I somewhat doubt that. I think the Nier analogy was a pretty good one--it's a brilliant game, but a few glaring flaws keep it from being "great."
El Shaddai evokes that same feel to me.
Of course, it could end up being just absolutely awful. Time will tell.
Why haven't you played it already?
I've had the demo on my PS3 for months.
How exciting. Now I'll finally be able to play a Mario game.
And a Mario cart game.
Screw this stuff--when's the NEW stuff coming? Gimme some Ace Attorney dates; some Layton dats; some Draqon Quest, Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei dates.
Or at the very least, a version of Mario or Zelda that isn't roughly identical to a console game. Yikes.
...There's not really any competition.
It's sort of like arguing that Bejewled is taking away sales from Call of Duty.
Looks to be a decent game.
Not necessarily a great game, but a decent one nonetheless. So I plan on buying it.
Of course, I'll wait. I have a feeling this'll be a $20 bargain bin game in a month or two after release--just like Nier.
...NEW AND EXCITING!
Who the hell approved this garbage?
I think the real problem with Versus is not just that it was announced so long ago, but that it was announced so long ago AND Square-Enix has subsequently announced so many more titles that are due to ship much, much earlier.
If you're going to post without reading the article, at least read the little intro blurb.
It's obviously questioning whether or not the 3DS can succeed when most of its big titles are remakes, ports or sequels to really, really old series.
Clearly, the guy hasn't paid any attention to Nintendo at all over the past two decades or so.
Yes.
They're making almost all of their profits off of hardware sales and peripherals.
Nintendo abandoned "core gamers" a very long time ago. NoA, at least.
In the past few days, I've seen a handful of negative comments about the Wii and, to a lesser degree, the WiiU.
Some concerns were legitimate, others were not. Some were well articulated, others were not.
The one thing they all had in common was that someone else would reply that the person holding those opinions clearly had no ground to stand on, because he or she was a Sony fanboy.
Here's a hint, Valk: you're not helping things....
I /think/ I want this game equally bad.
I'm not sure because none of the videos I've seen show actual gameplay. All I know is that it looks pretty. ~__~
(Yes, there are videos of the GAME, but not of the player actually, you know, doing anything but walking around).
Really? I was a big fan of the DS because it had so many games I couldn't play anywhere else.
So far, the 3DS has offered nothing BUT games I can play anywhere else. Of course, I've never really bought into the idea that a handheld was worthwhile if it could play inferior versions of better, console games--guess that's why the DS was the first handheld that really caught my interest.
Really.
Keep in mind that for us to even see this story TEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE had to approve it.
Maybe that number should be upped to 50, given the amount of garbage N4G is flooded with.
...What a refreshing, creative pun.
And also a raging alcoholic.
Nothing is wrong with the name in and of itself.
It's the reasoning BEHIND that choice that people take issue.
To put it another way....
Say one of your friends has a son. He tells you he's going to name the son Luke.
You think, "Congratulations!"
Say one of your friends has a son. He tells you he's going to name the son Luke, after a relative or important friend.
You th...
I haven't seen a decent improvement in game AI in more than a decade.
I have, however, heard a lot of PR hyperbole.
I'll believe it when I see it.
I remember Starfleet Acadamy (PC) as being pretty good.
But, yeah, almost every licensed-game ends up being garbage, the only exceptions being crap from Japan. Most likely because they produce so MANY licensed games that a few of them are bound to be decent.
You're... missing the point entirely.
A casual game is not a game that anyone can pick up and be skilled at. That's called a BAD game.
Casual games are games with simple, approachable mechanics that anyone can pick up and learn HOW to play in very short order. Shooters are the most accessible genre of games out there (for obvious reasons) and therefore are, almost be definition, casual.
I don't care about seeing the same franchises again... IF the games are fresh.
Zelda is a great example. With a few (loltrains) exceptions, each game is new and unique.
Mario is somewhat different. The DS game and new Wii game are absurd--they feel exactly like the SNES games. That's... simply not the way to go about things, in my book. Especially if nintendo is going to charge so much.