I will laugh when God of War shows boss battle and knocks it out of park, or conversely, I will still laugh if they instead show movement to movement gameplay and shit the bed.
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Scalebound (XB1/PC, 2017) Xbox E3 Briefing 2016
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I will laugh when God of War shows boss battle and knocks it out of park, or conversely, I will still laugh if they instead show movement to movement gameplay and shit the bed.
Ultimadrago
Member
While I'm not down for all the shameless fanboyism, I do think it's a little early to call this a "bad game".
I'd wait for more of the core mechanics be shown off and the meat of the title in-between boss fights before completely waving it off. That said, this showcase was a really dull display for the E3 stage.
I'd wait for more of the core mechanics be shown off and the meat of the title in-between boss fights before completely waving it off. That said, this showcase was a really dull display for the E3 stage.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Nooo, et tu Morrigan Stark
Riposte
Member
I don't think it was completely terrible, but I hope this was an easier mode or something on a very early boss and the real thing has you dodge projectiles constantly and shit.
I don't think that makes sense. I think the Lost Planet 2 comparison is more accurate.
I wonder if the loot will be more or less fundamental than Transformers.
Ayato Kanzaki
Member
When Scalebound was first presented, it was the one exclusive that could make me regret not buying a Xbox One. But tonight completely killed my interest for it. Irritating characters, generic animations, generic bullet sponge boss.
Astral Dog
Member
It looks like an RPG to me.
Combat reminded me of Xenoblade a bit, very different.
But yeah, not the demo to get Platinum fanboys excited, at least its something new from the studio.
Combat reminded me of Xenoblade a bit, very different.
But yeah, not the demo to get Platinum fanboys excited, at least its something new from the studio.
Geminosity
Member
The fact it was a multiplayer reveal was making me hope we could finally pick someone to play as other than the jerk they decided they'd lump us with as a protag, but then the 3 other players were just variants of him :/
This really makes it feel like PG was forced to put in multiplayer.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Action RPG by Platinum with huge boss battles. How can you make it look so dull
AcademicSaucer
Member
Kamiya, no.
SavoyPrime
Member
Surprisingly, Scalebound just doesn't look fun in my opinion. I'm truly shocked about that since Kamiya is involved with the project. And man, that protagonist is just awful.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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PC BABY PC
dancingphlower
Member
I was pretty underwhelmed by that. Damn, Kamiya, this isn't a good look for you.
VexMythoclast
Banned
The gameplay looks like remnant from last gen on PS3/Xbox 360. It looks so dull and uninspiring.
GuitarAtomik
Member
I'm curious. Is there a narrative conceit for the co-op?
Geminosity
Member
Yeah, it does feel that way.
You can also kind of see that the game was originally designed with the dragons as the main combatant originally (back when the protag was a young girl instead of dante v3.1) as the stuff the protag does when off the dragon feels kind of underwhelming
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Has Platinum just been going downhill since Korra?
I liked Star Fox Zero...
TMNT was disappointing though.
If Wonderful 101 is Kamiya going all out with few restraints, Scalebound looks like MS micromanaging everything he does and keeping him on a leash attached to a giant rock.
It reeks of focus testing too, which I hope isn't the case considering how anti-focus group Kamiya is.
Transformers was awesome.
TMNT was disappointing though.
If Wonderful 101 is Kamiya going all out with few restraints, Scalebound looks like MS micromanaging everything he does and keeping him on a leash attached to a giant rock.
It reeks of focus testing too, which I hope isn't the case considering how anti-focus group Kamiya is.
Transformers was awesome.
mysteriousmage09
Member
Was not impressed and the main character is just as annoying as I remember from last year.
Mixolydian
Member
I wish they wouldn't have used the boss fight for the demo, but I'll reserve judgement until I get to play it.
Well the MC does acknowledge that he's not the only one fighting. As for the actual reason, wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff I'm guessing with how they're all the same character and they merged together at the end.
He isn't infallible lol.
Granted it wasn't a great demo and there's tons to show plus the game isn't even out.
Otakumegane
Member
The animations don't nearly have as much weight as some of his earlier works but being not a combo focused action game I guess I can sort of understand that. (It was especially rocky when he was "attacking the weak point and it felt like some weak lanky punching)
The real thing that gets me is the MC.
Dragons looked cool tho, I wish there was more you could do with them.
The real thing that gets me is the MC.
Dragons looked cool tho, I wish there was more you could do with them.
SpikedGunner
Member
Looks alright to me, just seems like Kamiya's take on MH/PSO.
This sounded like it was going to be fantastic when it was first announced as a Platinum game but it really doesn't look to be anything special. Platinum have been doing some strange stuff over the past couple of years and this so far looks like it's not going to be one of theor better games.
I've got a feeling that Nier is going to be the same too although it looks more interesting than this. There's still time for both games though.
I've got a feeling that Nier is going to be the same too although it looks more interesting than this. There's still time for both games though.
HundredEyeMonk
Member
As an Xbox One and PC gamer... this looks awful.
It just seems really bland.
It just seems really bland.
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Deleted member 752119
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Same here. I was hoping this would pan out to be an epic, dragon-focused, story-driven RPG. Though I had a lot of reservations from not being a fan of most of Platinum's stuff. I can't stand Monster Hunter type games, so this definitely isn't for me.
I may just end up trading in my X1 (and PS4 later) toward a Neo as I'm starting to question my need to own both as MS exclusives just aren't doing much for me this gen.
LordBaztion
Member
that looked amazing. In single player is going to be a tense fight.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
That doesn't excuse sub-par looking combat and bosses I'm totally fine with a slower paced game but this just doesn't look engaging in the slightest to me.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I've got a feeling that Nier is going to be the same too although it looks more interesting than this. There's still time for both games though.
Nier doesn't seem like a major departure from their comfort zone, at least not as of right now. I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least as good as Rising.
Watching the FFXV demo before this may be why I had a mildly decent response to this.
Neff
Member
It's not a word I'd use for him either, and of course he has tremendous talent backing him up, but his directorial batting average is 100% in my book so far.
For six games, that's pretty good.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Honestly Nier has had years of development too so I expect it to be better than Rising. Although Nier Automata's combat so far looks like the originals but refined and improved upon so I don't expect it to go all out but it looks like a massive improvement over the original's already.
clockworkinyou
Banned
those voice lines are so cringeworthy
Not again!
wtf is up with that country line dancing DDR shit from the character in the background?
Seems like they will allow your (customized) character from the SP to the coop mode.