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The Official Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Thread
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This is stupid amazing
Mango Positive
Member
JSnake said:
Let's not be hasty... Crysis is fucking amazing looking. I do expect to have more fun with Banjo, however.
PataHikari
Banned
The first game that actually makes me appreciate the power of the 260.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Why do you think they have to help out the likes of Bungie and Turn 10?Hypertrooper said:
Psychotext
Member
They're in the Fable 2 credits too.cjelly said:Why do you think they have to help out the likes of Bungie and Turn 10?
(Saying that, so are Turn 10 I think)
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Ah, I didn't finish Fable 2 yet.Psychotext said:They're in the Fable 2 credits too.
(Saying that, so are Turn 10 I think)
So people are loving this game for how it looks?
I see lots of comments like, oh the missions/challenge suck, but DAY ONE!!!
I wish I could love the game like alot of you guys are I really do. It so beautiful and colourful, but I found the game parts so horribly broken. It's like I'm playing a different game. Biggest dissapointment this year for me. Another Spore where the focus on the allowing the player to create stuff was put ahead of decent gameplay mechanics.
I see lots of comments like, oh the missions/challenge suck, but DAY ONE!!!
I wish I could love the game like alot of you guys are I really do. It so beautiful and colourful, but I found the game parts so horribly broken. It's like I'm playing a different game. Biggest dissapointment this year for me. Another Spore where the focus on the allowing the player to create stuff was put ahead of decent gameplay mechanics.
We're given so little to play with and yet its still so much fun. The gameplay is there, its down to the challenges and how intelligent they are.
Im not going to cry over the demo challenges though, as its most likely targeted for beginers with minimal options for customisation.
This has the potential to be one of Rare's best games
Im not going to cry over the demo challenges though, as its most likely targeted for beginers with minimal options for customisation.
This has the potential to be one of Rare's best games
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
preordered, with BK code, but not expecting anything mindblowing. This won't be Galaxy 2, for sure
I hope it plays at least decently
graphics are great, never questioned Rare's ability to squeeze the crap outta consoles
I hope it plays at least decently
graphics are great, never questioned Rare's ability to squeeze the crap outta consoles
Psychotext
Member
In a way I didn't like the demo, but the thing is... I know I'll like the full game much more. Why?Surfheart said:
Because every single thing I do in the demo, every hard set of jumps, every thing I design etc I'll have to do again in the full game. But it wont matter there... because I'm progressing.
It's the same reason I wouldn't touch the LBP beta.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
WTF? Where did you preorder? I didn't get a code yet. I ordered from one of the participating retailers and they claimed the bonuses weren't all spoken for yet, but did I just get fucked?Adent said:I have my Banjo Kazooie code but it doesn't work.
gnarkill bill
Member
Adent said:I have my Banjo Kazooie code but it doesn't work.
It wont work until after Nuts and Bolts ships.
A page I came across:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/bknutsandbolts/20080820-preorder.htm
They make it sound like we'll be getting the original game earlier and not just the code. Anyway, there's the release date.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/b/bknutsandbolts/20080820-preorder.htm
They make it sound like we'll be getting the original game earlier and not just the code. Anyway, there's the release date.
Shadowlink
Member
I heard we unlock the xbla game when Banjo nuts and bolts releases, and that is 2 weeks before the release of the xbla banjo.Kuroyume said:
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
does anyone get the "toy commander" feel when playing the demo (a good feeling btw)?
I do, I think its cause the world is so big and your controlling vehicles that control kinda crappy.....ala toy commander
I know that sounds bad, but its actually great, because toy commander was the shit
I do, I think its cause the world is so big and your controlling vehicles that control kinda crappy.....ala toy commander
I know that sounds bad, but its actually great, because toy commander was the shit
autobzooty
Member
I'm super psyched for this game, but my complaint since the beginning has been that perhaps Banjo wasn't the proper franchise to try this idea out on. I can see this being more of a Conker thing, or perhaps another Rare character that hasn't gotten their own game yet. Tiptup's Nutz and Boltz sounds better to me, and I would probably be less skeptical, on the whole. Meanwhile we could be playing Banjo-Threeie.
This game just doesn't seem to fall into the "adventure" genre, like the previous games did, and that's kind of a shame. But hey, I can't complain too much. It's still obviously a phenomenal game.
