Nah, I don't have tiktok-gen attention span. I like slow starts, they make more exciting the parts where everything goes wrong. It's the classic "the calm before the storm"
@Serpenterror Nah, it's just Sega mismanaging their IP, Nintendo is also a AAA company and they are able to release high quality titles of their most iconic ips.
@jowy_sw As far as I know, Sweet Baby Inc isn't a charity, so of course they are charging money, and considering they have big companies such as Ubisoft and EA as clients, I doubt they are cheap.
@PtM Leaks doesn't necessarily comes from the development studio, especially the ones that doesn't leak material, so it's hard for companies to even know where to take any sort of action. I think those are just the most extreme scenarios.(Also, I don't think Leakers have all the blame for Nintendo cancelling those projects, it was just Nintendo way of doing things)
I don't get why people is so overdramatic when it comes to leakers that only leaks the existence of something. I don't think that really hurt the multimillion dollar company, it even makes more exciting the announcements. I think being mad at that is just silly.
That aside, I also don't get why these leakers are turning themselves into some sort of internet celebrities with dramas and that kind of stuff. This is the second drama related to a leaker in this month, this is getting silly.
It may be a side-game, but it kinda interesting to see this take on a game where Zelda is the main character. It seem more puzzle-centered, but with BOTW approach to them.
@Kienda I think most gamers being male is pretty basic knowledge .-. Higher percentages of female gamers in some studios is mostly due to including the mobile market.
For anyone still interested, Kotaku confirmed indie games actually don't have to pay for the slot.
"After the publication of this story a handful of indie publishers and developers contacted Kotaku and explained that some “free slots” are provided to smaller, non-AAA games and studios. It appears that Keighley is sometimes pitched games to include and he provides some free airtime for these projects as part of the “earned editorial placements” previously mentioned."
Damn, I didn't know the studios that made Lies of P, Party Animals and Palworld had that much money, those games had a 1-minute-long trailer in last year Summer Game Fest.
But I'm way more suprised at lesser-known tittles such Lysfanga The Time Shift Warrior, Fae Farm World and Yes, Your Grace, that price doesn't sound that unattainable when you see smaller studios like those getting a spot.(Thou considering I had never heard of them until looking for titles featured in last year showcase, maybe those weren't good investments)
@larryisaman It's hard not to think there was a serious mismanagement when Team Cherry made Hollow Knight with only a 2% of the budget of Yooka Layle.
I've always seen The Impossible Lair more as the studio finally being able to adjust the scope of their project to something more appropiate for an indie game. The Impossible Lair was a smaller yet very polished title.
@larryisaman "it was obvious that they just didn’t have the time or budget to really do it justice"
More like just they were just rusty and didn't have experience making indie games, because no way one of the most funded kickstarter projects didn't have enough budget.
Does this game really needed a remaster? .-. All the new features sounds like things that could have been easily added to the original one. It doesn't even looks that much better, it looks a little too UnrealEngine-like to my taste.
@Tupin " I only ask you to look at the YouTube comments, the steam forums, some of my QTs and even in the comments of the video itself. This, paired with the emails, messages and beyond make this assertion that harassment isn’t happening, or the requirement that we need to prove it, extremely hard to take on board." He's actually also counting the hate toward the game itself as harassment, and didn't really mentioned harassment toward the other staff members. He's more talking about people saying "No harassment at all" while my comment is about 'how big these harassment campaigns actually are.
You can call it "being too cynical", but if someone with opposite beliefs said something similar without offering proof, one wouldn't have the same supportive reaction.
Reading the article and the comments, it's wild how many people are omitting the fact that most of the controversy came from the game being associated to Sweet Baby Inc.
Honestly it has always been kinda hard to tell how big are these "harassment campaigns", maybe they are just being blew out of proportion to boost their image and promote their game. Like, I get it, at least a couple of people most likely went to send him private messages, but did a considerable amount of people do it? Or is he also counting internet conversations mocking him as harassment? He also Included the studio workers, I don't think there was that many people wanted to harass them considering the creator was the one that was on the center of every headline, but who knows.
I'm just saying, people in internet is quick to accept anything as a fact to validate their beliefs.
@Banjo- You know, the third game is a actually a prequel to DQ 1 and 2. So "The legacy begins" could just refers to Dragon quest 3 being the first game in the timeline.
@Toastmaster I think most of emulators have patreon, Nintendo was only able to sue Yuzu because the devs were using leaked games to improve the emulator(Citra was just caught in the crossfire)
@locky-mavo I think this is like the third/fourth pc port of nintendo 64 games. Mario 64 and Zelda Ocarina of time were ported years ago and the devs seem to be doing fine.
