Twin Tails
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Looks so damn good, Day 1.
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Ori and the Blind Forest Hype
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RespectThySole
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This will probably be my first purchase of 2015. Can't wait!
Kevin Shields
Member
Is there any knowledge on when the announcement for the release date will be?
I would love some In Rainbows type stuff where they give it a release date next week. Sadly that's not how games work
I would love some In Rainbows type stuff where they give it a release date next week. Sadly that's not how games work
Twin Tails
Member
Is there any knowledge on when the announcement for the release date will be?
I would love some In Rainbows type stuff where they give it a release date next week. Sadly that's not how games work
just early 2015
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Hey, I hope we'll get to have a say about that too!
Actually, there's quite a lot of stuff that we cut from the game a year or two into development, simply cause it wouldn't have fit into what we were building. We wanted to keep Ori and the Blind Forest as tight as possible - You'll never really see any level where we're repeating challenges you already went through and even still, the game ended up being a 10+ hour thing.
But I do think that we could have a bit of a Mario Galaxy situation here, where we just prototyped so much stuff at the beginning and we might want to use some of the levels and things we created, but haven't used yet further down the road again.
There's also a gravity mechanic in the game that's unlike anything you've seen so far - I'd like to explore that further, too. We could've made a full game just out of that mechanic, to be honest. But hey, for now, let's make sure we're perfecting this title, so that we make you guys happy and hopefully end up with a financially successful game.
I'm not even all that worried about the critics and the 'hardcore' crowd, cause we've gotten so much positive response from everyone who played it thus far, but sales are something that's awfully hard to predict. I'll be biting my nails around the time of release and i hope you guys see how much value we picked into this game.
Will there be steam cards? I have to know. You already have my money, but that'll just sweeten the pot
Kevin Shields
Member
Looks so damn good, Day 1.
Incredible art style. Really hoping there is a lot of variety in the environments.
hammertomb
Banned
I hope it sells well, ill definitely pick it up day 1 on xbox one.
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Can't wait. This will be my first XB1 game purchase of 2015.
HORRORSHØW
Member
so good.
EteRnal PAL
Member
Every time a thread for Ori is created I just have to post in it. Played and beat the demo at E3, the first 10 mins trailer brought me and my daughter to tears, the game is jaw-droppingly beautiful and the music touches my soul. Buying the game and OST on day one. Thank you for creating this game Moon Studios!
cheezcake
Member
I hope so. The potential is there for some fantastic profile backgrounds.
Alcoholikaust
Member
looking forward to cuphead and below more, but I'll see how this is received.
illmatic22
Banned
It does look really neat. Seems right up my ally.
Twin Tails
Member
PC/Xbox One same ? I think the only one that was not was 360 ver
You're not astroturfing, right?
thomasmahler
Member
Same day and date as on Xbox One, yes. Only 360 is time-offset and will be released a bit later.
Nah, man, thank you
It's so cool to see how strongly people already connected to Ori - we get tons of fanart and people making their own Ori controllers and Xbox Ones, etc - it's nuts. I hope we'll make all of you happy with Ori GayForMaster
Banned
This game is coming out to PC? lol. People gloat about Xbone having more exclusives than PS4 but all of their games are being ported to PC.
djblackice
Member
Dude, wtf? This doesn't seem like the thread for console wars.
On topic, game looks great.
Twin Tails
Member
microsoft real dumb releasing their own ip on pc, lulz
Chobel
Member
What an awful post.
Solemn_In_Berlin
Member
Crazy as it may sound, it's my most anticipated game.
thomasmahler
Member
If you guys haven't seen this yet, we recently did an orchestral recording for all the tracks in the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ON2EBJkIvE
Gives me chills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ON2EBJkIvE
Gives me chills
OrbitalBeard
Member
If you guys haven't seen this yet, we recently did an orchestral recording for all the tracks in the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ON2EBJkIvE
Gives me chills
Wow wow wow this game's soundtrack is orchestrated??
