CET is the timezone of France, I think I would know what time it is where I am right now9am CET was 27 minutes ago.
The current time zone in France is CEST not CET. You forgot daylight saving time. Its currently 8.31 CET.
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Puppeteer |OT| $40, No Strings Attached
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The current time zone in France is CEST not CET. You forgot daylight saving time. Its currently 8.31 CET.
heliconsoul
Member
I do get the feeling this won't sell well, which is a terrible shame. Coming out so close to GTAV is going to be a death sentence.
That said, I pre-ordered so I've done my bit I suppose!
ebullientprism
Member
Does anyone know what the 3D in this is like? Do the visuals take a significant hit like many other games?
WrenchNinja
Member
Jesus Sony, you fucked up by not pushing this more. Looks way more interesting than Knack.
Anyway, great review. The power up thing sort of reminds me of Mario in how you would need to come with specific power up from other levels to find secrets and you lose them in a similar way.
My preorder is ready, cant wait.
nailbombxx
Member
And word of mouth.
That's too bad. And unlike 101 this was actually promoted quite well in Japan.
Puppeteer would have actually sold pretty well as a PS4 launch title I think. It might still sell well on PS3. Sly 4 was a similar deal with a lower price and I remember that profited somewhat.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Ugh, I hate games that do this. I get that they don't want to put a manual in the box but at least don't mess up the boxart with this crap.
I rarely double dip but figured what the hell. I had a tidy sum on my PSN account which I had hoped to use during the Summer Festival sale, but that was a colossal bust and sales since haven't exactly been all that great either.
3D is great... best 3D I have ever seen in a videogame.. the visuals are the same in 3D as they are without 3D. I played the game on a 42" LG 3D Tv with passive 3D, and it looked amazing. My youngest daughter watched me sometimes, and asked if she could touch the stuff that came out of the TV. ;o)
ohh and my review is up in 5 min.
Gamekult gave it a 7/10, mostly because of a meh/unoriginal gameplay (or so they say, they also gave TW101 a lolworthy 6/10):
http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/test-puppeteer-J3050053500t.html#ps3
http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/test-puppeteer-J3050053500t.html#ps3
PsihoPerihelion
Member
This should be the PS4's family friendly game for launch. Knack looks like Cerny's pet project and like a very, very underwhelming one. On the other hand, Puppeeter looks fraking fantastic. Don't dun goof on me, Sony!
Miles Quaritch
Member
Our review is up, no time to do a full translation but you get our conclusion and more importantly all our videos
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_we_reviewed_puppeteer-14583_en.html
Driftwood liked it quite a lot!
Wow, nice to see it mostly killing it in reviews. I haven't played the demo, but complaining about it having unoriginal gameplay when someone who has played it compared it to DCKR is just wrong on so many levels.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Hey, Knack looks great. It's a pure old school platformer from the same school as Crash, Croc, Spyro, etc. Give it a chance before completely writing it off, I think it will turn out to be one of the must own titles at launch.
My review..
90/100 http://translate.google.dk/translat...eldelser/1-spil/319-anmeldelse-puppeteer.html
great piece of entertainment, took me by surprise.
90/100 http://translate.google.dk/translat...eldelser/1-spil/319-anmeldelse-puppeteer.html
great piece of entertainment, took me by surprise.
DJmizuhara
Member
Meh/unoriginal gameplay? Does not compute!
megaspiderweb
Banned
This game should be a cross generation tittle between the PS Vita, PS3 and PS4. This game is just too good to bomb so badly
PsihoPerihelion
Member
I hope so. I miss the good ol' platformers, but Knack has not made a good impression on me. Don't think I wish ill on the game, let alone on Cerny. It's just that Puppeeter looks like something special while Knack looks more like a hit-or-miss throwback, but that's just my opinion. I wish both games do more than well.
WrenchNinja
Member
I hope it does well. In all of the PS4 hype, I hope titles like this don't get forgotten in the wayside.
I've played Knack, and while I think it's pretty fun and agree that people are underselling it, this just seems so much more compelling to me.
Puppeteer feels like one of those gem of titles you would really remember fondly from childhood. Seems like it has so much more personality, love and care and from what we can see, the gameplay is pretty good too.
Vinterbird
Member
Conceptually creativity does not equal creative gameplay. It's a platformer that is not super duper inventive, but very solid and fun.
I really loved Puppeteer. I was about to give it a perfect score in my review.. but then I decided to try some acts again, and it dawned on me that I had been fooled a bit by the fantastic graphics and presentation.. the core gameplay is fun and works great, but there is enough of it.. to me it seemed like 50% playing the game and 50% watching the amazing act that is Puppeteer... and while the gameplay is great, there is a little to much emphasis on button mashing. You have to press square rappidly to fly with the scissors, and other buttons rappidly to do other stuff..
But Puppeteer is an amazing expirience, that you have to see to understand.
But Puppeteer is an amazing expirience, that you have to see to understand.
Kenshin001
Member
Don't know why, the game seems to be reviewing really well, but I've had almost zero interest in the game. Really think it should have been a spin off of LBP as at least that game has some brand recognition.
Access Verdict.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHnCDe3Mqs
Acquiescence
Member
Pretty stellar reviews for the most part, as per expected! *place smiley grin emoticon right here*
Miles Quaritch
Member
Puppeteer does indeed look much better, but Knack seems to have a lot more old school magic to its gameplay. I guess it will come down to gameplay, but I see a lot of Crash, etc whenever I see a gameplay video of Knack and that excites me greatly.
