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Mighty No. 9 review thread
- Thread starter Enter the Dragon Punch
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newtypepilot
Member
this is the final boss fight plus ending. It is definitely something...
https://youtu.be/xdCIrHWzXoE
Zomba13
Member
I actually kept all of my Kickstarter emails. The update where they announce the Unreal demonstration (seven days work), shown in the below .gif:
Link to the video on Youtube
well...I'll show you rather than tell you.
And I quote:
"Whattaya think? Someday we will look back on this and laugh at how primitive it looks, but for now, for only one week of test work, it's pretty darn cool, don't ya think?"
I'm looking back on this, but I'm definitely not laughing. Well, I might be, but not for the reason they might have thought...
Well, I'm looking back and laughing at it but it's because of how much better it looks.
Flying Toaster
Member
I believe we will have an opposite deal with bloodstained. What do I know though as I actually thought Mighty No. 9 could not be as bad as it is at release.
I think the most interesting element in the reviews are the opinions on the difficulty. Some reviews are calling the game very hard, particularly the bosses. Sterling says the challenge is nearly insurmountable and Eurogamer even goes as far as calling it one of the hardest games ever made. Look at this bit:
Meanwhile IGN says this:
Gamespot:
Reading through other reviews I've noticed similar discrepancies on the subject of the difficulty. It makes you wonder how big a role the (lack) of experience with this type of game played a role. Even then the scores they dished out were similar, but it seems they might have disliked the game for different reasons.
Meanwhile IGN says this:
Gamespot:
Reading through other reviews I've noticed similar discrepancies on the subject of the difficulty. It makes you wonder how big a role the (lack) of experience with this type of game played a role. Even then the scores they dished out were similar, but it seems they might have disliked the game for different reasons.
killatopak
Gold Member
Bloodstained is currently funded at $5.5m. Dunno if they have more money coming out of publishers but if they don't we can compare the effort put into developing a game.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Yeah that doesn't look great, I'm still reserving my judgement until I actually play it.
Yeah I agree. All of the footage I've seen makes the game look mind-numbingly easy.
Apparition
Member
Hey, at least we have a game *cough*Project*cough*Phoenix*cough*
Iva Demilcol
Member
lol, Tell me about that. I've got a bunch of people on the internet that took it very personal when I said I actually liked the demos.
Even if the game looks crappy I think I may enjoy it. I'm kinda confused after reading some of the reviews though: ign gave it 56 while the Italy and UK branches gave it 80; other reviews say the game is fun but the graphics are crap (which is pretty obvious), which is pretty much the same I thought after playing the demos.
Edit: the complains about the difficulty of the game are kind of interesting...
He was referring to designers who people ought to be sceptical of nonetheless successfully funding their projects, not the quality of the projects themselves.
Technoxtic
Neo Member
Honestly after all the drama surrounding it, these scores are pretty high from what I expected
Augemitbutter
Member
Nobody's wondering about that, it's all known stuff.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Is it too late for them to introduce a new kickstarter donation tier? People who donated enough to appear in the credits can donate an extra $5 to have it patched out.
I'm still looking forward to playing the game (I already paid for it ) but its a shame its getting mixed reviews. Some critiques seem to be for things that are common to all Mega Man like games (Hard Bosses, you never need to use the special weapons, etc.) which seems a bit weird but perhaps I've misuderstood them? A shame to hear the special weapon implementation isn't up to the gold standard of Mega Man 9 though. Hearing about framerate issues does piss me off if those pan out. Also presentation and graphics issues but I could tell that on my own just from looking at the game.
It doesn't matter how many times you tell people this, they will still scream "$4 million dollars!!!!". You see the same shit with every Kickstarter project ("It costs how much to do that?! I can do that in an afternoon in my underwear for $10!")
Deep Silver is putting $4.5 million into the game (separate of the KS funds)/ We've known this from basically the start.
) but its a shame its getting mixed reviews. Some critiques seem to be for things that are common to all Mega Man like games (Hard Bosses, you never need to use the special weapons, etc.) which seems a bit weird but perhaps I've misuderstood them? A shame to hear the special weapon implementation isn't up to the gold standard of Mega Man 9 though. Hearing about framerate issues does piss me off if those pan out. Also presentation and graphics issues but I could tell that on my own just from looking at the game.It doesn't matter how many times you tell people this, they will still scream "$4 million dollars!!!!". You see the same shit with every Kickstarter project ("It costs how much to do that?! I can do that in an afternoon in my underwear for $10!")
