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[Gee]

More like Alone in the Bargain Bin

I lol'd

 

[Jocchan]

the wii port looks like a PSone game via a Bloom emulator.

Fixed.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Shouldn't the lighter be in front of the spray.

Only to ignite it. You can remove it afterwards.

 

[basik]

looks decent enough. glad this is coming to the wii... lots of hate in this thread. I wonder if the lower wii/ps2 budget will lead to more profit vs the other

Spoiler

niche

versions?

 

[dark10x]

I wonder if the lower wii/ps2 budget will lead to more profit vs the other niche versions?

It all depends on whether or not the game catches the interest of the general gaming public. 360/PS3/PC games are still putting up fantastic numbers and many 3rd parties are making more money on those platforms despite the higher development costs.

 

[sprocket]

ehh Wii screen shots are always horrible. Still wouldn't buy this game with a 10 foot credit card.

 

[TommyT]

The second picture looks like it's from Goldeneye... and I love my Wii

 

[Crushed]

ehh Wii screen shots are always horrible. Still wouldn't buy this game with a 10 foot credit card.

I don't think you can buy anything with a 10-foot credit card. You wouldn't be able to slide it through the reader.

 

[Zombie James]

Looks a bit better than

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Escape From Bug Island

.

 

[sprocket]

I don't think you can buy anything with a 10-foot credit card. You wouldn't be able to slide it through the reader.

yeah you could.. you would just need to get a running start.

 

[Gattsu25]

I don't think you can buy anything with a 10-foot credit card. You wouldn't be able to slide it through the reader.

Amazon.com

 

[Sectus]

If you guys have been reading about the game you'll know that it isn't an FPS. When you shoot from a gun, it'll go into a first person view, but besides that it'll be in third person. There's also a good deal of emphasis on improvising with the environment and objects you find to make your own weapons (so I'm assuming guns will be something you rarely see).

It probably won't play like the good old AitD games, but it still sounds interesting. Reminds me a bit of Resident Evil 4, that it'll probably be mostly an action game but not a pure shooter and it'll still have a fair amount of adventure-ish elements.

 

[Crushed]

The second picture looks like it's from Goldeneye... and I love my Wii

More evidence for my theory (As new consoles get more powerful, the Dreamcast and N64 retroactively get more powerful as welll.)

 

[lynux3]

Do not want.

 

[basik]

It all depends on whether or not the game catches the interest of the general gaming public. 360/PS3/PC games are still putting up fantastic numbers and many 3rd parties are making more money on those platforms despite the higher development costs.

was take2 happy with The Darkness sales? (I was trying to find a game to compare it to and couldnt find reliable numbers)

 

[sprocket]

If you guys have been reading about the game you'll know that it isn't an FPS. When you shoot from a gun, it'll go into a first person view, but besides that it'll be in third person. There's also a good deal of emphasis on improvising with the environment and objects you find to make your own weapons (so I'm assuming guns will be something you rarely see).

It probably won't play like the good old AitD games, but it still sounds interesting. Reminds me a bit of Resident Evil 4, that it'll probably be mostly an action game but not a pure shooter and it'll still have a fair amount of adventure-ish elements.

The original game of this didnt play anything like the old AITD games.

 

[C- Warrior]

Is that safe?

I used to torch black widows in my background growing up using this method.

 

[Duckhuntdog]

360/PS3/PC games are still putting up fantastic numbers and many 3rd parties are making more money on those platforms despite the higher development costs.

Two of these platforms games sales are no where near the other, let alone the Wii.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

sorry, but this looks like crap with shit sauce.

HAHA no kidding if you told me this was a canceled N64 game I would believe you.

 

[Mojovonio]

I swear, its like Nintendo pays companies to make shitty Wii games.

 

[Crushed]

More evidence for my theory (As new consoles get more powerful, the Dreamcast and N64 retroactively get more powerful as welll.)

HAHA no kidding if you told me this was a canceled N64 game I would believe you.

Yes yes, all is going well.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Yes yes, all is going well.

