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The Official Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Thread
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Randy Lanzarote
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One thing that looks annoying is those aerial attacks from the gruntbots, it doesn't look like you can defend yourself against them.
Unless there is some sort of Tesla Coil attachment I haven't seen yet
Unless there is some sort of Tesla Coil attachment I haven't seen yet
The Spacepope
Member
That's fucking Weldar from B-T! Awesome!Kuroyume said:
Zoso
It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.
Video looks awesome. But I'm hoping some of the challenges aren't timed. I'm not a huge fan of being timed in games, and while I know that's how they're ranking what your reward is, it still kind of bothers me.
Without the timing, the challenges seem reminiscent of BK & BT, which is good. It's going to be interesting to see what my opinion is on this game. I'm pretty sure I'll like it, but sometimes it's hard to say. I'm still excited about it for the simple fact that it's the return of Banjo Kazooie. That in itself excites me the most.
Without the timing, the challenges seem reminiscent of BK & BT, which is good. It's going to be interesting to see what my opinion is on this game. I'm pretty sure I'll like it, but sometimes it's hard to say. I'm still excited about it for the simple fact that it's the return of Banjo Kazooie. That in itself excites me the most.
IGN review- 8.3
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/927/927091p1.html
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/927/927091p1.html
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
That was awesome.Kuroyume said:
Revelations
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Log4Girlz said:
Nah, thats still alright. IGN however was still against the change to the play mechanic from the jump. Im more interested in what the overall gaming community thinks. And so far its positive.
Psychotext
Member
IGN review is in the range I'm expecting from most (8.0 to 8.5). Do all games really have to score 9+ these days or they're rubbish?
Kill Your Masters
Member
The conclusion sounds like it could have been taken out of a Viva Pinata review.watkinzez said:
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Deleted member 30609
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Good score. I can't wait to play the full game. I want to create me some vehicles without being limited by the demo's limited options. Basically I want this game so that I can have a couple of "sandboxes" in which to play with my newly created toys.
laceystorm
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team xbox review is up: http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1613/BanjoKazooie-Nuts-and-Bolts/p1/
7.4
7.4
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Graphics - 7.7
wtf? Unless the game suffers from extensive and persistent frame-drops (blim?) I can't understand giving it a 7.7.....
wtf? Unless the game suffers from extensive and persistent frame-drops (blim?) I can't understand giving it a 7.7.....
Nice score.laceystorm said:
In a parallel universe.
Maybe now, Rare will go away and work on giving gamers what they actually really wanted in the first place? A proper, story-driven Banjo platformer. Hopefully we won't have to wait another 2-3 years for whatever Rare come up with next, Banjo or not.
That aside, I completely understand that some people like the sandbox genre and vehicle creation, and completely understand that they like this game regardless. But I hope they can also understand why so many people are disappointed.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
kinggroin said:
*shakes fist in air*
You'd better run! Or I'll track you down in my Heli-sea-plane car.
Or they'll move on because they realise most of you will never be pleased no matter what they produce. Time to break out the new IP Rare, nobody wants your vision for Banjo apparently.pswii60 said:
They already tried "traditional" Banjo and to them it felt stale. And we all know what comes out when the developers hearts aren't in a project. Utter shit.
Littleberu
Banned
It is sad that some people will be turned off because of a number in reviews.
The game is awesome.
The game is awesome.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
I get the impression that the TXB graphical mark has more to do with the fact the graphics are cutesy and kiddy, rather than gritty and bloodstained. If they can give a 9.9 to Gears Of War 2 for graphics whilst complaining of texture pop-in and dips in framerate and a 7.7 to Banjo then.... bah.
I booted up the game to show it off to a friend the other day, he laughed when I said it had some of the finest graphics I'd seen. Obviously a cartoony game can't have great graphics..... I did enjoy the moment he let out a gasp as the camera panned back to show Showdown Town in all its glory.
I booted up the game to show it off to a friend the other day, he laughed when I said it had some of the finest graphics I'd seen. Obviously a cartoony game can't have great graphics..... I did enjoy the moment he let out a gasp as the camera panned back to show Showdown Town in all its glory.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
scored about as I expected it would, no surprises here
still, I will try the game before forming a concrete opinion
still, I will try the game before forming a concrete opinion
Martial Loh
Member
Whilst im raring (lol) to buy this, I'm held back by the UK's full price status of £40. Thats loads more than the American price!
