JoeFu Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Got muramasa today,but haven't had a chance to play. I hope I find it more enjoyable than Odin Sphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 been playing muramasa too. I like it. I've only played one of the two characters to finish, it has a fun fighting system and a cool style. There were a few times where I said wow while playing the game. The graphics at some points look amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPanther Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 been playing muramasa too. I like it. I've only played one of the two characters to finish, it has a fun fighting system and a cool style. There were a few times where I said wow while playing the game. The graphics at some points look amazing. I really want to play now lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenobio Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 How's the replayability on Muramasa once you've already beaten it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 It looks like the only thing I would have wanted to have fixed in the first LostWinds is getting fixed in the sequel - they're adding a map! Edit: Also good to know there are release windows for LostWinds 2, Cave Story, Night Game, and the WiiWare Castlevania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalzon Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 How's the replayability on Muramasa once you've already beaten it? If it's anything like Odin Sphere, probably not very high. That said, Odin Sphere was a phenomenal game that never got the acclaim it deserved. Muramasa should get some critical acclaim, don't you agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdboyscott Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 This is awesome, looks like I'm getting a copy of Muramasa. A friend of mine told me that I shouldn't buy the game, and I thought it was because she thought the game was awful or something, and she wouldn't give me a reason why I shouldn't buy it. Turns out it was because she is getting it for me, and when I asked why it was because she "couldn't wait for Christmas." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I guess this is a shameless plug, but I've been reading into this guy's articles lately, and honestly, I have to agree with him on SOME of it. http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/email-why-nintendo-should-abandon-the-hardcore/ And no, he also criticizes some of Nintendo's moves both past and present as well so don't think it's blind Nintendo fanboyism. Don't go judging too far into it, you might need to read some of his other articles from the past few months as well just to see where some of the points are coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I think the whole hardcore/kiddy/casual divide can just go jump off a bridge and never come back really. I liked when people could play whatever game they wanted that was within their taste/goals for a game and not have to be so insecure about how "hardcore" or "mature" they appeared to others. Really it just makes us all look bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrotic Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 not have to be so insecure about how "hardcore" or "mature" they appeared to others. I never realized this was an issue in gaming. Just pretentious music scenes. Or at least I've never been bothered by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Maybe I know too many snobby jerkass people between all the people I've gotten a chance to play video games with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalzon Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 It started getting really bad around the time Wii Music was shown off. It seemed like everyone I knew began denouncing the Wii as "just a Smash Bros machine" and that Nintendo had sold out. To someone who had been keeping an eye on the actual good titles and making informed purchases for the system it baffled me. These people hadn't bought Zack & Wiki, de Blob, No More Heroes, etc etc etc... But they complained anyway. Hell, most hadn't bought anything besides Smash Bros. Did they just want... another Smash Bros? With fans like that, I could totally understand Nintendo not bothering to please them... But Nintendo never really "abandoned" them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 With my experience with the Wii, I've really liked the Gameplay mechanics, fans of Metroid Prime Corruption's control system can now play Prime and Echoes with the same mechanics by buying the trilogy, Smash Bros. is always cool, but I play it better with a GC controller anyway. Super Mario Galaxy was actually really good, albeit extremely short, I'm looking forward to the sequel. Nintendo hasn't sold out, at least as far as the gameplay goes, they are just catering to a broader audience than both Xbox 360 and PS3 do...If you want to accuse Nintendo of selling out, take a look at the DS moreso than the Wii... There's an online version of Meteos being designed for the PC to be played online, I'd like Nintendo to incorporate this into a Wii version if possible...Meteos is fun to play on the DS, it'd be harder and much more challenging with the Wii Remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 It started getting really bad around the time Wii Music was shown off. It seemed like everyone I knew began denouncing the Wii as "just a Smash Bros machine" and that Nintendo had sold out.To someone who had been keeping an eye on the actual good titles and making informed purchases for the system it baffled me. These people hadn't bought Zack & Wiki, de Blob, No More Heroes, etc etc etc... But they complained anyway. Hell, most hadn't bought anything besides Smash Bros. Did they just want... another Smash Bros? With fans like that, I could totally understand Nintendo not bothering to please them... But Nintendo never really "abandoned" them anyway. That's exactly where it seemed to start from E3 that had Wii Music. They couldn't stand Cammy (okay, I didn't really enjoy her, she WAS better this year though), there wasn't a new Metroid, Mario, or Zelda (even though all those titles came out in as little over a years time frame), and when they show new ones this year? "Ugh, no new franchises! BORING! Two new Mario games? Peach needs boob physics! Blah blah blah!". In one of Maelstrom's articles, he cited how many developers, so called "journalists" and "analysts" hate the Wii. They don't get it, and they never will. They don't like competing with Nintendo because Nintendo can (and most of the time) sell more quality titles. Instead of thinking, "Huh, maybe I should make my games better" or, release them in a time frame AWAY from an official Nintendo release, or market the title BETTER, then maybe