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Koji Igarashi Desiging Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair
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ShockingAlberto
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Even if you don't like Iga, you have to feel bad for someone to become so marginalized.
Cosmonaut X
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Oh, Iga, you plum.
Maybe one day, Konami will actually give him a decent budget to do something worthwhile with the series. Ah, who am I kidding - they'd be happy to get the janitor to oversee it while they fuck off to reskin another game...
Maybe one day, Konami will actually give him a decent budget to do something worthwhile with the series. Ah, who am I kidding - they'd be happy to get the janitor to oversee it while they fuck off to reskin another game...
Freyjadour
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.Y2Kev said:Poor IGA
DaBargainHunta
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Old: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=398275
And poor IGA, my ass. He has tanked the Castlevania franchise by making each game lazier and staler than the last. This looks to be the worst yet.
I hope he's marginalized even more after this.
And poor IGA, my ass. He has tanked the Castlevania franchise by making each game lazier and staler than the last. This looks to be the worst yet.
I hope he's marginalized even more after this.
Kayhan said:
ShockingAlberto said:
Y2Kev said:Poor IGA
C-Jo said:
Holy shit, have you people SEEN Castlevania Judgment, let alone played it? If IGA is working on versions of Castlevania for non-smart phones in a broom closet in the basement of Konami HQ, he should still consider himself lucky.
I love Castlevania, but IGA's work was slightly above average at best before Judgment. After? Well, here's the results.
sixteen-bit
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More like poor Castlevania.
Think of the real victim guys.
Think of the real victim guys.
ShockingAlberto
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He's been getting progressively smaller budgets, so he's had to make due.DaBargainHunta said:
Supposedly this one is sub-$10,000 for everything, including labor.
ShockingAlberto
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I'm not arguing he doesn't deserve it. Whether I think he does or doesn't, I'll leave out of this conversation.Tokubetsu said:
I'm saying absent of that opinion, I feel bad for anyone whose career gets so utterly emasculated. Just fire the guy, don't kick him in the balls repeatedly.
ShockingAlberto said:
Can you really feel bad for a guy who did more to "reap what he sowed"?
He had control of the franchise for the better portion of a decade. He couldn't deliver on the definitive 3D game that Konami needed the series to have, and he had not one, but two chances to attempt at such.
The CV series certainly has been in other hands before, and I think it's about time that IGA's is at an end.
Genesis Knight
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ShockingAlberto said:
Nintendo did the same thing to Gunpei Yokoi.
MightyHedgehog
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I dunno...I'm honestly thinking I'll probably enjoy this a lot more than the big new 3D God of War-alike. I don't care about it not being flashy cool and new-looking. I like my Castlevanias tiled and retro-looking 2D just fine. Crossing my fingers about the game being fun and Castlevania-like.
Blaming IGA ignores a much larger problem in that Konami had ample opportunity over the past decade to "wrest it away from his hands" to "give it the treatment is so clearly deserves" and yet it was very nearly completely ignored. I don't care who you are, but that's incompetence on a scale that even the most ardent IGA hater can't pin to him.
That being said, Castlevania: Hunter of Monster looks hella dumb.
That being said, Castlevania: Hunter of Monster looks hella dumb.
Ninja Scooter
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poor IGA? Poor gamers who had to be subjected to his shitty 3D game making attempts. Let this hack continue doing the only thing he's good at.
Cosmonaut X
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Ridley327 said:
Yeah - it's not like Iga has been holding the damn series in a basement somewhere. Konami have been in a position for years to move it to someone else.
I played HoD today. It's good! Feels weird playing a 2D Castlevania with an Xbox controller though... I'm very used to the GBA/DS.
The demo is limited to 10 minutes and the booth guy said I was the only person all day to beat the boss within the time limit. *flex*
The demo is limited to 10 minutes and the booth guy said I was the only person all day to beat the boss within the time limit. *flex*
HomerSimpson-Man
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I adore the 2D Metroidvania games, they're awesome. What's with the hate?
Is it because of the 3D games? I never played those, they never interested me at all.
Is it because of the 3D games? I never played those, they never interested me at all.
To me this is really sad that they have done this to him. For me he has made the series far better then it ever was.
I don't buy into it ever being a true mainstream franchise, that is more hyperbole then him being the cause of it tanking.
SoTN, Aria, Dawn, Order, DXC have all been postively amazing games and I have been hoping ever since what looked like the Alucard game being scarped he would be working on a 3DS game but it seems as though that won't happen.
Shame really.
Oh and i find it crazy that some people are acting like he ran it into the ground and there was nothing that Konami could do to stop him. More like he did it best to keep it alive while Konami let it go and sucked of Hideo Kojima and whatever project he wanted.
I don't buy into it ever being a true mainstream franchise, that is more hyperbole then him being the cause of it tanking.
SoTN, Aria, Dawn, Order, DXC have all been postively amazing games and I have been hoping ever since what looked like the Alucard game being scarped he would be working on a 3DS game but it seems as though that won't happen.
Shame really.
Oh and i find it crazy that some people are acting like he ran it into the ground and there was nothing that Konami could do to stop him. More like he did it best to keep it alive while Konami let it go and sucked of Hideo Kojima and whatever project he wanted.
revolverjgw
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ShockingAlberto said:
An eye for an eye... the Castlevania series was marginalized. This is only fair.
GitarooMan
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At least they're solving that problem now. IGA had his chances and couldn't get away from the cut and paste formula (even in 3D). I just hope the new MercurySteam one turns out awesome because the franchise deserves relevancy.Ridley327 said:
Segata Sanshiro
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I suppose IGA's to blame for the marginalization of Contra, Gradius, and Suikoden as well.revolverjgw said:
I'm not saying IGA did positive things for Castlevania's status, but people blaming him for the series being niche are ignoring the fact that Konami basically decided to funnel the entire company into Kojipro several years back.
It's little surprise that the only chance one of their classic franchises is getting at being pushed by Konami is as a result of Kojipro taking an interest.
sixteen-bit
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most apt subtitle since portrait of ruinLiK said:
Digital-Hero
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_dementia said:
:lol
No doubt. Castlevania is becoming tired.
akilshohen
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I just hope the game is $10...I still want to play it.
Why? I highly doubt they even expect Iga to succeed.Retro said:
They built an MGS factory up in sacrifice to the rest of their development teams. I mean what new IPs have they really back this gen? Or old classic ones? It's not like anyone in the company outside of Kojima was given a legitimate chance to succeed.
You can blame the dude for sure, but it's not hard to see that Konami has been doing nothing but digging themselves a hole. For the company that use to be Capcom's rival, they are pretty much irrelevant outside 1, maybe 2 times a year(Their annual ProEvo release and if they have a major MGS title)