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Namco Bandai Holding Press Event In April [Live] shidoshi: Dark Souls PC = GFWL
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Anther site is saying they only saw the Game for Windows Logo, and are not sure about the Live Part:
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/6130/article/dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition-confirmed-for-pc/
Having exclusive content in a year late port is a money grab now?
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/6130/article/dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition-confirmed-for-pc/
Having exclusive content in a year late port is a money grab now?
What kind of tragic mess...........
NExt Game : NiNoKuni : Wrath Of The White Witch - Akihiro Hino-san here.
http://twitter.com/#!/filthierich
http://twitter.com/#!/filthierich
I didn't see the release window posted here but I might have missed it
gematsu is reporting a Nov 2012 release for the one piece game in both NA and EU with a physical and digital release.
sounds like it will be a christmas present for my Wife.
gematsu is reporting a Nov 2012 release for the one piece game in both NA and EU with a physical and digital release.
sounds like it will be a christmas present for my Wife.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Not thrilled about GFWL.. will buy anyway. :3
Seraphinianus
Banned
i will ignore this and complain if it becomes a problem
MeBecomingI
Member
I might buy it... but I really, really want those extra bosses (possibly new locations too going by the trailer?) for the consoles. I don't want to start another character on the PC... not to endure all that dying again.
If they give an absolute answer that the DLC will never come to consoles, I will double dip.
Also, the release date is my birthday! August 24th!
If they give an absolute answer that the DLC will never come to consoles, I will double dip.
Also, the release date is my birthday! August 24th!
Sax Russel
Banned
It's just cool to hate it indiscriminately, like Origin, you know? They don't need real reasons lolol
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Yes, this what I'm here for.
Yeah, I wonder if GFWL was completely broken in some game I haven't played, because in those I did play it didn't really affect me much.
Makes sense. I've had no issues with origins either. So, just steam fanboys being vocal again?
It isn't remotely as bad as people make it out to be, such overreactions
It's not ideal, sure, but it's not even close to a deal breaker
Still buying day 1.
Backfoggen
Banned
Shame that there's no console DLC. I was hoping we'd get to play the new content soonish, now we have to wait till august.
notworksafe
Member
Games for Windows Live.
Proof? Namco's last PC game was just GFW, not GFWL.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
So Namco does the unprecedented and actually listens to PC gamers about a game they want to play...but then sticks it on GFWL which is notoriously hated by PC gamers?
Nice.
I never beat Arkham Asylum because I lost my save file like 3 times. A game as massive as Dark Souls, I'm not even going to bother if GFWL is mandatory.
Nice.
I never beat Arkham Asylum because I lost my save file like 3 times. A game as massive as Dark Souls, I'm not even going to bother if GFWL is mandatory.
Subterranean
Member
Shit. Oh well I will still buy it.
Is it really? I know a lot of PC gamers (myself included) that are entirely indifferent towards GFWL.
I thought the majority of people who wanted it were console players who wanted a PC version lol
zerokoolpsx
Member
The irony of it all.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Considering a bunch of the new stuff appears to take place in a forest, and From are known to have registered a "Forest Of Darkness" trademark... I strongly suspect we'll be seeing this extra content on at least one console platform.
Bamco are probably just keeping schtumm about it in order to incentivize double-dipping.
Bamco are probably just keeping schtumm about it in order to incentivize double-dipping.
Just saw the new title - that's a lot of pressure! *laughs* I do think it said GFWL, but I could totally have been wrong. The image was pretty quick, and we weren't allowed to take any pics to go back and check.
So don't kill me if it's GFW and not GFWL!
Edit: Just saw that I was confirmed as GFWL.
So don't kill me if it's GFW and not GFWL!
Edit: Just saw that I was confirmed as GFWL.
I will never understand why people still use GFWL. Steamworks is FREE. The only thing I can think of is that MS is still throwing money behind an initiative they don't even really support, or maybe there's simply no one at Valve that talks to anyone from Japan. It would explain why the Japanese companies seem to be the ones that keep using GFWL.
