Hopefully they go crazy with it, have little sister, maybe splicers/plasmids, etc.
Or have a Rapture level with that stuff in the background. Would be awesome.
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Hopefully they go crazy with it, have little sister, maybe splicers/plasmids, etc.
Or have a Rapture level with that stuff in the background. Would be awesome.
If you are a Sony fan though, wouldn't you want the best third party characters? Every third party character in the game means licensing fees which means less profit. It seems smart to keep the third party characters to a minimum and to save the likes of Big Daddy as DLC or for the sequel if the game is a success.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Spyro won't show up at all, Stealth Elf or Drobot is more likely
*shrug*
don't really care about your opinion, tbh, but blindly disliking something before the information is fully revealed is a quick way to make yourself look dumb if you're wrong.
Have fun though.
toddhunter
Member
The problem is I think people wanting crash and spyro will be ecstatic they are in, but when the game is finally released they will not be buying or playing the game anyway.
It works for nintendo because their nostalgic characters often are still popular today. Sony just can't quite get by on this. Most of their mascots have not aged well or were never big in the first place.
It isn't too hard to strike a balance but they need all the popular or interesting third party characters they can get.
Anybody called pyramid head yet?
It works for nintendo because their nostalgic characters often are still popular today. Sony just can't quite get by on this. Most of their mascots have not aged well or were never big in the first place.
It isn't too hard to strike a balance but they need all the popular or interesting third party characters they can get.
Anybody called pyramid head yet?
Sora (though he can be associated with Nintendo as well)
Kazuma Kiryu
Tekken Characters
MGSolid for sure but Snake was around since the original MG (before Solid).
Haunted
Member
And it'll probably make for a more diverse and interesting roster, even if it doesn't hit the highest possible Sony fanservice notes.
Very good tradeoff, imo.
People are setting themselves up for disappoint even remotely wanting Crash or Spyro.
Were they important during the PSone era? Absolutely! They were Sony's mascots, but times have changed and Naughty Dog, Insomniac and Sony cut their ties with Universal (who now belongs to Activision) ages ago. It's like wanting Banjo-Kazooie in Smash bros because he was big during the N64 era. Rare's gone, and so is Universal. There's plenty of characters Sony has made since the PSone, and Sony needs to push their own creations and IPs and not try to cling on to Crash and Spyro. If those two characters meant anything in 2012, why are they not as big names as they used to be?
umjammerlammy
Banned
It would be the developers fault for doing something as stupid as not including the Playstations first mascots in a Playstation smash bros game
SLEEPS7ALK3R
Banned
And he was a traced copy of Michael Biehn...
The Skylanders can be like the Pokemon trainer in Brawl, except you have to physically switch out characters with the portal of power.
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The Xtortionist
Member
Big Daddy is so fucking awesome. Can't wait to drill some bitches online.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Can't wait to see that shit at EVO
Yep it would be the developers fault for not forcing another company to hand over their characters to do with whatever they pleased. C'mon man, leave comments like this to other sites.
demosthenes
Member
While we're at the topic, expect Snake (MGS) and Cole (InFamous) at E3.
:O :O
Callibretto
Member
Sly ahead of Sweet Tooth in the poll? this make me happy.
velvet_nitemare
Member
Haters everywhere up in this bitch. I thought everyone liked Smash Bros?
Wait, when was Sackboy confirmed?
SafeinSound
Member
Whoa, pretty cool Big Daddy is part of the cast. Was not expecting that.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Well technically there is supposed to be a Bioshock Vita exclusive game shrug. It's a bit of a stretch right now though I'd agree, he is definitely not a third party character one would associate with the playstation brand.
Sackboy surely. I really hope Toro or a Toro/Kuro team is in as well. Hopefully not as total joke characters.
Metalmurphy
Member
Even if it wasn't confirmed, it's gonna be in the game. I mean, it's the closest thing Sony has to a mascot.
Callibretto
Member
any result from the 2nd poll with Kratos, Radec, Parappa and Big Daddy?
my guess Kratos will come on top, but I wonder who took the 2nd spot. hoping it's parappa, but I think it'll be close netween Radec, Big Daddy, and Parappa
my guess Kratos will come on top, but I wonder who took the 2nd spot. hoping it's parappa, but I think it'll be close netween Radec, Big Daddy, and Parappa
Incendiary
Banned
Big Daddy isn't really "currently" popular, though. Bioshock came out in 2007, the beginning of this generation, which will be five years in the past by the time this game comes out, believe it or not.
Yeah, I'd be more likely to associate Big Daddy and Bioshock with the 360, but honestly, Big Daddy isn't that bad a 3rd Party choice. Yes, there are people like Cloud, Spyro, Crash, Lara Croft...but they were associated with the PS brand back in the 90s and licenses have changed hands and aren't first-party anymore. Sony getting third party characters that used to be associated with the PS brand is a lot more complicated than Nintendo going through its annals and picking out first-party things they still have rights to.
shinra-bansho
Member
The confirmation of third-party characters is probably more exciting than Big Daddy itself.
Now to overinflate my expectations:
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro
Lara Croft
Snake
Cloud Strife
Edit: Oh Snake confirmed?
Now to overinflate my expectations:
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro
Lara Croft
Snake
Cloud Strife
Edit: Oh Snake confirmed?
They got pretty much everything right abotu the game,OS I am sure these characters are right as well.
gregor7777
Banned
Very iconic character. Good choice.
Exactly eleven people on Earth want to play some obscure Sony character over a big dude with a drill arm. Don't listen to them, Sony.
Exactly eleven people on Earth want to play some obscure Sony character over a big dude with a drill arm. Don't listen to them, Sony.
Third-party was confirmed when the game was announced on Gametrailers. Snake is pretty much confirmed by way of Cole's VA.
velvet_nitemare
Member
They'll have to save stuff for thier own versions of Pokeballs and assists. Kuro for instance, maybe ever Sackboy.
The result was (if I recollect correctly):
- Kratos
- Big Daddy
- Parappa
- Radec
Andrefpvs
Member
They could be minor unlockable characters and it wouldn't bother me.
shinra-bansho
Member
Didn't realise.
Googled David Hayter to see if he had done any other voice work for game characters - but he hasn't really so yeah, Snake confirmed for all intents and purposes. Random aside: didn't realise he was the same David Hayter who wrote the first two X-Men films.
Haunted
Member
Yep.
Though after the Tomb Raider and Hitman threads, I'm not even fazed. Most people on GAF these days just seem to love overreacting and jumping to crazy conclusions the second something they don't like is announced.
Big Daddy is far from being my personal first choice, but he makes sense. He's an iconic character from a developer that Sony has a good relationship with, and could provide a pretty unique playstyle.
The only disappointing thing is that they probably haven't changed the game's horrible name/logo.
Looking forward to seeing what other 3rd party characters get in. For some reason, this leak makes me think that Chell will get in as well.
demosthenes
Member
If anything, this gives me faith that Bioshock Vita is REAL and is coming.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I wish I could be this optimistic.
Revealing Big Daddy to be in this game would make a hell lot more sense if it was right after footage of gameplay from the Vita game.
But that thing is totally going to end up like Resident Evil PSP
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
I think they will show a bioshock vita trailer, then ken Levine will talk about big daddy's presence in another game which would be revealed to be PBR.
Corleth the Fey
Member
Anyone else expecting this guy upon entering this thread?
Just me I guess.
Just me I guess.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Zidane!