Silentstorm
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I have to admit, i didn't see this coming, for those who are unaware, Super Robot Wars is a kinda Fire Emblem like series, only it revolves around robots, it started as a purely crossover game between Gundam, Mazinger and Getter Robo(the latter two being popular franchises in Japan) without much story, but it eventually got bigger and bigger, with each game having their own villains and characters to a point where they have made games based entirely on the original characters.
But the main series still revolves around the crossover aspects, and the story is treated seriously, let's just say, Super Robot Wars is well known in Japan for having a lot of plot and dialogue, i think there are big budget Visual Novels with a lot of routes that have less dialogue than the average Super Robot Wars game, they really go all out to tell an epic story even if they have many characters from different series.
Though this meant that the West didn't get those games, at best we got some Original Generations games for the GBA and a spin-off JRPG version for the DS, all the other games didn't get translated because, well, licensing rights are a bitch and there would be A LOT of story to translate anyways, that being said, starting with the PS3 era, the developer decided to release the games in Japan with an english translation as an option just to appease fans, and while the translations were...questionable, they did start getting better, but who cares, because the series is finally coming to PC!
If you ever wanted to have the Evangelion angels defeated by Gundams or all kinds of robots, then you can finally do that, want to see the world attacked by dozens of villains with armies being stopped by a ragtag group of people with all kinds of robots and technology, there you go!
It's just a series i never thought would come to PC, but i am glad it's coming, and yes, it's mostly Fire Emblem, though there are some different mechanics...and there are no critical strikes but Dynamic Kills instead, SRW says "Fuck your character sometimes doing a cooler and bigger animation if you're lucky, you only get the really cool and big animation when you actually kill an enemy, that animation is a reward for you being competent, not out of sheer luck!" which i think is cool.
Anyways, here is a video of two units from the games, the first being from a 90's anime, and the other being a revamped mecha for a series made in the 70's after the developer thought the original robot was way too outclassed and actually asked the original designer to go ahead and make a whole new upgrade with them creating a new story for said upgrade:
But the main series still revolves around the crossover aspects, and the story is treated seriously, let's just say, Super Robot Wars is well known in Japan for having a lot of plot and dialogue, i think there are big budget Visual Novels with a lot of routes that have less dialogue than the average Super Robot Wars game, they really go all out to tell an epic story even if they have many characters from different series.
Though this meant that the West didn't get those games, at best we got some Original Generations games for the GBA and a spin-off JRPG version for the DS, all the other games didn't get translated because, well, licensing rights are a bitch and there would be A LOT of story to translate anyways, that being said, starting with the PS3 era, the developer decided to release the games in Japan with an english translation as an option just to appease fans, and while the translations were...questionable, they did start getting better, but who cares, because the series is finally coming to PC!
If you ever wanted to have the Evangelion angels defeated by Gundams or all kinds of robots, then you can finally do that, want to see the world attacked by dozens of villains with armies being stopped by a ragtag group of people with all kinds of robots and technology, there you go!
It's just a series i never thought would come to PC, but i am glad it's coming, and yes, it's mostly Fire Emblem, though there are some different mechanics...and there are no critical strikes but Dynamic Kills instead, SRW says "Fuck your character sometimes doing a cooler and bigger animation if you're lucky, you only get the really cool and big animation when you actually kill an enemy, that animation is a reward for you being competent, not out of sheer luck!" which i think is cool.
Anyways, here is a video of two units from the games, the first being from a 90's anime, and the other being a revamped mecha for a series made in the 70's after the developer thought the original robot was way too outclassed and actually asked the original designer to go ahead and make a whole new upgrade with them creating a new story for said upgrade: