@metamorphic And I haven't even mentioned the superb Yakuza series, heir to Yu Suzuki's groundbreaking Shenmue. Every single game released in the franchise innovates and creates something new, and has the level of depth or raw emotion very few Western-produced games will ever have. I'd rather play a game of Yakuza, with its compelling story and near-immaculate portrayal of the underworld and its haunts, than a soulless playthrough of a game like Vanquish with its generic storyline (while it might feature highly enjoyable gameplay, you simply cannot connect with its characters or plot like you can in the Yakuza series - and that for me is more paramount).
@omgJOHN That might probably be because you're an old fogy who's clamoring for the "good ole days" of 6-bit Marios and Sonics, or simply know nothing about new Japanese games. There are a lot of great and innovative new games and series created by Japanese companies, but of course a large amount of them don't get released in the States, or you've never heard of them. Atlus and From Software for example have created two excellent recent games in Catherine and Demon's Soul (which is to get a [spiritual] sequel later on and widely heralded as one of the best new RPGs), and Level-5 has continued to amaze with the level they're going, with magical games like Ni no Kuni (oh, but people like you've never played that, have you?). Irem could have been added to the fray with the excellent Disaster Report 4, the level of the kind of game which the "exalted" West has never made, but of course it got canceled due to the Tohoku earthquake.
Team Ico are already making possibly the most magnificent game to come out in 2011 (and beyond) with the Last Guardian, which is set to be a marvel in every possible term. And the examples I've quoted don't even include the countless number of innovative independent games currently being developed by indie studios in Japan, such as the Kyoto-based Q-Games. The Japanese games industry is much more alive and still more innovative than any other out there, given its relative scope. Sure, Platinum might want to pretend that they're the only ones making good games because that gets them attention from the plastic domesayers who seem to think they know everything from a handful of old Mario games they bought for their Wii.
@LEONLEONLEON All he did was take advantage of fail0verflow's exploit, which made it relatively easy to get a custom firmware on it anyhow. He didn't really jailbreak the system and does not deserve the sort of credit uninformed sources such as Joystiq are giving him.
This is exactly what Sony was saying when it talked about the advantage and wide-use Move provided to developers. It is far easier making Move-compatible games then it is to make "Kinect-compatible games" (which often need to be redesigned from the ground up), so you'll see a lot more games that support Move as opposed to supporting Kinect.
@syrik zero Er, where do you buy your PC games? Of all of the PC games I've seen, almost all of them (barring limited editions and such) are MSRPed at $49.99, including the upcoming games Duke Nukem Forever, The Sims Medieval, BioShock Infinite and almost every other game out there. It seems you don't buy PC games that often or someone is ripping you off, son.
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze Really? I've seen equal or better prices for console editions of almost all of the above games. Not to mention the fact that their MSRPs are $10 less than their console variants, so all in all the deals are not THAT great. Sure, for someone who hasn't seen a lot of console deals or chart their progress a lot, they might want to look at these, but it really is nothing to get envious about.
Platinum Games president releases new company manifesto
Apr 1st 2011 5:44PM (Joystiq)And I haven't even mentioned the superb Yakuza series, heir to Yu Suzuki's groundbreaking Shenmue. Every single game released in the franchise innovates and creates something new, and has the level of depth or raw emotion very few Western-produced games will ever have. I'd rather play a game of Yakuza, with its compelling story and near-immaculate portrayal of the underworld and its haunts, than a soulless playthrough of a game like Vanquish with its generic storyline (while it might feature highly enjoyable gameplay, you simply cannot connect with its characters or plot like you can in the Yakuza series - and that for me is more paramount).
Platinum Games president releases new company manifesto
Apr 1st 2011 5:39PM (Joystiq)That might probably be because you're an old fogy who's clamoring for the "good ole days" of 6-bit Marios and Sonics, or simply know nothing about new Japanese games. There are a lot of great and innovative new games and series created by Japanese companies, but of course a large amount of them don't get released in the States, or you've never heard of them. Atlus and From Software for example have created two excellent recent games in Catherine and Demon's Soul (which is to get a [spiritual] sequel later on and widely heralded as one of the best new RPGs), and Level-5 has continued to amaze with the level they're going, with magical games like Ni no Kuni (oh, but people like you've never played that, have you?). Irem could have been added to the fray with the excellent Disaster Report 4, the level of the kind of game which the "exalted" West has never made, but of course it got canceled due to the Tohoku earthquake.
Team Ico are already making possibly the most magnificent game to come out in 2011 (and beyond) with the Last Guardian, which is set to be a marvel in every possible term. And the examples I've quoted don't even include the countless number of innovative independent games currently being developed by indie studios in Japan, such as the Kyoto-based Q-Games. The Japanese games industry is much more alive and still more innovative than any other out there, given its relative scope. Sure, Platinum might want to pretend that they're the only ones making good games because that gets them attention from the plastic domesayers who seem to think they know everything from a handful of old Mario games they bought for their Wii.
Gamers Heart Japan aid special airs April 3 online and on G4
Apr 1st 2011 12:18AM (Joystiq)You do that. I'd rather watch in crystal clear HD, thanks.
Sony abre el 'PlayStation Blog' para América Latina
Mar 30th 2011 3:58AM (Joystiq)GeoHot sets sights on jailbreaking Windows Phone 7
Jan 20th 2011 6:34PM (Joystiq)All he did was take advantage of fail0verflow's exploit, which made it relatively easy to get a custom firmware on it anyhow. He didn't really jailbreak the system and does not deserve the sort of credit uninformed sources such as Joystiq are giving him.
Top Spin 4 is Move compatible, but 'not Kinect'
Jan 18th 2011 8:05PM (Joystiq)Catherine demo due out sometime before Japanese release
Jan 1st 2011 10:36PM (Joystiq)Damn Apple, always trying to censor everything.
Catherine demo due out sometime before Japanese release
Jan 1st 2011 9:40PM (Joystiq)That what Amazon's fawr, son.
Steam Holiday Sale discounts Left 4 Dead 2, GTA IV, NFS: Hot Pursuit
Dec 31st 2010 11:45AM (Joystiq)Er, where do you buy your PC games? Of all of the PC games I've seen, almost all of them (barring limited editions and such) are MSRPed at $49.99, including the upcoming games Duke Nukem Forever, The Sims Medieval, BioShock Infinite and almost every other game out there. It seems you don't buy PC games that often or someone is ripping you off, son.
Steam Holiday Sale discounts Left 4 Dead 2, GTA IV, NFS: Hot Pursuit
Dec 30th 2010 10:01PM (Joystiq)Really? I've seen equal or better prices for console editions of almost all of the above games. Not to mention the fact that their MSRPs are $10 less than their console variants, so all in all the deals are not THAT great. Sure, for someone who hasn't seen a lot of console deals or chart their progress a lot, they might want to look at these, but it really is nothing to get envious about.