thelastword
Banned
The statement about change is true and I did give reasons why I said so, obviously everybody is not going to have the same opinion on things.
Let's be honest here, these companies are in the business of making games in an effort to distribute as many copies as possible. NG as a franchise has never been a top seller in the vein of something like DMC, it has been considered more hardcore, however I'm not sure these hardcores alone are giving Tecmo the returns they need. They have now added multiplayer which will give the game some longevity aside from weapon runs, karma runs etc.. as in prior games in the series, they changed some moves (flying swallow), changed the gameplay a bit (sword on bones, kunai climb, health system, upgrades, ninpo), they focused on the story a bit more. Looking at these videos, the games is just as fast, maybe even faster than previous games. I dont see a reason to run red yet. If Hayashi improves the netcode on NG3 I think the multiplayer could be really fun amongst good players and regular players alike.
The point is, this is NG3, for a new game in the series, it's important that things needed to take a turn away from the traditional formula as there's no guarantee that the existing formula would give tecmo the returns it needs for this game. I'm sure that the same way there are persons who have played the game and come out disappointed, there will be persons with opposite opinions, we should just wait to play it and see how our opinions pan out.
I bought a 360 back in the day because I could get NG2 for a measly 9.99, that wasn't too far after it hit stores however. If Tecmo needed to keep this franchise alive, they had to do things differently, with Itagaki gone and the exclusive nature of the franchise at that time, I'm not sure NG2 on it's own did all that well for Tecmo. Expanding the franchise to more players and making the game fun for more people would have had to be naturally prioritized.
In essence, I'm looking forward to this new game, I'm not expecting a perfect game, but I do think some of the changes are being balooned negatively out of proportion. There are only swords in the game, let us see why, maybe the director wanted us to experience the game like this at first play or have tailored the game and story primarily to the dragon sword. In any case, new weapons have been confirmed as free dlc, so alternative weapon runs seems plausible. In the end NG games dont keep getting made because the same 100 pros who play it a million times mastering every mechanic find it the best action game ever, they need to sell these game to more people, however they have not alienated the hardcore either, they've simply given us a new way to play with new mechanics, perhaps that will bring folks who did not like the previous entries into the series. Things do evolve don't they?
Let's be honest here, these companies are in the business of making games in an effort to distribute as many copies as possible. NG as a franchise has never been a top seller in the vein of something like DMC, it has been considered more hardcore, however I'm not sure these hardcores alone are giving Tecmo the returns they need. They have now added multiplayer which will give the game some longevity aside from weapon runs, karma runs etc.. as in prior games in the series, they changed some moves (flying swallow), changed the gameplay a bit (sword on bones, kunai climb, health system, upgrades, ninpo), they focused on the story a bit more. Looking at these videos, the games is just as fast, maybe even faster than previous games. I dont see a reason to run red yet. If Hayashi improves the netcode on NG3 I think the multiplayer could be really fun amongst good players and regular players alike.
The point is, this is NG3, for a new game in the series, it's important that things needed to take a turn away from the traditional formula as there's no guarantee that the existing formula would give tecmo the returns it needs for this game. I'm sure that the same way there are persons who have played the game and come out disappointed, there will be persons with opposite opinions, we should just wait to play it and see how our opinions pan out.
I bought a 360 back in the day because I could get NG2 for a measly 9.99, that wasn't too far after it hit stores however. If Tecmo needed to keep this franchise alive, they had to do things differently, with Itagaki gone and the exclusive nature of the franchise at that time, I'm not sure NG2 on it's own did all that well for Tecmo. Expanding the franchise to more players and making the game fun for more people would have had to be naturally prioritized.
In essence, I'm looking forward to this new game, I'm not expecting a perfect game, but I do think some of the changes are being balooned negatively out of proportion. There are only swords in the game, let us see why, maybe the director wanted us to experience the game like this at first play or have tailored the game and story primarily to the dragon sword. In any case, new weapons have been confirmed as free dlc, so alternative weapon runs seems plausible. In the end NG games dont keep getting made because the same 100 pros who play it a million times mastering every mechanic find it the best action game ever, they need to sell these game to more people, however they have not alienated the hardcore either, they've simply given us a new way to play with new mechanics, perhaps that will bring folks who did not like the previous entries into the series. Things do evolve don't they?
