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Scalebound delayed to 2017
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Gears releasing no matter what...
odhiex
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Probably for the best. I'm interested to see how ambitious this tittle going to be. Judging by their other tittle, Nier: Automata (I know, it's a different team) is closer to Bayonetta's and MG Rising's styles compare to Scalebound.
Scalebound is like the Platinum takes on modern open-world RPG. Looking at the pre-Alpha footage, it seems like high framerates and fast paced actions were not their priorities here.
Scalebound is like the Platinum takes on modern open-world RPG. Looking at the pre-Alpha footage, it seems like high framerates and fast paced actions were not their priorities here.
Most certainly, given the scale they are going for.
Cthulhu_Steev
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It's not like Platinum to start dragon out the development of a game though.
Mr.Marston
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Twin Tails
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Cool, make this better. Take your time. And maybe get recored.
It was already Q4 so.... Prob a few months.
OK Platinum, now you have one year to come up with a new look for the protagonist.
Hell, I would rather play as an old, fat, bold and hairy dude (err, why not) than this hipster-brat.
I really hope that the character design was suggested by MS for broader western appeal -otherwise I'm starting to doubt in PG's abilities.
Hell, I would rather play as an old, fat, bold and hairy dude (err, why not) than this hipster-brat.
I really hope that the character design was suggested by MS for broader western appeal -otherwise I'm starting to doubt in PG's abilities.
Yeah this was bound to happen.
The scale of it is much bigger then a normal platinum game.
zackmorris
Member
I don't think Horizon was ever really confirmed for 2016 in the first place.
Maybe I'll win an Xbox One through a Mountain Dew promotion or something, probably the only way I'll actually get to play this game. I still don't feel like buying an Xbox One just for this and KI even if it becomes cheaper by the time this releases, I hate having clutter I don't need.
wapplew
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The Artisan
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but in that scenario everything would still be uncertain, you know.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Are NNK2 and Detroit supposed to be 2016 games? :S
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God this looks so good.
I guess inasmuch as everything in life is uncertain? It's one thing to let people know a game has begun development and quite another to show trailers and marketing materials more than a year before the game's release.
cartographer
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Honey...
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It's just the beginning of 2016, and you are already delaying until 2017, just shows they already knew when they announced and showed it last year, it was not going to make 2016.
Held off the announcement until after the holiday rush and mindset. Kinda gives more weight to those who were saying MSFT has been announcing some games way too early to fit slots at the tradeshows.
I prefer the take your time as long as it makes it more polished of an experience.
Crackdown 2017 the earliest.
Held off the announcement until after the holiday rush and mindset. Kinda gives more weight to those who were saying MSFT has been announcing some games way too early to fit slots at the tradeshows.
I prefer the take your time as long as it makes it more polished of an experience.
Crackdown 2017 the earliest.
Pathfinder
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Or, the teams met back together after Christmas break at the start of a new quarter and realized they wouldn't be able to meet their set deadlines and meet quality expectations.
Or, the teams met back together after Christmas and realized a critical part of the game wasn't working right and they wanted to have some time to re-work it.
Or, Microsoft deliberately deceived everyone because they are an evil, money-hungry, greedy corporation, and this was their plan the whole time.
One of those is the easy answer. The others actually require some thought and perspective.
The Artisan
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well in this case of life what i'm saying is that once a game is announced, it is publicly and officially known to exist. there's no uncertainties like there are with rumors.
wapplew
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It's just the beginning of 2016, and you are already delaying until 2017, just shows they already knew when they announced and showed it last year, it was not going to make 2016.
Held off the announcement until after the holiday rush and mindset. Kinda gives more weight to those who were saying MSFT has been announcing some games way too early to fit slots at the tradeshows.
I prefer the take your time as long as it makes it more polished of an experience.
Crackdown 2017 the earliest.
Everyone did that for their trade shows, you need atleast two or three big titles to make headline per show, or else you fans would be disappointed for a weak show.
MS had 2 big shows per year, so around 6 big titles to announce, you really think any publisher able to release that many big hit per year?
rokkerkory
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delay with platinum games? they tend to delay their games to make it better right
I thought the protag was kinda cool. "Maybe you should hide behind me," he says as he puts on his headphones and the music starts as the fights begins.
It was obviously copying Devil May Cry, with a tiny bit of The World Ends With You perhaps. I kinda liked it.
Now, I would love to see choices for protag besides this guy. Someone older, someone female etc. But I don't think that will happen.
found this too
hhngg WANT
theres a bunch of tidbits of stuff like that and other info thats just floating all about and you need to go to like 5 or 6 different websites to find some of it.
asked it a few pages back but i really think a comprehensive overview of what we know so far would be a good idea for a thread.
I think so far we have the gamescom presentation and the IGN first stuff, plus this trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHFFK3BXuBo
Whompa02
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Why is the dragon's wings being reflected by water that's miles away from him?
That's jarring as all hell, lol.
Yeah but the IGN First stuff is separated into like 5 or 6 different videos I'm pretty sure very few people bothered to check in throughout the month of August to view.
I'd wager most people have seen the original gameplay reveal, the IGN extended version maybe, and the CGI trailer it was announced with.
Edit: not to mention the various website interviews
Yes? I don't get your point. Do you think it's better to announce a game two years before its projected release (after which it might enter game dev hell anyway like Phantom Dust) than waiting until development is further along and the release date is closer and more assured?
It's not really a matter of "uncertainty" for me anyway. I'd have been perfectly happy not hearing a damn thing about Duke Nukem Forever during the 14 years between its announcement and release.
Steverulez
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There is this 12 minute video from Fan Fest in Japan last September which is pretty awesome
Wouldent happen to have a link to that, would you?
Decided I'm just gonna take some spare time and make a thread for the game going over all we know so far like that "The Division" thread, probably have it done by tonight or tomorrow.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I was being a smartass, lol.
I am sure the game will be 100% better with the polish Platinum will put into it. I just want some juicy dragon action!
Steverulez
Member
My bad, I completely forgot to paste the link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3z2zf5ydtM
Its of the same area but linked the start of the gameplay at Gamescom to the end of the trailer with co-op added
Mass Effect
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The game is much better off releasing Q1/Q2 of next year anyway. If it had released holiday of this year, it would have bombed even harder than Platinum games normally do. And we don't need that happening.
At least now it (hopefully) gives the game space so it won't be eclipsed by a ton of blockbusters.
At least now it (hopefully) gives the game space so it won't be eclipsed by a ton of blockbusters.
Much appreciated, lots of goodies I can gif for the thread.
The Artisan
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in your latter proposed question, the hypothetical game already exists, it's just not publicly announced, so there shouldn't be harm in announcing it two years before its projected release, if the devs determine it'll take two years.