I guess most of you haven't played the Skylanders games. But they were developed by Vicarious Visions and Toys for Bob, alternatingly. Toys for Bob created the series with the first game, and Giants, and then alternated with Vicarious making Swap Force and Super Chargers, and Toys for Bob making Trap Team and Imaginators. .
In general, I got the impression that Vicarious were a much more talented team. The Skylanders games that they produced were considerably better designed, and far less heavy handed with how they communicated to the player. For instance, it feels like Trap Team stops you every 30 seconds to pan the camera or something, while Swap Force avoids taking control from the player, and is a better game as a result. Not to mention that Vicarious tended to produce Skylanders games that looked a lot better than the ones produced by Toys for Bob. The step up from Giants to Swap Force is incredible, and that was driven by Vicarious Visions. While Toys for Bob's later entries in the series do come close (like Imaginators) you still get the impression that their not as technically capable, and their games don't look quite as nice as those produced by Vicarious.
As a result, I'd be interested to see how this remake turns out. I never got the impression that Toys for Bob had a firm understanding of what made games, and particularly platformers fun (Skylanders itself, played like 3rd rate Diablo until Vicarious Visions added a jump button in Swap Force). I wonder if they will put emphasis on the correct mechanics in the remaster, I wonder if the game will feel quite right, and i wonder if their studio has the technical ability to produce a remake at the same quality as Vicarious Visions' Crash Bandicoot Trilogy.
TL:DR, as someone that has played all of the Skylanders games, the Toys for Bob logo is not a mark that I associate with quality, and it makes me nervous about this remake.
In general, I got the impression that Vicarious were a much more talented team. The Skylanders games that they produced were considerably better designed, and far less heavy handed with how they communicated to the player. For instance, it feels like Trap Team stops you every 30 seconds to pan the camera or something, while Swap Force avoids taking control from the player, and is a better game as a result. Not to mention that Vicarious tended to produce Skylanders games that looked a lot better than the ones produced by Toys for Bob. The step up from Giants to Swap Force is incredible, and that was driven by Vicarious Visions. While Toys for Bob's later entries in the series do come close (like Imaginators) you still get the impression that their not as technically capable, and their games don't look quite as nice as those produced by Vicarious.
As a result, I'd be interested to see how this remake turns out. I never got the impression that Toys for Bob had a firm understanding of what made games, and particularly platformers fun (Skylanders itself, played like 3rd rate Diablo until Vicarious Visions added a jump button in Swap Force). I wonder if they will put emphasis on the correct mechanics in the remaster, I wonder if the game will feel quite right, and i wonder if their studio has the technical ability to produce a remake at the same quality as Vicarious Visions' Crash Bandicoot Trilogy.
TL:DR, as someone that has played all of the Skylanders games, the Toys for Bob logo is not a mark that I associate with quality, and it makes me nervous about this remake.
