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Endless Ocean 2 announced (in the most sneaky manner)
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BravoSuperStar
Member
Ah this is awesome news. Graphics can stay the same for all I care as long as they increase the creature count and diving locations.
The-Switcher
Banned
This does look way better, and makes me feel like the game could also be like, an adventure game.
Bending_Unit_22
Member
Best new game announced at the conference as far as I'm concerned. I absolutely loved the first one. My only major request is for a much bigger body of water to explore.
As I recall they considered it to not be a "real" game and therefore as reviewers of "real" games they were not going to touch it. To be a little fair to them (not too much because of how puerile they acted), it came out around the time a lot of gamers were having to come to terms with the reality that the Wii would not be dethroned as #1. If you were on gaf pre April 08 NPD then you know how hard it was for such gamers :lol.farnham said:
hamzik said:I think this sneak announcement of the year deserves it's own thread. Endless Ocean 2 was shown as a brief 5 seconds long clip an the Nintendo Oct 2 Conference.
Check the reel here. Look for EO2 at the 3:15 mark.
>> http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40713.html
Youtube version.
>> http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1_9eqUNtg
Jump over to the official thread of the first game, complete with beautiful pics from Tab0203.
>> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204226
How could you not crave a sequal to this (thanks to Tab0203):
http://i16.tinypic.com/6ntgmrt.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i18.tinypic.com/6twr8t1.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i5.tinypic.com/6pg3sra.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i16.tinypic.com/8c301af.jpg[IMG]
Coming 2009. FUCK YES![/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/2ntd1so.gif
YES!
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Endless Ocean:
splattergnome
Member
About the better music playback - considering Nintendo's stance on mp3s (Wii Photo Channel, DSi), it will probably only be compatible with AAC music files, since they don't want to spend the money on mp3 licensing anymore.
I am glad to see a sequel to this game, and it does look better. I wouldn't mind some more adventure elements to it myself, though, just for variety.
I am glad to see a sequel to this game, and it does look better. I wouldn't mind some more adventure elements to it myself, though, just for variety.
Count Dookkake
Member
Bending_Unit_22 said:
It was a very stupid act, reflective of one of the funniest eras of gaming culture.
Wow, is it me or is there a lot more going on in the screens? I've never seen a situation where so many blue whales or penguins appear onscreen at any one time.
Also, lots more varied locations to dive. Are those freshwater areas you can swim in now? Awesome.
Also, lots more varied locations to dive. Are those freshwater areas you can swim in now? Awesome.
Phife Dawg
Member
Which is funny because it has both a story and a goal. I don't see anything non-gamey about it. Then again it's EGM/1Up.Bending_Unit_22 said:
evilromero
Member
Welp, GOTY2009.
Lavpa Jasai
Member
Stormbringer said:Pics :
It does look nice indeed.
Fresh water locales?
That would be awesome
phalestine
aka iby.h
ElyrionX said:
funny thing is that sony had a chance, but they refused.
Black-Wind
Member
What?Nocebo said:
Hears what I heard from the France site.
evilromero
Member
Cosmic Walker and EO2 are the kind of games I want to play on my Wii.
Every Wii thread... what was Nintendo thinking promising "HD era AA no jaggies 1080p 120fps" games... oh wait.ElyrionX said:
You forgot "next gen" or "actual next gen HD era" :lol
Wii HD? PS4/720?
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=46241
Gameplay>interface>image quality (stable 60/30fps/no tearing, no pop-in, no LCD lag/blacklevel/ghosting/contrast etc.)/graphics>sound>resolution.
PC/Wii/DS>>>PS3/xbox360
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Sin and Punishment 2 thread, 3rd post:
AlternativeUlster said:
Took the words right out of my mouth.J-Rock said:
I nearly suffered from a cardiac arrest due to happiness overload when I saw that video snippet in the morning (Germany -> conference was at 6:30 AM). I have been a very happy CTLance today.
Sooooo hyped. I've played EO at the very least three times every month ever since I got it, so I'm expecting to get a ridiculous amount of fun out of this (Three times ain't much on this board, but it's a huge slice of my gaming time). Hopefully you can import the EO1 save, or at least get some ingame stuff or something. I don't want my diver to "die".
doktorpeace
Banned
Regarding EGM's no review: Torrey Walker did review the game for 1up, and they even featured the game in a 1up Show segment, so I think Ziff Davis treated it kindly. Maybe the EGM wing specifically didn't, but 1up are directly responsible for my purchase of friendly whales.
The 1up show segment was great.
Regarding EGM:
Crispin Boyer defines what a non-game is
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232710
Afterwards they claimed it was supposed to be a joke.
Regarding EGM:
Crispin Boyer defines what a non-game is
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232710
:lol
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9498661#post9498661Tab said:
Afterwards they claimed it was supposed to be a joke.
