SomedayTheFire
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I feel bad for people who were excited for it, but really it looks bloody awful. Not one redeeming feature in my eyes.
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Scalebound cancelled [Platinum Games and Kamiya have commented]
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I imagine this will be an issue for Platinum.
1.) They have over 200 staff, presumably at least half of which were making Scalebound.
2.) Nier Automata is about to go gold, and Yoko Taro makes it sound like it's not going into sequel mode right away.
3.) Activision killed off their licensed game division, so that's not an option anymore.
4.) They have the Gran Blue Fantasy project and Lost Order, but I'm assuming that was going to take on Nier's staff given Kamiya wasn't attached to it.
Now they need to get a project from someone on a short turnaround for a ton of staff in an era where that kind of thing is pretty hard to do, and they were struggling to get contracts even when that was less true.
1.) They have over 200 staff, presumably at least half of which were making Scalebound.
2.) Nier Automata is about to go gold, and Yoko Taro makes it sound like it's not going into sequel mode right away.
3.) Activision killed off their licensed game division, so that's not an option anymore.
4.) They have the Gran Blue Fantasy project and Lost Order, but I'm assuming that was going to take on Nier's staff given Kamiya wasn't attached to it.
Now they need to get a project from someone on a short turnaround for a ton of staff in an era where that kind of thing is pretty hard to do, and they were struggling to get contracts even when that was less true.
Relaxed Muscle
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This means we'll spend a few more years without a Kamiya game.
Why
Why
SatoAilDarko
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Damn. I may have disliked the main character and a bunch of other stuff but it was one of the very, very few Xbox exclusives I have interest in.
Flying dragons and hack and slash combat still looked awesome.
First the mess of Recore and now this?
I have bad feelings about any first-party games that aren't Halo, Gears or Forza.
Crazy that Kamiya could lose 3.5 years of work.
Flying dragons and hack and slash combat still looked awesome.
First the mess of Recore and now this?
I have bad feelings about any first-party games that aren't Halo, Gears or Forza.
Crazy that Kamiya could lose 3.5 years of work.
This would be a system seller for me. This plus Mario and Zelda? BG&E2??
make it an online FPS game.
The only game that should be laid at Microsoft's feet is Phantom Dust, in that Microsoft was being too cheap. Both Fable Legends and Scalebound looked bad (although Scalebound had promise). They should have canned Legends earlier and Scalebound seems like it was Platinum fucking up.
Glass Rebel
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Granblue Fantasy Project Re:Link for PS4 and Lost Order for mobile.
serenewarfare
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Sounds like Platinum tried to build something bigger than they were capable of making.
It always had bizarre showings outside of the initial gameplay reveal. At first it seemed like a third person action RPG then it switched to some multiplayer arena hunting game. MS doesn't seem to like playing around with development issues.
I was wondering in another thread how much money they threw at Scalebound since it's been on development for so long.
I was wondering in another thread how much money they threw at Scalebound since it's been on development for so long.
It's not like they don't have a history here.
Hippopuncher12
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Well that was one of the games that was probably gonna get me to pick back up an X1 at some point.
Time is a circle.
Why screwing over? We dont know the details. Maybe the game was just not really good and not getting any better. Why fund it then even more.
Crimson_Gold
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Kalesi save us
We really care about Scalebound even if we don't show it.
Ninja'd, but still, shows a lot about GAF I guess
I'd hope this doesn't get cancelled because it always seemed like a cool concept but I was always underwhelmed by its showings at E3. I was hoping they would be able to pull it together.
Crossing Eden
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Scalebound looked a shit ton more ambitious at the very least in terms of graphical fidelity.
capylikesgames
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...why? This would suck if true. I get why some people didn't like it, but I was sold on it. Ninty to the rescue, maybe???
Mass Effect
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Genghis Khan
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Wow, I'm pretty shocked. I didn't see this coming at all
Bitch Pudding
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It's time to save a new game Nintendo!
Too soon...
If they do, they gotta change a LOT, the gameplay wasn't appealing at all and I'm a Platinum Games fanboy.
Jawmuncher
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I was really looking forward to this. Now MS's 1st party lineup is looking even more dire.
Ouch. Feels bad for Kamiya and Platinum. What happened?
Not used to engines outside of theirs? Weak game design?
Or the online portion just didn't work? (It was a bad idea IMO).
Such a waste.
Wasn't it also one of 2016's first victims??
Crimsonclaw111
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I doubt the outrage will be huge. Most people haven't even been impressed with it.
YuriLowell
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Xbox loses another exclusive.
I guess they really are going to try and ride halo/forza/gears until the very end.
I guess they really are going to try and ride halo/forza/gears until the very end.
Toadthemushroom
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Really disappointing if true. Even if marketing has no faith in it (i.e. MS doesn't want to spend money it feels has no return) they should still release it as a lower key release like Sony is doing Gravity Rush 2 in the west, and Nintendo did with Fatal Frame 5 and Tokyo Mirage Sessions in the west.
Do we know if Microsoft has the IP rights? They didn't with D4 and Sunset Overdrive, but if they do I wonder if what's happened is that the IP rights have been sold back to Platinum and it'll now be multiplatform. What are the chances? We know Press Play's successor, Flashbulb Games, bought back IP rights of Max and Kalimba after they were shut down by Microsoft last year.
Do we know if Microsoft has the IP rights? They didn't with D4 and Sunset Overdrive, but if they do I wonder if what's happened is that the IP rights have been sold back to Platinum and it'll now be multiplatform. What are the chances? We know Press Play's successor, Flashbulb Games, bought back IP rights of Max and Kalimba after they were shut down by Microsoft last year.
Backfoggen
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Vault Dweller 111
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What we'd seen of it looked fucking abysmal, so it's not totally surprising.
Bummer though, some talented people were working on that game.
Bummer though, some talented people were working on that game.
Relaxed Muscle
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ethomaz
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Ohhhhhh ends
Irishonion
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Mother f..... Was just saying about slow news day.
This is the wrong kind of news for me. Literally bought Xbox 1 for this (thank God it was only 125$)
This is the wrong kind of news for me. Literally bought Xbox 1 for this (thank God it was only 125$)
LordKasual
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Come on square! Pick it up!
....this game is doomed.
Why does Platinum always have such trouble getting their shit out? I wonder what the issue is.
It's not as though they're known for bad titles. Is it appeal? Marketing? Maybe it's a management issue?
....this game is doomed.
Why does Platinum always have such trouble getting their shit out? I wonder what the issue is.
It's not as though they're known for bad titles. Is it appeal? Marketing? Maybe it's a management issue?
Jesus....really?
the last live demo they showed was so incredibly bad... the game needed a huge amount of retooling. guess the question is rather MS decided to double down and fix the game, or just walk away from it...
I will say, this looks really bad for MS when Sony is about to release their own much-anticipated RPG Zero Dawn which looks A-M-A-Z-I-N-G... MS can't seem to get the talent together to properly compete... really putting me off from ever buying an xbox. I've held off this long.
I will say, this looks really bad for MS when Sony is about to release their own much-anticipated RPG Zero Dawn which looks A-M-A-Z-I-N-G... MS can't seem to get the talent together to properly compete... really putting me off from ever buying an xbox. I've held off this long.
Gouty
Bloodborne is shit
Sounds like a perfect fit for their portfolio.
SneakersSO
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Not to mention a total of 3-4 closed studios last year by MS alone.
Fortinbras
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Of course I blame Microsoft. Look at the list of cancelled games and closed studios.
Fuck MS if true. I'm so sick of Halo, Gears and Forza.
TheKastorian
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Shit happens. MS took a risk with this game and it's probably not living up to expectations (and don't want to blow more money on it).
GHG
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That can happen though, its games development. There are so many great games that would have never seen the light of day if they were cancelled after milestones were missed.
I get that, but considering how spread thin Platinum have been, I wouldn't be surprised it this is the result of janky management on their end.
I can't help wonder if Platinum have been spreading themselves a little too thinly over the past few years, their releases seem to have been all over the place in terms of quality. If this is really true then hopefully they'll be able to invest their time into Nier: Automata as i think that's all they have this year.
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