The Last One
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Or "Where's Zombi I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX?"
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Zombi U rated in Taiwan as Zombi for XB1, PS4
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Or "Where's Zombi I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX?"
Hellraider
Member
The importance of the second screen is really, really blown out of proportion. Zombi won't be a worse game without it.
Scanning could easily have worked the way it did in games like Metroid Prime or Resident Evil Revelations.
Radar gimmick on the one hand made you feel safer that it should whenever you were taking a look at your inventory on the other it got annoying pretty fast because of the birds and rats. That was probably intended but it really didn't work as they had hoped since enemy encounters weren't as dynamic as their whole idea needed them to be.
QTE, minigames and turret will definitely be better without it.
Inventory management was cool but nothing that can't be done with the menu hiding the centre of the screen while blurring your peripherals.
Scanning could easily have worked the way it did in games like Metroid Prime or Resident Evil Revelations.
Radar gimmick on the one hand made you feel safer that it should whenever you were taking a look at your inventory on the other it got annoying pretty fast because of the birds and rats. That was probably intended but it really didn't work as they had hoped since enemy encounters weren't as dynamic as their whole idea needed them to be.
QTE, minigames and turret will definitely be better without it.
Inventory management was cool but nothing that can't be done with the menu hiding the centre of the screen while blurring your peripherals.
Terrible comparison
DirtyLarry
Member
The GamePad integration was not so important because of what it was doing, but because of the added layer of tension it created. Looking away from the screen, whether people realized it or not, added an extra level of tension that no other games with real time inventory management has been able to achieve prior. While they can easily pull it off from a technical perspective, the game is going to lose a bit of what made it a unique experience. I am actually surprised so many people are trying to argue otherwise.
Yes, they can do everything without the Second Screen, but the end result is going to suffer as a result.
Yes, they can do everything without the Second Screen, but the end result is going to suffer as a result.
ramoisdead
Member
Very interested to see how this will play out on current gen consoles.
Also the next OT should be "Zombi |OT| With or Without U"
Also the next OT should be "Zombi |OT| With or Without U"
Sectorseven
Member
Maybe they'll sell it for $20 and call it a day.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
They won't need convincing, the audience is there.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Zombi |OT| U don't need a Gamepad anymore
PdotMichael
Banned
With the fact that they can play the game without the gimmick.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I experience far more tension playing Alien Isolation, and that's an onscreen tracker the player has to bring up.
Is that enough I wonder. I think I'll enjoy the game a second time on my PS4, but Ubi certainly have to do more then to polish it I think to make it succesful. The dying-mechanic is cool though, and already sets it apart from standard survival horror.
SerTapTap
Member
Uh you can beat 95% of enemies in the game with the bat and I assume very very many players did, it's one of my biggest complaints about the game. The whole rationing thing can lead you to melee which sucks fun-wise but works well enough, so you can get stuck paying a boring but extremely effective and safe game of whack a mole.
It's funny how often former Nintendo exclusives flop and still no one questions things like this.
They said the same for Rayman Legends, No More Heroes, hell even that stupid U Draw thing.
Zombi |OT| U Wont Delay Rayman Legends if U Dont Play This One Either
I like ZombiU, still need to do a perma-death run sometime.
anothertech
Member
So zombii was timed exclusive?
Maybe Bayonetta2 will get this treatment. At this point, I could see it happening.
Maybe Bayonetta2 will get this treatment. At this point, I could see it happening.
Bayo 2 was funded by Nintendo, so nope.
thehillissilent
Member
I like this.
Maybe, but that depends on the publisher agreement with Nintendo for Bayonetta 2.
Ubisoft only had to decide that it wanted to spend whatever extra it would cost to port the titles and rework them to not rely on the Gamepad. It needed no permission from Nintendo.
anothertech
Member
I believe that was said of zombiiU as well.
Bayonetta 2 will never be on anything else other than Wii U.
nope
ZombiU was published and entirely funded by Ubisoft. If you want to play Bayonetta 2 you're going to have to buy a Wii U.
Melchiah
Member
Zombi |OT| U took my pad away.
thehillissilent
Member
Yeah, I feel a lot of people are overselling the tensions of having the gamepad like it's impossible to replicate the tension. I own and played ZombiU, but the gamepad was more of an annoyance to me, TBH.
Nah, Souls was super popular when it came out. Problem was: It targeted the worst platform for those people. People aren't going to go out and buy a Nintendo console for a game/style they can get on their PS360/PS420.
Cheat Code
Member
Ubisoft are one of the biggest game companies in the world.
Platinum are lucky to crack 100,000 sales worldwide.
Mass Effect 1 was eventually released on the PS3. I have no idea what the deal was between Platinum and Nintendo for Bayonetta 2, hence the it depends on Nintendo. This is a nice way of saying, not going to happen, but for all we know it was a five year publishing arrangement,
Mods: Sorry for moving off topic.
Melchiah
Member
Precisely, and that's why I think it could sell pretty well on the PS4/XBO, if the price is right.
Bayonetta 2 will hit the PS4/XB1 the same day Zelda arrives on the XB1 and Mario hits the PS4. In the meantime, you can anticipate a Demon's Souls and Bloodborne PC port announcement on that same day
Drilbit777
Member
The sad part is that even if there is a sequel its going to skip Nintendo consoles...
Drilbit777
Member
Those two are in not even in the same catagory, Nintendo literally paid for the development of Bayonetta 2 and would not exist without their help compared to ZombiU which was published by ubisoft.
Well, you can only blame Nintendo for that
ZombiU likely wouldn't have even been conceived without the Wii U so why exactly are you blaming Nintendo? lol
Davey Cakes
Member
Can you?Well, you can only blame Nintendo for that
The game also had mixed reception at the outset (including a Gamespot 4.5) which killed it even more than the Wii U exclusivity did.
Interceptor
Banned
For all we know it had actual advisors from Nintendo involved and they paid for it. So no, you wont see it anywhere else. No one ever mentioned something something about 5 years.
Boy Wander
Member
Zombi |OT| With or without U
Smartglass/PS4 equivalent pleeeeeease. Let me have my Surface/Galaxy Note/hell my phone sub for the Gamepad. Even if it's just an option alongside controller-only. Just don't make it controller only
EDIT:
Zombi |OT| Back From The Dead
EDIT:
Zombi |OT| Back From The Dead
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
You know I onced said the same thing about Resident Evil 0 but look at it now 14 years later it's finally getting ported so I guess we just have to wait until license agreements expire or Nintendo stops renewing it (if they have to) but I'm going hope for an NX port because I refuse to buy another Wii U (gave away my 1st one).
nope thank you very much
Your loss, one of if not the best action game ever made.
Published and funded by Capcom, not Nintendo
well in the event of Bayo 2 being ported somehow happens
Best case Scenario is that ill be extremely surprised
You're pretty confident in the assertion that this game has an audience anywhere
Zombi |OT| it can sell for the first time
DrROBschiz
Member
You can by why?
Hell I barely used the bat after I got my second gun. Hell once you get the crossbow you hardly ever need to bust out the bat ever again except in an emergency