EDarkness said:Looks like a case of "be careful what you wish for". Perhaps it would have been better for Sega to just leave the game alone and just port the original. Perhaps Yuji Naka was right all along.
Jonnyram said:Impressions
Do you mean that some people like it and some people hate it? Because if so, I should warn you - I loved the Saturn game, and still hoping that the PS2 version rescues my nostalgia, but the Wii game is awful. Like I said, I may give it a bit more time to see if the game itself can hold its own, but my experience so far has been very, very bad.CurseoftheGods said:Doesn't look like that case at all. The game is getting reviews similar to that of the original.
Yeah, apart from having to catch that stupid bird. Oh, and the level designs are a little, hmm, suspicious. There are a lot of areas where you have to fly through a small gap, but there is so much movement above and below the height of that gate, that it can be difficult to find at times, with little visual cue. That happened a bit in the original too, I know, but it happens a lot more in this.y2kev said:But is the gameplay Nightsish?
Jonnyram said:Do you mean that some people like it and some people hate it? Because if so, I should warn you - I loved the Saturn game, and still hoping that the PS2 version rescues my nostalgia, but the Wii game is awful. Like I said, I may give it a bit more time to see if the game itself can hold its own, but my experience so far has been very, very bad.
Jonnyram said:Do you mean that some people like it and some people hate it? Because if so, I should warn you - I loved the Saturn game, and still hoping that the PS2 version rescues my nostalgia, but the Wii game is awful. Like I said, I may give it a bit more time to see if the game itself can hold its own, but my experience so far has been very, very bad.
Jonnyram said:Heads up... this game is awful, and Sega has raped my memories of the original in the process.
I am NOT amused. I loved the demo at TGS, but they haven't fixed the framerate, and they've added a bunch of unnecessary stuff around the game itself which makes it one of the most offensive gaming experiences this year. DO NOT BELIEVE. I am sorely tempted to take it to a trade store in disgust, but I might also keep playing to see just how deep the anal penetration goes. Oh and you will hurl when you see the realtime cutscenes in this game. Seriously.
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On a happier note, I played No More Heroes for the first time last night, and it is all kinds of awesome. It almost washed away the sour taste of the NiGHTS sham.
Edit for gory details: CG cutscenes look awesome, but NiGHTS (and Reala) now speak, and they have terrible voices. All voice acting is in English with Japanese subtitles btw. There is a 10-15 minute long tutorial, hosted by a talking owl who says things like "good", "oh", "visitor" - not sure what that last one is all about. The graphics during these segments are horrendous, sub-PS2, almost PS1. The game has a lobby area from which you enter each zone, so it's a bit like SMG in that respect. There are stages where you have a single run to get as high a link as possible and it ends when the link ends. They suck. Did I mention the graphics blowing in the realtime cutscenes... The music is awesome, but it's pretty hard to screw up NiGHTS music when you are obviously using the original score! Oh and they used some of the original samples too, but used one of them for something totally different and it sounds stupid. Fans beware.
Yeah, on second thoughts, it might not be quite as bad as it was at TGS, but it's not perfect, which is a shame.temjin said:Also, I've read from many other sources that the framerate issues are fixed... heh.
Oh god, no. :-(Jonnyram said:DO NOT BELIEVE.
CurseoftheGods said:Doesn't look like that case at all. The game is getting reviews similar to that of the original.
Jonnyram said:Heads up... this game is awful, and Sega has raped my memories of the original in the process.
I am NOT amused. I loved the demo at TGS, but they haven't fixed the framerate, and they've added a bunch of unnecessary stuff around the game itself which makes it one of the most offensive gaming experiences this year. DO NOT BELIEVE. I am sorely tempted to take it to a trade store in disgust, but I might also keep playing to see just how deep the anal penetration goes. Oh and you will hurl when you see the realtime cutscenes in this game. Seriously.
:|
On a happier note, I played No More Heroes for the first time last night, and it is all kinds of awesome. It almost washed away the sour taste of the NiGHTS sham.
Edit for gory details: CG cutscenes look awesome, but NiGHTS (and Reala) now speak, and they have terrible voices. All voice acting is in English with Japanese subtitles btw. There is a 10-15 minute long tutorial, hosted by a talking owl who says things like "good", "oh", "visitor" - not sure what that last one is all about. The graphics during these segments are horrendous, sub-PS2, almost PS1. The game has a lobby area from which you enter each zone, so it's a bit like SMG in that respect. There are stages where you have a single run to get as high a link as possible and it ends when the link ends. They suck. Did I mention the graphics blowing in the realtime cutscenes... The music is awesome, but it's pretty hard to screw up NiGHTS music when you are obviously using the original score! Oh and they used some of the original samples too, but used one of them for something totally different and it sounds stupid. Fans beware.
This is true, but then they'd fuck it up. Remember Nightshade? lawl.Bebpo said:They need to make a new Shinobi game and bring their quality level back up!
