Tizoc
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Are you getting Nier for its graphics design or its gameplay?
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First screenshots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan (Platinum)
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Are you getting Nier for its graphics design or its gameplay?
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
The eyes and noses are ehhhhhhhhhhhhh... bad.
The rest looks good. Foot clan, Bebop....
Guys! Maybe you can unlock 80's models! Or Eastman and Laird!
The rest looks good. Foot clan, Bebop....
Guys! Maybe you can unlock 80's models! Or Eastman and Laird!
not a chance in hell
Magic Mushroom
Member
Transformers gameplay is wild though, there's never been a deeper TF game. When a character action god like Saur loves it, you know it's good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAmmYQJbo8I
ResourcefulStar
Neo Member
I still haven't gotten around to playing The Legend of Korra or Transformers: Devastation, but they sound like polarizing games. Could someone who disliked them, but liked Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising explain what is wrong with them? Do they merely lack content, or has Platinum made unpopular decisions developing their combat systems?
Never been a deeper TF game isn't saying much. However I'll admit I only rented the game and wasn't able to pull off moves like that. Overall the game just didn't jive with me in my limited time with it.
Spieler Eins
Member
Character models look good, in particular enemies. Kind of how I imagined it.
Only the environments seem disappointing.
Only the environments seem disappointing.
The combat is never an issue with Platinum (The slow unlock of Korras powers aside), the issue is that these are licenced games. Licenced games have traditionaly had the same issues, low budget and short development times, these impact the quality and scope of the games. Some people are treating them like they are AAA productions when they are barley even A. Platinum are an indie studio which alot of people forget.
Transformers was awesome but Korra was very bland in terms of environments,length, game modes, enimemy variety and only being able to use Korra.
Considering the turn around time and budgets of these games Platinum is doing an awesome job so far. Korra was a miss for me but Transformers made up for it.
Yup. They fucked up their faces. Fucking Michael Bay style.
It looks about as good as I expected. I hope there's more scenery variety than in Devastation.
It's a budget game releasing on five different platforms. Figure it out.
It's a budget game releasing on five different platforms. Figure it out.
That's kind of the idea.
Yes, Saur loves it. 143 hours sunk. This game really has clicked with him.
Speaking of character action God's, check out GAF's own, iconoclast575
https://www.youtube.com/user/iconoclast575/videos
The perfect Dark
Banned
Horrible art style
RPGCrazied
Member
Eh. They do look better than the live action movie designs from Bay. But still not there.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Nier Automata and Scalebound are those.
But these games pay the bill. Which is a good thing, especially if they can reach TF quality again.
zackmorris
Member
Probably because it's a licensed game and the current iteration has noses.
Jazzkokehead
Member
Man, those Turtle designs look really bad, not just the faces - they seem oddly proportioned on the whole. I really, really dislike them. I wouldn't think it would be that difficult to create decent looking character models for them, but Out of the Shadows had really ugly Turtles as well. And why the weird glow on their weapons?
Otherwise, the graphics look like they do a pretty solid job at creating a comic book/cartoon style aesthetic, which I can dig. And with Platinum behind the wheel, there's a pretty good chance this will be the best TMNT game since Konami's in the 90s, so I'm in... atrocious Turtle designs and all.
Otherwise, the graphics look like they do a pretty solid job at creating a comic book/cartoon style aesthetic, which I can dig. And with Platinum behind the wheel, there's a pretty good chance this will be the best TMNT game since Konami's in the 90s, so I'm in... atrocious Turtle designs and all.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Since it's cell-shaded, I hope they pull another Transformers and nail the particle effects to really make it shine in motion:
ResourcefulStar
Neo Member
Thank you for the information. I can live with limited scope and lack of polish in some areas, as long as the core systems are solid.
There's online play. Confirmed in achievements.
There is an achievement for playing online.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
I loved TMNT as a kid.... but this art style and Platinum's gameplay do nothing for me.
Both.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Im going to be honest. I enjoyed TF more than I did Bayo 2.
Im fully on board with this.
more than I did Bayo 2. Im fully on board with this.
BareKnuckle
Member
I think the character models are the ones in Tony hawk pro skater 5?
I always wonder how stuff like that comes about
I always wonder how stuff like that comes about
In fact i was waiting for a dark themed TMNT all time (Rocksteady style), but because of the Platinum Games, then i am ok with it
Yeah, I too was expecting something more mature, but if they deliver with this game a quality such as the one in Transformers, I'm buying this game at launch.
Magic Mushroom
Member
C'mon Platinum, throw us a bone.
And by bone I mean a kickass trailer.
And by bone I mean a kickass trailer.
You mean Activision.
Looks exactly like I expected. Transformers with a TMNT skin with dull and empty environments as always.
Still, I want to see more. Playing with 4 turtles could be very cool. Hope the combat scenarios and missions are much more varied than Transformers. I hope the level traversal in itself is fun, Jet Set Radio X TMNT.
Still, I want to see more. Playing with 4 turtles could be very cool. Hope the combat scenarios and missions are much more varied than Transformers. I hope the level traversal in itself is fun, Jet Set Radio X TMNT.
legacyzero
Banned
Ewwwww.
Also, I got you Blame.
Also, I got you Blame.
CollectedDust
Member
I'm okay with the style, but those eyes are really creaping me out. I'll hold my reservations until I can actually seen it in motion.
Wonko_C
Member
Don't forget Guilty Gear Xrd. Arc System Works outclassed even CC2 with that game, 3D close ups that look eerily close to anime, "2D" graphics that makes you forget they're not sprites.
Spieler Eins
Member
I don't even notice the noses unless it's a straight forward shot/angle like this, which is the last thing you'll ever see during gameplay.
They can squeeze out these neat titles under an Activision deadline/budget, so wasn't expecting much from those screenshots.
Feels similar to Treasure/Konami being hired to create cool games on western IP.
Having tried it once at this gaming centre, I (and person next to me) genuinely wasn't sure if it was the new one until it did the camera pivot.
Feels similar to Treasure/Konami being hired to create cool games on western IP.
Having tried it once at this gaming centre, I (and person next to me) genuinely wasn't sure if it was the new one until it did the camera pivot.
Platinum has done some wonderful work for activision. I'll probably play through this when it drops in price a little and I have almost no interest in TMNT. I just can't resist that platinum polish.
I just hope and pray activision doesn't get a wild hair and try to buy platinum.
I just hope and pray activision doesn't get a wild hair and try to buy platinum.