Magic Mushroom
Member
Who cares about the fucking cover? I want to read the article. That and the 10/10 Bloodborne review. Will buy the digital edition.
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EDGE #279 Cover: Splatoon.
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John Bender
Banned
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Dat Bloodborne 10/10
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Well what can you do, sex sells
hooijdonk17
Member
Nintendo (re)inventing anything multiplayer related is laughable at best, probably the worst Edge cover story in years.
EDIT: Also, Hotline Miami score = Creditibility 0
EDIT: Also, Hotline Miami score = Creditibility 0
Windom Earle
Member
Hotline Miami score should be doubled.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
You played splatoon already? Hotline Miami has many low scores.
BuggeryBugz
Member
Bloodborne 10 and Ori 7?
I thought they both would have been around the 8.5/9 mark.
I thought they both would have been around the 8.5/9 mark.
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Deleted member 309291
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Sorry for the ignorance, but can somebody explain to me the Splatoon hype? Not trying to be snarky, genuine curiosity.
I mean yeah. I get the idea but, it doesn't work and it's ugly. And as the guy said above, there's so much good art available...
splatoon has loads of amazing art, i'm pretty disappointed they went with something that showcases none of it.
for me, it's an interesting new take on a shooter done by a company that never does shooters, with a great art style that has a good share of humor mixed in. Awesome music, plus it simply looks really fun to play.
for me, it's an interesting new take on a shooter done by a company that never does shooters, with a great art style that has a good share of humor mixed in. Awesome music, plus it simply looks really fun to play.
Bluemercury
Member
Dumbest thing I've read lately...but expected judging by your history...
John Bender
Banned
That's not the point of a mag cover.
(--> to draw attention)
Magic Mushroom
Member
It looks like a wonderfully fresh take on the shooter genre in that crazy colorful non-violent Nintendo style.
EG did a good preview of it:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ade-the-most-exciting-online-shooter-in-years
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
The cover is suppose to grab your attention and make you open the magazine to see what its about, what are you guys criteria for covers?
thekiddfran
Member
who cares about the cover picture, the game is going to tank sales wise anyways.
But that 10/10 bloodborne score.....holy shit
But that 10/10 bloodborne score.....holy shit
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
thekiddfran
Member
No what? The game will have bad sales. The looks great but who does it appeal to?
Not the average EDGE reader thats for sure
To put it shortly, it's aiming to become the Mario Kart of FPS. It revolves about paint; paint can kill the members of the other team, can stain surfaces for points and to create safe zones for members to respawn and, the most interesting feature, characters can turn into squids and "dive" through the paint of their team. This offers a new way of tackling traditional shooting situations as you can climb walls, wall jump out of paint, cut enemies escape by throwing paint over theirs, etc.
There's also the fresh, bright and urban style and a single player campaing that takes advantage of these mechanics.
Acquiescence
Member
That is a nasty ass cover It looks so toxic it should come with a radiation warning.
Nah. Last months Edge made it pretty clear how about how they felt about Bloodborne.
As excited as I am for this game, I doubt it will crack 150k in its first month.
The cover is suppose to grab your attention and make you open the magazine to see what its about, what are you guys criteria for covers?
It's bright. That's all it has going for it. It's just a starkly bright cover. It doesn't evoke "I need to know what this is!" Attention =/= interest.
Bluemercury
Member
GB is the worst thing for anything Nintendo related.
I really depends on the person and how willing they are to play a game that's difficult to play without keeping your eyes on the gamepad at all times.
From a mechanics point of view it's interesting that the frenzy shooting is directly linked (through the ink) to territory (the team who paint more surface wins) and movement (when in squid form you can travel much faster and reach spots otherwise unreachable) management.
The single player mode (hero mode) reminds me of a platform game like Super Mario Sunshine (with the FLUDD) just without the skill to jump (you use the squid form).
maquiladora
Member
One of the ugliest covers I have ever seen. Holy shit.
Can you explain yourself better please?
150k where? In Europe, the US, Japan, Worldwide?
Be more specific with your predictions please, since it can be very reasonable or extremely laughable without knowing the right context.
US. Maybe it's because I'm pessimistic but really don't see this selling well on Wii U. Pikmin 3, Captain Toad, and Wonderful 101 were also great looking games and they bombed so I don't have much hopes for this. Even DKC TF underperformed, though it did much better than the other three I mentioned.
I son't expect much better from Europe and Japan, either.
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
They did say they called the printers to see if they could get them the orangiest of orange. They didn't say they get print supplies from Sellafield/Kia-Ora, but who knows.
Splatoon looks great, but it's a multiplayer shooter and I'm never in the market for those, so I can't see me buying this - unless the single-player portion is something beyond 'bot wars'.
Windom Earle
Member
I like the cover. And yes, that 10 for Bloodborne is well deserved. Should push it above 93 on metacritic?
I'm more interested in Splatoon for its single player tbh, it looked pretty good and had an adventure mode not just bots. I don't think the multiplayer looked special at all OTOH.
Completely understandable, specially considering that the game releases on May 29, so it'll have 3 days of sales towards NPD, but I can see this game selling thanks to word of mouth, reviews and impressions. So even if it doesn't reach MK/SMB levels, it can still appeal to that same crowd of competitive players in Nintendo games.
I can see the game reaching 1M worldwide LTD at least, it could take the rest of the Wii U life, but it will reach it and get an eventual sequel on NX or so.
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HeavyMachineGun
Neo Member
Seems a little harsh towards Hotline Miami 2, but excited to give this a read none the less. Not even slightly surprised at that Bloodborne score, not after they talked it up the way they did last month,
Also, that cover is so bad it's great.
Also, that cover is so bad it's great.