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Have never played this game but always wanted to given it's legendary reputation (copies are really expensive). I plan to get the remaster that was announced a

Have never played this game but always wanted to given it's legendary reputation (copies are really expensive). I plan to get the remaster that was announced a while but haven't heard much on it since

AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
From collecting retro games (particularly of the PS1 era) I can tell you from experience that price is not always commensurate with quality. More often, it's tied to rarity, which in turn then raises the perception of quality because, frankly, there often aren't enough copies to dispute it. Modern ports and especially Emulation has helped knock down some of those artificial barriers and let people more honestly assess how good the games are. For example: Panzer Dragoon Saga. I managed to play it on a Saturn emulator. Great game? Honestly, yes. Is it a $500 great game? Eh...
- JohnBooty 3y ago
  I think PDS is special partly (mostly?) because of its part in gaming history. It was symbolic of the end of "peak Sega", a beautiful and ambitious RPG better (or at least more ambitious) than Final Fantasy 7 in many ways, released to virtually zero sales as Sega sunsetted the Saturn. (In retrospect, the failure of the Saturn was really the last nail in the console of Sega's console business, and the Dreamcast just couldn't overcome that inertia.) Or at least that's what Panzer Dragoon Saga represents to me anyway...
desas 3y ago
They announced last October that it wouldn't be released in 2023 but there's been no further details released. https://www.konami.com/games/genso/rem/1_2/us/en-us/ https://www.konami.com/games/genso/rem/1_2/us/en-us/
molticrystal 3y ago
The only thing I heard was the Suikoden I&II remaster was coming out this year. Considering it is Konami of disown legendary developers and loot nostalgia to pay for our work on video gambling devices, I can only hope for the best.
honkycat 3y ago
You can find the ISO with a 10 minute search, and run the game on most modern phones. Buying on the secondary market does nothing to enrich the original creators, or even the corporation that owns the property. Especially with games like this, where the only option is to download it, I don't see any ethical issues.

AdmiralAsshat 3y ago

From collecting retro games (particularly of the PS1 era) I can tell you from experience that price is not always commensurate with quality. More often, it's tied to rarity, which in turn then raises the perception of quality because, frankly, there often aren't enough copies to dispute it. Modern ports and especially Emulation has helped knock down some of those artificial barriers and let people more honestly assess how good the games are. For example: Panzer Dragoon Saga. I managed to play it on a Saturn emulator. Great game? Honestly, yes. Is it a $500 great game? Eh...

JohnBooty 3y ago
I think PDS is special partly (mostly?) because of its part in gaming history. It was symbolic of the end of "peak Sega", a beautiful and ambitious RPG better (or at least more ambitious) than Final Fantasy 7 in many ways, released to virtually zero sales as Sega sunsetted the Saturn. (In retrospect, the failure of the Saturn was really the last nail in the console of Sega's console business, and the Dreamcast just couldn't overcome that inertia.) Or at least that's what Panzer Dragoon Saga represents to me anyway...

desas 3y ago

They announced last October that it wouldn't be released in 2023 but there's been no further details released. https://www.konami.com/games/genso/rem/1_2/us/en-us/ https://www.konami.com/games/genso/rem/1_2/us/en-us/

molticrystal 3y ago

The only thing I heard was the Suikoden I&II remaster was coming out this year. Considering it is Konami of disown legendary developers and loot nostalgia to pay for our work on video gambling devices, I can only hope for the best.

honkycat 3y ago

You can find the ISO with a 10 minute search, and run the game on most modern phones. Buying on the secondary market does nothing to enrich the original creators, or even the corporation that owns the property. Especially with games like this, where the only option is to download it, I don't see any ethical issues.