aspro said:

Not worth it.

Damn.... you guys are a bunch of cold cold muthafuckers.

aspro said:

Until this game, they weren't. They finally honed their craft and left the writing to professionals.  I hope this is the start of a very long series of success for Telltale.

See, now you told me they got the writing right in Back to the Future, but the gameplay completely wrong, and the gameplay (or lack thereof) right in The Waking Dead.

I don't know what to believe anymore.

isntchrisl said:

I still need to finish Madworld. I feel terrible about it. I mentioned my interest in passing to my gf and she got it for me brand new...

It's only 3-5 hours!

Japan sure does love their handhelds. It will be a sad day when Mt. Fuji erupts.

I need to shit in the worst way.

FREAKING RAYMAN DEMO IS FREAKING AWSOME!!!  I can't wait to get the full game!

Rayman is definitely a big exclusive for the system. I hope it sells better than Origins.

_Bear said:

FREAKING RAYMAN DEMO IS FREAKING AWSOME!!!  I can't wait to get the full game!

I really like it. I played each level several times last night. I like how the art is different for each level and the gameplay is different for each level. Looks lovely, plays well. I prefer mario platformer gameplay but this is great too.

Dvader said:

It is. It has a new level not in the store. I have been playing NSMBU and I am still waiting for it to become awesome. The Rayman demo flat out beats it in almost everyway. Sad to see Ubisoft beating Nintendo at their own game.

I only agree on the graphics. The game design and controls, everything feels a bit simplistic. But sometimes simple is good. For my money NSMB Wii and DKCR beat it in gameplay fairly easily.

Zombi U dev interview said:

We were really disappointed with the early US reviews. We are aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the experience we created but we did not expect so harsh a feedback. However as more and more journalists and gamers played the game, these opinions proved to be a minority. So right now we’re rather pleased with the overall reception of the game.

I don’t know. We never hid ourselves. I remember our very first internal pitch was entitled “How long will you survive”. Ever since we stayed true to that statement and I think it’s quite present in the game. So I don’t think we took anyone by surprise. Just that some players are not into survival, and that’s totally fine.


Being very punitive is our key, to set the mind of the player in the survival mode. Since you have a lot to lose you are really, really careful; as you would be in a real-life zombie apocalypse. We understand we’re playing with a player's frustration, and we’re aware that we don’t reward that much (or at least not as other games do). But that’s what we wanted. That’s what survival horror games used to do. We think it’s core to the genre.

Overall, Brunier is pleased with the initial sales — "among the best selling launch titles on Wii U" — and is particularly encouraged by gamer feedback on Miiverse. Nintendo's social networking platform has impressed the ZombiU team, and there are plans to integrate the online-enabled message sharing within the main campaign (messages can be painted on walls, and friends' deceased zombies also appear in-game to be hunted, killed and looted), albeit in a rudimentary way. "We’re watching it [Miiverse] all day long", Brunier told us. "We have yet to create our official account. Actually, we’ll reveal our name in the game soon, you’ll have to search for it written on a wall. Then we’ll be accepting everyone as friends!"