Deep Silver is putting $4.5 million into the game (separate of the KS funds)/ We've known this from basically the start.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
What kind of logic is this? Shenmue III is still like 2 years away, and from what they've shown and said, it couldn't look and sound any more promising than it does at the moment.
The lack of faith in Yu Suzuki in here is disturbing.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Higher than I expected
i actually trust IGA, that's all i have
Bloodstained is already looking way more promising than Mighty No.9. Actually looks like the making of a competently made game.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...arashi_returns_with_new_game_Bloodstained.php
90% of the funding would come from the publisher, 10% was the Kickstarter goal ($500k). All the other stretch goals would be to add content.
So that's $4.5 million from Deep Silver, and $5.5 million from Kickstarter. Sure, let's compare.
I think its worth it for physical goods like boardgames, card games, technology etc because you know the product you are basically getting. But for movies, gaming or music where there is always a subjective view and an extremely high risk of it being a dud. Just don't back fucken Videogames,there is way too much risk.
If i back the Pebble 2 right i know 100% what i am getting.
Possumowner
Member
I'm gonna be honest,these are better than I thought it would get after all the ridiculous delays and problems.Lots of variants on the difficulty of it in reviews as well.
Jonneh3003
Banned
After the greatness the were Mega Man 9 and 10...yes I do wonder.
tomato shrub
Member
Can't wait for his next kickstarter.
I'd like a progress report every once in a while. Bloodstained provides one regularly. As do other kickstarters and early access games. Shenmue 3's been a thing for a year and we basically have nothing.
PapaJustify
Member
It's impossible to reason with anyone in a review thread, especially about this game. But still I wanted to put things in perspective for people who just drive-by post those cheap arguments but haven't even played the game yet.
Neither am I. It's obvious to me that Suzuki is really passionate about the project. So I at least know that, even if it doesn't turn out well, he will have given it his best effort at the amount funded.
Inafune, on the other hand, is harder to gauge.
Yeah its not like Shovel Knight or Undertale or Pillar of Eternity or etc. weren't high quality, very successful video games that wouldn't have existed without Kickstarter (and that's just the tip of the iceberg, there are many more games that one could point to). Oh wait!
Mighty No 9 Y
Years in the future, in a smog-filled dystopian city, Beck awakens to find a world where people kickstarted Inafune's newest game.
Not surprised. What a tragedy this game was.
Edit:
Yeah. It has to be fact that they needed to get it out on 3DS, right?
Edit:
Yeah. It has to be fact that they needed to get it out on 3DS, right?
Miles Quaritch
Member
Someone please them where the money went.
Where's the money? Where did it do....
Where's the money, String. Where's the money!
Where's the money? Where did it do....
Where's the money, String. Where's the money!
Just the chance for Shenmue to exist again was enough for me. Good or bad, at least it's alive. That is a good thing.
It's sad because it really undermines the perspective of actual talent and effort. Money is not everything. People who throw numbers around not knowing how much it takes to make a game seem to think that budget equates quality. It's so stupid. The simplest answer is not that Inafune "scammed" anyone by stealing the money, it's just that he took the money, put it into developing a game, and well, they just did a bad job of it. It happens. Good games aren't easy to make!
It's true that there hasn't been much yet, but at the same time, there's a LOT more legwork that goes into creating a fully explorable 3D world. I just don't really think much about it myself, and will check back when they have something to show.
Again, no good reason not to put that into your original post. Don't get defensive for people assuming context when you added none.
Aww, dang it.
We've had at least 1 a month this year for Shenmue.
Bloodstained is at the end/start (depending on the timing) of every month.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
We do get progress reports, just not as frequently as Bloodstained. Big deal? Doubting the legendary Yu Suzuki is uncalled for. But whatever, the game will speak for it's self soon enough.
thomasmahler
Member
While that's true, Ori and the Blind Forest had a much lower budget and we were able to work with that for 4 years.
Miles Quaritch
Member
This is true, but I'm pretty sure we've seen better looking games that had significantly smaller budgets.
I didn't expect cutting edge visuals but this looks like the bare minimum amount of effort went into rhat side of the game...
Yes but indie development has flexibility which larger studios don't. It's ultimately a question of who is using the money and how. A small team not working on any other projects and dedicated to making a single game they own over a longer period of time can make money stretch. A studio contracted to make a game for someone else, having to consider the overhead of their staff and manage a schedule to ensure they can continue to divide their resources to different projects to keep operating, will have very different economic division.
SirPinkyNose
Member
Well I guess they've dethroned Ubisoft as the king of downgrade now.