I am also *very* curious about these. I haven't heard hardly anyone mention them for some odd reason, though. I've probably heard more about Ogre than these games. It says here that it's an adventure/strategy game rather than an RPG.
Judging by the screenshots for all systems and the manual these are strategy games.
The only scenes are map travel and car combat (both on the same overland map) and there seems to be no party with individuals but with numbers of troops. The car outfitting screens look like something in Gran Turismo (albeit much simpler of course) but not like character status screens.
And yes, the commands are similar to many RPGs (which often borrowed them from strategy games) and there is "loot" to get after a battle is won but I haven't seen any individual except "car #1" here.
Though these games have a plot to follow I also don't really see an adventure element in the sense of "interactive fiction" (being graphical or text) here. It's more of a connected campaign with several missions, IMHO.
I am also *very* curious about these. I haven't heard hardly anyone mention them for some odd reason, though. I've probably heard more about Ogre than these games. It says here that it's an adventure/strategy game rather than an RPG.
Judging by the screenshots for all systems and the manual these are strategy games.
The only scenes are map travel and car combat (both on the same overland map) and there seems to be no party with individuals but with numbers of troops. The car outfitting screens look like something in Gran Turismo (albeit much simpler of course) but not like character status screens.
And yes, the commands are similar to many RPGs (which often borrowed them from strategy games) and there is "loot" to get after a battle is won but I haven't seen any individual except "car #1" here.
Though these games have a plot to follow I also don't really see an adventure element in the sense of "interactive fiction" (being graphical or text) here. It's more of a connected campaign with several missions, IMHO.
take care,
Calibrator
take care,
Calibrator