Yeah, I can understand Puppteer turning out better as it's had a lot more focus than Knack (which might have suffered slightly due to Cerny doing so much), but I think it will turn out to be a great title and will be remembered as one of the better launch titles when we look back in a few years.
You forgot a "tiny" game called Gran Turismo 6.
Miles Quaritch
Member
No love for Rain? Tearaway?
Acquiescence
Member
He forgot Rain too. Tut tut tut.
Tearaway on PS3.? ... ;o)
Acquiescence
Member
Tearaway is N64-exclusive dude, not PS3-exclusive.
Miles Quaritch
Member
It's Vita, but still. Looks to be a great exclusive on a Sony platform and one that might transition to PS4 if it gets a sequel.
Damn, that's cold blooded.
Splash Wave
Member
Gosh, I'm a little concerned that the presentation is picking up the slack left by the gameplay. I'll probably keep my pre-order anyway, but that isn't what I was hoping for.
Gameplay is fine, it's a proper platformer.
BruiserBear
Banned
The giant Move logo on the front of the U.S box art already does a pretty good job of destroying any good box art.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Good God, that looks hideous.
That's how it should be done.
That's how it should be done.
TooOldForGames
Neo Member
Are the controls floaty like LBP? Or tight like a 2D Mario game or Super Meat Boy?
BruiserBear
Banned
Yup. SCEA employs someone specifically to fuck it up for the U.S version.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
more the later
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
Member
The worst part about that box art is that you can see the negative space that's being wasted up top where they could shift the art upward a bit and the cover wouldn't suffer for it at all. YET THEY STILL JUST LEFT IT AS IS!! Yes Sony, this is launching at a cheaper price point but that doesn't mean you should skimp on the quality of the cover!The giant Move logo on the front of the U.S box art already does a pretty good job of destroying any good box art.
Wow so I don't usually post that often, but this just made my day so I felt like I had to share this story on GAF.
I was on my way home from my university classes today and decided to stop by walmart with my girlfriend because we both had to pick up some random stuff for the weekend. While I was walking by the electronics, I noticed they had removed all of the glass cases that the games are usually locked behind and just walked a bit closer to look at what they had. (Not too sure why, but they were moving the whole department around and I think they have just chosen to get rid of them because of the hassle of constantly unlocking and locking them.) When I got to the PS3 section, I noticed this game sitting like right in the middle of the shelf and just quickly picked up a copy because I didn't know if it was actually supposed to be out there or not and was sure that the manager was going to notice it sooner or later and take it off because he was literally one or two shelfs over.
The only thing that I was worried about was it not being able to scan because of release date restrictions, so, preferring to take the honest route I asked the manager what the game was doing on the shelf since it wasn't supposed to be released until Tuesday. He told me that while he knew this, but because he saw my eyeing the game he decided that he would just wait until I made my decision to remove it off the shelf, and that if I wanted the game he would sell it to my right now since it was on display. I was actually so shocked since these things don't usually happen for me, but the manager was so nice about it...I'm sure he must have been the head of the department or a manager of the store or something, but then he was also talking to me about him wanting to play the game as well and hoping that it sells well. It was just so surprising that somebody in Walmart actually knew what they were talking about and at the same time sold me the game pretty early.
Definitely made my day. Just got home so I will hopefully be loading it up in an hour or so and am definitely willing to answer any questions that anybody has about the game? I don't know too much and am going in pretty blindly, so I don't know if I will actually be any help or not but whatever haha.
I was on my way home from my university classes today and decided to stop by walmart with my girlfriend because we both had to pick up some random stuff for the weekend. While I was walking by the electronics, I noticed they had removed all of the glass cases that the games are usually locked behind and just walked a bit closer to look at what they had. (Not too sure why, but they were moving the whole department around and I think they have just chosen to get rid of them because of the hassle of constantly unlocking and locking them.) When I got to the PS3 section, I noticed this game sitting like right in the middle of the shelf and just quickly picked up a copy because I didn't know if it was actually supposed to be out there or not and was sure that the manager was going to notice it sooner or later and take it off because he was literally one or two shelfs over.
The only thing that I was worried about was it not being able to scan because of release date restrictions, so, preferring to take the honest route I asked the manager what the game was doing on the shelf since it wasn't supposed to be released until Tuesday. He told me that while he knew this, but because he saw my eyeing the game he decided that he would just wait until I made my decision to remove it off the shelf, and that if I wanted the game he would sell it to my right now since it was on display. I was actually so shocked since these things don't usually happen for me, but the manager was so nice about it...I'm sure he must have been the head of the department or a manager of the store or something, but then he was also talking to me about him wanting to play the game as well and hoping that it sells well. It was just so surprising that somebody in Walmart actually knew what they were talking about and at the same time sold me the game pretty early.
Definitely made my day. Just got home so I will hopefully be loading it up in an hour or so and am definitely willing to answer any questions that anybody has about the game? I don't know too much and am going in pretty blindly, so I don't know if I will actually be any help or not but whatever haha.
TooOldForGames
Neo Member
None of the above
More like Klonoa. Not floaty but there's also no momentum.
Thanks! That's exactly what I wanted to know. I'll be keeping my eye out for a NA demo.
Nice, enjoy it and please post impressions