Next-gen Onimusha, MegaMan Legends, and RE5 discussed

i would play onimusha as a girl i don't care that would be genius but not so much on the idea of using actor as chracter that is being a lazy to create new character is genius espically because dawn of dreams was the first onimusha game i was willing to buy.the megaman idea not good megaman has not had a single good game in who knows how long it is always the same side scroll shooter maybe taking it to full 3d might be a good idea but they need to work on making megaman a more badass character that is a must resident evil 5 i won't buy but i am expecting awesome game

re4 was tight all around, even if they just changed setting and story i would buy, so hopefully they go with a 'if it aint broke dont fix it' mentality, im not saying they should not try to improve and add ideas that the gamecube couldnt handle, but a line has to be drawn somewhere.

"Inafune wants to make MegaMan Legends 3 awfully bad."

Haha I read that statement, with the thought that Inafune wanted to make the Megaman Legends 3 game an awfully bad game haha. I was like... HUH?

What a shame they have to be so misogynistic. The Onimusha series could be refreshed with a female lead. The bland leads in the first three got really boring.

Inafune has probably been watching Heavenly Sword development and figured out what a great idea a female lead is. Too bad his bosses (the same jerks that claimed they'd never make RE4 for the PS2) are so damn short sighted.

i don't understand why they don't do a girl character man is it because woman don't have the same rights as men in japan or something i don't know if they do or don't

My take on the list of coolio thangs:

1) Megaman: =S Don't like it, but maybe they could add some kind of new gimmick to the series...

2) Actor-based Onimusha: Yeah, I wouldn't mind this - it's more in keeping with the original ideas behind the series. Let's just hope they choose someone who is kickass!

3) A female lead: =o This is the greatest idea! Actor based and FEMALE!!! Japanese chicks are sooo cute! And being an action based game means SPEED! Yeah, that would be a kickass idea... but they won't let him... damned establishmentarians! ='(

4) Light RE instead of dark RE: I have to tell you, I like the dark, I'm not so much afraid of light as I am of the terminus between light and dark. That being said, the trailers for this game are bright. A little too overdone on the contrast. I wouldn't mind a contrasty game, but DAMN if it doesn't look like it's taking place on the sun... If this game DOESN'T have any real dark places, I doubt it'll be effective at invoking the sense of: "WFT WAS THAT SOUND? Where is that awful sound coming from?... I think I'll turn arou- Aaaahhhgg!" To me, that's RE. =S

So, 2 out of 4 ideas I like. That's 50/50, so, not too shabby! =)

RE5 in the light sounds like a bad idea. Psychologically speaking, there's pretty much nothing scary about "the light". Regardless, they had it right with making the dark scary and there's no GOOD reason to move away from that.

Though I'm betting the game will still kill.

I would take human lives in mass quantities if it would make Mega Man Legends 3 happen. I would hope that they would target the PS3 and not the Wii, just because the PS3 needs games like Legends more than the Wii does.

And I can't wait for RE5. It looks incredible.

I'm really curious what this guy would come up with re: Megaman, on current gen machines.

But isn't that essentially what Ninja Gaiden Sigma is?

I mean, if you bring Megaman to this-gen, you've gotta do the whole 3d-graphic thing.

Or do you?

Maybe... just maybe, when he gets his funding (2008? Anyone?), he can design one of the most brilliant 2d current-gen games ever. And I'm already seeing a 'paper Mario' (don't hate me) possibility, where while Megaman is 2d, he is also 3d, but not by choice, more by, you enter this door and suddenly you're in 3d megaman for whatever adventure you need to be (complete with morphing music and sound fx).

Now, to do this right, he's gotta have a current-gen Castlevania-like 2d experience, but then his 3d experience has to be at the level (production-wise) of Ninja Gaiden Sigma.

This is essentially a tall order to make two hi-tech and hugely resource-draining (but optimally rewarding for the company and the designer) games, in one.

I personally can't wait!

I agree with Popfrogs about this guy's "bosses." I mean, take a gander at the look on his face. This guy made megaman. Perhaps it's time to move away from McDonald's.

I think what he means is the contrast of light and dark can be very scary, like when Chris comes in from the sun into a hut and the only light source is coming through a few holes in the ceiling, and there's something in the corner he can't quite see because his eyes are still adjusting. Then again, that's darkness, but I think that's what he means.

Rotting zombies look scarier in the sunlight, IMO. You can see every blistering pustule.

another onimusha would be great did anybody see the CG intro in onimusha 2 that was awsome! i loved 3 but 4 kinda let me down in the graphics department and story but it seemed liek a possiblity of another Oni by the ending possibly nobunaga escapes from the gaunlet because he was never truly destroyed by the Oni team.

megaman as a 1st person shooter... sound like metroid but much more fun :p