Retro Studios - What do you think they do next?
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Myoclonic Jerk
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I'm sure its not a Metroid game ..
or is it ?
or is it ?
Myoclonic Jerk
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masud said:
Odnetnin said:I hope it something new and not a FPS
you could NEVER please GAFers
olimario said:
yes. Samus is a bounty hunter. Make her go hunt monsters for once and then at some point the story congregates and becomes a mission to save the world or something. Maybe even :O maybe her upgrades purchasble ala RE4. How many times can we play recover the powerup without thinking.... "urrrhhh" The 3D metroids actually made it very transparent that they had to find reasons to strip Samus of her powers.
She should be space hopping instead of getting locked down on planets + spaceships. After so many Metroid titles, the franchise needs a bit of a change.
Prince of Space
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I'm betting on 2 projects from Retro: MP3, and a new title -- possibly a revamped Raven Blade.
Jade Knight 08
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If it is Metroid Prime 3 then i want them to return to the original formula. MP 2: Echoes felt like it was all in "one temple". That's not what i want.
What i want is the very same thing what they did with Metroid Prime. Example like: Chozo Ruins, Phendrana Drifts, Tallon Overworld. You're in a completely different atmosphere. It felt like you traveling to different places.
What i want is the very same thing what they did with Metroid Prime. Example like: Chozo Ruins, Phendrana Drifts, Tallon Overworld. You're in a completely different atmosphere. It felt like you traveling to different places.
SantaC
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Pimpbaa said:
Well they have made 2 games. That's not a lot in this industri. There are many developers that have done 3-4 games in a row of the same franchise this generation. Why don't you bitch at R* for their GTA games?
I would like to see a Metroid Prime triology before they stop working with it.
soundwave05
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If they could come up with a great new FPS franchise for the Revolution's launch, it would be huge for Nintendo and could maybe even be the defining title for the system's launch.
But the Metroid franchise IMO is holding them back. You can't really do a full blown multiplayer mode and the series is too slow paced to be an all-out FPS, which tend to be bigger crowd pleasers.
But the Metroid franchise IMO is holding them back. You can't really do a full blown multiplayer mode and the series is too slow paced to be an all-out FPS, which tend to be bigger crowd pleasers.
soundwave05
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Well the other problem is unless Geist turns out great, Nintendo really has no other great FPS developer, and this is still an important genre. You look at what GoldenEye did for the N64 and what Halo did for the XBox.
What I'd like to see is Retro make an all-out original FPS franchise which uses the Revolution's new type of control interface in a good way.
What I'd like to see is Retro make an all-out original FPS franchise which uses the Revolution's new type of control interface in a good way.
soundwave05
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Monk said:
Thing is though, if you can come up with a great FPS, especailly early on in the console's life cycle, it can be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE for your platform.
I mean Nintendo needs as much help as they can get with the 16-35 year-old demographic as is. If Retro could give them a million seller FPS franchise, it could really give the Revolution at least a fighting chance in North America and Europe beyond the Nintendo fans.
Raven Blade or something along those lines would be cool ... but a FPS should come first.
But really this shouldn't even be a debate, Retro should be expanded back to at least 2 or 3 teams.
soundwave05
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SantaCruZer said:
Meh, I think when you start to aim for that you get yourself in trouble (this is one of Nintendo's problems actually). Trying to please everyone with one formula, it just doesn't work.
For starters its going to be an uphill climb for Retro just to get a solid userbase for a game sold to the "older" demographic on a Nintendo console (see Resident Evil 4).
FacelessSamurai
..but cry so much I wish I had some
I wouldn't mind them doing a new Metroid game, but resurecting Raven Blade wouldn't be that bad of an idea either as I thought this game really had a lot of potential at first. But since the Metroid Prime franchise is quite popular then maybe Nintendo will want Retro to develop a game based on a existing franchise so that people recognize it as consumers are sometimes afraid of new things, especially at a console launch (or at least I think seeing as 1st parties always try to have the same franchises at the laucnh of their new consoles). But whatever they do I hope it's gonna be available at Revolution's launch.
Raven Blade was going to be an RPG of some sort...Akai said:
But really, I don't understand anyone that wants Raven Blade. All you saw were some creature designs, and by all reports the gameplay was an absolutely broken mess, hence the project being shelved. When I think about games I want, I'm focused on the gameplay, not some lifeless character models.
Anyway, I'm very, very sick of Metroid, so I'd like to see Retro dabble in something new. I couldn't even muster up interest in Echoes, but after Fusion, Prime and the weak Zero Mission, I'm done for a few years. This generation has burned me out on several Nintendo franchises...
soundwave05
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SantaCruZer said:wow that's a weak reply. I expected better from you
Nintendo games like smash bros, zelda and mario caters to all 3 regions. (NA, Europe and Japan) I really don't see your compliant.
What I think you have to do creatively is just make the best game you can, but when you start to get into stuff like "lets make a game for all three regions and for every age group!"
it can back fire.
The other interesting thing with Revolution is going to be whether or not the system can get any semblance of support from the 16-35 year old crowd who aren't Nintendo loyalists.
They've lost pretty much every "older skewing" franchise they've had the past five years ... no more Perfect Dark, Conker, Eternal Darkness, Star Wars, or Resident Evil (probably as good as gone).
Its going to be interesting to see how/if they fill this gap, and I don't think you can do it with a "one size fits all!" mentality. You gotta get specific. If the game takes off and becomes a huge hit in all three territories that's great, but that's after the fact.
With the next-generation, I think you're going to find out reaaaaaally quickly where each of the three console makers stands. The market is going to be really competetive.
FacelessSamurai
..but cry so much I wish I had some
If I remember correctly the project went downhill because one of the main guys responsible for it decided to leave but it isn't out of the question that Retro could rework it and put the game back on track. The videos we have seen (FMV) looked great and I think it got a lot of people interested.