on the touchscreen, there is a dedicated section for tips/moves that is very well put together.
and Bayo's loading while fighting screen is back.
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on the touchscreen, there is a dedicated section for tips/moves that is very well put together.
and Bayo's loading while fighting screen is back.
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That Saur video.. Holy shit!!
papercan55
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games been great so far.
only thing i don't like is the gamepad camera when you go into a building.
At first i was thinking the graphics were ok, and nothing too special.
Then i got to the first boss, the world collapsed, the camera zoomed out, and my jaw dropped.
It was stunning.
On par with god of war 3, although a very different style.
I'm surprised more reviews haven't commented on the graphics during the boss battles.
only thing i don't like is the gamepad camera when you go into a building.
At first i was thinking the graphics were ok, and nothing too special.
Then i got to the first boss, the world collapsed, the camera zoomed out, and my jaw dropped.
It was stunning.
On par with god of war 3, although a very different style.
I'm surprised more reviews haven't commented on the graphics during the boss battles.
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TeamNormal
I've also been watching some other videos and while I admit there are a few times where I'm stumped, much of the time I can guess what to do better than the video maker.
NA wait is too long. I'm going to have to replay Bayonetta or something.
Better than Rising?
Box of Bunnies
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New Zealand eShop is probably linked to ours since NAL handles NZ as well. Given that, could be up in about an hour and ten.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
After messing around in the demo once more and practicing using gamepad controls w/ right stick, so far I am coming to the opinion that there seems to be nothing fundamentally broken with the game, outside the squirrely camera inside buildings. Dunno how in-depth interior action will get later in the full game.
Starting to think this game is going to mess with a lot of heads, because it appears goofy and colorful on the surface which = "casual" to many minds. It's not though and this appears to be a fundamentally hardcore experience under the hood. There's a learning curve worthy of the term.
The interesting part is that thinking about how the combat flows, especially summoning simultaneous Unite Morphs in rapid succession to keep the entire party engaged, I'm not sure there's a wholly better way of handling it than the glyph drawing system. Combat flow is built around it, and I am thinking the touch screen really is a red herring that's going to make some think a "contrived" gameplay system was designed to force touch screen usage. In fact, it's starting to get fun drawing glyphs . To be fair that doesn't mean everyone's going to like it, no game mechanic has universal appeal.
So far it still looks like Okami Overdrive Turbo that was designed around a twin stick control system more than anything else.
Starting to think this game is going to mess with a lot of heads, because it appears goofy and colorful on the surface which = "casual" to many minds. It's not though and this appears to be a fundamentally hardcore experience under the hood. There's a learning curve worthy of the term.
The interesting part is that thinking about how the combat flows, especially summoning simultaneous Unite Morphs in rapid succession to keep the entire party engaged, I'm not sure there's a wholly better way of handling it than the glyph drawing system. Combat flow is built around it, and I am thinking the touch screen really is a red herring that's going to make some think a "contrived" gameplay system was designed to force touch screen usage. In fact, it's starting to get fun drawing glyphs . To be fair that doesn't mean everyone's going to like it, no game mechanic has universal appeal.
So far it still looks like Okami Overdrive Turbo that was designed around a twin stick control system more than anything else.
Dammit, I'm tired and I want to start the download before bed so I can play it in the morning.
Can't comment on Rising, but I've only noticed slowdowns during cutscenes and scene transitions used to mask load times, never during battles.
Okami x Bayonetta
I've been saying that since I first played the demo. Some people compare it to Pikmin or Viewtiful Joe, but Okami and Bayonetta are the two games most similar to this one.
okami for the more grounded gameplay and sense of exploration.
bayonetta for the non stop action/combos.
then W101 is its own thing mostly.
DAT unite morph...
Fantastic!
Rising was rushed.
W101 is clearly more polished, whatever you're looking at.
Box of Bunnies
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The Pikmin/Joe thing is more about the game's aesthetic than how it plays.
The miiverse W101 community now has a special Highscore sub-community.
I guess that's why the score upload didn't work before.
.... wait.... highscore community... they opened Pandora's box! :O
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the posts are even tagged with difficulty and level names. easy to compare then.
Get your e-peen out!
I guess that's why the score upload didn't work before.
.... wait.... highscore community... they opened Pandora's box! :O
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the posts are even tagged with difficulty and level names. easy to compare then.
Get your e-peen out!
Excellent! I will be able to post my plastic statues of shame.
If you have as much trouble with even controlling the game as the Edge review made it seem like they had, then I kind of toss everything they said about the game that directly relates to controls (basically all gameplay comments) out the window. When you can't even control the game well, you're relegated the a level of play that really prevents you from much of the depth the game can offer. And when you have that more surface level view of the game its likely the nuances of enemy placement, combination, damage output, level variation, ect. would be lost on you.
Not saying it couldn't be a problem. But control problems can really color your experience.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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First playthrough is on normal. I always start on the highest difficulty. But I'm no stranger to the genre.
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I agree. I mean to put it in perspective people said Bayonetta was repetitive as well.
Some people just don't see the potential for variety and creativity in these games. They just see games about punching monsters are all more or less the same game.
Christberg
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Ugh, need to blacklist myself from this thread for the next couple weeks. Stupid Nintendo NA...
ViewtifulJC
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Yeeees, more for Team Rightstick. Between that being the preferred method to play the game, and the interior Gamepad sections with that really close squirrely gyro camera control being the worst part of the demo, Gamepad lookin' kinda superfluous right now...as usual...
Not really, but the bestiary isn't large either. The game introduces one new enemy often enough for me. that said, toward the end when you get multiple turtles, dragons, or wolves at once, it gets irritating, since they can be hard to beat if you don't know what to do. I guess this feeling comes from that.
Yeah well that's one of the best ideas in the game and there are quite a lot of those sections. They're awesome and control well. too bad for you!
DeadlyFernGarden
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I am a KIWI currently in Seattle. I have my Pal Wii U with me. I am on a satellite internet connection and can't get into the eShop is it region locked? Has any one had success using a VPN to fake another countries IP address?
I need me some wonderful!
I need me some wonderful!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Elysium is crazy mediocre, ditch the mates, stay viewtiful
TheGreatMightyPoo
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TyrantGuardian
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The game actually has pretty severe framerate issues during battles. It's very evident once you're doing the loading screen combat (which runs at a solid 60fps) and notice the contrast in framerates compared to the story mode stages. It really chugs along quite a bit. However, your hits have so much weight behind them, in part due to hit-pausing that it doesn't really matter for the gameplay per se, and that's coming from someone who's used to 120fps and is really sensitive to the issue.
It's not worse than PS3 Bayonetta, that's for sure.
It's not worse than PS3 Bayonetta, that's for sure.
ViewtifulJC
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"Not worse than PS3 Bayonetta"
Check the box
Check the box
FlashbladeGAF
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Saur sure is good at making this game look like a piece of cake.
Living in NA is causing me a lot of suffering right about now.
Was there a reason given as to why NA had to wait a month for the release?
Nintendo being nintendo. They stretching releases to have 1 1st party nintendo game every month. Pikmin was NA august game. 101 is september.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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No, I think Kamiya added Reggie into the NA version at the last minute.