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Rogue Bounty Hunter
07-29-2007, 06:18 AM
I think there's a couple of posts somewhere in Sys Wars about the demo, but I wanted to make a thread to have every impression about the demo in one place. Feel free to post your opinions, of course, and if the demo has you either wanting or waiting on the game.

My impressions:

The game loosk great. The cutscene with Nariko talking to her sister shows a lot of good facial animation. The graphics look great. The framerate chugs a little, but it's just a demo, so I'm not worried about it. If it wasn't fixed in the final version, it wouldn't hurt my enjoyment of the game. The God of War-like button presses on running down the rope wasn't bad. It wasn't as annoying as in Spiderman 3, where it usually mean redoing the part over and over and over.I hope it isn't overdone in the final version, though. The combat was fun as well. It doesn't feel like GoW as much as I thought it would. The ranged attack is the one style that could give it a GoW comparision, but that's about it for me. The blocking isn't as annoying as it could have been. If every style had to be used in order to block, then it would have been a bit frustrating. Luckily, they left out having to block with the ranged attack and left speed & power as the only ones to worry about. I'm still used to using a button to block instead of standing still. What fighting game allowed for blocking by just standing still, Soul Calibur? Overall, the demo is short but long enough to give me a feel of what to look forward to. I'm definitely getting this title when it comes out in September.

Cuddly Knife
07-29-2007, 08:31 AM
It'll be a must-buy, even if the framerate is just as it is, which I heard it will be better, but we'll see. I agree about the QTEs being better than Spider-Man 3, because in that game, they would show you the button to be pressed, but you still had to wait sometimes for the right moment or else it would fail.

I'm looking foward to boss battles, and different environments. If this game can deliver those well enough with the gameplay it has right now, then all will be well. If anything, this game will be a solid filler until DMC4 comes out. If it's mot enough, I can always get Sigma.

About non-moving/button blocking. Tekken does it, so does DOA, but I don't think I've seen an action/adventure game do it..

folken001
08-01-2007, 12:10 AM
Tekken doesn't have auto block or button blocking. VF has guard button. Like RBH said, SC has auto block.

Heavenly Sword is definitely a must get for me though. I can't wait for it to come out. I think the biggest selling point really is the voice acting and music. It looks like the story will be decent as well. If the only problem with the game is some frame rate instability, I think i can deal with that. Now, only if they would give this game a damn release date.......

Cuddly Knife
08-01-2007, 07:40 AM
Tekken Tag has auto-block, but only for High and mid-attacks.

And I thought Heavenly Sword was coming out at the beginning of September?

Rogue Bounty Hunter
08-01-2007, 04:59 PM
The latest date I have seen (as of today) was September 4.

Unfortunately, it appears that Lair is coming out on the same day. Nice job, Sony.

Farley
09-05-2007, 06:56 AM
I've been waiting for this since the ps3 came out

folken001
09-05-2007, 08:33 AM
It should be a good game. I think the music is amazing int he game. I don't mind not having the ability to jump. but, I kinda get annoyed by the fact it's auto block only. Hopefully, everythign works out well in the end.