Ok....I'm now officially HYPED! I was already really excited but this takes it to the next level for me! So cool you guys got to go the extra mile with the soundtrack. : )
thomasmahler
Member
Yeah. It cost us a all a shit ton and we all have quite a bit of debt now... but it's all about quality, quality, quality. And it's amazing when you get to these story sections in the game and you hear the orchestra performing. It just hits you in a beautiful way
Deviousx
Member
If you guys haven't seen this yet, we recently did an orchestral recording for all the tracks in the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ON2EBJkIvE
Gives me chills
30 seconds well spent. Damn that was amazing!
thomasmahler
Member
Wot?
Watch 9:00+ part.
No tension since you can pause, plan, and aim your ability for the most efficient path.
If there is no pause, you have to plan as you are moving, and track your angle as fast as possible.
hammertomb
Banned
Show me a single mobile game that has that level of precision platforming.
thomasmahler
Member
You actually don't have an unlimited amount of time when you use Bash - You have a bit of time to aim into a direction, but then you either release the button or it automatically goes off.
And yeah, I don't think it's fair to compare it to a mobile game. You have abilities on basically every single button of the Xbox Controller... it'd be quite a challenge to make this kinda gameplay work on a touch device, to be honest.
thomasmahler
Member
Sorry, no. Ori is a Microsoft First Party title. But since we're releasing it on X1, PC and 360, you should hopefully have one of those systems to play it
I am talking about the aiming and rotation mechanic and gameplay.
Nothing about platforming at all.
1-2 sec, I could map and pre-aim to the next light already when watching that video. You can plan even more since you have to take in consideration of the blinking animation frame and time. Maybe it was the introduction stage like the video said, but with trial and error, you can memorize the location with that short delay easily.
Touch based would be even easier since I don't need to use the control stick for precise aiming and wasting time in adjusting for angle.
I can just touch and draw out multiple lines ahead of time where I want to go.
Sorry, no. Ori is a Microsoft First Party title. But since we're releasing it on X1, PC and 360, you should hopefully have one of those systems to play it
It would've been nice, but Steam'll do then
lmao
thomasmahler
Member
We're still optimizing on 360, but there shouldn't be any differences apart from X1 / PC running at 1080p and the 360 version running at 720p. All versions run at 60fps. Need that for buttery smooth platforming
Without the pause function how many people would be frustrated and give up on the game, because everything was happening too fast for them to keep up? The challenge looks to be more navigation based in that particular area, rather than reflex/timing based, which isn't a flaw in and of itself.
thomasmahler
Member
Well, the important thing for us in tems of the ability design was that every ability perfeclty complements the other abilities.
Remember when in the Metroid games the CPU took over and Samus jumped around in this perfect way? We wanted for people to feel that way when they play. So you'll be able to Bash an enemy projectile to gain some air, use your double jump to jump closer to another enemy, bash the enemy to fly even higher, then glide to the next enemy, etc. etc. - There's a certain point in the game, after you gained the first 3-4 abilities where you'll just fly through the air and defeat enemies without even touching the ground inbetween. That super fluid, pixel-precise gameplay is something that's just really goddamn fun
BananasWithGuns
Member
Yeah. It cost us a all a shit ton and we all have quite a bit of debt now... but it's all about quality, quality, quality. And it's amazing when you get to these story sections in the game and you hear the orchestra performing. It just hits you in a beautiful way
Dang. I really hope the game does well for you guys.
Seems like every bit of news I hear about Ori is how you guys go out of your way to not cut corners which is really refreshing. Can't wait to finally play it.
A lot of people would quit without the pause function tbh.
I can still see the fun factor of maximizing your abilities to blink non-stop, and achieving your goal with the minimal effort.
Will there be a stage result page that tells you how fast you finished the level?
This would be the key element to make this game even better, knowing that you can always improve.
Just watching the video, the only problem is that there is no tension in the game.
It is just an efficient routing and best possible movement/decision choices gameplay.