it would sell. Most developers are more into making the games THEY want ALL THE TIME. They want to push Digital Distribution down our throats, and kill used game sales. I don't think making a game YOU want to make is a bad thing, nor do I dislike digital downloads (though I do feel that they need to make customers feel more empowered over their purchase, that doesn't make sense does it?) but what do the gamers want? The customer? You know, the people that play games? I hate the term Hardcore anymore. It's been thrown around way too much. And the funny thing to me is this, people sneered at the Wii Remote. Called it a gimmick, it won't sell. Well surprise surprise, it did. And the beauty of it, is that it got people who wouldn't have wanted to play games to start with, or maybe even come back to it. And Nintendo didn't just show it to gamers, they showed it to the news, TIME magazine, places where that to many in the "industry" wouldn't even bother or even think to reach out to and thus losing out on a golden opportunity to expand the market and it's potential. But the "hardcore" dismisses these potential new long term gamers, they want big, "mature" titles (Now don't think I don't wanna play Mass Effect 2 ). Heck, I've known some that won't play anything below rated M, seriously. They want games to be classified as an art form. They want them to be like movies. Why? Because the developers want to, and they tell these hardcore gamers that that's what the hardcore REALLY want, and they believe it. It's funny how well the Wii sold, and has nearly outsold the PS3 and 360 combined (and no, I'm not obsessive over numbers), and now, Sony and Microsoft want a part of that money. And the hardcore and the fanboys to those consoles are lapping it up. Will they succeed? Depends on the developers, who, ironically, are all on board for it, when motion control has already been around. And largely, it depends upon whether or not Microsoft and Sony market their new technologies right, because if they don't, Nintendo's sales dominance won't budge. Sorry for the rant.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalzon Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Anyway, about new games that AREN'T Mario/Metroid/Zelda coming out in the next year or so... Tales of Graces! Lots of redheads this time around (also a bluehead and purplehead and one redhead is also a Canadianhead). They say it'll be one of the longest Tales games, story-wise, at 80 hours or so of main plot. Sadly I didn't buy the Conduit, but Grinder looks pretty neat (if all those vampires don't take forever to kill like in the trailers). I'm a sucker for a gripping plot, so I'll buy any game that has one... If I can afford it, anyway. Also, Endless Ocean 2. I loved the first one. Wish I played it more thoroughly than I did, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 @ Thalzon, do you like Meteos or did you just pick the Lastar Meteon because it looks cool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I stopped liking videogames when I returned to the Christian faith They (videogames) just don't "do it" for me anymore. Are there any games for Wii right now though that have a long lifespan? Something I can't finish within 5 hours and are actually fun to play over and over again? If not then I'll probably have no choice but to go through certain RPGS again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I stopped liking videogames when I returned to the Christian faith They (videogames) just don't "do it" for me anymore.Are there any games for Wii right now though that have a long lifespan? Something I can't finish within 5 hours and are actually fun to play over and over again? First of all, why does your Christian faith effect your videogame playing? Perhaps that's a topic for a different time and place... Second, Metroid Prime Trilogy will take you a very long time to finish, and it's incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 First of all, why does your Christian faith effect your videogame playing? Perhaps that's a topic for a different time and place...Second, Metroid Prime Trilogy will take you a very long time to finish, and it's incredible. I can briefly answer that by saying I experienced priority shift and liberation of a lifestyle that leaned towards addiction. Ah, the Prime Trilogy. I already own all 3 Prime games though, and 2 and 3 are my least favourite to play through again. Would you say the addition of motion control makes the original Prime worth the purchase of the bundle though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I can briefly answer that by saying I experienced priority shift and liberation of a lifestyle that leaned towards addiction. Ah so you're a former hardcore WoW player eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Lol, not at all But games have taken up a lot of my time and health. I was more of a Halo PC man, myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Lol, not at all But games have taken up a lot of my time and health. I was more of a Halo PC man, myself Eh fair enough though I have a hard time seeing how one would spend that much time on it and ruin thy health as well. I may seem like I play 24/7 based of my recommendations and experience but I think I don't play any more than something around 2 hours a day; and even then it can be sporadic. Also try looking at the Wii VC section and check out some oldies like Super Castlevania IV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Eh fair enough though I have a hard time seeing how one would spend that much time on it and ruin thy health as well. I may seem like I play 24/7 based of my recommendations and experience but I think I don't play any more than something around 2 hours a day; and even then it can be sporadic.Also try looking at the Wii VC section and check out some oldies like Super Castlevania IV... I suffer from ME/CFS, which may or may not be the result of my past lifestyle. I think that says enough Once you ruin your day/night rhytm you're pretty much screwed. VC section is a good alternative yes. There are some classics that I really appreciate and certain SNES games NEVER get old I somehow feel like we don't get half the library of available Wii games here in Holland either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalzon Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 @ Thalzon, do you like Meteos or did you just pick the Lastar Meteon because it looks cool? I liked Meteos. Don't own it anymore, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I was going to give the game its own thread, but Dragon Quest Swords is a terribly under-rated game. If any of you haven't tried it yet, I suggest giving it a rental. It's damn fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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