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Basically I took the statement as a game with Platinum's action combined with the AAA scale & budget of games like Halo and Gears of War.
IGN:New Scalebound Details. Klobb: "Has potential to be Game of all Time"
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Basically I took the statement as a game with Platinum's action combined with the AAA scale & budget of games like Halo and Gears of War.
Frankensteiner
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Like what?
Online multiplayer. Jesus Christ. It's been their defining trait since they came into the damn industry.
Slamtastic
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Platinum Combat
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Open World?
Online Multiplayer?
Decent Story?
"Emergent" Gameplay?
I don't know what are MS' first party strengths at all.
I'd like the first and third added into the Platinum formula though, here's hoping the AAA budget and collaboration will lead to it.
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Open World?
Online Multiplayer?
Decent Story?
"Emergent" Gameplay?
I don't know what are MS' first party strengths at all.
I'd like the first and third added into the Platinum formula though, here's hoping the AAA budget and collaboration will lead to it.
justgames7604
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Didn't he say "his" game of all time.....
viveks86
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Ahhh Possible.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Scalebound needs all the attention it can get. But it's all for a good cause. They know Kamiya makes freaking spectacular games that don't sell. Clearly, he is trying to remedy that. But I think he is speaking more as a fan of Kamiya than anything. And for that, I don't blame him.
DATABASE DATABASE
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Sold.
Seriously though, I need some real details. Hope they show gameplay at E3.
/Dead
Mihael Mello Keehl
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When it comes out and reviews hit this whole thread will be eating crow. Cant wait
pretty different thing from a Sony official like Yoshida or Boyes saying before we know any gameplay features that the entire product will be the "game of all time"
iconoclast
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Shocking news: Kamiya's going to make an awesome game.
It's pretty obvious that it's going to be great given his track record. GOAT is obviously hyperbole, though (especially since none of his games are even in contention imo)
It's pretty obvious that it's going to be great given his track record. GOAT is obviously hyperbole, though (especially since none of his games are even in contention imo)
Final Verdict
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haha, yeah, we were talking about this in the TIC podcast thread.
He was very excited for it, and also said that crackdown development was going extremely well....
Reiterated that this is big year for rare, and that they have some surprise spring games unanounced (probably nothing too big), and Oh, I think he said Ori was Feb-March game.
He was very excited for it, and also said that crackdown development was going extremely well....
Reiterated that this is big year for rare, and that they have some surprise spring games unanounced (probably nothing too big), and Oh, I think he said Ori was Feb-March game.
viveks86
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Ok. You are probably right. No need to get so worked up though. lol
Unknown Soldier
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But have you SEEN Scalebound??
brandonh83
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After Wonderful 101, I wouldn't put this in the realm of impossibility.
KCroxtonJr
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seems legit
The Artisan
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Alright. What I'm gathering now is that mS seemingly just has bad PR or PR reps.
FamousAspect
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I hope so. I love Platinum's games and I'm dreaming what you've described is exactly what we get.
Spyder_Monkey
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A marketing head trying to sell his game? Gee how revolutionary.
loaf of bread
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You don't say.
U wat m8?
Which is different from Ken Lobb talking in a podcast with fans. It's not like he is screaming in a PR release, he just seems generally excited and got a carried away a bit in a casual podcast.
Jawmuncher
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One and done.
Platinum is good but talk like this already isn't a good thing.
Peoples expectations that fall in for this too quickly will never be satisfied.
Winterfang
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I want a other Bayonetta but better. If scalebound delivers then heck yes.
WHAT?
Coffee Dog
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Unless this plays very similarly to a previous game he's made, there is flat out no way it's going to be GOAT on a first entry.
Sure, but it's still major hyperbole. I mean, Lobb is a designer/director, so I understand that his hype might be more genuine than a figurehead like, say, Reggie Fils-Aime (who I personally can't stand in interviews), but it's still a really over-the-top statement.
3rdamention
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So you think it will be the highest reviewed game ever? It would pretty much have to be to be the "game of all time."
That's the corner you get backed into with quotes like this. Then, if the game does underwhelm, next time Lobb tries to hype something up, he gets laughed at with quotes like "yeah yeah just like Scalebound"
I just don't understand what you gain with quotes like this, Lobb is setting up huge expectations that aren't really fair to Platinum....
Storm Raider
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Every game has the potential to be one of the greatest of all time. It just matters how much the developer/publisher wants to pour into it.
semiconscious
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PeregrinSe7en
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i'd like to see a link where naughty dog or sony said exactly this.
don't keep me waiting too long.
Doug Heffernan
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well, i would've thought that statement makes it pretty obvious, eh?...
This wasn't a PR statement at all.
It was a podcast interview.
The article title is typical IGN clickbait bullshit.
not sure where I said yoshida or boyes would need to scream it in a PR statement for it to be a silly thing to say but OK! neat!
travisbickle
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There's a difference between a game reviewing well and being the "Game of all Time".
Remember the hype for Titanfall? Wasn't even the best reviewed game of the week it was released.
Final Verdict
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Nice XD
but seriously...
He means that it will be a great platinum game (as usual), but that they are helping them make it a lot more accessible to a mass western audience (hence more sales).
Also interesting to see that Platinum (he said) is "very self aware" about how their games get these great reviews everywhere, and people who play them love it, but that they never sell well.
That is why they went to MS to pitch the game (and yes it was them going to MS, not the other way around) which he was really delighted to have happen, because (he said) it has been a lifelong dream of his to work with Platinum.
Shyakugaun
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What a surprise, people overreacting
100% agree. Many aren't familiar with Platinum's games due to the reasons you've stated. If this statement will make some of them interested in Scalebound then there's nothing wrong with it -- all for a good cause (as you've said).
Yeah, Lobb is such a dick. Can't believe he would say such shit. Gamers should get really mad since we all know it really isn't going to be the game of all time. How could someone even say that on a podcast having a conversation with a fan?
This is sarcasm, in case it wasn't obvious.
Because when you want to let everyone know that your game is going to be the best of all time, you do so on a podcast with less than 2,000 subscribers that averages a few hundred views per video.
The context of this entire interview is lost when you extract quotes from it. It's very much an interview about Lobb's experiences within the industry, and a lot of questions are answered from a more personalized perspective.
Truly how unfortunate. Such statements are begging for critical backlash if the game fails to meet such an unreasonable target.
If you are going to get cocky and point towards the outfield seats, you better bring it like Babe Ruth. Given that Platinum is the developer, I would love to see them hit it out of the park but this is the last thing they need hanging over their development cycle.
If you are going to get cocky and point towards the outfield seats, you better bring it like Babe Ruth. Given that Platinum is the developer, I would love to see them hit it out of the park but this is the last thing they need hanging over their development cycle.