ASilentProtagonist
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Still a blast to play. I kept my 360 for it.
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Tomonobu Itagaki stepping down as head of Valhalla, will become game consultant
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Still a blast to play. I kept my 360 for it.
FonkyByNature
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I miss Itagaki san !
It would be great if Microsoft, because i think it would be a great fit for him, offers him enough cash to make another bad ass action game like Ninja Gaiden Black or a fighter like DOA4.
I'm a huge fan of his games other than Devil's Third which was ok but could have been so special if not for the dev hell.
It would be great if Microsoft, because i think it would be a great fit for him, offers him enough cash to make another bad ass action game like Ninja Gaiden Black or a fighter like DOA4.
I'm a huge fan of his games other than Devil's Third which was ok but could have been so special if not for the dev hell.
Guess this makes a possibility that Devil's Third's Siege mode will resurface in some form somewhere even less realistic. Especially with all those know-it-alls going on about how the game sucked.I watched some of you guys play the game on Youtube. You did about as well as a first time gamer would. Couldn't even figure out how and why you build a base before you turned it off.
Jetboxx
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Jetboxx
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Absolutely. These competitive players are too toxic and they don't even know what they want. Dead or Alive 4 is a great game.
That's why I think it would be a good fit. Itagaki could rein them in a bit.
I thought DOA4 was a lovely game to be honest. I enjoyed it a lot more than DOA5.
Barrel Cannon
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An Itagaki led Platinum project sounds too good to be true.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Yep. And Sigma is better than vanilla.
Mission mode, added music, more difficulties to select.
Oh look, an oatmeal cookie that smiles.
Hello? This is Hailun!
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Agree with all of this in general, it's missing:
DOAX1 > DOAX2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DOAX3.
Even with DOA5 the presentation side of things, the model ridiculous DLC quantities (which at this point seem to have held up an actual DOA6), and the lazy-ass character additions (with ALL of them being female as of Last Round) means that whilst DOA4 was a crazy misstep in terms of gameplay, I still end up with less faith in the IP today than I did after the release of DOA4.
Also, rather than working with MS, or Platinum (who have their bases pretty much covered)... I'd like to see Sega put him on Shinobi.
Barrel Cannon
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DOAX1 was a fun volleyball game. Lost many hours with friends DOAX2 was garbage.
That's cool. I think it's the worst entry in the series and one of the worst fighting games I've ever played.
#opinions
thelastword
Banned
For everybody thinking Itagaki was Ninja Gaiden...No, he was not, he was only one man on the team, no doubt the director, but one man can't make a game like NG great..It was a team effort with some excellent artists, Ai developers/programmiers (Hayashi and many others). They collectively made NG great including Tomonobu......
You see, you take his team from him and see how he struggled, you also take Tecmo's funding and Itagaki having to be accountable to them and see how Itagaki is unable put anything amazing out or he struggles with managing funds or rather mis-management with lots of extravagant dinners, hotels and wastage of funds before getting to the bottomline. Development is a team effort and publishers are there to finance and demand proper development milestones and timelines....Itagaki/Valhalla struggled quite a bit to produce that.
I still feel, he can do something neat with a good team, but he needs to be more humble....Sony can hire him to do heavenly sword 2 or perhaps he can work with Kamiya on a few projects..but he needs to be involved in something proper and lay off the wantonness, heavy drinking and extravagant lifestyle...He needs to commit to a good team and stay guided and focused...
There should really have been a lot more >>>>s between DOAX1 and DOAX2, but I had to compress the scale in order for DOAX3 to fit.
a Master Ninja
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At this point I just want to see his games like Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden II get remasters or backwards compatibility. I'd hate to see them be lost to time.
Mocking someone for a skin condition is really shitty.
Jetboxx
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His team left with him. The guys that made Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive great left with him, that's the point.[/QUOTE]
Jetboxx
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Of course he wasn't. Matsui, Ehara, Okamoto... They all left Team Ninja with him. Team Ninja's spirit is in Valhalla Game Studios. Team Ninja Dog is nothing like true Team Ninja.
Jetboxx
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Why is there a need in a sequel to a shitty game? I'd prefer Devil's Third 2.
I'll take NiOh and DoA5 over the shitty Naruto game and whatever that game Itagaki put out with "true team ninja." lolol
I thought you didn't want a sequel to a shitty game.
Jetboxx
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#opinions
Yes. Devil's Third isn't shitty, as for me.
Jetboxx
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Cyber Caesar
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Make it happen MS.
his first gig is this.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/338/G033807/20170905068/
https://battleship.coolfactory.jp/
http://www.4gamer.net/games/338/G033807/20170905068/
https://battleship.coolfactory.jp/
his first gig is this.
http://www.4gamer.net/games/338/G033807/20170905068/
https://battleship.coolfactory.jp/
There's a full interview there. A translation would be great.
It doesn't say a whole lot that most Itagaki fans would care about, it's mostly just talking about how he met the makers of the game and lots of military otaku talk.