Yodariquo said:

aspro said:

I have a sealed copy of that one -- YAY!  But looks like a strategy RPG - I have not tried one of those before... Well, I'll give it a go, lord knows I have a lot of them.

I'm not sure what's more surprising, that you haven't played a SRPG, or that you didn't know what Fire Emblem is like.  The genre seems to fit your situation as well as anything, though I'm not as big of a fan of Fire Emblem as others here, it's still certainly enjoyable.

I buy a lot of SRPG for my wife, and I have enough on my plate game-wise that I leave it to her. I'm a JRPG player to the core -- I mean I don't hink I've even tried any of the WRPGs I have.

I'm going to start Fire Emblem in a little bit, thanks Dereyoda.

EDIT: Now that I am playing Fire Emblem (DS) I realize I probably have played an SRPG before (if this is one). I played Gladius from Lucas Arts (PS2), which I think qualifies.

This is a fun game (FE).

aspro said:

EDIT: Now that I am playing Fire Emblem (DS) I realize I probably have played an SRPG before (if this is one). I played Gladius from Lucas Arts (PS2), which I think qualifies.This is a fun game (FE).

 Yes, Gladius is one, and a fine one at that.  I got stuck at the last boss though Same with Fire Emblem on the GBA, too.  Hrmph, this seems to be a trend.

Epic Mickey sounds so awesome, day ONE.

Trenton,   Yes Sony takes risks, like coping something Nintendo gambled with and succeeded.

bugsonglass said:

Yodariquo said:

aspro said:

EDIT: Now that I am playing Fire Emblem (DS) I realize I probably have played an SRPG before (if this is one). I played Gladius from Lucas Arts (PS2), which I think qualifies.This is a fun game (FE).

Yes, Gladius is one, and a fine one at that.  I got stuck at the last boss though Same with Fire Emblem on the GBA, too.  Hrmph, this seems to be a trend.

don't remind me...

aspro buddy, i'm really sorry about your hand injury.  hope it heals really fast.

thanks  bugsy.

Don't like the triple post?

Which reminds me. I was going to delete it, but I can only edit.

Foolz said:

Don't like the triple post?

Which reminds me. I was going to delete it, but I can only edit.

That's interesting, how many people here can't delete?

Iga_Bobovic said:

gamingeek said:

Did some more updates.

Iga_Bobovic said:

gamingeek said:

To make the game possible for all consoles the levels would had to made with dumbed down mechanic in mind. This means if you want to have a simultaneous Wii/360/PS3 release all versions would have to be designed for the lowest denominator. In other words the graphics would be horrible compared to other 360/PS3 games and the controls and level design would not make full use of the Wii. A better option is to make two separate games, where the 360/PS3 version would be a more traditional platformer.

Also the painting controls could be the games unique selling point, look at Max and the Magic Marker. The fact that you can do these things simultaneously is one of the features of the game. With this feature it stands outside of the crowd. Making a more traditional platformer would mean that you can reach a larger user base, but the danger is that you lose your unique selling point and get lost in the crowd.

So in short the Wii and the HD consoles are different beast that require different kind of software. Look at Square, Wii get's Crystal Bearers and PS3/360 get's FFXIII. The HD consoles get Soul Calibur 4 super busty edition and the Wii gets Bushido Blade motionplus edition (okay I made this one up, Square make it now)

I agree we need a Silver surfer game.

However Broken Sword is a point and click game that was then ported successfully to gba with d-pad controls. COD4 this game that supposedly couldn't be done on Wii is being released very soon. Soul Caliber 4 and SFIV mind you could easily have versions done on Wii. There are many cases where a game can have a version, successfully adapted for the platform, RE4 is on mobile phones and a full GTA is on DS.

"This means if you want to have a simultaneous Wii/360/PS3 release all versions would have to be designed for the lowest denominator"

Wrong, as you said there are different versions of the same game with different features. Ghostbusters Wii vs Ghostbusters HD. Or COD World at War, the Wii version did not mean that the other versions became burdened with the lowest common denominator version or that the other versions were limited by what the Wii could do.

As for Mickey its USP is that it is Dark epic Mickey set in this forgotten lost world, that is the hook, its going to stand out either way.

Anyhow now we actually have more details on the game we can forget about this theoretical debate. I want to see it in motion.

Yeah I mentioned the possibility to make multiple versions of the same game. But if you go for that you might as well make two entirely different game. I mean you already have two teams doing one version each, why not make two completely different games that each take advantage of each platform? And you would have an added benefit that some people would buy both games. Like Epic Mickey for the Wii and Epic Donald for the 360/PS3.

And yes most HD games would be possible on the Wii with crappier graphics, but seriously I would rather have RS2 and Bushido Blade M+ then Soul Calibur 4 and CoD 4.

They should make different games, but the wii version would get buried as it usually does, even if it does put up over a million sales like COD World at war. The saving grace is the cost and Treyarch recentely said that it only took a team of like 24 people to port COD4 over. Where it takes over a hundred to do an HD game. I remember Capcom and Ubisoft both saying that RE5 and Ass Creed 2 had like 400 team members.  

But what I think is that now you have some sort of cross control compatibility like with M+ and the PS3 mote, developers can now do truly cross platform games by using stylised or cel-shaded graphics that can fly on all consoles with the same controls. That way Wii doesn't get left out with games like REd Steel 2 for instance and then they can make even more money bringing over a graphically identical/control identical version onto other platforms with a resolution boost.

If there is one thing I've learned over the years is that multiplatform developers want to make money and will whore out their games where its easy to do so.

Damn, Gametrailers No More Heroes 2 video is better than IGNs. The quality is still poor but this guy knows what he's doing.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/bloody-foyer-no-more/57350

The camera is quite impressive, the way the game frames the kills and slows down and blurs. Also there is a pixel tiger in the bottom right of the screen and a throbbing pixel penis in the top right

WTF? Uncharted 2.

Buy it. How else can I live vicariously through you?

gamingeek said:

WTF? Uncharted 2.

Buy it. How else can I live vicariously through you?

I will buy U2 because there is no way Demon Souls can reach these godforsaken shores.