False hope, FTMFL.Lobster said:I still believe.
Greatness Gone said:False hope, FTMFL.
fixed.AniHawk said:Well, looks like we better force Sega to stop fucking up history.
Mdk7 said:fixed.
Just wait for Golden Axe, Tyris is the next in line.AniHawk said:No, I had it right the first time.
Lobster said:I say we should wait for more impressions, especially Segatas..even if we have to wait.
Chao said:I'm a HUGE fan of NiGHTS, and the game isn's as good as the original, there's no question.
At this moment, Christmas NiGHTS (yes, the one level special disk) is way better than what I've played of JOD.
It's sad, but it's true, and it's Sega, you know, the people who brought us Shadow the Hedgehog and SONIC 06 after all...
can you elaborate?Chao said:I'm a HUGE fan of NiGHTS, and the game isn's as good as the original, there's no question.
At this moment, Christmas NiGHTS (yes, the one level special disk) is way better than what I've played of JOD.
It's sad, but it's true, and it's Sega, you know, the people who brought us Shadow the Hedgehog and SONIC 06 after all...
Chao said:I'm a HUGE fan of NiGHTS, and the game isn's as good as the original, there's no question.
At this moment, Christmas NiGHTS (yes, the one level special disk) is way better than what I've played of JOD.
It's sad, but it's true, and it's Sega, you know, the people who brought us Shadow the Hedgehog and SONIC 06 after all...
AniHawk said:Well, more specifically, it's the same exact team that brought us Shadow and Sonic PS360.
temjin said:can you elaborate?
what do you like? what dont you like? is it completely unplayable etc?
please! details man!
>.>
Chao said:I've been playing this game a couple of hours.
My first impressions are:
-TOO FUCKING MUCH POINTLESS CUTSCENES.
-Cutscenes models sucks hard, they are SO ugly, NiGHTS' face is fucking creepy.
-The controls feel a little unresponsive for me. In the original NiGHTS I remember myself nailing every ring and linking a lot of them, but I find the controls in this one a bit harder.
-Now every level has different missions, most of them kind of boring. The ranking system it's not like in the original Nights, where you could stay flying through the level until the very last second collecting blue chips and linking. Now it's more the faster you can finish the level or something, I don't really get it yet. Missions with the kids walking around suck really hard.
-The "My Dream" thing with the A Life system it's pointless, it's not like Chaos in Sonic Adventure, you almost can't interact with the Nightopians, other than carrying them from place to place. Also, the garden is HORRID.
+One of the levels, the Glass garden or something like that, looks really great. The game looks nice if you forget the cutscenes.
+Music is great too, many catchy tunes, but not as great as the original. The music in the character selection screen is the same you heard on the original NiGHTS, it made me smile.
+The persona masks thing looks interesting, I'd have to play more to tell
I don't know if the game sucks or not yet, but don't get your hopes very high guys, although it looks like it is a decent (but not awesome) sequel.
temjin said:thanks.
the positives sound great, and the negatives... are things that dont really matter; cutscenes, my dream, voices, etc.
as long as the gameplay stands up, im not too worried.
Jonnyram said:Heads up... this game is awful, and Sega has raped my memories of the original in the process.
I am NOT amused. I loved the demo at TGS, but they haven't fixed the framerate, and they've added a bunch of unnecessary stuff around the game itself which makes it one of the most offensive gaming experiences this year. DO NOT BELIEVE. I am sorely tempted to take it to a trade store in disgust, but I might also keep playing to see just how deep the anal penetration goes. Oh and you will hurl when you see the realtime cutscenes in this game. Seriously.
:|
On a happier note, I played No More Heroes for the first time last night, and it is all kinds of awesome. It almost washed away the sour taste of the NiGHTS sham.
Edit for gory details: CG cutscenes look awesome, but NiGHTS (and Reala) now speak, and they have terrible voices. All voice acting is in English with Japanese subtitles btw. There is a 10-15 minute long tutorial, hosted by a talking owl who says things like "good", "oh", "visitor" - not sure what that last one is all about. The graphics during these segments are horrendous, sub-PS2, almost PS1. The game has a lobby area from which you enter each zone, so it's a bit like SMG in that respect. There are stages where you have a single run to get as high a link as possible and it ends when the link ends. They suck. Did I mention the graphics blowing in the realtime cutscenes... The music is awesome, but it's pretty hard to screw up NiGHTS music when you are obviously using the original score! Oh and they used some of the original samples too, but used one of them for something totally different and it sounds stupid. Fans beware.
FallenAngelV said:Why? Why couldn't they just keep everything the same, rather than forcing in platforming, cutscenes & changing the scoring system? All they had to do was replicate the same bloody gameplay with new stages & decent controls/aesthetics and I would've been happy. God fucking dammit, Sonic Team. Can't you do anything right?