My Life As A Gamer: An Open Letter To CDPR & R. Talsorian Regarding Mekton

Dear CD Projekt Red & R. Talsorian Games:

Congratulations on the release of Cyberpunk 2077, despite present difficulties. You managed to take the story of a tabletop RPG and bring it to life in a manner that even long-time fans of the tabletop RPG did not expect and nonetheless delivered on.

If I recall, the agreement between your two companies includes other R. Tal titles. I have previously been quite vocal about making a Mekton game. Rather than try to use the same design paradigm, I suggest that you shamelessly copy a formula that mecha gamers have enjoyed for over 20 years- and recently went big into the West: Super Robot Wars. On the offchance that you don't know what these recent titles were, allow me to show you.

When I say "shameless", I mean it. This is exactly the thing needed for a Mekton game, and I'd be happy if you openly partnered with Bandai Namco to do it.

Build the game around Operation: Rimfire as your base for your narrative and scenarios. It's literally a design document in tabletop form; convert and animate into the SRW format and you're golden.

Might as well commission a tie-in anime series while you're at it, using the narrative flashes from Mekton II's Technical Manual as its basis, to lead into the game's events. Do not cheap out on this if you do; it's meant to drive people to the game, so it has to be quality. A short high-quality production is better than a long cheap one.

There is a massive opportunity for merchandise to be had here. Don't leave that on the table, especially the mecha designs.

Oh, and if you can somehow get JAM Project to do the game's OP, seize that opportunity. No one gets the genre better than them.

Sincerely,

--Bradford C. Walker