HAHA I am totally proving your point.

 

[Moderation Unlimited]

I swear, its like Nintendo pays companies to make shitty Wii games.

Shhh! You are disrupting the plan!

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

http://images.strategyinformer.com/screenshots/00246390.jpg[img]

It definitely could be a good game...but it's so strange to see the old alone in dark transforming into an fps O_o[/QUOTE]

Blame Uwe Boll

 

[egocrata]

Last month´s Nintendo Power screen looked waaaaay better.

And the Wii has the pocket and long coat gimmick, by the way.

 

[industrian]

Blame Uwe Boll

If there's bullet time then the above becomes even more true. Half of that movie was in slow motion.

 

[haunts]

I knew this would happen with the Wii.. people said graphics wouldn't be an issue but we'll see...

 

[Core407]

Not dark enough

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

If there's bullet time then the above becomes even more true. Half of that movie was in slow motion.

Even though i only saw 15 minutes of the movie, i gotta agree with you. Even the damn movie starts with bullet time :lol

 

[dark10x]

Two of these platforms games sales are no where near the other, let alone the Wii.

How many 3rd party Wii games are really beyond what we see on the 360 (numbers wise)?

I think the incredible sales of Call of Duty 4 demonstrate just how popular more traditional games remain (I believe it might be the highest selling 3rd party title this generation).

The Wii is not a magical machine where all games sell. A lot of the more traditional games still perform better on other platforms. Madden, for instance, sold truckloads more on 360 than it did on Wii (the PS3 version even outsold the Wii version, last I heard).

What are you suggesting? That companies should abandon other consoles in favor of the Wii as if all of their games will start selling like hotcakes?

 

[Delio]

You know seeing stuff like this just gives me no hope that third parties will ever try on the Wii. I really hate that but it seems nintendo will have to support themselves again this gen. Atleast something good came out of this and that was teaching Sony not to release such a high cost console from the get go.

 

[Haunted]

More like Alone in the Bargain Bin

:lol awesome.

More evidence for my theory (As new consoles get more powerful, the Dreamcast and N64 retroactively get more powerful as welll.)

Damn right they do!

Shouldn't it look at least on par with Gamecube's RE4?

Every PC game should look as good as Crysis.

 

[dark10x]

Every PC game should look as good as Crysis.

You say that as if he were suggesting that every Wii game should be on par with the most technically advanced Wii games. However, RE4 is a GAMECUBE game. He's asking that developers try to, at the very least, match one of the better last generation efforts. The Wii is crappy hardware for 2008, but it's still more powerful than the Gamecube was. Considering that RE4 did not seem to push GC to its limits (though it may have come close), I don't see why that would be too much to ask.

Wii developers are pumping out some of the nastiest looking games around. I mean, it's truly as if they say "look, we are making a Wii game here and nobody buys a Wii to look at pretty visuals so why put in the effort on that front?". I can't believe how many Wii games end up looking like average PS2 titles. Blurry textures, terrible image quality, framerate issues, etc. Very few Wii titles really stand out visually.

 

[CowboyAstronaut]

No way those are ingame

 

[Mamesj]

Who needs darkness? When everything is this blurry, you can't see shit anyway.

 

[gutshot]

well at least you can't complain about the jaggies, amirite?

 

[eve241]

I don't own any current gen console but I keep seeing sort of mediocre graphics on the Wii. I know it's way less powerful than the 360 and PS3 but isn't it at least supposed to be more powerful than the Gamecube?

This is not sarcasm, just ignorance.c

 

[industrian]

I don't own any current gen console but I keep seeing sort of mediocre graphics on the Wii. I know it's way less powerful than the 360 and PS3 but isn't it at least supposed to be more powerful than the Gamecube?

It's supposed to be more powerful than the Xbox (iirc.) But the attitude of the majority of third parties just seems to be "port the PS2 version and add some waggle support or some shit." (That is, the PS2 version at best - some the shit on the Wii would shame the N64.)

 

[Haunted]

RE4 is still one of the best looking Wii games.

