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AndwhatIseeisme posted:Yoko Taro, famed director of Drakengard, saves Platinum Games from disapearing into obscurity. The Clover/Platinum games curse is making good games that don't sell. Platinum's last few games(before Nier) have been pretty bad though.
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Aug 14, 2017 02:17
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I don't even know anymore.
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I can't wait for all the Nier: Automata fans to start discovering his older work.
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Aug 14, 2017 02:21
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They were probably hurting after Scalebound crashed as hard as it did. Hopefully Automata made up for that.
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Aug 14, 2017 02:43
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AndwhatIseeisme posted:Yoko Taro, famed director of Drakengard, saves Platinum Games from disapearing into obscurity. We are in the weirdest timeline.
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Aug 14, 2017 03:31
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AndwhatIseeisme posted:Yoko Taro, famed director of Drakengard, saves Platinum Games from disapearing into obscurity. I guess you can say for the Glory of Yoko Taro all would be lost? 
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Aug 14, 2017 03:37
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It’s way too perfect that Platinum’s cancelled game Scalebound was about humans who have death-bonds with dragons.
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Aug 14, 2017 03:44
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Microsoft 86ing Scalebound nixed any chance of my getting an Xbone. I was already iffy on it after they canned the Phantom Dust remake.
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Aug 14, 2017 03:57
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Know Such Peace posted:It’s way too perfect that Platinum’s cancelled game Scalebound was about humans who have death-bonds with dragons. ... oh my god.
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Aug 14, 2017 04:32
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Platinum mainline titles are universally good. Viewtiful Joe, MGR, W100, Bayonetta 1&2, N:A. Their uh, licensed works not so much. Transformers. Legend of Korra. So on. Parts of them hold up but the spirit isn't there. It's that charm and soul that really pushes their titles and makes it good. That creative drive to make something loving awesome. Yoko Taro has That, and mixed with his bizzarre ties to people with influence, this release wasn't glossed over. It was looked at and appreciated. Platinum can do some awesome. But pairing with Taro was the devils own work there. Let's see where it goes now. If Yoko Taro is given the creative direction and influence of say, Kojima. Well, this is gonna be good.
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Aug 14, 2017 04:40
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Req.Martyr posted:But pairing with Taro was the devils own work there. Yeah, I can't help but wonder what the Faustian part of that bargain will be.
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Aug 14, 2017 04:47
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I want to see Taro and Kojima collaborate on a game together.
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Aug 14, 2017 04:47
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Req.Martyr posted:Platinum mainline titles are universally good. Viewtiful Joe, MGR, W100, Bayonetta 1&2, N:A. Eh, Transformers is good. Korra is alright-ish. Their main problem is you can only make so much content for a game when your budget consists entirely of the lint Activision found in its pockets. Korra didn't account for this well, while Transformers turned out better because they tried to work around their tiny budget by designing the game as mostly one large interconnecting level(it helped that the director of MGR worked on it). TMNT is the real poo poo-show.
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Aug 14, 2017 05:10
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I want to see Taro and Kojima collaborate on a game together. The world is not ready for that kind of unholy union.
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Aug 14, 2017 05:36
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Vadoc posted:The world is not ready for that kind of unholy union. It is. Give us it.
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Aug 14, 2017 05:55
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Know Such Peace posted:It’s way too perfect that Platinum’s cancelled game Scalebound was about humans who have death-bonds with dragons. Awww, I hadn't heard that was cancelled. Shame - it looked cool.
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Aug 14, 2017 06:26
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I’m not sure if that means a Platinum-produced Drakengard 4 is inevitable or impossible. They’ve got experience with potential combat mechanics, but Microsoft might sue them to death if they reuse any assets from Scalebound’s development.
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Aug 14, 2017 08:53
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Transformers was good, but it pissed me off when they teased us with Nova Prime without a boss fight and when it ended on an ad for the toyline -- which I should have expected, come to think of it. I hope there isn't a Drakengard 4, though. 3 looked like a slog and its storyline was pretty damned dull, even with the Yoko Taro bits -- it felt like he was trying too hard while constantly turning to wink at us. "See? It's wacky and doesn't take itself seriously! And there's lots of weird sex stuff! For the love of god, please, love this game. Please clap.  "Nier Automata looks like a huge improvement without going overboard, even if Adam and Steve are the most generic anime villains since Kingdom Hearts.
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Aug 14, 2017 09:06
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Lol this is only the start of the second route; we ain't seen *poo poo* regarding the Villains motivations yet.
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Aug 14, 2017 09:10
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I want to see Taro and Kojima collaborate on a game together. The trailer for death stranding had a a baby in it. Perhaps the twist is that it flies, has teeth and is not alone?
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Aug 14, 2017 11:58
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Qrr posted:Awww, I hadn't heard that was cancelled. Shame - it looked cool. The one time I saw footage of Scalebound, I was dumbstruck by the douchiest protagonist I'd seen in years. Screaming Idiot posted:I hope there isn't a Drakengard 4, though. 3 looked like a slog and its storyline was pretty damned dull, even with the Yoko Taro bits -- it felt like he was trying too hard while constantly turning to wink at us. "See? It's wacky and doesn't take itself seriously! And there's lots of weird sex stuff! For the love of god, please, love this game. Please clap. Couldn't disagree more. I found 1's story (except endings D and E of course) much duller than 3's. The dumb, goofy bullshit was a nice change of pace, and it didn't stick around that long anyway.
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Aug 14, 2017 12:28
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Screaming Idiot posted:
I agree... in the sense that I'd love to see them revisit the "the next Drakengard game skips a number and is about the protagonists trying to figure out what the hell happened to the missing game" concept. At this point that sorta thing feels like the only way they can really find fertile ground to surprise anyone with the Yoko Taro bits. 'sides, leave the 'serious' games to the Nier half of the franchise, it's proved far more capable.
