Yana (yana@CONCENTRIC.NET)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:06:06 -0500
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:06:06 -0500 From: Yana <yana@CONCENTRIC.NET> Subject: Launching of Mikasa
>>>I enjoyed the extensive anime FMV in ST2. My bone with ST2 is its TOO
>extensive utilization of corny CGs in the game. For example, in ST, when
>Yoneda boarded Mikase, we were treated to this cool animated sequence of
>the whole thing. But in ST2, what we got was this CG sequence of Mikase
>being put together section by section (which vaguely reminded me of the
>special effects in all the aweful live-action Japanese flicks I seen).<<
>
>No way!! That was one of the best sequences in the entire game, and makes a
>WHOLE lot more sense than the way the Mikasa came together in the first
game- a
>whole lot of transformational shifting took place in the first game, but
the
>main theater was totally intact despite that. This version also is
wonderful
>because later in the game where Oogami is visiting everyone prior to the
>boarding of Musashi, we see how the Daitekokugekijou is flipped up, down,
and
>around to accomodate that area of the Mikasa II. I had a much greater sense
of
>of BIG the Mikasa is in ST2 than I did in the first game. And because it's
so
>compact (vertical as opposed to horizontal), Mikasa II required less
disruption
>of the lives of those people living in its vicinity <g>.
As far as the role of the theater, don't forget that the theater itself
became the bridge of the 1st Mikasa(a very cool surprise plus it
makes sense considering the theater was right on top of Mikasa)
so it would have to be expected that there would be internal flipping
around. OTH, what the theater is doing in the 2nd Mikasa is any-
one's guess considering how the 2nd one was put together(although
it was cool to see it in there).
I personally like both of the Mikasa launching scenes. I liked the
1st one because it really conveyed how huge Mikasa was and
I liked the 2nd because of the CG treatment. Watching the 2nd
one was like watching an old kaiju/SF film probably because of
the design of Mikasa, the way it was put together, and the way
the city buildings look all kind of conveys that 'atmosphere'.
Yasu