This thread has been a long time coming, but I haven't been able to properly articulate my thoughts about Platinum. However, thanks to some friends kicking me to get it together, I'm able to finally make it happen.
Over the past several years, on this board and others, there's always been a common desire for people to have Platinum be involved with whatever game is currently being discussed. And each and every time I see people do that, I always have to ask myself "...why?"
Their track record has been real bad, and games pretty consistently underperform. Yet somehow, Platinum always gets a free pass. Whenever myself or anyone else has tried to bring up their failures (and there's a lot), it's usually the same thing.
Korra? Doesn't count.
TMNT? Doesn't count.
Mad World? Doesn't count.
Anarchy Reigns? Passion project.
But people will happily bring up Bayonetta constantly, about as many times as Al Bundy brings up his four touchdowns in a single game. And while I have nothing against Bayonetta (1 or 2), it gets tiring and a little suspect that it's one of the few series that ever consistently gets brought up. They've pretty much cornered the market when it comes to heavy reliance on dodge/reaction mechanics in the games they work on, which admittedly is fun in those games but gets old quick. And if I can continue to be blunt here, it says volumes that Platinum's biggest success is a game that they barely had anything to do with (Nier Automata).
In the end, I'm not saying people shouldn't enjoy a game just because of what *I'm* saying. People play games that I think are bad all the time (games like Final Fantasy 4, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Sonic 06, and other similar games). But I do think that the deification of Platinum is pretty unhealthy, and maybe it's time people start to look inward to see that not everything that glimmers is platinum.
godhand still sucks though
Over the past several years, on this board and others, there's always been a common desire for people to have Platinum be involved with whatever game is currently being discussed. And each and every time I see people do that, I always have to ask myself "...why?"
Their track record has been real bad, and games pretty consistently underperform. Yet somehow, Platinum always gets a free pass. Whenever myself or anyone else has tried to bring up their failures (and there's a lot), it's usually the same thing.
Korra? Doesn't count.
TMNT? Doesn't count.
Mad World? Doesn't count.
Anarchy Reigns? Passion project.
But people will happily bring up Bayonetta constantly, about as many times as Al Bundy brings up his four touchdowns in a single game. And while I have nothing against Bayonetta (1 or 2), it gets tiring and a little suspect that it's one of the few series that ever consistently gets brought up. They've pretty much cornered the market when it comes to heavy reliance on dodge/reaction mechanics in the games they work on, which admittedly is fun in those games but gets old quick. And if I can continue to be blunt here, it says volumes that Platinum's biggest success is a game that they barely had anything to do with (Nier Automata).
In the end, I'm not saying people shouldn't enjoy a game just because of what *I'm* saying. People play games that I think are bad all the time (games like Final Fantasy 4, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Sonic 06, and other similar games). But I do think that the deification of Platinum is pretty unhealthy, and maybe it's time people start to look inward to see that not everything that glimmers is platinum.
