God of War does not have a sultry lady who strips when she attacks as the main character or anything as near as over the top as the bosses or enemies as Bayonetta. Then you have the fact that God of War is a cinematic narrative driven Western game with incredibly high production values and strong marketing. It's very easy to see why it's an easier recommendation
Maybe you guys already discussed this, but check this out - it looks like the summoning device encircles the neck of the Legion, like a dog collar, while the chain attaches to it like a leash, suggesting the Legion's subservience. But also, on the other end, the chain looks like it is shackled onto the cop, like a handcuff - maybe going along with the theme of the twins themselves being slaves to the system? Just some possible ways to interpret the imagery:
Nice. Was searching for any art earlier and really didn't see these. Hopefully it picks up with time and we have way more in the future. The other characters have more grounded pretty cool visuals to contrast with the more over the top main characters too.
tbh I think both of you are somewhat right. "Nintendo fans" really ignore a lot of content that isn't from their childhoods or long running, yet sometimes a few things do well like Splatoon. But it's weird, even Splatoon I see some people resisting like it's not a "true Nintendo", which they probably see as only the old mainstream things of their childhood, like Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, Star Fox, etc.
I don't think this is a great example considering Dragon Quest is literally designed by Dragon Ball's creator and the series never breaks out in the west. I would say Nier Automata is closer to Senran Kagura than Dragon Ball.
Yea the problem with W101 is essentially an audience mismatch. I know there are adult fans of Power rangers and the Sentai genre but fact of the matter is that in the west its seen as for children only. But the content and gameplay is clearly aimed for older gamers so hence its audience will always be limited
Yeah, I think it mentions it in the blog.I'm curious to see some footage where multiple enemies are fought at once. You and your Legion being able to go with a "divide and conquer" strategy like in this one screen sounds cool.
Breh there's QTE sex scenes in God War. You seem have taken the latest God War game as barometer for the franchise when that's furthest from the case. God of War 3 that launched last gen with Bayonetta is at least as eggregious as bayonetta was back then with these sorts of things.
PlatinumGames is indeed the studio that can make highly critically acclaimed games and yet stay in the shadow as niche developers, that's really odd.
Just as a follow-up:
They are FAR from "exactly the same." We've never seen the blade Legion do a bow attack, and the bow Legion doesn't even blades on its arms, it just uses a bow. Even aside from their having two different designs, one being focused on close-range and the other being focused on long-range is a preeetty big difference.
Is it just me, or do the main characters look so much cooler when their hair is blue? (and with the markings on their face/skin too)Not really. Sword - Bow - Doggo legions has it own shape and Design.
Yeah, character action games are a niche genre in the same way as JRPGs or fighting games. There just isn't a huge market here for technical gameplay, it's not anime dislike though there's obviously a bit of that too.
Yeah, TW101 was always going to be a tough sell in general. That's not a knock against its quality but the audience it was aiming for wasn't exactly large. In all honesty, I think the game would've struggled on any system
Oh that's absolutely true but there are several key factors that work in favor of God of War 3 that likewise don't for Bayonetta. Its production values, marketing, and the fact that it's a major 1st party title meant that it was pushed to the forefront. Then you have the fact that it's a male power fantasy, where it's more raunchy and violent stuff is more so in line with what a guy would play, versus Bayonetta
Oh I've definitely noticed that, even amongst my own friends, who aren't exactly big Nintendo fans. They have a tough time going for newer Nintendo franchises or even newer entries in their older franchises. Something like Splatoon is definitely seen as "not a real Nintendo game". But I think they're more of a vocal minority as, when Nintendo does make a new major IP with a lot of appeal, they tend to sell well
"It's Platinum Games, isn't it..."
These shots are really great. I've said it before but the artstyle really helps get extra mileage out of the hardware. Considering the 60fps target I really feel like this is going to one of those games that pushes the Switch to its limits.Not really. Sword - Bow - Doggo legions has it own shape and Design.
It's a thing Kamiya says a lot on Twitter correcting people who say PlatinumGames wrong. In this case usually correcting people who say
It almost seems that any Sci-Fi Anime looking game (Daemon X Machina got this as well) is automatically going to get a Xenoblade comparison now. It's also almost as if people have forgotten that Monolith is solely working on their new Medieval Fantasy RPG game now.
People saying xenoblade 1 or 2 are just looking for something but anyone who thinks xenoblade X honestly thought so, the character models look remarkably close almost as if they were rendered the same way, xenoblade games also arent known for being a direct sequel so you could potentially see it as taking place before earth blew up in X if takahashi wanted, however once the actual gameplay starts it became more and more clear that this is a platinum titleIt almost seems that any Sci-Fi Anime looking game (Daemon X Machina got this as well) is automatically going to get a Xenoblade comparison now. It's also almost as if people have forgotten that Monolith is solely working on their new Medieval Fantasy RPG game now.
I mostly got Nier vibes from the trailer anyway. The music and the voices particularly. I mean, maybe I'm hearing things but I swear the main girl voice in the trailer (The "Terrorist") sounds like A2 or YoRHa Commander from Automata.
Also this pink-hair girl instantly made me think of Devola/Popola for some reason.
I think insiders agreed on the next switch model being a slimmed Switch.
Two games. The medieval action game, and the Takahashi's new game (probably Xenoblade related ? He hinted at a new sub serie for Xenoblade)
;—; guess ill have to buy a normal Switch then later this year, cant wait that much, Astral chain made me pull the trigger.
I'm not sure, as soon as the cop lady kicked the alien and the screen froze for a second to accentuate an action, that told me it was platinum.
Taura hopefully learnt a lot from Yoko Taro working with him on Nier: Automata. Plus Platinum has usually done a good job with getting their games to perform well on Nintendo hardware too. So should be a good result one would think, even if the game is definitely coming very quickly.
