illmatic22
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Will buy it on sale next week, nice thread Amir0x
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Tearaway sold 14k and it's made me depressed. See why it killed my cynicism inside.
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Its release date wouldn't have been bad if they included it as part of a holiday bundle.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Good! Some consolation, but still wiping Tear(s)away!
One of the main issues about the demo giving me concern about the whole game was the degree of handholding. It was of course the beginning of the game, but even then felt overbearing.
KnockOneOff
Banned
Word of mouth can do powerful things...
Flightmare
Member
One of my favorite games this year, I had a grin on my face through the entire game
Huh? Dragon's Crown sold really well
Huh? Dragon's Crown sold really well
lightning2k3
Member
If you always wait for a game to go to ps+ on the vita, sooner or later vita will just not get any games. While ps+ is great, you need to show support to the games you really care about if you want a sequel.
GoofsterStud
Member
In my running of game of the year. What a wonderful experience.
adamsappel
Member
I never understand this attitude. "I'm not going to buy an expensive system, until I have the opportunity to spend $500 more on games for it." I buy my systems early, and I try to buy good games for them as they become available.
Rayman Origins
Rayman Legends
Lumines
Hotline Miami
Stranger's Wrath
Mutant Blobs Attack
Gravity Rush
Uncharted
Hot Shots Golf
Little Big Planet
Sound Shapes
WipEout
Spelunky
Guacamelee
Killzone Mercenary
I mean, I own a few good games, right? And those are just the ones that seem universally praised. And it's not like I've finished those games, either. The Vita could be my primary system and I still would have a backlog. Admittedly, I do tend to wait for sales, so I'll be getting Tearaway this weekend.
The game early on assumes you basically has never played a game before; it is a introduction to a complete newbie to the platforming genre and the camera elements. It fades into the background by gibbet hill, but never disappears entirely since there's always new elements being introduced and taught to the player. It's definitely less overbearing though.
timetokill
Banned
I'll definitely give this a try in a few years. Just can't justify buying a Vita.
Shame the sales are so low, but this was put on probably the worst possible platform it could be on.
Shame the sales are so low, but this was put on probably the worst possible platform it could be on.
Pristine_Condition
Member
Nah. I got mad respect for you as a poster on manny matters. But I've read enough of your shit on the topic of Uncharted over the years. There comes a point where someone can articulate their position at length, and you can still find their opinion so bafflingly different from your own that you just can't bridge that difference.
Example: You called Uncharted a "gameplay last" franchise probably less than an hour ago in the Naughty dog thread. Having played all the games multiple times and hours and hours of the insanely-fun multiplayer, those 100+ hours of personal experience contrasted with your opinion of Uncharted as a "gameplay last" franchise is simply too far afield from my own experience to be able to buy into your hype on any other game.
There are other examples too, but really, it's kinda useless to discuss them. It's not like you are going to change your tastes/experience with the game, nor am I.
It's not an attack on you...just calling it like it is. But if this topic encourages others to share their experiences with Tearaway--posters who have aesthetic and gameplay tastes more in line with my own--and those convince me, it's all good, right?
Don't have a Vita but it looked interesting at least. Yes, gamers are assholes and put their money into the dumbest things but also Sony has made it seem pointless to buy Vita games since any decent one is added to PS Plus. I'd image the hardcore is smart enough to realize that.
coinoperatedboy
Banned
I'm drunk, and now I want a vita with this game.
the system comes with an 8gb memory card too. it can be annoying to delete and redownload things, but a 32gb card isn't necessary.
This legitimately angers me.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I was under the impression that Dragon's Crown has sold extremely well.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
wow....14k...
Exactly.
It's a niche game on a niche console, of course it sold horribly. Put it on the PS4 and it will sell how it's supposed to.
Wow, what a post. I read the whole thing (minus spoilers) and it was beautiful.
I'm a big fan of this new, more open-minded, Amir0x. As for the game itself, I played it at IndieCade and fell in love. I'm broke as a joke right now but once I get back on my feet I'm buying a Vita and a copy of Tearaway.
I'm a big fan of this new, more open-minded, Amir0x. As for the game itself, I played it at IndieCade and fell in love. I'm broke as a joke right now but once I get back on my feet I'm buying a Vita and a copy of Tearaway.