You say that as if he were suggesting that every Wii game should be on par with the most technically advanced Wii games. However, RE4 is a GAMECUBE game. He's asking that developers try to, at the very least, match one of the better last generation efforts. The Wii is crappy hardware for 2008, but it's still more powerful than the Gamecube was. Considering that RE4 did not seem to push GC to its limits (though it may have come close), I don't see why that would be too much to ask.

I think it's all about the developer's talent and effort. We're not seeing enough of both in many of the third party games on Wii, agreed. Personally, I blame the PS2 version in this case, which is probably holding the Wii version back because it's not cost-effective enough to create engines for every iteration of the game.

The HD consoles have the same problem. Even though one of them is widely acknowledged to be technically superior (albeit not by much), multiplat games very rarely look better on it.

 

[Zenith]

You say that as if he were suggesting that every Wii game should be on par with the most technically advanced Wii games. However, RE4 is a GAMECUBE game. He's asking that developers try to, at the very least, match one of the better last generation efforts. The Wii is crappy hardware for 2008, but it's still more powerful than the Gamecube was. Considering that RE4 did not seem to push GC to its limits (though it may have come close), I don't see why that would be too much to ask

Ignoring the stupidity of thinking there's an entire generationl jump between the GC's hardware and the Wii's, how many Wii games look better than RE4 Wii Edition?

 

[gutshot]

Ignoring the stupidity of thinking there's an entire generationl jump between the GC's hardware and the Wii's, how many Wii games look better than RE4 Wii Edition?

Metroid and Mario are two that come to my mind.

 

[dark10x]

Ignoring the stupidity of thinking there's an entire generationl jump between the GC's hardware and the Wii's, how many Wii games look better than RE4 Wii Edition?

Who suggested that there was a generational leap present? I certainly did not.

The Wii IS more powerful, however, even if the margin of improvement is rather low. RE4 was artistically brilliant, but there are a lot of areas that could have been improved upon.

 

[Monk]

If only this game used the RE4 GC's engine. Doesnt matter to me thought since i am not a FPS fan.

 

[Dragmire]

I can't wait until third parties stop making PS2 versions of their games so the Wii can get games that are specialized for its hardware. This is ridiculous at this point in Wii's life as well as PS2's. Will the PS2 sales really be enough to complement what little this will sell on Wii (thanks to being a cheap cash-in/afterthought)? Sounds like the move of an ignorant publisher to me, but at the same time, someone needs to convince third parties that putting hardcore games on Wii (and not PS2) will get them sales. I think it will if they finally start putting effort into the Wii versions. These are hardcore games and hardcore gamers want ports with some effort behind them.

 

[Innotech]

whoever said this looks like a Ps1 game obviously hasnt seen Ps1 games.
But it does look like a mediocre Ps2 level title.

 

[solid2snake]

whoever said this looks like a Ps2 game obviously hasnt seen Ps2 games.
But it does look like a mediocre Ps1 level title.

fixed.

 

[Sectus]

The original game of this didnt play anything like the old AITD games.

If you're talking about AitD: The New Nightmare I don't see how it's relevant. That game is very old now and was made by a different company. This new game might have the same concept about Edward Carnby being "reborn", but besides that I don't see how there's link between them.

New Nightmare deserves to be forgotten as a failed attempt to revive the series. I'm hoping this new game will be much much better. (well, from what I've seen, I'm sure that's the case)

 

[industrian]

I can't wait until third parties stop making PS2 versions of their games so the Wii can get games that are specialized for its hardware.

Never going to happen.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

Shouldn't the lighter be in front of the spray.

Only initially....yea...

dreamcast port of alone in the dark 4:

the wii port looks like a PSone game via a Bleem emulator.

Damn these pictures are impressive and hold up pretty well..makes me want to find a copy of alone in the dark 4 for dc and give it a play

 

[Arthas]

Console GAF is lame. You put way too much stock into graphics, especially graphics judged from a few screenshots. Remember how awful metroid prime 3 sceens looked? I bet the game sucked balls too.