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Aonuma: Zelda Wii U Trailer Wasnt Just In-Engine, It was Actually Gameplay
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I don't want to be negative, but that was clearly a cutscene, every part of it. Are you implying that we can control the character during any part of that? None of the camera angles make sense for that.
Maybe they changed the camera angles for the trailer? Could be, would make more sense, but I still think the bridge destruction, where the spider guy ended up, all seems too controlled to be anything but a cutscene.
Maybe they changed the camera angles for the trailer? Could be, would make more sense, but I still think the bridge destruction, where the spider guy ended up, all seems too controlled to be anything but a cutscene.
Tiny gnomes come in off-screen and fixes the damaged area.
Mysterious Stranger
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Enemies are a lot more aggressive in this game it seems. I woundn't leave the game on like that if some huge enemy is going to kill me for idling.
Press X to strip.
But...how? In the trailer there's this dramatic animation where Link (?) removes his cloak. You're telling me this is a mechanic?
Probably an automatic effect of equipping a weapon.
skLaFarebear
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HYPEEEEEE!
ItAintEasy
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If the release version of this game looks like that its gonna move some systems.
Mr. Bamboo
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I love the way the grass reacts to the explosion in the first part. And the particle effects. Just gorgeous.
XD This sped up version made me laugh. The way the horse quickly reacts in a panic.
I think you could screw up the world for a while in Red Faction Guerilla
activatethesmile
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It seems like in *every* thread in GAF where people praise the graphics of a WiiU game there will be someone who tries to do his/her best to procure the nearest, highest horse he/she can find and proceeds to announce, "I don't know why you guys are so impressed. To my perfectly constructed technical eyes, that is nothing special. Especially for a WiiU."
Bonus points if Xbox360/PS3 is also mentioned.
After hearing Nintendo themselves told Platinum to let go of Bayonetta's undershirt, I can believe this.
Agreed. Shit looked awesome but not impossible.
Destructible environments. A cloak item that prevents environmental damage. Not necessarily impossible, LOL.
DXB-KNIGHT
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Okay, this actually makes sense. Still pretty crazy though.
Solid Samus
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yeah I'm getting the vibe that this is partly a cutscene leading into a miniboss or something and gameplay starts at the cloak throwing
TheXfactor
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one thing i noticed, look at the beginning when the character and the horse start to move, it looks like a person is controlling the horse with its slight movements from left to right, kind of an unnatural way for the horse to move. It does seem like gameplay the more i look at it, especially the beginning, not sure about the arrow part though
Orthogonal
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Unbelievable! This is megaton. I don't understand anything I saw if that was gameplay, but it looks awesome. Must be some kind of QTE or canned animation special attack near the end. Although, camera work during the chase brings up a lot of questions. Can't wait to see more.
ElectricKaibutsu
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So maybe everything after the cloak toss was real? I could buy that. Or maybe even running from the boss was real up until the cloak toss.
Pops Maellard
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Definitely did not intend to come across like that. Of course it's special, and even more so given the fact that it's running on a Wii U. It looks absolutely incredible, and I'm more excited for it than any other future release right now.
It wasn't so mind blowing that I assumed it wasn't gameplay. In all honesty, the only videogame footage I've /ever/ seen that I assumed was not gameplay when it was indeed is Uncharted 4.
Legendary.Obligatory
EmCeeGramr
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Looking at that grass, I'm wondering if there's Far Cry 2 esque fire spreading, or if that enemy just leaves flames burning for a while in the spots it hits.
one thing i noticed, look at the beginning when the character and the horse start to move, it looks like a person is controlling the horse with its slight movements from left to right, kind of an unnatural way for the horse to move. It does seem like gameplay the more i look at it, especially the beginning, not sure about the arrow part though
The jump is an animation initiated by a button press, then you aim with the gamepad Nintendo Land style. You're seeing the action on the TV normally, but 1st person on the pad screen.
Brainfreeze
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Recently I wonder what it'd have been like if Nintendo introduced HD at the same time as everyone else. Something akin to this only a couple years into the generation? Just look at Yarn Yoshi vs. Little Big Planet. They may have given Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica a run for their money.
Not really a fair or measurable comparison to have given how different everything would have been, but still interesting to think about.
Not really a fair or measurable comparison to have given how different everything would have been, but still interesting to think about.
Amazeballs
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It could be like SotC in that the player can only direct their horse but their horse's AI dictates how they react to the environment. This would explain why not-Epona acted the way it did when the bridge broke in front of it. The leap jump mount into bow-drawing could be a part of a dismount command. The animations all look so fluid because developers can time the inputs as perfectly as they want.
The camera works the way it does because devs have control over their game's camera,
TheCongressman1
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Yeah, I think gameplay was the wrong choice of words, and people are reading into it as you would expect.
ElectricKaibutsu
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I second that. 720p30fps
HolyBaikal
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It's a really beautiful game, and I'm really looking forward to playing it.
Dion Blaster
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Agreed. Either they meant in-engine or the angles were changed to make it look good for a trailer.
Good news regardless since being in-engine bodes well for the final product.
But...how? In the trailer there's this dramatic animation where Link (?) removes his cloak. You're telling me this is a mechanic?
Hmmm I just had a thought, with how they're looking to zelda 1 for inspiration, wouldn't it be awesome if this was the very start of the game? Like you press start and bam, you're in the field on a horse, no story, no cutscenes and then shit hits the fan and that bridge scene is the first cut scene/reavealing of Link but still no story/explanation.... just exploration... untill maybe you find where that goat herder ran off to and he says "It's dangerous to go alone take this" and hands you a sword.... just a thought
Hmmm I just had a thought, with how they're looking to zelda 1 for inspiration, wouldn't it be awesome if this was the very start of the game? Like you press start and bam, you're in the field on a horse, no story, no cutscenes and then shit hits the fan and that bridge scene is the first cut scene/reavealing of Link but still no story/explanation.... just exploration... untill maybe you find where that goat herder ran off to and he says "It's dangerous to go alone take this" and hands you a sword.... just a thought
No way, they have to put a mandatory five hour tutorial to appeal to everyone.
Net_Wrecker
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Again guys, forget the camera placement, just like in SSB reveals where the camera is so close to the fighters unlike real gameplay.
The cameras were preset to demonstrate the content.
What Aonuma means is that's how it looks and runs in-engine and in real-time. That's how Epona/enemies/random animals around react, that's how the environment reacts etc.
Additionaly just take his word. It's not like Nintendo is showing CGI and bullshots and blatantly lies it's gameplay when they reveal games. If anything all the WiiU games so far look and run better than they did on reveal.
The cameras were preset to demonstrate the content.
What Aonuma means is that's how it looks and runs in-engine and in real-time. That's how Epona/enemies/random animals around react, that's how the environment reacts etc.
Additionaly just take his word. It's not like Nintendo is showing CGI and bullshots and blatantly lies it's gameplay when they reveal games. If anything all the WiiU games so far look and run better than they did on reveal.
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