Future Interviews: If I was producer of a Robotech game.

Question: So what is basically the premise of your new Robotech game?

Answer: The game is set in all three generations of the Robotech Saga, since that what many of the true Robotech fans demanded. With all three generations we can implement different genres of gaming to suit each era. Think of it as Spore meets Sci-fi Anime.

Question: What kind of engine will you guys be using?

Answer: Given the nature of the Id Tech franchise, they have some good graphics tech suitable for sci-fi settings. I think that would be the best option.

Question: Will you guys be using cel-shading since that's what fans want?

Answer: No, and that's because Robotech came at a time before anime was styled in a way where cel-shading fits the characters. Cel-shading is simple and many of the new characters only have a few shades of coloring nowadays, but Robotech was from a time where the depth of the color was more dominant so cel-shading would negate that older style of having more color detail and realistic shading. If we want the game to really look like Robotech, some other technique will be more beneficial than at least standard cel-shading scene in games like Tales series.

Battlecry had this issue of making the models like newer, in the sense that alot of the original style was lost or negated. Robotech Invasion kind of overstepped this though and made the characters look too realistic for what you could get out of PS2. The invid and characters looked pretty good but then you met with a mad scientist who freaking looked like the main character of Half Life 2. So a happen medium would be nice.

Question: Which system will you be using?

Answer: PC/PS3/360 since we dont want to deprive any Robotech fans of being able to play the game. Like Invasion there will be online and LAN multiplayer, and this time around have co-op since in all the eras you have a group of good guys going at it.

Question: How about the cast for the game?

Answer: We will be using mostly our own characters unless Harmony Gold themselves provide for THE original voice talent behind the original animation products.

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