Hi-Fi RUSH Announced by Tango Game Works | Coming today to Xbox and PC (Also on Game Pass)

[adamsapple]

That actually doesn't mean much. Japanese people are very much about respecting seniority and authority, if he went out and said "microsoft wants to work on smaller games now" it would be unfathomable and seen as disgraceful. If this quote had come out before the acquisition maybe you'd have a point.

He has literally been saying that since the studio was created. No need to be a contrarian for the sake of it.

The ability to make bigger and smaller projects and train young directors to lead projects was his vision for Tango since establishing it.

This is from 2014.

Mikami envisioned the studio as a place that could sustain more than one project at a time, in order to create a culture not tied to any one genre and offer more opportunities for young directors. It would develop some small projects, some large.

Shinji Mikami and the fountain of youth

The creator of Resident Evil saw a lack of opportunities for young game directors in Japan. So he started a company to create some.

www.polygon.com

 

[Gods&Monsters]

well it certainly calls into question how a hostile MS takeover can hurt Japanese developers, and Tango Gameworks is now the prime case study.

An Americanized, American-directed and produced cartoon indie, that launches at $30, in a stealth gamepass drop?

From the former EVIL WITHIN DEVS?! Why aren't they given the budget to IMPROVE their craft?

Of course no physical copy in sight either! Unbelievable!

Xbox is cancer to Japanse developers...

It's not a good look. Japan and Asia already hate xbox enough as it is, but diminishing Mikami's directorial duties and passing them off to an American is a bad look.

It seems Tango is already underway for 'Westernization".

What's next, a Football simulation/bro-shooter hybrid?

I guess Ghostwire was the last of the Japanese soul the studio had left... Sad to see.

John Johanas is actually the same guy that worked on Evil Within 1 + DLC and he was the director for Evil Within 2 too. It wasn't Mikami.

John Johanas - MobyGames

Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for John Johanas - MobyGames

www.mobygames.com

 

[riesgoyfortuna]

played the game,the animation its pretty good,the rest? decent at best,lol at people who are calling this the stealth goty
thats what extreme hunger causes,you eat a sandwich and it feels like a filet mignon XD

 

[adamsapple]

John Johanas is actually the same guy that worked on Evil Within 1 + DLC and he was the director for Evil Within 2 too. It wasn't Mikami.

John Johanas - MobyGames

Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for John Johanas - MobyGames

www.mobygames.com

I knew I always liked you for a reason

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Downloading this as we speak. Will post some impressions later.

 

[Summer Nightmares]

Shinji Mikami and the fountain of youth

The creator of Resident Evil saw a lack of opportunities for young game directors in Japan. So he started a company to create some.

www.polygon.com

Mikamigod

 

[AshHunter216]

well it certainly calls into question how a hostile MS takeover can hurt Japanese developers, and Tango Gameworks is now the prime case study.

An Americanized, American-directed and produced cartoon indie, that launches at $30, in a stealth gamepass drop?

From the former EVIL WITHIN DEVS?! Why aren't they given the budget to IMPROVE their craft?

Of course no physical copy in sight either! Unbelievable!

Xbox is cancer to Japanse developers...

No need to attack the game, probably just what they wsnted to make. Just because they attacked Forspoken doesn't mean we need to stoop to the level of going after every game.

 

[adamsapple]

Mikamigod

He made Resident Evil. The single entity that got me into video gaming.

And then he made Resident Evil 4. The game that rekindled my love for the medium of gaming.

He can do no wrong in my eyes.

 

[Summer Nightmares]

He made Resident Evil. The single entity that got me into video gaming.

And then he made Resident Evil 4. The game that rekindled my love for the medium of gaming.

He can do no wrong in my eyes.

100% agree. I'll also add Evil Within to the list. Loved both games even if they are quite different and I'm still waiting for Sebastian Castellanos to arrive to Dead By Daylight.

 

[Bodycount611]

No need to attack the game, probably just what they wsnted to make. Just because they attacked Forspoken doesn't mean we need to stoop to the level of going after every game.

not attacking the game, but the idea of Xbox strong-arming their way into Japanese game communities and ruining things for the real fans is always worrying. They've been guilty of it in the past.

Of course, with Japan and Asia hating Xbox, there will always be a lack of quality content for Xbox from those regions, so I understand if some starving artists are overrating their first J-game experience in ages.

Japanese games on Xbox is like buying a sushi-roll from a convenience store, vs going to a master sushi chef (nintendo, PS).

 

[Bodycount611]

He made Resident Evil. The single entity that got me into video gaming.

And then he made Resident Evil 4. The game that rekindled my love for the medium of gaming.

He can do no wrong in my eyes.

he has no involvement in this project as far as i can tell...

 

[adamsapple]

he has no involvement in this project as far as i can tell...

He is the founder and head of the studio, no project gets greenlit without his say so.

And anyway I was talking about Mikami in general.

 

[peter42O]

Not my type of game but will give it a shot in April.

 

[Bodycount611]

He is the founder and head of the studio, no project gets greenlit without his say so.

And anyway I was talking about Mikami in general.

I'm getting major Recore vibes here, which is to say, a western made game with a japanese name slapped on it for clout. Keiji Inafune, damn did you do me wrong with Recore!

That was the last "Japanese' game MS tried to shyster me with. Little did I know, it was a budget indie as well, made in some ramshackle studio in Texas! It wasn't Japanese at all, they just slapped Inafune's name on it...

 

[anonpuffs]

I'm getting major Recore vibes here, which is to say, a western made game with a japanese name slapped on it for clout. Keiji Inafune, damn did you do me wrong with Recore!

That was the last "Japanese' game MS tried to shyster me with. Little did I know, it was a budget indie as well, made in some ramshackle studio in Texas! It wasn't Japanese at all, they just slapped Inafune's name on it...

Dude just let it go

 

[KiryuRealty]

He made Resident Evil. The single entity that got me into video gaming.

And then he made Resident Evil 4. The game that rekindled my love for the medium of gaming.

He can do no wrong in my eyes.

Read the interviews with the actual team that made the first Resident Evil.

Mikami was an absentee director who didn't want to make the game because he thought it was a stupid idea, so everything you love was made in spite of his involvement, not because of it.

He takes credit for it now, but all he really contributed to RE as a series was to completely wreck the storyline because he though Wesker was cool and didn't like that he died in the original game and turned him into on of the dumbest, most contrived characters in games history.

 

[Shmunter]

Looks cool, but no ps release makes it moot.

 

[Remij]

This game is awesome! Xbox with a shadow drop banger. Forza looking incredible too

 

[TwistedSyn]

The only game that interested me in the whole of the trailers that came out. I'll get it on steam when I get back from vacation.

 

[Bodycount611]

Looks cool, but no ps release makes it moot.

It's on steam and epic game store, so there was probably a PS5 version in development that MS paid to block.

 

[Elder Legend]

It's on steam and epic game store, so there was probably a PS5 version in development that MS paid to block.

MS owns Tango. And I am pretty positive this game started development after the acquisition. This is a small arcade game, with much less demanding art assets and overall visuals which means it did not take a very long time to develop.