It'd be cool to see a Fire emblem game with real-time combat despite of it probably requiring more skills, there is barely any modern real-time tactical jrpg out there.
After the Mario movie, Miyamoto being involved only means they won't do anything weird with the IP, but doesn't mean that the movie will be more than just mid.
@Not_Soos Nitrorad is just not reliable when it comes to looking for how good a game really is. He basically makes reverse rant reviews, he's just too positive about games, so he makes a 7/10 game sounds like a 9/10 game.
@RupeeClock The thing about Dolphin distributing decryption keys is in a grey zone, it's debatable if those decryption keys alone(just a serie of numbers as far as I know) can be protected by copyright laws. So most likely neither Nintendo nor Dolphin devs are willing to take the risk of setting a precedent on court.
He, that part is pretty funny when you realize this was game made by a black person that paid money to have a company advicing him about to how represent black people XD I think you can't play safer than that, lmao.
I'm finally giving a shot to playing Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone again after dropping it because I realized I kinda hate tactical RPGs and being overwhelmed by the complexity of the game on top of that. Now I think I'm finally enjoying it in short bursts.
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Re: Switch Physical Release Of Psychological Horror RPG 'Omori' Cancelled
It's just an OK game anyways.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Still Wants To Make Okami 2 And Viewtiful Joe 3
@Lady_rosalina "1: The innicial controversy with Bayonetta 3's og voice actor...."
How is that an issue with the game? .-.
Re: Random: "Let Them Play, First Thing!" - Sakurai Is Tired Of Slow Game Openings
Nah, I don't have tiktok-gen attention span. I like slow starts, they make more exciting the parts where everything goes wrong. It's the classic "the calm before the storm"
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations Showcases Side-By-Side Of Old & New Stages
I hope the story isn't mediocre, the original generation was pretty uninteresting.
Re: Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board Adds Two New Playable Characters
WTF!? This game is getting more post-release support than Mario party titles!?
Re: 'Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club' Launches On Switch Next Month
Well, it looks like it was actually an in-character announcement from Nintendo.
Re: Spark The Electric Jester 3 Is A High-Speed Indie Platformer Dashing To Switch This Month
@Serpenterror Nah, it's just Sega mismanaging their IP, Nintendo is also a AAA company and they are able to release high quality titles of their most iconic ips.
Re: Talking Point: The Switch eShop Could Be Great With These Few Tweaks
Being able to gift games would be cool
Re: Tales Of Kenzera: Zau Studio Is Reportedly Facing Layoffs
@jowy_sw As far as I know, Sweet Baby Inc isn't a charity, so of course they are charging money, and considering they have big companies such as Ubisoft and EA as clients, I doubt they are cheap.
Re: Tales Of Kenzera: Zau Studio Is Reportedly Facing Layoffs
The money that they used to pay Sweet Baby Inc for pointless consultation should have go to the real development of the game instead -_-
Re: Feature: 54 Switch Ports We'd Love To See Before The Generation's Out
Honestly, I don't get the point of including Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's gate 3, games that obviously can't run on the switch shouldn't make the cut.
Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
@PtM Leaks doesn't necessarily comes from the development studio, especially the ones that doesn't leak material, so it's hard for companies to even know where to take any sort of action. I think those are just the most extreme scenarios.(Also, I don't think Leakers have all the blame for Nintendo cancelling those projects, it was just Nintendo way of doing things)
Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
I don't get why people is so overdramatic when it comes to leakers that only leaks the existence of something. I don't think that really hurt the multimillion dollar company, it even makes more exciting the announcements. I think being mad at that is just silly.
That aside, I also don't get why these leakers are turning themselves into some sort of internet celebrities with dramas and that kind of stuff. This is the second drama related to a leaker in this month, this is getting silly.
Re: Silksong Is "Not In Dev Hell" According To Playtester
@Bobb I think it was later revealed that there was no real development progress on Bayonetta 3 when it was announced, aside from the logo. XD
Re: New 2D Adventure 'The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom' Announced For This September
It may be a side-game, but it kinda interesting to see this take on a game where Zelda is the main character. It seem more puzzle-centered, but with BOTW approach to them.
Re: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Finally Gets Release Date, I & II Remakes Confirmed
Damn, I hope DQ 1 and 2 have major changes, otherwise I'm most likely skipping them.
Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Swings Onto Switch Next Year
DK and Diddy kong models definitely looks different, but I don't, everything else looks a little too wii-like.
Re: Capcom's 'Super Elections' Reveals Fan Favourite Characters, Games And More
@Kienda I think most gamers being male is pretty basic knowledge .-. Higher percentages of female gamers in some studios is mostly due to including the mobile market.