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on screen now. Coming to the US and Europe... he's going on about the Ghibli effect, more or less.
Wow, Akihiro Hino of Level 5 is here. Oh, hey, I remember him from TGS. Transcribing.
"Hello everyone, my name is Akihiro Hino of LVL 5. I was the producer and on the production side the general manger of the project."
"It's a pleasure to be here today to talk about Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, featuring animation by the world-renowned Studio Ghibli and music by Joe Hisayishi"
- gameplay is playing. Translation is on. It looks great. Translation looks great too, not too much of it scene though.
"Ni No Kuni initially began as a 10th anniversary project for Lvl 5. We wanted to make something we felt strongly about on a creative level that also had meaning as a game."
"We wanted the game to capture the beautiful animation techniques that Studio Ghibli is known for, so we asked them if they would render the animation scenes for this new project."
"Initially they were interested in the project, but didn't like the title we had at the time. We came up with the name Ni No Kuni, which they liked, and production started soon after."
"While Ni No Kuni might look like a traditional RPG at first glance, we really challenged ourselves to come up with something that would be new and exciting."
A cutscene is happening. Dubbed voices are on (ENGLISH ACCENTS!). Ghibli-tier animation (duh). The dubs are good.
"The battle system has a lot of action elements that keep the characters moving, whether that is to switch between characters, avoid incoming attacks, or pick up glims (?) on the battlefield."
"The story is set in a dual-natured world where actions taken in Oliver's town of Motorville affect that in other worlds. We challenged ourselves with new themeatic elements where inhabitants of either world share a soul.
The idea was to create a world filled with life and vibrancy that evoke the heartwarming feeling of a studio Ghibli animation."
(The big guard is called a Boarrior. This is going to be great.)
The main character, Ni No Kuni, is Oliver, whose mother dies in a tragic accident, but the doll she makes for him comes to life and brings him to another world, beginning his quest to save his mother (
"At first he is overwhelmed with sadness, but as we meet him he goes on his adventure and goes on an adventure, meeting new characters, etc, etc [sorry, I can't keep up]
(A giant tank is called a Porco Grosso. Lol)
"Battles begin by selecting either a human character or a familiar, players can switch between them at any time."
"We also attempted to reduce the burden on the player by making command inputs more intuitive by letting players... [something]... while moving around the field"
The player acts as a general on the battlefield by issuing commands and moving around to avoid attacks, the result of which is an active, yet strategic game."
"The battles are very vibrant as the character's familiars and features all spring to life at once.
(This game looks REALLY, REALLY GOOD GUYS)
"...showcase Ni No Kuni's magnificent world by utilising the full capabilities of the hardware, and we hope you will enjoy adventuring in this other world."
"We also hope that you will find Studio Ghibli's aninimation and Joe (?)'s musical score to be the same high quality as found in their other works"
"Ni no Kuni will be in stores in Q1 2013 in North America and Europe complete with language support for each territory. We cannot wait to make this game available to our overseas fans"
Wow, Akihiro Hino of Level 5 is here. Oh, hey, I remember him from TGS. Transcribing.
"Hello everyone, my name is Akihiro Hino of LVL 5. I was the producer and on the production side the general manger of the project."
"It's a pleasure to be here today to talk about Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, featuring animation by the world-renowned Studio Ghibli and music by Joe Hisayishi"
- gameplay is playing. Translation is on. It looks great. Translation looks great too, not too much of it scene though.
"Ni No Kuni initially began as a 10th anniversary project for Lvl 5. We wanted to make something we felt strongly about on a creative level that also had meaning as a game."
"We wanted the game to capture the beautiful animation techniques that Studio Ghibli is known for, so we asked them if they would render the animation scenes for this new project."
"Initially they were interested in the project, but didn't like the title we had at the time. We came up with the name Ni No Kuni, which they liked, and production started soon after."
"While Ni No Kuni might look like a traditional RPG at first glance, we really challenged ourselves to come up with something that would be new and exciting."
