I pre-emptively avatarquoted me before people would do it. I just find it stupid. What is it supposed to mean? I have a Mario avatar so I only like Nintendo games? Come on. Gravity Rush and Sound Shapes are both "artsy" games. People like them in advance because they are pretty but it is obvious to me that the gameplay is/will be repetitive. Even Rhythm Heaven has more gameplay mechanics variety than Sound Shapes. The game will be okayish but you will have seen all the gameplay mechanics the game has to offer within 2 minutes.
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Sound Shapes |OT| A Game For Vita (and PS3)
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I pre-emptively avatarquoted me before people would do it. I just find it stupid. What is it supposed to mean? I have a Mario avatar so I only like Nintendo games? Come on. Gravity Rush and Sound Shapes are both "artsy" games. People like them in advance because they are pretty but it is obvious to me that the gameplay is/will be repetitive. Even Rhythm Heaven has more gameplay mechanics variety than Sound Shapes. The game will be okayish but you will have seen all the gameplay mechanics the game has to offer within 2 minutes.
I wish I had your incredible sense of intuition.
Give the game a chance before completely writing it off.
Delusibeta
Banned
I expect you don't play any video games at all, then.
Cromulent_Word
Member
haters gonna hate gif required.
Delusibeta
Banned
lol People like Gravity Rush and Sound Shapes for completely different reasons! They are not both "artsy" games at all. I mean, they could be in your perspective, but still they are completely different games and it doesn't make sense to include them both on your argument there. Well, I see you already made up your mind, so I am pretty much wasting me time here, so keep on hating for the sake of hating, I guess. smh
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
From what you are saying, games like Tetris, Counter-strike, Chess, Katamari, Street Fighter 2, Mario, Shadow of The Colossus, Flower and Journey are all okayish cause we've already seen all the gameplay mechanics the game has to offer within 2 minutes, because they are repetitive, with some of them being "artsy". Right?!
Hunter-Zero
Member
So, following this description, rhythm games like beatmania, djmax, pop n music, taiko no tatsujin, etc... are just okayish (and repetitive) because you can grasp the gameplay mechanics within 2 minutes, right?
Canis lupus
Member
** Puts shield and helmet on **
Another game on Vita with style over substance. Like Gravity Rush. To each his own I guess.
I guess you just don't like new and innovative games.
Neuromancer
Member
Where can I sign up for the 'Fabrik's Reviews of Games Fabrik Hasn't Played' email newsletter?
You have an avatar from a game where you press right and a jump button to win the game, yet you call Sound Shapes shallow? It's all about the level design in platform games, and given that Sound Shapes not only gives you level design tools, it gives you a music editor WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS the levels & gameplay, there seems to be plenty enough depth for a platformer, especially in the hands of all the creative individuals who often flock to these kinds of games.
I do if they are fun. Hopefully Sound Shapes is, but we don't know yet. He has every right to be sceptical, as am I. And I've played a bit of the game.
I... Think about what you just said.
He is not skeptical, he is dismissive.
Don'tBeWeird
Member
Game looks and sounds phenomenal.
Go away Fabrik.
Go away Fabrik.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
August 2nd 2012 - trolls won
WrenchNinja
Member
Holy shit
Why would you do that?
Member
Well... I'd hate to jump on any sort of hate bandwagon, but looking at the videos in the OP alone, the game doesn't look very fun. As the developer in the first video said, it's not really about a video game-y challenge, but more the experience, which looks and sounds cool.
I understand and respect that, and I'd love to check out the game (and may do so on the PS3... Wish I still had my Vita
), but I can't see it being very fun for me at all. For those who really enjoy the experience in games, sure.
So I can see where Fabrik is coming from.
I understand and respect that, and I'd love to check out the game (and may do so on the PS3... Wish I still had my Vita
), but I can't see it being very fun for me at all. For those who really enjoy the experience in games, sure.So I can see where Fabrik is coming from.
My point being, you can call anything shallow if you simplify the game to its core. I don't see what makes Sound Shapes style over substance (just like Gravity Rush isn't, that game nails gravity control better than any game before it).
I agree with you. But that's not the point. The sound editor is amazing. The actual platforming will be poor and that's all that matters to me.
Which would be fine if the aesthetic didn't engage him. Games are a visual medium, after all. He'd be crazy, but whatever. The issue is with him claiming the game lacks substance.
See. Definitive, ignorant statements like that are what people are taking issue with.