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Aug 14, 2017 14:23
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I want to see Taro and Kojima collaborate on a game together. Taro, Kojima, and Suda51 backed by Platinum Games.
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Aug 14, 2017 15:13
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Power Bottom posted:Taro, Kojima, and Suda51 backed by Platinum Games. This seems like it could hit the point of "too many cooks". Which I guess could still result in some kind of hilarious clusterfuck. I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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Aug 14, 2017 15:20
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Stephen9001 posted:This seems like it could hit the point of "too many cooks". Which I guess could still result in some kind of hilarious clusterfuck. Collaborate to establish base details of a setting, then let each one take the lead on a game in that setting.
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Aug 14, 2017 15:33
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Stephen9001 posted:This seems like it could hit the point of "too many cooks". Which I guess could still result in some kind of hilarious clusterfuck. If there's one thing Jodorowsky's Dune should have taught us, it's that weirdo auteurs don't actually assemble like the Avengers into a coherent team.
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Aug 14, 2017 16:12
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Solitair posted:Couldn't disagree more. I found 1's story (except endings D and E of course) much duller than 3's. The dumb, goofy bullshit was a nice change of pace, and it didn't stick around that long anyway. My only exposure to drakengard games are Id LPs and some random YouTube videos, but I agree. 1 was a lot more batshit of course, but 3 had characters I liked and had good moments that I remember and enjoyed. 1 was just  from midway through to the end with nothing really enjoyable outside the music which is good because of how hosed up it is.
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Aug 14, 2017 16:56
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Power Bottom posted:Taro, Kojima, and Suda51 backed by Platinum Games. I think this would be a fight between Taro and Kojima over creative control that Kojima would win because Taro is drunk. The combat would be fun if it weren't for Suda 51 forcing some lovely mechanics into it, and it would run out of budget 1/2 into the story because Kojima spent it all on making refracting light physics. What I'm saying is this game would be bad, but it would be successful.
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Back in Highschool, a friend of mine picked Drakengard 1 up when it came out. We tried to beat it together, and I remember we were both pretty hyped about it leading up to it coming out. Unfortunately we couldn't beat it. We just couldn't get past the repetitive gameplay compounded with a story that's a drag in terms of its themes and how it's conveyed. Most of the dialogue is shouted at you over combat by characters who won't be on the screen unless they're Red or a boss, and a lot of it isn't really all that riveting to begin with. Even the really memorable scenes (like Manah's cherry blossom dance around a very, very sad Inuart) are great in spite of pretty much everything else going on around them. I think if we had made it a little bit further and began seeing the really weird poo poo that shows up around mid game, we probably would've been hooked enough to keep going. i am tim! fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Aug 14, 2017 |
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Aug 14, 2017 17:23
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Stephen9001 posted:This seems like it could hit the point of "too many cooks". Which I guess could still result in some kind of hilarious clusterfuck. Too Many Cooks seems like a great idea to me for these kind of crazy geniuses! Really it would be great to see the madness they could come up with, in some sort of minimalist resource gamechef enviroment. Like they have to use RPGMaker or such.
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Aug 14, 2017 18:20
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CmdrKing posted:At this point that sorta thing feels like the only way they can really find fertile ground to surprise anyone with the Yoko Taro bits. 'sides, leave the 'serious' games to the Nier half of the franchise, it's proved far more capable. I don't understand this idea that yoko taro is the m night shamalan of videogames who is intentionally trying to pull one over you
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Aug 14, 2017 18:39
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Yoko Taro makes video games that are very good as video games, which use the interactive medium to get across ideas and feelings that would not work in other formats. Hideo Kojima makes really long movies with some gameplay in between.
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Aug 14, 2017 19:14
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darealkooky posted:I don't understand this idea that yoko taro is the m night shamalan of videogames who is intentionally trying to pull one over you Nah, nothing so dire. Shyamalan wants you to be impressed by how clever and unexpected his story is once the twist flips everything on its head. Yoko Taro really wants you to think about what you're doing, so the sudden twists are there as a sort of shock to the system to kick you out treating the game as business as usual.
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Aug 14, 2017 19:36
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ZiegeDame posted:Yoko Taro makes video games that are very good as video games, which use the interactive medium to get across ideas and feelings that would not work in other formats. Kojima also just makes solid games - boktai was great
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Aug 14, 2017 19:41
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Tunicate posted:Kojima also just makes solid games - boktai was great Agreed 100%. I wish someone could make a spiritual successor to those games.
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https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/status/897163669917896704
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Aug 14, 2017 20:08
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TurnipFritter posted:
Well done, Yoko Taro. Now do Treasure, please.
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Aug 14, 2017 20:19
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I think you mean "Nier Automata YoRHa Pod 153 Figure (With 9S accessory)"
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Aug 14, 2017 20:23
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Storm One posted:Well done, Yoko Taro. Treasure hasn't really employed any of its longtime veterans in a decade or so. Seriously, they're a bag floating on the wind with a skeleton crew left in the building. Every year or so there'll be a PR thing going "We're the cheaper alternative to Platinum! Love us! God, please hire us."
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Aug 14, 2017 20:25
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I don't see where you can pre-order it - the link just goes to an article.
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END ME SCOOB posted:Treasure hasn't really employed any of its longtime veterans in a decade or so. Seriously, they're a bag floating on the wind with a skeleton crew left in the building. Every year or so there'll be a PR thing going "We're the cheaper alternative to Platinum! Love us! God, please hire us." I used to love Gunstar Heroes.
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