A cutscene is happening. Dubbed voices are on (ENGLISH ACCENTS!). Ghibli-tier animation (duh). The dubs are good.
"The battle system has a lot of action elements that keep the characters moving, whether that is to switch between characters, avoid incoming attacks, or pick up glims (?) on the battlefield."
"The story is set in a dual-natured world where actions taken in Oliver's town of Motorville affect that in other worlds. We challenged ourselves with new themeatic elements where inhabitants of either world share a soul.
The idea was to create a world filled with life and vibrancy that evoke the heartwarming feeling of a studio Ghibli animation."
(The big guard is called a Boarrior. This is going to be great.)
The main character, Ni No Kuni, is Oliver, whose mother dies in a tragic accident, but the doll she makes for him comes to life and brings him to another world, beginning his quest to save his mother (
"At first he is overwhelmed with sadness, but as we meet him he goes on his adventure and goes on an adventure, meeting new characters, etc, etc [sorry, I can't keep up]
(A giant tank is called a Porco Grosso. Lol)
"Battles begin by selecting either a human character or a familiar, players can switch between them at any time."
"We also attempted to reduce the burden on the player by making command inputs more intuitive by letting players... [something]... while moving around the field"
The player acts as a general on the battlefield by issuing commands and moving around to avoid attacks, the result of which is an active, yet strategic game."
"The battles are very vibrant as the character's familiars and features all spring to life at once.
(This game looks REALLY, REALLY GOOD GUYS)
"...showcase Ni No Kuni's magnificent world by utilising the full capabilities of the hardware, and we hope you will enjoy adventuring in this other world."
"We also hope that you will find Studio Ghibli's aninimation and Joe (?)'s musical score to be the same high quality as found in their other works"
"Ni no Kuni will be in stores in Q1 2013 in North America and Europe complete with language support for each territory. We cannot wait to make this game available to our overseas fans"
dakkumauji
Member
Well, I must get this now.
What he said lol
Backfoggen
Banned
I never had any problems with GFWL, it's just very clunky and a bad solution. Constantly spinning circles doing whatever what, useless animation and sound effects, slow reaction to button presses.
Steam would have been the way to go.
Steam would have been the way to go.
ya, i'm sure it'll be on Steam ...they'd be unbelievably stupid to not put it on there.
i own probably a dozen GFWL games on Steam ...ie, Lost Planet 1 and 2, the Batman games, Fallout 3, etc ....so i'm used to it, and never had any problems with it.
i'll pre order it as soon as they put it up on Steam.
R_thanatos
Member
I'll have to watch the trailer to judge the accents ...
The difference is important.
For those wondering about the GFWL hate, we've had entire threads about it.
TL;dr version - think about the kind of game Dark Souls is. Now think about the fact that one of the most common complaints about the GFWL software is that it makes a habit of corrupting save files.
Yeah.
I wish I could say the same. Besides Arkham Asylum, just erasing saves, my most recent issue was Bioshock 2. Almost every time I'd save while playing, it would error out, and decide I had zero saves. Thankfully they still existed, but I had to keep deleting corrupted saves, otherwise the game wouldn't see any saves.
Well, we have what 4/5 months to petition for Steamworks. If that doesn't work, we can pray, it can be modded completely out like you could in Fallout 3.
Very disappointing news.
Not too blatent. Think Howl's style.
Okay, Tekken Talk. I bet Harada-san will be on stage.
Presenter is showing how awesome they are at selling Tekkan. 40 million v Mortal Combat's 29 mil, 31 mil for Street Fighter (approximation, I'm going off the graph). Apparently they're 9 mil ahead in sales.
Tekkan Tag Tournament 2 logo on screen. New logo? Looks... kind of like... graffiti art... really slick graffiti art. "Unique and aggressive look".
yeah, here we go, Harada-san.
i doubt Xillia is getting a US release at this point.
distantmantra
Member
Namco takes FOREVER localizing JRPGs. WTF.