0% chance it gets a PS4 port.
kobashi100
Banned
100k worldwide.. thats funny..
it has bombed in every single region. Doubt it has even hit 50k yet.
it's kind of the 999 of the vita. right now it's the only platform it could be on (unfortunately with regards to sales). it's designed completely around the vita as a system, and uses gimmicks in creative ways to aid the platforming and unlock secrets within the level design.
i got a vita for this game only, but now that i have it i'll give psp games i never played a try (trails in the sky 1 and 2 are on the short list), and i also purchased ys. then there's dangan ronpa early next year.
lightning2k3
Member
Tearaway wouldnt work on the ps4. It's too dependent on the vita's various touch mic and camera inputs.
I explain my position in depth. That you are unable to reconcile them to your own would be the only logical conclusion, since you in fact do love the game. Uncharted clearly values presentation before its other elements, though. We've been over it before, and some of the things are basically built-in... how the platforming essentially plays itself and has no compelling level design element to it, how the shooting is often just tiresome combat arenas (this was really felt in UC3).
And, by the way, I thought Uncharted 2 was pretty decent. Only you are describing it as "hate." I simply won't buy in day one anymore, because I feel it is not changing in a way that convinces me. It's a beautiful game series presentation-wise, but it needs a lot of improvements to its gameplay to be something that satisfies me.
Did you think my many explanations of my problems with Uncharted were thoughtless? That I did not describe in painstaking detail the issues I had?
I do take a little issue with it because I feel it's a little silly to dismiss someone who bothers explaining why they feel the way they do simply because they come to a different conclusion than you. If I was trolling the game and could not explain why, I would understand.
It's no big deal as you say, but I do think your original comment had a heavy implication than I was just blindly hating Uncharted.
Agreed.
That's silly.
A port to the PS4 is the only way Sony will ever make any money on it, so of course it will get a digital port.
I don't see why the touch pad stuff can't be done on PS4.
The camera stuff is trickier. I can see it being reworked.
Isn't there an iOS port of 999 out with the shitty puzzles removed?
lightning2k3
Member
Do you know anything about the game? It requires both vita cameras, the back and front touchpad, the gyroscope, and the mic. How are you gonna port that?
That's what people have said about steam sales too, but according to the sales charts, new high profile games still sell like hotcakes the first week.
But now that I have even more games to play, I'm somewhat hesitant about purchases I know I either don't have time for, or wont really enjoy.
Several games I've bought in recent past have been really hard for me to just jump in and enjoy. Tearaway was like the world around me melted away, and I was in bliss. (Still need to finish it.)
Hullo To U
Banned
Great post OP! Completely agree.
I bought it at launch and it's probably the best game I've played all year.
Also, 14k retail - there are still 14 thousand people that buy physical copies of games for Vita?
I though everyone bought digitally on this system.
I bought it at launch and it's probably the best game I've played all year.
Also, 14k retail - there are still 14 thousand people that buy physical copies of games for Vita?
I though everyone bought digitally on this system.
They're not porting puppateer, a game that would obviously sell better on a launch system and have the proper control scheme for it, to PS4. What makes you think they'll treat Tearaway any differently?
Then there is 0% chance it will ever sell well.
The PS4 has all of those things.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
I agree that Tearaway is a charming puzzle adventure ( By no means is it a good platformer). My biggest problem with it is, that it lacks replayability once you finished it. But for the price it is a must-have vita title nonetheless.
Edith:
There is no rear touch on the PS4.
Edith:
There is no rear touch on the PS4.
The amount of work they'd have to do to rework the game, ie; remove tons of features and rework them in different and less creative ways, wouldn't be worth it.
And the game had a small team, and likely reasonable if not small budget. If Dragon's Crown was around a million in development... I can't imagine Tearaway was too much more, if it passed it at all.
No it does not.
Teraway and the Puppeteer are probably two of the most charming but underrated games this year
A metacritic rating of 87 and 80 is not underrated. They just fail to attract the masses. They are the arthouse equivalent of gaming. The only problem is they are built with a AAA budget.
You've convinced me it's worth a rental or a PS+ download if I never bother to activate my gamefly account again. I can't say I have any interest in the game but when people talk about a new type of game enough, meaning something I don't already know what it is and how it plays, it gets me curious enough to try it.