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Brutal. Now I can not play it, knowing either version I play is fatally gimped.
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on: 10/18/11, 23:33 |
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@RenjakuWhat are you talking about?
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on: 10/18/11, 23:35 |
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@anon_mastermind No online for one, no 3D for the other (and less monsters). edit: Yea, the wii version.
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You're talking about the Wii version of Tri, right? Not some hypothetical Vita version that doesn't exist?
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I think Capcom is like half geniuses and half morons in a constant power struggle, but both sides agree that taking the easy way out is usually the right thing to do.
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anon_mastermind said:Well I'm talking about "new" franchises. Those ones were established over a decade ago.
These days, even Nintendo has trouble making new franchises reach god-tier status in the West (bar the Wii ___ line). Hm, you may have a point. I wonder why that is. I can think of several Japanese-developed games that are worthy of making a big splash (and some of them did, like Dead Rising) but for some reason they never caught on. Are Westerners really content just playing Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto?
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on: 10/19/11, 02:23 |
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Critical Hit
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on: 10/19/11, 03:14 |
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No online = not worth buying. This game is NOT meant to be played offline or thru local wifi.
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on: 10/19/11, 04:06 |
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Wait... this isn't MH4 though, right? I don't really care all that much then. I'm getting MH4, not whatever this (apparently gimped) thing is.
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on: 10/19/11, 04:20 |
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GameDadGrant said:Are Westerners really content just playing Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto? Yes. And Western RPGs, which have just exploded this gen.
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Maaaaaaan... I was hoping this would come here and be online.  I'll still buy it, but the lack of online for it sucks. That's if it even comes over here. Here's hoping MH4 makes it and has the online setup this series needs to be successful. I actually still play Tri fairly religiously on Tuesday evenings...
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on: 10/19/11, 20:28 |
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@anon_mastermindIt would seem that Western audiences have been drawn to realism in gaming over the past couple generations. You've got your requisite whipping-boy franchises like CoD, GTA, & Madden, but it goes beyond even that. Fantasy and Sci/Fi are as popular as ever but even those are dark fantasy & sci/fi. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Mass Effect, The Witcher and more feature characters and locations are are realistic. Then you've got your requisite genres that try to imitate real life...sports and racers. Those are popular with Westerners these days too. Don't forget the 3rd-person Action genre either. Assassin's Creed, Batman, Gears, Dead Space...all realistic, all wildly popular. It seems that unless you're talking Nintendo cornerstone franchises, most Westerners today just aren't that interested in traditional Japanese stylings of the Anime nature (I know that covers a lot of stylistic sub-genres). Sales figures over that last 10 years or so mostly reflect this. The indie scene on Steam/XBLA/PSN/iOS is pretty strong for cartoonish presentations though.
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This isn't really a big deal at the moment. This game has only been announced for Japan and in Japan it isn't hard to find people to play with on the train or other ideal places, where people will be playing, just like where you would be playing. They will get the same enjoyment out of the game as we do with online. They just don't need it. The good thing about this knowledge is that you can play the entire game offline. For a good six months of owning the game I didn't have wireless internet and was angry because I was missing over half of what I was paying for with Tri. This game does have over twice the content as the Wii version though.
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@New FormsYeah it seems the more advanced technology gets, the more "real" games feel and they're being gobbled up by the Western audience. Another question is: can Japanese devs get in on this action? A lot of the franchises you mentioned are new IPs that did well. But none of them are coming from Japan. On topic, Monster Hunter has a touch of realism to it. I mean, if Dead Space is "realistic" then so is Monster Hunter. The problem is the game being too complex for a mainstream audience. @Wilie345See, this man knows what he's talking about. A western release could very well have online.
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Little Big Planet managed to sell over 3 million. Ratchet and Clank sold okay. Fable II sold well. Borderlands. World of Warcraft of course. I'm sure there are more stylized Western games that have sold well this gen, I just can't easily find them with a google search. Certainly more multiplat games than Borderlands would show up.
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@GuillaumeMost definately. I'm talking more about general trends rather than absolutes. The West can produce a fanciful hit like Plants vs Zombies just like The East can bring us realism defined in Gran Turismo.
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on: 10/19/11, 23:36 |
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@DynabladeAnd you let the thread die! How could you?! We could've had Monster Hunter Tue!
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on: 10/19/11, 23:58 |
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@Mr_MustacheHe never played with us, only his real friends.
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on: 10/20/11, 00:08 |
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@anon_mastermindYeah, whats that about? Semi-related: Mikester, when are you starting a new account? We gotta play with Gui and Casper soon(ish)!
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on: 10/20/11, 01:16 |
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This is so dumb.
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