Re: Swipe Right To Fight In Turn-Based Combat Dating Adventure 'Nova Hearts'
I want to scream WOKE!
But I'm actually asleep at this one.
Re: Round Up: Day Of The Devs SGF Edition 2024 - Every Announcement, All Confirmed Switch Games
It's nice to see sites providing the announcements of these smaller showcases, it was annoying when no one covered the guerrilla collective showcase.
Re: Talking Point: HD-2D Or 3D - How Should Square Enix Remake Chrono Trigger?
3D or non-pixel art 2D, HD-2D games looks pretty samey.
Re: Random: Here's How Much It Costs To Showcase A Trailer At Summer Game Fest
For anyone still interested, Kotaku confirmed indie games actually don't have to pay for the slot.
"After the publication of this story a handful of indie publishers and developers contacted Kotaku and explained that some “free slots” are provided to smaller, non-AAA games and studios. It appears that Keighley is sometimes pitched games to include and he provides some free airtime for these projects as part of the “earned editorial placements” previously mentioned."
Re: 'Yooka-Replaylee' Brings Back Playtonic's Love Letter To Banjo In Remastered Form
@larryisaman @larryisaman It's a fair comparison when you consider Yooka Laylee had 60 times the budget of Hollow Knight.
Re: Random: Here's How Much It Costs To Showcase A Trailer At Summer Game Fest
Damn, I didn't know the studios that made Lies of P, Party Animals and Palworld had that much money, those games had a 1-minute-long trailer in last year Summer Game Fest.
But I'm way more suprised at lesser-known tittles such Lysfanga The Time Shift Warrior, Fae Farm World and Yes, Your Grace, that price doesn't sound that unattainable when you see smaller studios like those getting a spot.(Thou considering I had never heard of them until looking for titles featured in last year showcase, maybe those weren't good investments)
Re: 'Yooka-Replaylee' Brings Back Playtonic's Love Letter To Banjo In Remastered Form
@larryisaman It's hard not to think there was a serious mismanagement when Team Cherry made Hollow Knight with only a 2% of the budget of Yooka Layle.
I've always seen The Impossible Lair more as the studio finally being able to adjust the scope of their project to something more appropiate for an indie game. The Impossible Lair was a smaller yet very polished title.
Re: 'Yooka-Replaylee' Brings Back Playtonic's Love Letter To Banjo In Remastered Form
@larryisaman "it was obvious that they just didn’t have the time or budget to really do it justice"
More like just they were just rusty and didn't have experience making indie games, because no way one of the most funded kickstarter projects didn't have enough budget.
Re: 'Yooka-Replaylee' Brings Back Playtonic's Love Letter To Banjo In Remastered Form
Does this game really needed a remaster? .-. All the new features sounds like things that could have been easily added to the original one. It doesn't even looks that much better, it looks a little too UnrealEngine-like to my taste.
Re: 'Tales Of Kenzara: Zau' Director Addresses "Constant Targeted Harassment"
@Tupin " I only ask you to look at the YouTube comments, the steam forums, some of my QTs and even in the comments of the video itself. This, paired with the emails, messages and beyond make this assertion that harassment isn’t happening, or the requirement that we need to prove it, extremely hard to take on board."
He's actually also counting the hate toward the game itself as harassment, and didn't really mentioned harassment toward the other staff members. He's more talking about people saying "No harassment at all" while my comment is about 'how big these harassment campaigns actually are.
You can call it "being too cynical", but if someone with opposite beliefs said something similar without offering proof, one wouldn't have the same supportive reaction.
Re: 'Tales Of Kenzara: Zau' Director Addresses "Constant Targeted Harassment"
Reading the article and the comments, it's wild how many people are omitting the fact that most of the controversy came from the game being associated to Sweet Baby Inc.
Re: 'Tales Of Kenzara: Zau' Director Addresses "Constant Targeted Harassment"
Honestly it has always been kinda hard to tell how big are these "harassment campaigns", maybe they are just being blew out of proportion to boost their image and promote their game. Like, I get it, at least a couple of people most likely went to send him private messages, but did a considerable amount of people do it? Or is he also counting internet conversations mocking him as harassment? He also Included the studio workers, I don't think there was that many people wanted to harass them considering the creator was the one that was on the center of every headline, but who knows.
I'm just saying, people in internet is quick to accept anything as a fact to validate their beliefs.
Re: Crash Bandicoot And Spyro Studio 'Toys For Bob' Is Now Officially Independent
@CutchuSlow The same case applies to Retro Studio and I don't see anyone complaining.