As far as presentation and graphics and music and style go, they hit the nail on the head. This is Banjo-Kazooie. It FEELS like Banjo-Kazooie. And perhaps in the end, that's more important than being able to do the flip-flap jump.
This game just doesn't seem to fall into the "adventure" genre, like the previous games did, and that's kind of a shame. But hey, I can't complain too much. It's still obviously a phenomenal game.
As far as presentation and graphics and music and style go, they hit the nail on the head. This is Banjo-Kazooie. It FEELS like Banjo-Kazooie. And perhaps in the end, that's more important than being able to do the flip-flap jump.
BrodiemanTTR
Member
Played the demo. This is not Banjo-Kazooie. I don't know what this is, but it's not Banjo-Kazooie. Or fun.
Private Hoffman
Banned
BrodiemanTTR said:
I was really looking forward to Banjo Kazooie: N&B. Playing the demo is really depressing for me. I went in with an open mind and all, but I think the core gameplay is really a step back.
They said that the conventional gameplay felt "stale" when they tried to develop the game initially, but I don't understand that complaint. Mario Galaxy never felt stale or dated to me. There's a lot of potential here.
I don't find the vehicle/mini-game gameplay to be very fun at all. In fact, I find the gameplay of this game to be VERY stale. It's very frustrating trial/error gameplay with poor controls and I can definitely see the missions getting repetitive throughout the entire game.What makes it worse is that while I find the gameplay to be extremely lackluster, the presentation and Banjo charm is all there. It's like such a cocktease. I waited so long for the next Banjo, and what I ended up getting was a major step backwards (instead of the intended step forwards) for the series.
I'm going to skip BK and probably pick up Viva Pinata 2 in its place.
What makes you think they would have been developing another Banjo game simultaneously if they chose to use a different IP for this one? They said they tried making a traditional Banjo game and it felt stale. They would've moved onto something else.autobzooty said:
It felt stale to me. I'm one of the few people that was horribly disappointed with Galaxy and although I'm still not feeling Nuts and Bolts entirely I'm willing to give the full game the benefit of the doubt. I think the game will really open up and shine once you've unlocked multiple areas and a lot more vehicle parts.Private Hoffman said:
autobzooty
Member
saunderez said:
Why do you think it feels stale? What are you playing instead of the would-be traditional Banjo?
A lot of companies innovate for the sake of innovation and Nintendo is more guilty of this than anyone. We never get Super Mario 64 2 or Mario Sunshine 2. They always have to reinvent the entire series before the release another one, when all I really want is some new levels on the same engine.
Rare always filled that gap by creating quality "Mario clones" back in the day with Banjo, Tooie, DK64, stuff like that. I wish they would just do that but maximize the potential of the current generation. I don't think that would be stale.
Me and my friends love it. We're building all kinds of crazy vehicles, boats, UFO's etc.. The platform parts are still there, just try to climb on top of LOG's arcade machine. There's plenty of platforming in this game but isn't the real gameplay objective anymore. The challenges in the demo are simple but I've seen vids with better challenges. I agree that it isn't a regular Banjo Kazooie game anymore, but I don't think that's a bad thing because the vehicle gameplay works way better than I expected and it allows for bigger worlds. The only complaint I have are the voices, Captain Blubber doesn't burp no more!
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
saunderez said:
abacab driver
Banned
Blimblim said:I think I've spent something like 3 hours just exploring the city. I only have 12 jiggies or so
Damn.
Can't wait to get my hands on the finished game.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
This is what attracts me to the game more than anything. Just playing around with the vehicles in the different locales and exploring the hub world.Blimblim said:I think I've spent something like 3 hours just exploring the city. I only have 12 jiggies or so
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
So?Surfheart said:
How about we judge the game based on what it is, rather than what it isn't.
Psychotext
Member
You do realise not everyone rated it, right?lancubap said:
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I get the feeling that the vehicles would have made a better fit in a straight up action game. They could have ressurected the Jet Force license and the 360 would then have its answer to Ratchet.
I also think, in the long term, Banjo N&B will sink or swim on its multiplayer options alone.
I also think, in the long term, Banjo N&B will sink or swim on its multiplayer options alone.