Where the hell did this come from? How am I pretentious at all? How am I unquestionably giving Ninja Theory the benefit of the doubt? Benefit of the doubt on what? They made goddamn CG trailer, they're not entitled to?
And how can you say what piques my interest? You don't even know me. So I happened to like this trailer, big whoop, I thought it was pretty cool, but I'm not "taken in by the pretty visuals," I've been following this game for two years :/ And **** dude, you just mentioned research and keeping track of the game, and that's exactly what I said.
That's me, talking about "doing research and keeping track of gameplay" in order to make an informed purchase (or not make one, if you will). Hell that isn't really strictly a "gaming" thing either, it's just smart consumerism in general, making sure to only purchase things you're really going to enjoy/use. If researching deeper into something that piqued my interest makes me pretentious, then the common man must be goddamn retarded.
Well I did just link a video of my "research" of DmC so I don't know what your going on about. If you mean my earlier statement, its because not enough people are actually going to research this online, keep track of interviews, gameplay clips, observing the bad PR. I was trying to suggest that fans like yourself and me, help look out for the consumer (BC Capcom and NT are not).
I dont trust NT on their presentation, and it is as I said, more people are won over these days because quality visuals were the key. FF13 of course proved that highly enchanced graphical power can't save a game. All Square needed to do was raise the anticipation to sell as many copies as they did.
I haven't played FF13-2 but I heard they did cut back on CG Cutscenes and instead had more space to return to the roots of previous Final Fantasy games, so kudos to that.
And that's what I was talking about. It wasn't aimed at you or anyone in particular, just the people that you mention who won't look further into it. It's their own fault if they don't do more research and end up regretting a purchase :/
Oh, I'm sad now, cause i thought you were trying to aim at me. I just got implicitly called a liar who didn't play the DmC Demo :/ So I guess we got on the wrong foot. Wanna shake hands, and start over?
So far NT's presentation hasn't really been misleading :/ This is just a CG trailer after all, it's not like they said this was gameplay or anything, just a cool trailer to show you the types of things you'll be seeing in the game. And unfortunately people being won over by pretty graphics are at fault for being graphics whores >_< There are also many, myself included, who would disagree with your opinion on FFXIII. It's one of my absolute favorites (and I've played all of them), the game has a lot of fans. But yes, XIII-2 improved a lot on XIII's formula, so much so it makes me wish they implement the stuff into XIII T_T
Not really."The who have signed up for accounts on this forum are obviously keeping up with footage and recent publications.
What you're saying is awfully presumptuous."
Light?"I SEE THE LIGHT NOW! I WAS WROOOONG!"
I liked Lightning's character development. She was forced into a lot of ****ty situations really quickly, so her attitude was justified, and even when she did lighten up and trust the rest of the party, it was a logical step, and not your average bullshit anime "I SEE THE LIGHT NOW! I WAS WROOOONG!" It would have been more annoying if her character development had her turn on a dime >_<
And Batman can't really be compared to Lightning...Batman is a billionaire crime fighter because he watched his parents die, Lightning (in XIII) was turned into a demi-god against her will, marked as a traitor by the government she worked for, and forced to either kill millions of people before a short deadline or turn into a monster.
Being a L'Cie is a bit more stressful than being a lonesome, badass crime fighter who dresses like a bat And Batman had time to discipline himself.
Yeah I've read that for a while, and even though DereKoe, you say in there that you dont intend for your blog to be one-sided, thats what it comes out as from other people who read it. At least this MainEvent guy, can admit his bias, before diving in using constructive criticism, and he didn't even play the game. He isn't even on this forum to the best of my knowledge. Hes doing exactly as I am, keeping people aware, through one website or another.
Not really.
Considering the forum's main page monitors any new information for DmC and the Devil May Cry franchise as a whole.
The whole point of the forum is to find to information, and discuss it constructively.
Why would you bother signing up if you weren't looking to discuss currently existing materiel as well as new.
When did I say I wouldn't or didnt want to talk constructively about the game? Everything I bring here, such as clips and interviews, I am always supplying my two cents on, and I expect others to do the same.
My apologies if you think the Knowledge Primer is one-sided, but when you are informing people about the game, and only the game, it's going to seem that way. It isn't a "this is why you should like it" or anything, it just informs. Why am I supposed to talk about the "other side" when I'm only out to inform on the one that matters. For that matter, what other side is there to address, in order to not make the Knowledge Primer seem one-sided?
I can't take EventStatus seriously because he is bias, and to me is only pouring fuel on the fire and sensationalizing things to gain views. Plus, he's very verbose and I just hate the way he talks. I don't have time to waste hours of my life watching crap like that.
You said it was presumptuous of me to assume people came here to discuss and find to info.
I think I established that clearly in my post.
Why would you ask such a question, and then reflect my response?
EDIT: Speaking of which, don't put your response within my quote bubble. It's confusing.
This.Cool... I'll just say one thing... I want Dante's coat.
The scripted sequences during boss battles, unskippable cutscenes, the enemy step difference, the use of stances, the acquisition of SSS ranking to your final score simply by collecting items, the mechanics of the Style meter, issues that were not problem in previous entries mind you. The list goes on friend.