Re: Poll: Is $60 Too Much For Nintendo's Switch Re-Releases?
If even Satan himself(Activision) sold the Crash N same trilogy for 40 bucks, then there is no way a Nintendo re-release is worth 60 bucks
Re: Feature: Is 'Trails Through Daybreak' The Fresh Beginning The Trails Series Needs?
@philwhite Yeah, but rushing through a game doesn't sound fun.
Re: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Tease Confirms Platforms And Nothing Else
@Banjo- You know, the third game is a actually a prequel to DQ 1 and 2. So "The legacy begins" could just refers to Dragon quest 3 being the first game in the timeline.
Re: Soapbox: After Restarting My Save File, I Finally 'Get' Hollow Knight
It's cool that you finally get metroidvania games, lol.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Takes A Look At Zelda 64 Recompiled: Majora's Mask
@Toastmaster I think most of emulators have patreon, Nintendo was only able to sue Yuzu because the devs were using leaked games to improve the emulator(Citra was just caught in the crossfire)
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Takes A Look At Zelda 64 Recompiled: Majora's Mask
@locky-mavo I think this is like the third/fourth pc port of nintendo 64 games. Mario 64 and Zelda Ocarina of time were ported years ago and the devs seem to be doing fine.
Re: Soapbox: Fire Emblem’s Future May Not Be In Turn-Based Combat
It'd be cool to see a Fire emblem game with real-time combat despite of it probably requiring more skills, there is barely any modern real-time tactical jrpg out there.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th May)
I'm playing mostly indie games, I'll try the demo of Angeline Era, a game made by the devs of Anodyne.
I'm also playing Rabbit and Steel, I'm intrigued by the concept of a MMO raiding-like co-op action indie roguelike.
Re: Talking Point: 'Remake' Vs. 'Remaster' - What's Your Definition?
I like to use this system:
Remaster= Twilight princess HD, Skyward Sword HD, Final Fantasy X HD, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition,
Remaster+ = Xenoblade Chroniles HD, Metroid Prime Remastered, Wind Waker HD, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Ace Attorney trilogy, Resident evil 1 HD remaster, GTA trilogy.
Remake- = Super Mario RPG, Zelda Link awaking, Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, The last of us Part 1.
Remake+ = Resident evil 2 remake, Yakuza Kiwami, Resident evil 4 remake, Persona 3 Reload.
Re: Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Says Conviction Was "A Blessing"
Damn, I can't believe Nintendo not only sent him to jail and put him in debt for the rest of his life, but also gaslighted him XD
Re: Sony On Zelda Live-Action Movie: Miyamoto Has A Really "Strong" Vision
After the Mario movie, Miyamoto being involved only means they won't do anything weird with the IP, but doesn't mean that the movie will be more than just mid.
Re: Sonic Adventure-Like 3D Action Platformer 'Spark The Electric Jester 3' Coming To Switch
@Not_Soos Nitrorad is just not reliable when it comes to looking for how good a game really is. He basically makes reverse rant reviews, he's just too positive about games, so he makes a 7/10 game sounds like a 9/10 game.
Re: Review: Animal Well (Switch) - An Exceptional Metroidvania That Stands Out From The Pack
10/10? so...THIS GAME IS ALMOST AS GOOD A SUPER MARIO BROS 2!?
Re: Best SaGa Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
SaGa Scarlet Grace number 1! Purists took the L!
Re: Nintendo Wipes Out 8535 Yuzu Repositories In One Big DMCA Takedown
@RupeeClock The thing about Dolphin distributing decryption keys is in a grey zone, it's debatable if those decryption keys alone(just a serie of numbers as far as I know) can be protected by copyright laws. So most likely neither Nintendo nor Dolphin devs are willing to take the risk of setting a precedent on court.
Re: Review: Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU (Switch) - An Emotional Metroidvania That Plays It Too Safe
"...that Plays It Too Safe"
He, that part is pretty funny when you realize this was game made by a black person that paid money to have a company advicing him about to how represent black people XD I think you can't play safer than that, lmao.
Re: Review: Library Of Ruina (Switch) - Potential Aplenty, But Just Doesn't Stack Up
SaGa gang, we won! Emerald Beyond is the highest-rated game of this week batch of reviews!
Pdt: kinda suprising this game is arriving to switch this late, I think it has been available on pc for quite a while.
Re: Review: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Switch) - An Immersive JRPG With Some Real Problems
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th April)
I'm finally giving a shot to playing Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone again after dropping it because I realized I kinda hate tactical RPGs and being overwhelmed by the complexity of the game on top of that. Now I think I'm finally enjoying it in short bursts.