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Puppeteer Review: Strings Attached | Polygon

Puppeteer’s premise is a collection of children’s fantasy clichés tied together via a dominant aesthetic and presentation style. Framed as a children’s marionette performance, Puppeteer tells the story of human boy Kutaro, who’s stolen away from the earth and transformed into a puppet by the evil magic of the Moon Bear King. When the King tears off Kutaro’s head, he finds a temporary replacement and sets off on an adventure to defeat the villain. Using a pair of magical shears known as Calibrus, Kutaro relies on the questionable help of a sun princess, a hideous witch with an agenda of her own, and a number of other odd-ball characters.

dark-kyon4639d ago

puppeteer
metacrict =82
polygon =60

nuff said.
this page is a joke.

Clover9044639d ago

Lost all possible interest in Polygon with the absurd review of The Last of Us.

Kryptix4639d ago (Edited 4639d ago )

Polygon got paid $750,000 by Microsoft.

Here's all the proof you need:

http://realitypales.org/201...

http://www.n-europe.com/for...

The Last of Us: 7.5
Ni No Kuni: 6.5
Killzone: Mercenary: 6
Puppeteer: 6

A few examples...

Thehyph4639d ago

The best thing about their review of The Last Of Us was the reviewer explaining that he was terrible at video games and blaming it on the game.

Just don't open the link, people. Don't give Polygon the hit.

Aceman184639d ago

I picked up my copy yesterday, and only played the first act so far but I'm loving how it plays. Its so different than what's out there now.

This site is beyond sad and pathetic its not even funny anymore. When you consistently score exclusives on one system lower than the current average you just make yourself look really, really stupid.

FamilyGuy4638d ago

Now they aren't even trying to hide it, ever since the last of us all the PS3 exclusives have been getting crappy ratings from this site.

wtf, No
Hopefully this bias site gets banned from here soon, they've made themselves in to a joke.

fsfsxii4639d ago

Downvote the site and move on people.

thechosenone4639d ago (Edited 4639d ago )

for those that don't know how

'polygon.com +' <----click on site name and then select WTF and No. Done.

Stsonic4639d ago

Crappy touch screen clicked OK now I can't change it!!!

ZodTheRipper4639d ago

1+ for helpful ...this site has to be a joke.

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DVAcme4639d ago

A Polygon review of a PS exclusive that's massively under the average score of pretty much any other site, big surprise there. They should finally just fess up and change the site's name to Microsoft Gamesite(r)(c)(tm).

r214639d ago

Polygon and the infamous 6 score :L

P_Bomb4639d ago

When you can consistently predict a site's 6's and 7's in advance, you know there's a bit of a problem.
Last of us 7.5
God of war ascension 7.0
Dragons crown 6.5
Ni no kuni 6.5
Sly cooper thieves in time 6.0
Puppeteer 6.0
Killzone mercenary 6.0

Kinda weird they'd rate WWE13 higher than all these games. No accounting for some tastes it seems.

Inception4639d ago

Cmiiw, they also gave Tales of Xillia a 7.0, another high profile PS3 exclusive. Gonna block this polygon site.

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Sony's Licensing Strategy May Be the Best Route to Reviving Some of PlayStation's Lost Classics

Sammy: "It’s sad that PlayStation has moved on from some of these iconic brands, but it would be worse watching them rot. At least with this licensing strategy, there’s a legitimate opportunity for more great franchises to get a second chance. And if they sell really well, there’s always the chance Sony may decide to bring them back."

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darthv72422d ago

Love this idea. Let other companies release reboots of these classics to a wider audience. Everyone wins.

Eonjay421d ago

It's what most IP holders do.

jznrpg421d ago

Remaster Puppeteer. It looked great on PS3 but it would be nice to have on PS5 with fast loading and some sort of 4k

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Top 7 Best PS3 Platformers

A little-known game Puppeteer is on this list for the best PS3 platformers.