My wishes:
+ Make online more robust.
+ Substantially increase the complexity of diving tours: Simply staying around for long enough should not allow you to get the highest score. You should have to provide a unique diving experience, and missing out on the 'goal fish' should cause a mediocre rating. This should impact you.
+ Custom soundtrack option should not only allow one track at a time. Should allow playlists.
+ Make photography a more pivotal part of the game.
+ Remove being forced to pet creatures three times on three separate trips to unlock all their info.
+ Add video for different sealife, ala Afrika.
+ Don't feel afraid to get even MORE silly with the concept. I wouldn't mind alongside the real creatures, you unlock a set a LEGENDARY sea creatures which is a side book that allows you to find mythical creatures or extinct ones.
+ Make online more robust.
+ Substantially increase the complexity of diving tours: Simply staying around for long enough should not allow you to get the highest score. You should have to provide a unique diving experience, and missing out on the 'goal fish' should cause a mediocre rating. This should impact you.
+ Custom soundtrack option should not only allow one track at a time. Should allow playlists.
+ Make photography a more pivotal part of the game.
+ Remove being forced to pet creatures three times on three separate trips to unlock all their info.
+ Add video for different sealife, ala Afrika.
+ Don't feel afraid to get even MORE silly with the concept. I wouldn't mind alongside the real creatures, you unlock a set a LEGENDARY sea creatures which is a side book that allows you to find mythical creatures or extinct ones.
Bluemercury
Member
Amir0x said:
I really like the last idea.......the ocean still has some misteries.....
evilromero
Member
Unfortunately this is a Japanese developer we're talking about (correct?) so all your valid criticisms/suggestions will most likely go unaddressed.Amir0x said:
A Link to the Past
Banned
Amir0x said:
I wouldn't mind finding some mermaids - ones that interact with you and speak with you.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
i believe that was in the original game. i know the client would say they were satisfied after a sufficient time spent diving and completing a bunch of secondary objectives, but i think their behaviour did change if you hit their primary objective. so it's more like you get mission complete even if you do sub-par, but you get 'wow, amazing! extra bonus for you' if you completed it, erm, competely.Amir0x said:
The Hermit
Member
Amir0x said:
Finding a super rare whale is one thing... mermaids, I dunno.
Actually, if you recall correctly, there was a dialog about mermaids right in that cave that you claim it "hooked you".
And Atlatis would be cool if it´s a bunch of ruins with some treasures and very bizarre fishes, even pre-historic ones!
blu said:
Every client I had in Endless Ocean would give me his highest recommendation even if I never hit the target fish. It was a matter of simply swimming around for a while - I think five-to-nine minutes or something, and then every client would be satisfied.
You need to have like a bullet point selection like.
Ok, you need to hit A fish, B fish, C fish. If you miss any your score goes down. Clients may not want to visit, you may not get money to buy superior equipment to locate rarer fish.
Stuff like that.
Hours Left
Member
Awesome news.
momolicious
Member
OHMYGOD, this is megaton
ProfessorLobo
Banned
My wishes
+ Less fish petting.
+ 32 player online.
+ Instead of having to pet the fish, how about shooting them instead?
+ More aggressive fish that can eat the player alive if they don't defend themselves.
+ Several different caliber of firearms.
+ More armor types to protect against carnivorous fish.
+ The ability to find gold to buy things like guns and armor.
+ Less fish petting.
+ 32 player online.
+ Instead of having to pet the fish, how about shooting them instead?
+ More aggressive fish that can eat the player alive if they don't defend themselves.
+ Several different caliber of firearms.
+ More armor types to protect against carnivorous fish.
+ The ability to find gold to buy things like guns and armor.
CreatureX3
Member
Fuck yeah! Endless Ocean 2! I can't believe I'm more excited about this game than Punch-Out Wii and Sin & Punishment 2! 
Bending_Unit_22
Member
I don't care about the first one, but pretty much. Especially adding more fantasy type stuff would be cool. I don't care what I'm exploring, I just want lots of it and different its.Amir0x said:
Lavpa Jasai
Member
ProfessorLobo said:
Terrible ideas.
Bending_Unit_22 said:
Well the first game had online, but it was basically all but impossible to meet anybody since you were limited to your friend list and you had to fucking make a playdate before you could even join together, it was like jumping through fifty hoops. I meant to do it with norinrad21 but that fell apart because what the fuck.
I think it'd be neat with WiiSpeak to go around guiding each other to neat features... of course, the size of the game should increase significantly so that there are more chances that one of you two will know of a spot the other doesn't.
Bending_Unit_22
Member
Whoops, didn't mean to sound like I thought it was a bad idea, enhanced online is always good since some will use it. Yeah, it was pretty obvious even to people who didn't go online in the first one that it was nearly broken. I just almost never use online so it doesn't bother me personally if it's broken or notAmir0x said:
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