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Hideki Kamiya talks Scalebound - "The biggest game of my career"
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Not tied down to the W10 store it's not.
Outrun
Member
Heaven forbid MS trying to expand their portfolio....
Better than tied to Xbox
JayWood2010
Member
Game certainly looks really good. Reminds me of Xenoblade personally.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Impressive the dragon isn't just there to help you out but has its own personality and will attack if provoked.
There's plenty of discussion about the game, but it's not like there's any additional footage to check out and go over. At this point it's just repetition of most people's opinions of the E3 footage and then discussions about the appeal of the game to a wider audience, which the platform is a focal point of.
Mass Effect
Member
I'm really hoping this game ends up being good, because I really like the concept and the look of it. That E3 demo didn't really inspire confidence, but as a Platinum fan I'll remain optimistic. As long as it turns out well, I definitely plan on picking it up.
Because MS was willing to pick it up, and maybe Sony wasn't?
Besides, Playstation is getting Nier 2. Don't think Kamiya has any involvement in that game though.
Because MS was willing to pick it up, and maybe Sony wasn't?
Besides, Playstation is getting Nier 2. Don't think Kamiya has any involvement in that game though.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd have the same attitude if this was a multiplat.
I own an Xbox one. I bought a WiiU for Bayo 2 and to a smaller extent W101.
There was a point where a platinum logo was a instant purchase, no matter the platform.
scalebound just doesn't look...good. It being an Xbox exclusive doesn't change that in the slightest.
And you guys are fully entitled to that. We'll all find out if were right or wrong on release day.
I can agree with you thats theres a divide.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
We haven't seen any RPG stuff. We haven't gotten a trailer that breaks down what the world of Scalebound is, how the world interacts, what the armor is like, what type of dragons are there, how you go about exploring the world, how do missions play out, etc. The only thing we know is that this isn't a game where we do crazy combos and stylish animations.
Plus I think it's time Platinum ventured out of their safe territory.
MS came to him with the money. That's just how it is.
My point is more that regardless of how amazing that stuff ends up being it isn't going to make up for so-so action in my action RPG. This game was supposed to be one of those games where the great action was a given and the RPG stuff was what we'd be uncertain of, but it's disappointing that the action appears to be fairly disappointing.
It's only secondary to that that we've seen nothing of the RPG elements which could be amazing, but we wouldn't know it because they've shown nothing yet. we can only go off of what we've seen and what they're telling us is the selling point of the game (giant bosses! Dragon flying! Co-op!).
Well let's hope that happens because I really want to play this. Don't care if the footage looked a bit bland. I trust Kamiya and the co-op could be really fun.
I doubt it 100% that it will ever release on Steam. (Even if Phil says that he will release ish on Steam...yea, I don't believe it, at least not any big hitter). So I wouldn't even give you hope of that.
It's called paying the bills. MS came to him, offered to pay for an exclusive and his studio benefits from work. He could have said no and then not had work. I don't know about you but pretty sure he likes to have work and money and be able to pay his employees.
I'm glad he got to make the game he wanted but from an outsiders perspective, everything they've shown about the game looks mediocre at best, and boring at worse. Definitely not something I will want to play until the price comes down.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I wish he kept the little girl that controlled horrifying dragons concept. It's more interesting than "Sort-Of Dante".
Microsoft should just put their games on Steam and require the games to be then linked to the Windows Store or Xbox app. They can charge extra to cover Steam's cut, that might actually work to attract people to buy from the Windows Store directly due to it being cheaper.
wasnt that because of microsoft, i remember some interview about platinum working in conjunction with MS for the "Western appeal"
Ploid 3.0
Member
That's a usual thing I thought. I remember Polyphony Digital slept under their desks when making GT, there was video of them showing their sleep area under their desks in the Playstation Underground disk. These days they have very nice dorm like areas I bet, I remember something about a washer dryer area in some video, maybe the same one where they showed off the wine in the server room because of the cooling used.
tattooed_dwarf
Member
Arya-like main character would have been great!
Geminosity
Member
Definitely would've made the game of more interest to me. I can't stand Drew :/
family_guy
Member
You overestimate the PC market for this kind of game. Even if it were on Steam it wouldn't sell that well. It being exclusive to MS's store doesn't help matters.
rokkerkory
Member
Why? That's weird way to think about it.
?! What was average about Anarchy Reigns?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
One of Microsoft's biggest problems is that they don't have support from a lot of Japanese devs. MS makes an effort to get a Japanese dev, and not just a popular one but a niche one, to make an exclusive game on their console and all of a sudden it's a bad idea?
The game was originally gonna be made on the Wii, if I'm not mistaken. It's probably been through so many phases of development that the original concept has changed.
The game was originally gonna be made on the Wii, if I'm not mistaken. It's probably been through so many phases of development that the original concept has changed.
TR hasn't shown us anything though. It's not exclusive to Win10 store so there was no real reason to buy from it and it was the first (?) major game added to the store.
I guess people can keep clinging onto that as proof of the Win10's stores doom (not that I think any of their games are setting sales on fire either, TR is just an awful example)
Mr. Giggles
Member
It's 4 player coop... I don't think there's a "multiplayer" mode so to speak.
Geminosity
Member
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-exclusive-scalebound-was-shelved-twice-or/1100-6431046/
Gamespot said:
Aka, guy who made bayonetta couldn't imagine a girl being active rather than passive and swinging a sword around... >.>
HoodWinked
Member
this game makes me think of anarchy reigns and just the uncertainty of it all.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
not sure what you're implying here
Geminosity
Member
You just haven't seen the galaxy sized space monsters we're going to fight at the end of Scalebound
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
List Wars.
Jeiiya
Member
I want this game to be awesome and succeed, but that 4 player coop video they showed was very meh to me. I could barely tell that the other 3 players were even there. I just hope that this coop mode is isolated to only a few instances.
Other than that though, I think during the coop video each player had a slightly different dragon. I hope that means we have a variety of dragons to choose from. I wish that also meant we could change the main protag. I'm not a huge fan of his thus far and I feel like this kind of game could benefit from a created character.
Other than that though, I think during the coop video each player had a slightly different dragon. I hope that means we have a variety of dragons to choose from. I wish that also meant we could change the main protag. I'm not a huge fan of his thus far and I feel like this kind of game could benefit from a created character.
wesleyshark
Banned
Doesn't seem like Sony wanted to publish the title. Microsoft, however...
Geminosity
Member
They've mentioned in a few interviews/releases that they intend the dragon to be super customisable. Sadly, for whatever reason their stance was the opposite on drew and it looks like all they have in mind for him is some colouration and clothing changes (still the same obnoxious person regardless.)
Having actual character creation for who you play would definitely help put this back on my radar, if there was a female option anyhoo :3