Panzer Dragoon Saga. Honestly, Saga is the BEST installment of the franchise. Why downgrade to a rather dull railshooter (in comparison, as far as railshooters go PD1, 2 and Orta are VERY good IMO)?

[bloodraven43]

real cool rail shooter but i want english speaking games no matter how bad they sound...lol