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Tearaway |OT| Super Iota 64
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ThatStupidLion
Member
need this game - NAOW!
Coffee Dog
Banned
okay
Lol
Mario 64 is split pretty evenly into open segments and mario galaxy style linear segments. He was obviously addressing the open portions.
Unsurprisingly, a great portion of that game is not like that GIF. Thankfully, too, given the floaty controls, I found the exploration aspect of the game much more satisfying.
Really want this game. Can this be pre-ordered on PSN in US?
No digital preorder for US. You do get the preorder digital goodies if you buy it during the first week.
fallen_dawn
Member
I can't yet on my Vita because my payment hasn't gone through (they tried, but I had accidentally turned off automatic funding).
When I tried to download on my PS3, however, it was added to the queue, didn't actually see if it started downloading it though.
cause knack is ugly
Yeah getting the same message though I have enough in my wallet.
Initially wasn't going to pick this up until much later on but after playing it at the eurogamer expo, I had to bite. Game looked amazing and very fun.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Hmm, I might bite on PSN instead of going with retail. Thanks for the info.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
is there an embargo on this? getting a the zelda 3dsxl this week but i could be swayed to pick this up too by some good reviews. looks super dope.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
This really seems like it will be more of an action adventure game than a straight up platformer. Not that that's a problem. Gonna be fun switching between this and Zelda.
Embargo lifts this wednesday
I'm buying one as well, and I haven't been all Skyzard about it earlier either.
I won't say it's just for this game, it's a decision that has matured gradually with this being the tipping point
Let the magic of OLED compel you.
JStein0222
Member
Are we expecting the store to update at midnight for this going into Friday? (NA)
Also do we know what the PSN Avatars look like?
Also do we know what the PSN Avatars look like?
HassanJamal
Member
My man! I know there is customization to Iota and Atoi but dang it, how can I customize something like this:
Her design looks way nicer than Iota!
j0hnny_385
Member
Who ho! Friday can't come soon enough. Digital preorder armed and ready. \o/
Vinterbird
Member
It doesn't get super platforming nor actiony until the latter half of the game. So keep that in mind, because the early goings has a certain pace and rhythm to it.
Tizoc
Member
Transparent PNG:
JPEG (in case the PNG doesn't work):
Thanks~ Gonna ask my local shop to keep a copy for me unless the digital ver. isn't too big, I mean if it's 1-ish GB I'll just grab it off US PSN.
My man! I know there is customization to Iota and Atoi but dang it, how can I customize something like this:
Her design looks way nicer than Iota!
yeah, for sure.
anyone else really looking forward to the instagram feature? gonna upload some sweet pictures, get the game some exposure & do it with Atoi so the creator's see what a good idea it was making a cool female protaganist
maverick40
Junior Member
Nope. Soul sacrifice 2 maybe
With a football/soccer uniform?My man! I know there is customization to Iota and Atoi but dang it, how can I customize something like this:
Her design looks way nicer than Iota!
Tizoc
Member
Sure is!
The PS Vita is region free so you can always get US, Asia or JPN retail Vita games =)
Keep in mind that DLC is region locked though.
This coming February will have Dangan Ronpa 1 releasing in EU and US, a gripping Adventure/Visual Novel game.
Oh and Stick it to the man is releasing on Vita by December and is 8 Pounds on EU PSN for example.
Since you're a new Vita member, do you have PS Plus? Def. consider getting one since deleting a Vita game from your system also deletes the save data for it. Stupid oversight from Sony yeah, but with Plus you can back up your saves via the internet.
Either way, Vitas can only have 1 PSN account atm, so if you made an EU PSN account, def. check out the PSP library there are a bunch of good PSP games that look good and play good on the Vita, PSX games-wise, all EU PSX games are 50 Hz, with very few being 60 Hz.
The control customization for PSP and PSX games on the Vita is great though.
Aye, I've got a month of PS+ with it and will be subscribing. Was going to get it anyway after I found out you can queue up games from the webstore ready even if you don't own the console, so I was going to use it to stock up on PS4 games ready for whenever I decide to get the console, now I have double the incentive
Uncharted isn't my bag, but Oddworld and Gravity Rush have made it worth it already.Dangan Ronpa sounds interesting, I'll look out for that. Do PS+ games come back into rotation on Vita? Hoping some of the games I've missed come back (especially MGS).
Tizoc
Member
Aye, I've got a month of PS+ with it and will be subscribing. Was going to get it anyway after I found out you can queue up games from the webstore ready even if you don't own the console, so I was going to use it to stock up on PS4 games ready for whenever I decide to get the console, now I have double the incentive
Dangan Ronpa sounds interesting, I'll look out for that. Do PS+ games come back into rotation on Vita? Hoping some of the games I've missed come back (especially MGS).
Sadly no. Freebie offers expire on EU PSN at the end of each month.
If you're thinking of playing Virtue's Last Reward it is strongly suggested that you play it's predecessor, 999 which is on the NDS. Note that like the Vita, the NDS is region free~ Oh and join us at the Vita threads!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=707455
At any rate, post your impressions of the game once you've put time into Tearaway =D
There was a thread posted on here a while ago with 2014 releases and it's actually quite a lot of interesting games, way more than I thought there was going to be.
ThatStupidLion
Member
4 days. 4 days!
Her design looks way nicer than Iota!