I'll bite at the fairer-yet-still-pricy £30, but not till then I'm afraid.
I'll bite at the fairer-yet-still-pricy £30, but not till then I'm afraid.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Martial Loh said:
Same here, Zavvi have it for £35 with the BK code but.... given the prices of 360 games in Sainsbury's recently I wonder if this might turn out to be another £30 game :/
Kill Your Masters
Member
I'm also thinking about waiting a bit, but even if the price drops for 30, there is still BK for XBLA. I want that game too, so paying 40 now, or 40 later (for cheaper BK3 and BK XBLA) is kinda the same. I'll guess I'll just stick with the preorder. Need moar colorful games on the 360sionyboy said:
Psychotext
Member
Well... at least I know where never to look for my graphics impressions from now on.
Woffls
Member
That TXB review was a crock of shit if the summary is any indicator...
7.7 for visuals? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
"The lack of dialogue" - oh shut the fuck up, it's part of the the charm of the game, does anyone REALLY care about voice acting? Lack of dialogue = 7.0? Bullshit. Honestly, I'd probably get really pissed off at Banjo's voice.
"Theres solid depth to the gameplay, and myriad collectibles to find and acquire, though a lot of its durability comes from some try-fail-retry challenges." - Ton of stuff to collect, solid depth... 7.2... how?
This comment worries me: "The main issue is that there are a ton of games out this holiday season that are fun from start to finish" how much did they try to represent this in the final score?
A fool could have predicted that, regardless of how good this game was going to be, It wouldn't score well.
/rantastic
7.7 for visuals? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
"The lack of dialogue" - oh shut the fuck up, it's part of the the charm of the game, does anyone REALLY care about voice acting? Lack of dialogue = 7.0? Bullshit. Honestly, I'd probably get really pissed off at Banjo's voice.
"Theres solid depth to the gameplay, and myriad collectibles to find and acquire, though a lot of its durability comes from some try-fail-retry challenges." - Ton of stuff to collect, solid depth... 7.2... how?
This comment worries me: "The main issue is that there are a ton of games out this holiday season that are fun from start to finish" how much did they try to represent this in the final score?
A fool could have predicted that, regardless of how good this game was going to be, It wouldn't score well.
/rantastic
funkmastergeneral
Banned
Woffls said:
I care about voice acting since I can't read the text on the screen
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
funkmastergeneral said:
but it would be in British accent! Then people would complain how British accents are hard to listen to
gnarkill bill
Member
7.7 for visuals is ridiculous. Just from playing the demo I can easy say its one of the very best Ive seen on the 360.
pr0cs
Member
Woffls said:
TXB can be a good site for previews and exclusive interviews but for reviews it sucks, always has. They're not objective at all and put their opinion in almost everything they write for the review. You'd be crazy to base any of your buying decisions solely on TXB reviews.
That being said I'm not surprised the game is scoring in the low 80s. Like all the Rare games on the 360 (minus PDZ) their games have a serious identity crisis. VP and N&B 'look' and 'feel' like a kids game but there is no way you could expect a kid to play them and be productive. Both games require some serious gaming to actually get anywhere in the game. Kameo was also similar, it looked cutesy but the game was pretty violent and to get the A ranks you needed to invest some pretty serious time perfecting your skills.
I love Rare but I have to question who they are targeting N&B to. This is why I think it will suffer in scores, it tries to be everything to everyone and in the end has a VERY small demographic that will truly enjoy the game to it's fullest extent.
The intro and tutorial sections of the game are far more involved than what you'll have experienced in the demo. I found Banjo's learning curve very gentle indeed and there is definitely a progression in terms of the challenges you face from easy to more tricky when played in sequence. At the start of the game, very little vehicle editing is necessary - the further you get into the game, the more useful it becomes and the more adept you become at it. The game doesn't chuck people in at the deep end, far from it - of that much I can assure you.TheFightingFish said:
Please follow this link, quoted below for ease of reference:pr0cs said:
George K. said:
My videos are up:
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7299_en.html
Last video shows the first 4 environments. As far as I know they had all been shown before, but you never know...
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7299_en.html
Last video shows the first 4 environments. As far as I know they had all been shown before, but you never know...