What we're not sure from the trailer, however, is how easy or difficult it is to initiate smash and throw action, or if we'll even want to shoot guns at all, given our much superior projectiles. Let's hope Capcom finds a way to make other forms of combat entertaining and meaningful without designing a level where we can't smash anything, forcing us to trudge through corridors without swinging around like a manly Spider-Man.
What we're not sure from the trailer, however, is how easy or difficult it is to initiate smash and throw action, or if we'll even want to shoot guns at all, given our much superior projectiles. Let's hope Capcom finds a way to make other forms of combat entertaining and meaningful without designing a level where we can't smash anything, forcing us to trudge through corridors without swinging around like a manly Spider-Man.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:20PM (Unverified) said
I met Kate Beckinsale outside a restaurant... damn, she is extremely pretty.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:31PM (Unverified) said
Samfish...Samfox? Hmmmm...Samknight it is!!
Im with ya Samfox, who gives a crap.....back to gaming please.
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Im with ya Samfox, who gives a crap.....back to gaming please.
Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:35PM (Unverified) said
having anything to do with Devo is fucking awesome!
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 3:55PM Booxatron said
Damn...coolest famous person I ever met was Weird Al Yankovic...it was back when he had the moustache and enormous glasses, so yes, he was cool. I've never met Devo but I have met (very briefly) the members of POLYSICS, which is very similar, only way more Japanese. Good music.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:30PM (Unverified) said
Forget the game, just make this multiplayer and I'm in.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 5:38PM (Unverified) said
I hope you mean Co-op multiplayer otherwise yuck.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:31PM SoCoolCurt said
the physics and graphics look pretty good. i would be interested in seeing my footage though.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:31PM SoCoolCurt said
the physics and graphics look pretty good. i would be interested in seeing my footage though.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:32PM SoCoolCurt said
dammit. and by "my" i meant "more". and sorry for the double post.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:33PM mezzb said
Once again, publishers and developers focus millions and millions of dollars to create an amazing virtual world, and forget that what they should be creating is an amazing *game*. The gameplay of the original Bionic Commando was simplicity itself. This does not look simple. This looks a mess gameplay-wise. When trying to recapture a classic, why don't more companies focus on the original strengths and just spice it up a little bit with 3-d objects and great animation.
Not every game works well over-the-shoulder (Sonic the Hedgehog for an example)
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Not every game works well over-the-shoulder (Sonic the Hedgehog for an example)
Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:36PM leobebes said
Isn't part of satisfaction in gaming nowadays to get ahead of the learning curve and enjoy a deep form of gameplay that adds to the replay value? I seriously cannot for the life of me play old 2D games anymore. They seem very tedious to me now. The rewards aren't there anymore.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 2:44PM mezzb said
I'm not anti-complexity, just anti-unneccessary-3d-remakes. I always think of the awful Castlevania game on N64, of exactly what's wrong with the concept. The new Prince of Persia games seem to go a good job of melding some simple plane-based gameplay (ie 2d) and complex controls into an immersive 3d world. If this game locks you into a plan when it comes to interacting with the world, then great. I don't think this game would work well with a lot of wandering and careful aiming.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 3:05PM seishino said
This reminds me a bit of Wild 9. In that Shiny game, you couldn't directly attack enemies, but you could grab objects and smash enemies with them, or you could grab the enemies and smash them a couple of times or feed them to one of the convieniently located grinders all around the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2MIeQ7Rgco
Unfortunately, the game felt a lot like cleaning up your room. Grab enemy, put enemy in grinder. Grab next enemy. Smash enemy into floor. Repeat. It sounds like it should be a lot of sadistic fun, but in practice it took a single step process and drew it out into two or three.
Here's hoping that Bionic Commando focuses more on the exploration portion of swinging and less on grabbing enemies and putting them away.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2MIeQ7Rgco
Unfortunately, the game felt a lot like cleaning up your room. Grab enemy, put enemy in grinder. Grab next enemy. Smash enemy into floor. Repeat. It sounds like it should be a lot of sadistic fun, but in practice it took a single step process and drew it out into two or three.
Here's hoping that Bionic Commando focuses more on the exploration portion of swinging and less on grabbing enemies and putting them away.
Posted: Dec 17th 2007 3:44PM (Unverified) said
Heh, I remember that on the Playstation Demo Disc!
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 3:30PM (Unverified) said
looks pretty good. I like the environments and the fact that you can toss people around would be fun. Anyone looking to play this should try an old Midway game called Psi-Ops. You could manipulate objects using telepathic powers - like pick up things, throw people, jump into their bodies, etc. It was a very cool game that get widespread distribution. You can probably find it used for $10-$20.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 3:52PM Anticrawl said
This video reminds me of how much gamevideos.com sickens me. Seriously would it be so difficult to use a different website for embedded videos rather than making your readers suffer through the garbage that is gamevideos embeded players.
I'll be back later, gotta go give the owner of gamevideos.com his daily sodomizing with a serving spoon so that he might understand the pain he causes gamers everyday with his shitty streaming players. Hopefully it won't take many more years.
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I'll be back later, gotta go give the owner of gamevideos.com his daily sodomizing with a serving spoon so that he might understand the pain he causes gamers everyday with his shitty streaming players. Hopefully it won't take many more years.
Posted: Dec 17th 2007 3:53PM (Unverified) said
Something about this game seems too formulaic in it's approach. I can't get excited about games that don't have surprising or unexpected features. Everything about this trailer feels competent and polished but oh so predictable.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 4:36PM ThornedVenom said
If you can't throw PS3s ingame, then it's not worth the purchase.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 4:41PM Dr Stabbingworth said
No 2D and no Hitler-head-asploding makes me not care how cool this looks.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 5:32PM (Unverified) said
The stabbing guy speaks the truth,we need hitler's head asploding...in HD!.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 5:36PM (Unverified) said
Impressed cat isn't impressed.
Looks cool but also like one of those games that are only fun for 10 minutes. Well I hope it turns out to be a decent platformer or something like Devil may cry but with a gravy gun.
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Looks cool but also like one of those games that are only fun for 10 minutes. Well I hope it turns out to be a decent platformer or something like Devil may cry but with a gravy gun.
Posted: Dec 17th 2007 7:00PM (Unverified) said
Hmm seems like the Wiimote would be perfect for this game.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2007 10:57PM (Unverified) said
Crooked...
Surfaces...
I get that it's a wrecked city, but is everything skewed or is that just to make the tossin' more awesome?
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Surfaces...
I get that it's a wrecked city, but is everything skewed or is that just to make the tossin' more awesome?
Posted: Dec 24th 2007 2:49PM (Unverified) said
That game NEEDS te WIIMOTE!
¿Capcom are you blind?
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¿Capcom are you blind?
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