Exactly. Tears are being shed out of desperation. The last game to look forward to on a box without any promise. But the game itself looked bad from day one.
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Scalebound cancelled [Platinum Games and Kamiya have commented]
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Exactly. Tears are being shed out of desperation. The last game to look forward to on a box without any promise. But the game itself looked bad from day one.
TheChewyWaffles
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You may be banned, but we will see this post in many forms in the future. You will live on in perpetuity, young one.
Might as well try to talk to Konami and make it happen.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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And it's been out since forever.
Shopped around before Microsoft canned it or before Microsoft agreed to publish it?
That's not what I meant - I was questioning your statement that this is Platinum's fault, and not Microsoft's. Where is that info coming from - you gave no source?
SprachBrooks
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PanicFreak
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It sucks that this game won't be coming out. I was super excited for it and believed that it had the potential to perform well commercially. Microsoft Games Studios' record has been crap this generation. How do you let four games get on to the E3 stage only to cancel them later?
That's a huge problem.
That's a huge problem.
Ray Wonder
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I haven't turned my xb1 on in like a year now
omg it's a back seat mod watch out guys!!
omg it's a back seat mod watch out guys!!
Coffee Dog
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It looked like four different games and they never showed any of them in depth. It was an action game but we barely saw the combat, it was a coop monster hunter game but we only had a few minutes of that, it was an open world that we saw little of, and it was an RPG that we hardly saw any customization or stats from.
The thing seemed hugely ambitious but there wasn't anything shown to hook people. If any of those elements were done well I would have been on board, but they just showed features instead of showing why those features needed to be in the game.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
He had been trying to get the game off the ground for 7 years before a studio finally said yes.
Shadowhaxor
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This is exactly what the gaming industry doesn't need.
Omotesando
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Was expecting the Scorpio would bring this game up to par.
Is Scorpio going to launch this year, and if so, with what?
Is Scorpio going to launch this year, and if so, with what?
wapplew
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If Spencer have that kind of budget, he won't cancel the game. Or shutdown Lionhead, or cancel Phatom dust....
https://twitter.com/MysticDistance/status/818545880089427968
Why do Japanese developers get treated like crap recently. For example the Kojima vs Konami situation.
Why do Japanese developers get treated like crap recently. For example the Kojima vs Konami situation.
LordRaptor
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Why?
Their track record speaks for itself in most other work for hire scenarios.
They get it done on time, on spec and on budget.
They're a reliable studio to come in and get something to release.
Whatever break down they have had with MS is entirely speculative, but they still have, you know, every other game they've managed to get out on time with other publishers as their track record.
Banjo-Kazooie
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I know MS wouldn't do this after sinking tons of money into it, but if they really cared about the relationship with platinum they once had they could at least give them the IP so they have a fighting chance.
Again, I know it won't happen, but in a perfect world..
Again, I know it won't happen, but in a perfect world..
ColonialHawk
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I know Platinum has several other IPs they are attached to develop for, but I was really excited for a new Kamiya project.
StrikeFirst117
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Also to note good luck to Kamiya and the other developers under immense pressure.
I only hope they manage to find another partner for a project to keep the studio from going bankrupt.
I only hope they manage to find another partner for a project to keep the studio from going bankrupt.
johancruijff
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LiveFromKyoto
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This game looked pretty lame all along tbh. The main character was the same type of cheeseball people hated in DmC Dante. It didn't run well. The gameplay looked stilted and awkward.
I really think the Kamiya/Platinum names were the only reasons people got their hopes up over it at all. MS clearly aren't in a position like Nintendo where they need to push something like Devil's Third out the door just to recoup some of the cost.
I really think the Kamiya/Platinum names were the only reasons people got their hopes up over it at all. MS clearly aren't in a position like Nintendo where they need to push something like Devil's Third out the door just to recoup some of the cost.
