travo said:

Archangel3371 said:

I'm about halfway in Resistance Fall of Man and it's a pretty average game. I know that it's nearly a 5 year old game but I was expecting something more impressive. No trophy support makes me sad as well.

This is exactly my thoughts about the game.  I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it is disappointing.  It has certainly gotten better since my initial impression two nights ago.

Resistance is definitely average shit....I honestly don't know why it got so much hype. I know its a PS3 exclusive from Insomniac and all, but still. There is nothing special about that game whatsoever. Its like a Medal of Honor meets Gears Of War ripoff, but nowhere near as good. The game does get better later in the game, but still nothing to write home about.

gamingeek said:

edgecrusher said:

WHAAAT?! They wanted to make a Zelda game, and their original IP's got shot down?!

But I heard it was Retro's choice to work on Donkey Kong, and that Nintendo was surprised they didn't want to work on a more adult game?

I'm getting a bad feeling that Retro is going to be the next Rare...too many top people are leaving the studio. With the direction Nintendo has gone with the Wii, this doesn't surprise me. If Retro were an independant studio, they likely would have took off just like Silicon Knights did.

It  was a write up by a gaffer not like an official story from some game journo. It's not the first time Retros original IPs have been shot down, remember Raven Blade, that twisted metal game and the madden clone?

Remember the 3 Armature guys? They've done nothing, had every project cancelled and are now years later, apparently making a Vita game. I think DKC returns outsold MP3 by a like 3 million or so, that might have Nintendo thinking - more DK or an original IP that might fail?

I'd take the original IP. And if Nintendo's serious about attracting the gamers to Wii U, they would start letting Retro do what they wanted to do. That's how developers come up with cool original shit on the other consoles. This is Nintendo's biggest issue....trying to break away from the broken record of Mario/Zelda/Metroid/Donkey Kong to take some chances at something new. Then they buy a studio that comes up with something new, and refuse to release it worldwide, like Xenoblade

Those old games that got shot down, were shot down before Retro were really Retro, and to focus on Metroid. At this point 10 years later, its time IMO for something new. And whether those guys that left have done nothing or not, they were still the guys responsible for creating one of the best games ever, and obviously the team had chemistry.

What's really a shame about it is all these guys that had more of a PC/FPS background at Retro, and brought something different to the usual Nintendo 1st-party table, are leaving. Guys that started Retro came from ID Software, now guys are going back.

edgecrusher said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

edgecrusher said:

If Retro were an independant studio, they likely would have took off just like Silicon Knights did.

If it was not for Nintendo Retro would be bankrupt a long time ago. So yeah, probably just like Silicon Knights, but without the Canadians bailing them out.

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That was great and all while they were working on Metroid, but if they're going to be the Mario Kart track team they may as well be bankrupt as far as I'm concerned.

They are not working on Mario Kart. They are just helping with the Donkey Kong track by handing over assests of DKCR. This issue is way overblown.

edgecrusher said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

DKCR outsold all Metroid Prime games combined, of course they are making a sequel.

And that's a sad thing.

No it is not, DKCR is awesome.

Iga_Bobovic said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

DKCR outsold all Metroid Prime games combined, of course they are making a sequel.

And that's a sad thing.

No it is not, DKCR is awesome.

I'm not saying it isn't, but for it to outsell all Metroid games combined is pretty sad in my book.

edgecrusher said:

travo said:

Archangel3371 said:

I'm about halfway in Resistance Fall of Man and it's a pretty average game. I know that it's nearly a 5 year old game but I was expecting something more impressive. No trophy support makes me sad as well.

This is exactly my thoughts about the game.  I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it is disappointing.  It has certainly gotten better since my initial impression two nights ago.

Resistance is definitely average shit....I honestly don't know why it got so much hype. I know its a PS3 exclusive from Insomniac and all, but still. There is nothing special about that game whatsoever. Its like a Medal of Honor meets Gears Of War ripoff, but nowhere near as good. The game does get better later in the game, but still nothing to write home about.

I'm honestly surprised Insomniac hasn't been better than they have been on the PS3. I expected them to be one of my favorite developers on the PS3, and instead I've barely cared for them at all. 3 Resistance games, which IMO is an average franchise, and a few Ratchet & Clank games that don't really add anything to the series but HD graphics. Naughty Dog has pwned them.

On PS2, it was the opposite: I found Naughty Dog's games kind of blah, while Insomniac had the better platformer franchise. I would have expected Insomniac to be the ones to make Uncharted, and Doughty Dog Resistance.

They really need to find a way to freshen up their games. Ratchet & Clank was incredible when it 1st came out in 2002, because it was fresh and different for a platformer. All these cool gadgets and innovative weapons, and some of the best graphics on the console, mixed with a humorous story. It was something I would have expected out of Rare back in its heyday on the N64. Then Ratchet 2 was the safe sequel, which was fine as it was still fresh. Ratchet 3 was another safe sequel....ok, its still good even if a bit stale. Then Ratchet Deadlocked...wait, what's this? Stripping out the platforming and focusing on combat? Err, no.

Since then they've really done nothing too impressive IMO. The PS3 Ratchet games are GOOD, but as I said, the freshness and innovation is gone.

Iga_Bobovic said:

Foolz said:

Does hunting in Miami consist of shooting Mexicans?

No, they go to the coast and then they shoot the cubans that float on their little boats.

Iga_Bobovic said:

I don't know ask Castro

I cannot stress this enough: If you have the means to play Bastion, DO SO!

It could very well end up being my GOTY this year!

The incredible narration. The gameplay engine that gives you so many ways to fight, so fighting is always fun, unique and different. The fact that you can adjust the difficulty to your liking by invoking the gods (reminds me of TWEWY). The music. The story. EVERYTHING about it is heads and shoulders above practically everything else (especially retail releases), that --THIS-- game, more than any other downloadable before it, DEMANDS ATTENTION!

As far as South Florida goes the only ethnics that routinely manage to get and maintain a bad rep are the Haitians, Brazilians, and maybe the Columbians. The Cuban community is one of the key things that actually make the region so freaking cool. The old Jewish retirees might not like them, but in all fairness they don't like anyone.

If it wasn't so funny, it'd be sad how all the different cultures of South Florida really can get kind of nasty with one another. There is a very distinct pecking order going on down there.

So what do you all think of the nameing of Mario Kart 7?

Usually a publisher avoids numbering a game past 3 (with the obvious exceptions of FF and DQ).

Game Informer theorized it was Nintendo's way of underscoring the title as a new property (not to be confused with the N64 ports the 3DS is getting).