Forum - View topicNEWS: Patlabor Franchise Gets 3D Action Game for PS5, PC
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NJ_
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And now Discotek has the series...or at least one of them, thank goodness. |
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WatcherZer
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I mean a true Patlabor game would be an office daily life simulator not a mech brawler. This game looks like it was made in the engine for previous gen Dynasty Warriors.
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Fluwm
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For some reason, I am reminded of the PS4 tie-in game for Invisible Victory, which likewise came out of nowhere, only for its relevant anime series to be.. less than great.
But, yeah, this is a really weird property to adapt into a video game at any point in time, but especially in 2026. Like I absolutely love Patlabor to death but I never really got the sense that it was an especially popular show, in either Japan or the Anglophone fandom. And even ignoring that, like... the whole concept of an action/combat sort of a game is kind of antithetical to what Patlabor is. Seems like the better fit fora Patlabor game would be to take cues from those slice-of-life style games, like the Shin-chan and Spy x Fam tie-ins, where you basically just hang out in the anime-locations, and spend most of your time talking to random people or doing mini-games. |
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