VendettaRed07
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This is fucking bullshit. This game is one of the biggest reasons I got this thing last month.
tiebreaker
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It's pretty sad to see a 3-4 years work down the drain.Scalebound is a new IP, so I think it won't worth anything.
I hope Platinum or MS could use the remnant of the game on a new one.
Majukun
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they were using MS's money, so it's not really having any impact on them financially..other than a little stain on their resumee
Yea, I hope we get some more info.
Spieler Eins
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Yeah, the videos from E3 2015 (i.e. non-boss fighting stages) looked great.
moltonasty
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technically yeah, but of course not everyone owns a PC. they're still titles that are not on sony or Nintendo consoles so they could certainly affect someone's choice to buy an xbone.
SenjutsuSage
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Even the claim of platinum's biggest boss fight yet was a laughable joke at E3 2016 last year. It's like Kamiya knew nothing about any of the other games they've ever made. Something always kinda seemed off, but seeing this news now it suddenly makes sense.
LegalEagleMike
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I remember hearing the same as he suggested. It was before Microsoft agreed to be the publisher.
Acalebound was around since 2006 on the Wii
Devilgunman
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You mean send their own employees for vacation? Either way, the whole mess sounds like Kamiya fucked it up very badly.
orthodoxy1095
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Conceptually, it sounded great. Like if you simply read the dragon-based description to me I probably would have been very excited. Nothing about its public showings ever did anything for me though.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Fucking hell. Man is a legend. Really hope he doesn't leave game development over this.
Lilalaunebaer
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Legendary rage tweet after the bayonetta 2 announement.
IDontBeatGames
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Agreed. The demos that were shown just weren't interesting enough and the game didn't look all that fun to me. It was one of those games that if it went on sale for like $25.99 or something, I would probably get it however it just looked, meh.
BigTuna109
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Maybe MS was too eager to get a ton of games announced, after that horrible launch messaging, to really push Phil's new message? It seems like a lot is falling through the cracks (Phantom Dust drama, Fable Legends, now maybe SB). I hope PG ends up okay. Bayonetta is at the top of its genre imo. I'd hate to see PG run into trouble.
Edit: to be a little more on-topic. I personally have little to no interest in SB. I cannot stand the protagonist's design, and the game-play we've seen looks pretty boring to me. Still sad and hoping for the best though.
Edit: to be a little more on-topic. I personally have little to no interest in SB. I cannot stand the protagonist's design, and the game-play we've seen looks pretty boring to me. Still sad and hoping for the best though.
RocknRola
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Man some of the info on the Eurogamer article is quite worriesome... when the top brass needs to take time off an already (apparently) overdue project... the "little guys" in the company likely had it even worse.
First and foremost hope those folks get back in top shape and secondly I hope this doesn't "kill" Platinum. They've made too many great games in their short-ish existance to die out now :S
First and foremost hope those folks get back in top shape and secondly I hope this doesn't "kill" Platinum. They've made too many great games in their short-ish existance to die out now :S
Sounds like deadlines kept being missed and just increasing so MS probably saw no light at the end of the tunnel and cut the loss :3
Frozenprince
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It really does suck that this was his dream project and it died because the tech they had to use just couldn't hack it for what they wanted.
I hope those effected by the layoffs are able to land on their feet.
I hope those effected by the layoffs are able to land on their feet.
CrimsonEclipse
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This.
See this all time, yes MS can take more risk but when they do and it just keep falling flat...anyone would be reluctant to continue doing so.
I hope you realize how stupid you sound, no offense.
Anywho, sucks the game got cancelled but I don't think MS should be taking all the flak for this as some people are quick to jump on that bandwagon. They had their reasons and they took enough to spend time to show it multiple times. Something must of happened, I don't think they took joy cancelling a game that they probably put a good bit of money into.
Hopefully Plat recovers and MS revisits the IP at some point.
Also - funny seeing so much people wanting this game to get saved and picked up by another publisher such as sony or nintendo when tons of people were shitting on the game not too long ago.
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