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gamerz455d ago

Little Big Planet, lol. No.

paddy95455d ago

LBP3 and rayman legends are the best here.

jznrpg454d ago

Puppeteer is really good. Nobody played it because it came out right before PS4 came out. When I went to pick up Puppeteer from GameStop some people were trading in their old consoles for PS4 preorder.

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Sony Japan Studio Closed Because AA Market 'Disappeared', Says Shu Yoshida

No place for Puppeteer, Gravity Rush

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Goodguy01459d ago

Man I'd love to see GR3. Unfortunately Somy didn't do well to advertise these games and AAA gaming is what most gamers preferred.

This gen has been different, indies and smaller games are what people absolutely love now so I wonder how these games would do if they were to release now. These games would also need a PC release.

Cacabunga457d ago (Edited 457d ago )

GR2 was nice but i don’t think it’s made for a home console. It played like a dream on vita. Same for tearaway. Ps4 version was boring but vita was glorious.
Japan studio made amazing titles for everyone. Call them AA if you like but they can work on jrpg reboots and sequel of bloodborne. Maybe even let them remake old gems even from other developers. I don’t think a partnership with SNK to develop Koudelka remake will be unnoticed. But bad management is where it’s at. AA disappeared but let’s invest everything in gaas

Knushwood Butt457d ago

GR2 was never on Vita, oddly, but yes, the fist game was best on Vita and the gyro controls really suited the game and worked well too. Vita had a ton of tech built into it.

I platted GR1 on Vita and PS4.
I couldn't play GR2 more than a couple of hours. Bought it day 1. Still have it. Tried twice but just couldn't get into it.

isarai459d ago

I mean can you really say it closed when 90% of the staff is at Asobi Games which was originally a team in Japan Studio?

blackblades458d ago

Don't try to spin it the studio is no mo end of story

pwnmaster3000458d ago

I mean he has a point.
I get it the studio is gone but what makes the studio, the people who works there.

For example people say BioWare is not BioWare no more because the people who made BioWare left.
Team Asobi may not be named studio Japan no more but if 90% of the workers is from studio Japan then it’s damn near the same and they still in Japan.

isarai458d ago (Edited 458d ago )

Not trying to spin it, that's literally the facts, Asobi absorbed Japan studio, and a small portion left but most of the Japan studio staff are still there 🤨. They're certainly taking a different direction that Japan studio but it's still the same people in the same office working for the same publisher 🤷‍♂️

Hell even the DNA is the same. Astrobot shares a lot in common with how it feels and controls with games like puppeteer and knack

blackblades458d ago

Saying that is like saying they gonna be making gravity rush 3 which is a no. The studio itself is gone the workers that went to asobi isnt gonna be making the same games

isarai457d ago

Wtf are you going on about, no one said any of that, why you makin sh!t up just to argue? 🤣

Scissorman457d ago

that's a bit of poor argument. i mean look at naughty dog. they don't make crash, jak & daxter , or uncharted games anymore either.

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jznrpg458d ago

Bring Puppeteer to PS5 please! Love that game. Gravity Rush collection would be ice as well.

isarai458d ago

I've been shouting that games underrated nature for so long. I honestly think it has more unique charm and heart than astrobot, and if people rediscovered it they would really see Japan studio has always been a special studio

jznrpg457d ago

All the different heads and abilities were awesome. The aesthetic was awesome. The level design was so much fun. It is the true meaning of underrated, sadly.

Melankolis458d ago

Understandable. Adult gamers, while still having interest in AA gaming, have so little time that they choose to play AAA instead. Indie too, being fun and cheap, who could resist? they are too, time-consuming.

Eonjay458d ago

I think your on to something but for me it feels different. For one, even AAA games can get too time consuming. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is gigantic. Some would say obsessively so. It's quite an achievement simply due to the amount t of content. I definitely have less time for games now and the problem is that there is so much to play. I don't even get to half of the AAA games I want to play.

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