Actually, her design is bad because it's too convoluted and clearly done in the last moment to satisfy some complexed feminist desire. Iota had potential, now it's another character you can't individualize.
I wasn't offended for having to play as Lara Croft or any other female character, stop forcing politically correct shit in games, we're not so dumb.
the hilarious part is that atoi is by far the favorite among vitagaf
the other funny bit is that like so many of your fedora wearing MRA kin, you think adding a female character somehow takes away something from the male players. in this case, you really think having players customize a girl instead of a boy reduces your ability to "idividualize" the character.
i think your sexual frustration / cognitive dissonance is showing
i've seen this a few times and i shake my head every time i read it. She is literally Itoi with boots instead of a wristband thing and hair. What makes Atoi so convoluted when Iota somehow isnt? Its like arguing Minnie Mouse is too convoluted compared to Mickey Mouse because she has a bow. Ridiculous.
the hilarious part is that atoi is by far the favorite among vitagaf
the other funny bit is that like so many of your fedora wearing MRA kin, you think adding a female character somehow takes away something from the male players. in this case, you really think having players customize a girl instead of a boy reduces your ability to "idividualize" the character.
i think your sexual frustration / cognitive dissonance is showing
So much wrong. First, I like men, second, I like female characters and I not only don't mind, but like to play as girls in videogames, and third, it's obviously not about the character not being male, it's about forcing its inclusion because apparently one of the female developers of Media Molecule thinks the role of women in the videogame industry would never be different if every character doesn't get a female version, which is the reason they added her according to what I've read.
Just don't try to make it look like I'm some MRA? (I just now discovered this) or something, I firmly believe in gender equality, it's just that this thing seems unnecessary and adds to the problem rather than help.
The hair doesn't fit, the whole design just doesn't feel right.
well if you truly want gender equality (even if you for some reason don't want an equal representation of genders, and are resentful towards a woman in a male dominated industry pushing for more inclusion of female characters) then it appears your only problem is that you have bad taste
i am a little curious as to how atoi's inclusion reduces the ability for you to "individualize" your character, though
Acquiescence
Member
I think it was pretty unnecessary to tack on a female version of the main character. It's not a gender thing - if Atoi was the first character to be revealed and they added in Iota later (could you imagine the shitstorm that would have caused!), my stance would remain the same. I just find it a tad worrying if we get this trend amongst mascot type characters, where their iconography and/or personality is stripped down in favour of trying to appease more people. Then again, maybe it doesn't matter much in Iota/Atoi's case, since it's a silent protagonist and thus doesn't have much of a personality in the first place.
And I honestly prefer Iota's design. The red frills don't gel.
I personally much prefer Iota (Atoi's design has grown on me since her reveal, but Iota still has the better design in my opinion), but I think it's a good idea to offer a gender choice to players, particularly when it makes no real difference to the story or character, as is the case here.
The customisation options look so diverse in the game that you can completely replace the character's faces and change their silhouette with decorations, so I don't really understand how having a female version has any real effect on individuality or mascot recognition. Also, I think the industry (at least outside of Nintendo which seems to do everything pretty differently anyway) has moved on from the idea of mascot characters for the most part. Iota and Atoi are the characters of Tearaway and are instantly recognisable as being from the game due to the distinctive art style (however they get customised) so I think that's all they need really.
The customisation options look so diverse in the game that you can completely replace the character's faces and change their silhouette with decorations, so I don't really understand how having a female version has any real effect on individuality or mascot recognition. Also, I think the industry (at least outside of Nintendo which seems to do everything pretty differently anyway) has moved on from the idea of mascot characters for the most part. Iota and Atoi are the characters of Tearaway and are instantly recognisable as being from the game due to the distinctive art style (however they get customised) so I think that's all they need really.
I was hoping you'd have more to say about a design you labelled as bad and "clearly rushed", seems more like you wanted to whine about "political correctness" instead.
Remove the hair and its literally Iota. Do you think Iota's design doesn't feel right? Is the hair the entire problem - would you be fine with different hair?
I really dont get how someone can see either of the two as significantly worse than the other. The differences are minor.
Why would someone want "equal representation of genders" in videogames statistically speaking? Why the hell should I tell someone who is creating a videogame that his/her character needs to change his/her gender? "There are enough males at the moment, make him a woman, we need to keep the balance". "We don't have enough male NPCs, quickly, throw in some guys".
Let the freaking developers do whatever they want with their characters. Did anybody complain because Faith was a woman? Did anyone think Skullgirls was offensive for male players? I sure didn't.
You don't get gender equality by making a 50/50 ratio in terms of characters' gender. You make your game with a female lead and players play as her without even wondering why there isn't a male version, that's where the equality is, not in this forced nonsense.
It would be different in a game where the character is basically a canvas, like in LBP or a RPG, but in this case they obviously wanted to make their own unique character, otherwise they would've called him "paperthing" or something like that.
"Individualize" wasn't about not being able to personalize my character clothes and stuff because there is a female version, the absurdity of that should've been enough to let you know that wasn't the case. It was about making a recognizable mascot type character like Mario. For more on this read Acquiescence post, he says exactly what I meant.
It's bad and convoluted because Iota's design is already a bit busy, adding the hair and the eyelashes just kills it. Clearly rushed because it's basically the same design except with hair and eyelashes. Two lines are enough.