Suddenly it doesn't lack substance, the platforming will 100% surely be poor. Please give us your crystal ball, although I don't pick up games I don't like often, I would still have saved a few euros if I had your prediction capabilities. Because people who've actually played this game say they enjoy it. Now you can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that this game will be shit. Yeah, excuse us if we don't take you seriously.
Dead Prince
Banned
Guys. just ignore him.
I think the platforming will lack substance and will be slow. It's an "experience" game, a glorified music editor. Everything I've seen from this game point to it. That's my main point and I think it's fair. And people saying Mario is about going right with a jump button. Do you really want me to list the number of actions you can perform in Mario 3 for instance?
Please, no.
ShawnMcGrath
Dyad Developer
This game is pretty great
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
holy shit how the hell are you not banned. hahahahaha god damn** Puts shield and helmet on **
Another game on Vita with style over substance. Like Gravity Rush. To each his own I guess.
Dog Problems
Banned
It'd be cool if outside materials could be imported into the game. I'd love to see a Retro City Rampage themed level along with music to go with it. I only say that because Brian Provinciano seems so into the Vita and it seems like something he'd do.
seventynine
Member
Fabrik |OT| Clairvoyant Turtle Stomper.
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Really looking forward to this. The first videos sold me on the Vita so can't wait
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Really looking forward to this. The first videos sold me on the Vita so can't wait
Agent X
Member
Dog Problems
Banned
Nah, it'll be too repetitive. Style over substance.
dragonflys545
Member
Holy this games now for PS3 too? Damnn Day freaking 1 then.
I think that's because Hype is fun, whereas coming into a thread and spouting negativity just brings everybodie's mood down.
I agree that it's fair to call out those getting overly excited for a game they've never played, but I also know which one I'd prefer to be reading in game threads. My life is stressful enough at times to not want to get pissed off at trolls on the internet.
Let the hyping continue!
Also, I preordered this last night, so I can't wait to try it out. I also bought Malicious for the PS+ price, but haven't played much of it (fired it up for literally 3 or 4 minutes just to get a look at it).
I think Sound Shapes will be great for me to tool around with on the bus.
EDIT: And Gravity Rush was fricking awesome. I was hyped for that game, and it lived up to my expectations. There is a certain level of self control a gamer must exercise to avoid disappointment. I was super hyped for GR, but I was in the mindset that it wasn't going to be "teh best game evah!" So, when I played the game, I loved it to death, but understood and accepted it's flaws. I know where my mindset is at with Sound Shapes, so I'm not expecting to be disappointed in the end.
Daydream Sequence
Banned
Been waiting for this and Zen Pinball 2 to breathe some life into my dead Vita. Not sure what happened to Zen Pinball. It was supposed to be out in April, and then they said July. Still nothing. Can't wait for this.
Go away. Right now. Leave this thread and never come back. LEAVE THIS THREAD AND NEVER COME BACK
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I have yet to see you make an initial post in any thread that wasn't either a deliberate troll or attention whoring. If you make other kinds of posts where you don't try to open with "hey guys, look at me, I'm Mr. Disagree", I regret that I haven't had the good fortune to experience one, and I humbly apologize.
panama chief
Member
Acquiescence
Member
If Fabrik ever came into a thread revolving around a Playstation exclusive and said something positive about it... then I must have missed it. His schtick is incredibly tiresome and forced by now.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Depending on the difficulty of the death mode, this looks like an easy platinum.
You won't find me saying anything bad in the Guacamelee thread
. I was instantly interested when I heard the concept around Sound Shapes but I was very disappointed when I saw the platforming and the action. We're on an Internet forum to share opinions right?Chû Totoro
Member
I have to agree with this post. I won't be as radical as Fabrik regarding the way the platforming will be implemented in the game because I think that we have seen a very low part of the possibilities of the game but after seeing a few videos the platforming parts coud seem a little bit slow and not really challenging. I mean that this seems to be very basic.You won't find me saying anything bad in the Guacamelee thread
Of course the purpose of the game is to offer a whole new concept but by counting on the creativity of the community not on the basics gamlay mecanics and levels we had seen for now...
So like him I'm interrested but intrigued by what will be the final possibilities.
Also we are in fact here to different point of vue so we all should be open minded and tolerate different opinions than ours. It doesn't seem to be simple trolling here and he clearly expose his arguments... Valuable or not the debate is here and that's it.
The blogpost compared it to Dyad, so I don't think it's as easy as it looks